Grade: 3rd Quarter: 1

Unit 1

Unit Description: By the end of the unit, students will have read a variety tales; myths, fables, and folktales. They will reference texts and retell stories to communicate their opinion of
characters motivations and traits. This introductory unit is aimed at building enduring habits of good readers, writers, and speakers and listeners to comprehend and communicate.

Essential Questions:
How do good readers actively interact with the text and task?
How do readers ensure they understand what they read?

How does purpose influence writing?
How does the selection of genre shape the authors message?
How can independent reading deepen my understanding of the world around me?
Enduring Understandings:
As readers and writers, we use strategies to make sense of what we read.
Effective communication involves expressing and responding to varied beliefs for varied audiences.
New information may result in a new idea or a change of stance.
Knowledge is developed by independent, purposeful and engaged reading at various literary text.

By the end of the unit, students will answer the following writing prompt:

Think about a fable you have read in class. What was the lesson or moral? Write a narrative with the same moral or lesson we have read using effective techniques.
Knowing the lesson that a character has learned, continue the story from that changed characters point of view.








CCSS
READING: KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS
3.RL.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
3.RL.2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text
3.RL.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
CRAFT AND STRUCTURE
3.RL.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
WRITING: TEXT TYPES AND PURPOSES
3.W.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Provide a sense of closure.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF WRITING
3.W.4: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
3.W.5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
*SL.1.3 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one on one, in groups, and teacher lead) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing their own
clearly.
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion
b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
c. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
d. Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
SL.3.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
SL.3.6 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 3 Language standards 1 and 3here for specific expectations.)
LANGUAGE: CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH
3.L.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking
3.L.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND USE
3.L.5: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
3.L.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that
night we went looking for them)

Week Mentor text Supplemental text Standards Informal
Assessment
Reading Writing Speaking/Listening Language
1 How Not to Start the Third
Grade
By
Kathy Hapka
Strategy:
Questioning
Characterization

Standards:
RL.3.1
RL.3.3
Standards:
W.3.3
W.3.4
W.3.5
Strategy:
Clear Event
Sequences
Standards:
SL.3.1
SL.3.6
Strategy:
Questioning
Standards:
L.3.1
L.3.2
L.3.6
Strategy:
Parts of Speech
-QAE Chart
-Discussions
2
Thank You, Mr. Falker
By
Patricia Polacco
Strategy:
Characterization
Questioning
Standards:
RL.3.3
RL.3.1
Standards:
W.3.3
W.3.4
W.3.5
Strategy:
Descriptive Details
Standards:
SL.3.1
SL.3.6
Strategy:
Questioning
Standards:
L.3.1
L.3.2
L.3.6
Strategy:
Parts of Speech
-Before and
After T-chart
of character
changes
-Writing
Narrative of
Characters
3
Paul Bunyans Sweetheart
CAN BE FOUND ON
READWORKS.ORG
Grasshopper and the Ant
The Boy who Cried Wolf
The Wise Choice
The High Dive
A Tricky Money
All in a Week
Knocked Down
Strategy:
Questioning/Theme/Reco
unting

Standards:
RL.3.2
RL.3.1
Standards:
W.3.3
W.3.4
W.3.5

Strategy:
Sequence
Standards:
SL.3.1
SL.3.6
Strategy:
Explicit Information
Standards:
L.3.1 D&E
L.3.6
Strategy:
Verb Tense

4
Cut from the Same Cloth
Strategy:
Questioning/Theme/Reco
unting

Standards:
RL.3.2
RL.3.1
Standards:
W.3.3
W.3.4
W.3.5

Strategy:
Details and
Sequence
Standards:
SL.3.1
SL.3.4
SL.3.6
Strategy:
Explicit Information
Standards:
L.3.1 A&G
L.3.6
Strategy:
Parts of Speech

5
Poetry Book selected by
Teacher
Wonderful Trees Strategy:
Questioning/
Context Clues

Standards:
RL.3.4
RL.3.1
Standards:
W.3.3
W.3.4
W.3.5
Strategy:
Details and
Sequence
Standards:
SL.3.1
SL.3.6
Strategy:
Questioning
Standards:
L.3.5
L.3.6

Strategy:
Context Clues

*Note: Bold standards indicates when new standard is introduced
Week: 1

Day :1 Day:2 Day :3 Day :4 Day :5
READING
RL.3.1
Ask and answer questions to
demonstrate understanding of a
text, referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the answers
RL. 3.3
Describe characters in a story
(e.g., their traits, motivations, or
feelings) and explain how their
actions contribute to the
sequence of events
Objective:

Students will ask and
answer questions to
identify characters traits
in the text by completing a
graphic organizer
Objective:

Students will ask and
answer questions that
they have composed to
identify characters
motivations in the text
by completing a
graphic organizer.
Objective:

Students will ask and
answer questions to
identify characters
feelings in the text, by
completing a graphic
organizer.
Objective:

Students will ask and
answer questions to
identify how a character's
actions contributes to the
sequence of events in the
text referring explicitly to
the text as the basis for the
answers by completing a
graphic organizer.

