Year at a Glance--Third Grade 2014-2015

First Nine Weeks Second Nine Weeks Third Nine Weeks Fourth Nine Weeks
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DRA2/Running Records
Learning Checks

Running Records
Learning Checks
District Benchmark 1
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Learning Checks
DRA2/Running Records
Learning Checks
District Benchmark 2
Units of
Study
Setting Up Your Systems for a
Comprehensive Literacy
Classroom
Realistic Fiction/Personal
Narrative: Analyze Realistic
Fiction and Share Personal
Experiences
Follow and Produce Procedural
Texts

Exploring Fiction
Informational/Expository Text:
Synthesize the Components of
Expository Text


Tall Tales, Fables, Myths,
Legends: Compare and
Contrast Settings and
Paraphrase Themes That
Impact Culture
Poetry: Exploring Types of
Poetry

Research: Synthesize and Share Gathered
Information
Convince Me! Persuasive Text

Reading (3.2) Beginning Reading Strategies-
purpose for reading text, monitor
comprehension, use ideas to make
predictions, ask questions
(Comprehension strand)- monitor
and adjust comprehension, make
connections, ask questions,
summarize text, make inferences
(3.3) Reading Fluency- rate,
accuracy, expression, phrasing
(3.4) Context clues to determine
meaning of unfamiliar words
(3.6) Poetry- narrative and free
verse
(3.8) Fiction- sequence events,
summarize, character relationships,
narrator
(3.11) Independent reading for a
sustained period of time
(3.13) Informational/ Expository
Text- details support main idea,
draw conclusions with text
evidence, cause/effect, text features
(3.15) Procedural Texts- follow
multi-step directions, locate and use
specific information in graphic
(3.2) Reading Strategies- predictions,
questions, purpose for reading
(Comprehension strand)- questions,
summarize, inference
(3.3) Fluency- rate, accuracy,
expression, phrasing
(3.4) Vocabulary-prefix/suffix,
multiple meaning words, homographs
(3.6) Poetry- humorous and lyrical
(3.8) Fiction- sequence events,
summarize, character, narrator
(3.13) Informational/Expository
Texts- details support main idea, draw
conclusions with text evidence,
cause/effect, text features
(3.16) Media Literacy-
communication changes when
moving from one genre to another,
written conventions in digital media
(3.25) Research Plan- generate topics,
gather info
(3.26) Research Gathering Sources-
skim and scan techniques, text
features, take simple notes, citing
reliable sources
(3.3) Reading Fluency- rate,
accuracy, expression, phrasing
(3.4) Vocabulary- prefixes,
suffixes, antonyms, synonyms,
homographs, homophones
(3.5) Literary Text- themes and
details of fables, myths, legends,
stories, compare/contrast settings
(3.6) Poetry- forms of poetry and
creating imagery
(3.10) Sensory Language
(3.7) Drama- plot, character,
dialogue
(3.8) Fiction- sequence events,
summarize, character
(3.12) Informational Text-
author's stated purpose

Reading Comprehension/Figure
19-B, C, D, E, F E, F (See first 9
weeks.)

(3.4) Vocabulary- playful uses of language,
antonyms, synonyms, homographs, homophones
(3.9) Literary Nonfiction- difference in point of
view between biography and autobiography
(3.12) Informational Text/ Culture and History-
author's stated purpose, text evidence
(3.13) Informational/Expository Texts- details
support main idea, draw conclusions with text
evidence, cause/effect, text features
(3.14) Persuasive Text- author's purpose
(3.16) Media Literacy- media genres, design
techniques, written conventions in digital media
(3.25) Research Plan- generate topics, research
plan
(3.26) Research Gathering Sources- collect
information, (surveys, interviews), follow
research plan, skimming and scanning
techniques, text features, take simple notes,
identify information in sources,
paraphrasing/plagiarism and citing sources
(3.27) Research Synthesize Information- consult
experts

Reading Comprehension/Figure 19-B, C, D, E, F
E, F (See first 9 weeks.)

features
Taught every nine weeks:
Reading Comprehension/Figure 19-
B- ask literal, interpretive, and
evaluative questions of text
C- monitor and adjust
comprehension (using background
knowledge, creating sensory
images, re-reading a portion aloud,
generating questions)
D- make inferences about text and
use textual evidence to support
understanding
E- summarize information in text,
maintaining meaning and logical
order
F- make connections between
literary and informational texts with
similar ideas and provide textual
evidence

Reading Comprehension/Figure 19-B,
C, D, E, F E, F (See first 9 weeks.)