Objective:

Students will ask and answer
questions to identify
characters traits,
motivation, feelings, and
actions that contribute to the
sequences of events in the
text.
WRITING
W.3.3
Write narratives to develop real
or imagined experiences or
events using effective technique,
descriptive details, and clear
event sequences.
W.3.4
With guidance and support from
adults, produce writing in which
the development and
organization are appropriate to
task and purpose. (Grade-
specific expectations for writing
types are defined in standards 1-
3 above.
W.3.5
Objective:

With guidance and support
from adults,
students will describe
characters traits in the
text.





Objective:

With guidance and
support from adults,
students will describe
characters
motivations in the text.





Objective:

With guidance and
support from peers and
adults,
students will
describe characters
feelings in the text.




Objective:

With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will produce
writing (summary) in
which they explain how
the character's actions
contribute to the sequence
of events in the text.



Objective:

Students will strengthen
their writing as needed by
revising and editing.
With guidance and support from
peers and adults, develop and
strengthen writing as needed by
planning, revising, and editing.
(Grade-specific expectations for
writing types are defined in
standards 1-3 above.





LANGUAGE
L.3.1
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
L.3.2
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling when writing.
Objective:
Students will explain the
function of nouns when
referring to
characters in the text.

Objective:
Students will explain
the function of
pronoun when
referring to
characters motivation
in the text.
(E.g. He/she is
motivated by)
Objective:
Students will explain
the function of
adjectives when
referring to
characters feelings in
the text.

Objective:
Students will explain the
function of verbs when
referring to
the character's actions
contribute to the sequence
of events in the text.


Objective:
Students will apply their
knowledge of nouns,
pronouns, adjectives, and
verbs while strengthening
their writing as needed by
revising and editing.
SPEAKING/LISTENING
SL.3.1
Engage effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (one-
on-one, in groups, and teacher-
led) with diverse partners on
grade 3 topics and texts,
building on others ideas and
expressing their own clearly.
SL.3.6
Speak in complete sentences
when appropriate to task and
situation in order to provide
requested detail or clarification.
Objective:
Students will follow
agreed-upon rules for
discussions (e.g., gaining
the floor in respectful
ways, listening to others
with care, speaking one at
a time about the topics and
texts under discussion.)



Objective:
Students will come to
discussions prepared,
having read or studied
required material;
explicitly draw on that
preparation and other
information known
about the topic to
explore ideas under
discussion.
Objective:
Students will ask
questions to check
understanding of
information presented,
stay on topic, and link
their comments to the
remarks of others in
complete sentences.
Objective:
Students will explain their
own ideas and
understanding in light of
the discussion in complete
sentences.
Objective:
Students will explain their
own ideas and understanding
in light of the discussion in
complete sentences.

Week: 2
Day :1 Day:2 Day :3 Day :4 Day :5
READING
RL. 3.3/RL.3.1
Describe characters in a story (e.g.,
their traits, motivations, or feelings)
and explain how their actions
contribute to the sequence of events.
Objective:
Students will ask and answer
questions to describe a
characters trait in the text by
providing evidence from the
text.
Objective:
Students will ask and
answer questions that they
have composed to
describe characters
motivations in the text by
providing evidence from
the text.
Objective:
Students will ask and
answer questions to
describe characters
feelings in the text, by
referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the
answers.
Objective:
Students will ask and answer
questions to describe how a
character's actions contributes
to the sequence of events in
the text referring explicitly to
the text as the basis for the
answers.
Objective:
Students will ask and answer
questions to describe characters
traits, motivation, feelings, and
actions that contribute to the
sequence of events in the text.
WRITING
W.3.3/W.3.4 Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and
clear event sequences.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from adults, students will
analyze and describe
characters traits using
descriptive details from the
text.

Objective:
With guidance and
support from adults,
students will analyze and
describe characters
motivations using
descriptive details from
the text.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will analyze and
describe characters
feelings using descriptive
details from the text.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will produce writing
(summary) in which they
explain how the character's
actions contribute to the
sequence of events using
descriptive details from the
text.
Objective:
Students will strengthen their
writing as needed by revising
and editing.
LANGUAGE
L.3.1/L.3.2 Demonstrate command
of the conventions of standard
English grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
Objective:
Students will form and use
the regular plural nouns
when referring to characters
in the text.

Objective:
Students will form and
use irregular plural nouns
when referring to
characters motivation in
the text.

Objective:
Students will ensure
pronoun-antecedent
agreement when referring
to characters feelings in
the text.
Objective:
Students will ensure pronoun-
antecedent agreement when
referring to the character's
actions contribute to the
sequence of events in the text.
Objective:
Students will apply their
knowledge of nouns and
pronouns while strengthening
their writing as needed by
revising and editing.
SPEAKING/LISTENING
SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range
of collaborative discussions (one-on-
one, in groups, and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade 3 topics
and texts, building on others ideas
and expressing their own clearly.
Objective:
Students will follow agreed-
upon rules for discussions
(e.g., gaining the floor in
respectful ways, listening to
others with care, speaking
one at a time about the topics
and texts under discussion.)
Objective:
Students will come to
discussions prepared,
having read or studied
required material;
explicitly draw on that
preparation and other
information known about
the topic to explore ideas
under discussion.
Objective:
Students will ask
questions to check
understanding of
information presented,
stay on topic, and link
their comments to the
remarks of others in
complete sentences.
Objective:
Students will explain their
own ideas and understanding
in light of the discussion in
complete sentences.
Objective:
Students will explain their own
ideas and understanding in light
of the discussion in complete
sentences.
Week: 3
Day :1 Day:2 Day :3 Day :4 Day :5
READING
RL.3.2/RL.3.1
Recount stories, including fables,
folktales, and myths from diverse
cultures; determine the central
message, lesson, or moral and
explain how it is conveyed through
key details in the text.
Objective:

Students will recount stories
using a story map.

Objective:

Students will recount
stories using key details
explicitly from the text.

Objective:

Students will determine
the central message of the
text by using key details
explicitly from the text.
Objective:

Students will determine the
central message of the text
and explain how it is
conveyed through key details
in the text.
Objective:

Students will determine the
central message by recounting
the key details referring
explicitly to the text.
WRITING
W.3.3/W.3.4/W.3.5 Write narratives
to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and
clear event sequences.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from adults,
students will recount stories
using temporal words and
phrases to signal event order.
Objective:
With guidance and
support from adults,
students will recount
stories using temporal
words and phrases to
signal event order.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will write a
narrative with a central
message.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will continue to write
a narrative with a central
message by providing
descriptive details and clear
sequence.
Objective:
Students will strengthen their
writing as needed by revising
and editing.
LANGUAGE
L.3.1 D&E
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
Objective:
Students will form and use
present tense verbs while
creating their narratives.

Objective:
Students will form and
use future tense verbs
while creating their
narratives.
Objective:
Students will form and use
regular past tense verbs
while creating their
narratives.
Objective:
Students will form and use
irregular past tense verbs
while creating their
narratives.
Objective:
Students will apply their
knowledge of verbs tense while
strengthening their writing as
needed by revising and editing.
SPEAKING/LISTENING
SL.3.1/SL.3.6
Engage effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (one-on-
one, in groups, and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade 3 topics
and texts, building on others ideas
and expressing their own clearly.
Objective:
Students will come to
discussions prepared, having
read or studied required
material in complete
sentences.
Objective:
Students will explicitly
draw on that preparation
and other information
known about the topic to
explore ideas under
discussion in complete
sentences.
Objective:
Students will ask
questions to check
understanding of
information presented,
stay on topic, and link
their comments to the
remarks of others in
complete sentences.
Objective:
Students will explain their
own ideas and understanding
in light of the discussion in
complete sentences
Objective:
Students will explain their own
ideas and understanding in light
of the discussion in complete
sentences.

Week: 4
Day :1 Day:2 Day :3 Day :4 Day :5
READING
RL.3.2/RL.3.1
Recount stories, including fables,
folktales, and myths from diverse
cultures; determine the central
message, lesson, or moral and
explain how it is conveyed through
key details in the text.
Objective:
Students will determine the
lesson of the text by using
key details explicitly from the
text.
Objective:
Students will determine
the lesson of the text and
explain how it is
conveyed through key
details in the text.
Objective:
Students will determine
the moral of the text by
using key details
explicitly from the text.
Objective:
Students will determine the
moral of the text and explain
how it is conveyed through key
details in the text.
Objective:
Students will determine the
central message, lesson, or
moral and explain how it is
conveyed through key details in
the text.
WRITING
W.3.3/W.3.4/W.3.5
Write narratives to develop real or
imagined experiences or events
using effective technique,
descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from adults, students will
write a narrative with a lesson
of the story.
Objective:
With guidance and
support from adults,
students will continue to
write a narrative with a
lesson by providing
descriptive details and
clear sequence.
Objective:
With guidance and
support from adults,
students will write a
narrative with a moral
of the story.
Objective:
With guidance and support from
adults, students will continue to
write a narrative with a moral
by providing descriptive details
and clear sequence.
Objective:
Students will strengthen their
writing as needed by revising
and editing.
LANGUAGE
L.3.1 A & G
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
Objective:
Students will explain the
function of adverbs when
recounting a story.