Reading
Expecta-
tions
Level 30 Independent (at end of 1st
9 weeks)
Reading Engagement- set goals,
know strengths and weaknesses as a
reader, read across genres
Accuracy- minimum 96%
Fluency- minimum rate 80-110 wpm,
expression, phrasing, heed
punctuation Comprehension- write
summary, describe character,
important events (B, M, E), predict,
reflect on significant event,
supporting details, use vocabulary
from text
Level 34 Instructional
Reading Engagement- set goals,
know strengths and weaknesses as a
reader, read across genres
Accuracy- minimum 96%
Fluency- minimum rate 80-115
wpm, expression, phrasing, heed
punctuation Comprehension- write
summary, describe character,
important events (B, M, E), predict,
reflect on significant event,
supporting details, use vocabulary
from text
Level 34 Independent
Reading Engagement- set goals,
know strengths and weaknesses as a
reader, read across genres
Accuracy- minimum 96%
Fluency- minimum rate 80-115
wpm, expression, phrasing, heed
punctuation Comprehension- write
summary, describe character,
important events (B, M, E), predict,
reflect on significant event,
supporting details, use vocabulary
from text
Level 38 Independent
Reading Engagement- set goals, know
strengths & weaknesses as a reader, read
across genres
Accuracy- minimum 96%
Fluency- minimum rate 90-125 wpm,
expression, phrasing, heed punctuation
Comprehension- write summary, (fiction:
describe character, important events, B, M,
E; nonfiction: ideas, supporting facts,
understand concepts), predict, reflect on
significant event, supporting details, use
vocabulary from text
Phonics (3.1A) Decode multisyllabic words-
drop the final "e" and add endings,
double final consonants when adding
an ending, change the final "y" to "i"
(3.1B) Common syllabication
patterns to decode words- vowel
(3.1A) Decode multisyllabic words-
drop the final "e" and add endings,
double final consonants when adding
an ending, change the final "y" to
"i", common prefixes & suffixes
(3.1B) Use common syllabication
(3.1A) Decode multisyllabic words-
drop the final "e" and add endings,
double final consonants when adding
an ending, change the final "y" to
"i", common prefixes and suffixes
(3.1B) Use common syllabication
(3.1A) Decode multisyllabic words- drop
the final "e" & add endings, double final
consonants when adding an ending, change
the final "y" to "i"
(3.1B) Use common syllabication patterns
to decode words- open syllable, r-
digraphs and diphthongs, r-controlled
vowels
(3.1C) Decode words applying
knowledge of spelling patterns
(3.1D) Identify and read contractions
(3.1E) Monitor accuracy in decoding

See LISD Spelling and Word Study
Document
patterns to decode words- vowel
digraphs and diphthongs, r-
controlled vowels
(3.1C) Decode words applying
knowledge of spelling patterns
(3.1E) Monitor accuracy in decoding

See LISD Spelling and Word Study
Document
patterns to decode words- final stable
syllable, vowel digraphs and
diphthongs, r-controlled vowels
(3.1C) Decode words applying
knowledge of common spelling
patterns
(3.1D) Identify and read contractions
(3.1E) Monitor accuracy in decoding
See LISD Spelling and Word Study
Document
controlled vowels, final stable syllable,
vowel digraphs and diphthongs
(3.1C) Decode words applying knowledge
of spelling patterns
(3.1D) Identify and read contractions
(3.1E) Monitor accuracy in decoding

See LISD Spelling and Word Study Document
Writing (3.17) Writing Process
(3.19) Write about personal
experiences
(3.20A) Procedural texts- establish
central idea in a topic sentence,
supporting sentences, conclusion
(3.20B) Letter writing- write letters
tailored to an audience and purpose
with appropriate conventions
(3.20C) Respond to literary and
expository text
Focus Traits: Ideas, Organization,
and
Conventions
(3.17) Writing process
(3.18) Imaginative Stories- plot,
climax, characters, setting
(3.20) Expository Texts- brief
compositions- establish central idea
in topic sentence, supporting
sentences, conclusion
(3.20C) Respond to literary and
expository text

Focus Traits: Ideas, Organization,
Word Choice, Conventions
(3.17) Writing process
(3.18) Literary Text- imaginative
stories
(3.18) Write poems- sensory details,
rhyme, meter, patterns of verse




Focus Traits: Ideas, Organization,
Word Choice, Voice, Conventions
(3.17) Writing Process- publish work for
specific audience
(3.21) Persuasive essays for appropriate
audiences that establish a position with
supporting details
(3.28) Research- organize and present
ideas


Focus Traits: Ideas, Organization, Word
Choice, Voice, Sentence Fluency,
Conventions
Gram-
mar
(3.22) Conventionsnouns
(singular/plural, common/proper),
verbs (past, present, future), complete
subject/predicate, time-order
transitions
(3.23) Conventionscapitalization
(proper nouns, geographical names,
places, official titles of people),
punctuation (commas in dates)
(3.22) Conventionscomplete
simple sentence with subject-verb
agreement, adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions, transition words
(3.22) Conventionscoordinating
conjunctions, compound sentences
(3.23) Conventionsparagraph
indentation, apostrophes for
contractions and possessives,
commas in series and dates
(3.22) Conventionspossessive pronouns
(3.23) Conventionscapitalization for
geographical names and places, historical
periods, official titles of people
Spelling (3.24) Sitton: concepts in Units 1-7
Core Words 171-205
See LISD Spelling and Word Study
Document
(3.24) Sitton: concepts in Units 8-16
Core Words 206-250
See LISD Spelling and Word Study
Document
(3.24) Sitton: concepts in Units 17-
25
Core Words 251-295
See LISD Spelling and Word Study
Document
(3.24) Sitton: concepts in Units 26-33
Core Words 296-335
See LISD Spelling and Word Study Document
Hand-
writing
(3.23A) Practice first 13 lower case
letters
(3.23A) Practice second 13 lower
case letters and all upper case letters
(3.23A) Continue to practice and
refine cursive writing in authentic
writing
(3.23A) Mastery of reading and writing
cursive