Objective:
Students will explain the
function of comparative
adverbs when recounting
a story.
Objective:
Students will explain
the function of
superlative adverbs
when recounting a story.
Objective:
Students will choose between
superlative and comparative
adverbs depending on what is to
be modified.
Objective:
Students will apply their
knowledge of adverbs while
strengthening their writing as
needed by revising and editing.
SPEAKING/ LISTENING
SL.3.1
Engage effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (one-on-
one, in groups, and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade 3 topics
and texts, building on others ideas
and expressing their own clearly.
Objective:
Students will come to
discussions prepared, having
read or studied required
material; explicitly draw on
that preparation and other
information known about the
topic to explore ideas under
discussion in complete
sentences.
Objective:
Students will ask
questions to check
understanding of
information presented,
stay on topic, and link
their comments to the
remarks of others in
complete sentences.
Objective:
Students will recount an
experience speaking
clearly in complete
sentences.
Objective:
Students will recount an
experience with appropriate
facts and relevant details in
complete sentences.
Objective:
Students will recount an
experience with appropriate
facts and relevant, descriptive
details, speaking clearly at an
understandable pace in complete
sentences.
Week: 5
Day :1 Day:2 Day :3 Day :4 Day :5
READING
RL.3.4/RL.3.1
Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text,
distinguishing literal from nonliteral
language.
Objective:
Students will demonstrate
understanding of a text by
identifying literal words and
phrases.
Objective:
Students will refer
explicitly to text when
identifying nonliteral
language and its
meaning.
Objective:
Students will refer
explicitly to text when
identifying nonliteral
language and its meaning.
Objective:
Students will distinguish
literal from nonliteral
language.
Objective:
Students will demonstrate
understanding of words and
phrases while distinguishing
literal from nonliteral language.
WRITING
W.3.3/W.3.4/W.3.5
Write narratives to develop real or
imagined experiences or events
using effective technique,
descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from adults, students will
write a narrative which
includes literal language.
Objective:
With guidance and
support from adults,
students will write a
narrative which includes
literal language.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will write a
narrative which includes
non-literal language.
Objective:
With guidance and support
from peers and adults,
students will write a narrative
which includes non-literal
language.
Objective:
Students will strengthen their
writing as needed by revising
and editing.
LANGUAGE
L.3.5
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral
meanings of words and phrases in
context.
Objective:
Students will demonstrate
understanding of a text by
identifying literal words and
phrases.
Objective:
Students will refer
explicitly to text when
identifying nonliteral
language and its
meaning.
Objective:
Students will refer
explicitly to text when
identifying nonliteral
language and its meaning.
Objective:
Students will distinguish
literal from nonliteral
language.
Objective:
Students will demonstrate
understanding of words and
phrases while distinguishing
literal from nonliteral language.
SPEAKING/ LISTENING
SL.3.1/SL/3.6
Engage effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (one-on-
one, in groups, and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grade 3 topics
and texts, building on others ideas
and expressing their own clearly.
Objective:
Students will ask and answer
questions to check
understanding of information
presented.
Objective:
Students will ask and
answer questions to stay
on topic.
Objective:
Students will ask and
answer questions to link
their comments to the
remarks of others.

Objective:
Students will ask and answer
questions to check
understanding of information
presented, stay on topic, and
link their comments to the
remarks of others.
Objective:
Students will explain their own
ideas and understanding in light
of the discussion.

Learning Activities for Assessment

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RL. 3.1
Students examine texts that have the same topic. They create their own
questions to ask of other students who have examined the same texts.
RL. 3.2
Students, in groups, will be given a series of fables, myths, and folktales.
Students will create a Part 2 to the stories and act them out.
RL.3.3
Students write words on the before side of a t-chart to communicate the
traits, feelings and motivations of the character near the beginning of the
story. Once the before is completed, the students can begin writing notes
of changes the character goes through.
RL.3.4
Students predict meanings of a word or phrases and record predictions.
Students use resources to check predictions.


Resources- FREE WITH Readworks MEMBERSHIP

Title Lexile URL: Skill if using accompanying
question set
Grasshopper and the Ant 340 http://www.readworks.org/passages/grasshopper-and-ant Theme
The Boy who Cried Wolf 610 http://www.readworks.org/passages/boy-who-cried-wolf Theme
The Wise Choice 490 http://www.readworks.org/passages/wise-choice Theme
The High Dive 390 http://www.readworks.org/passages/high-dive Theme
A Tricky Monkey 330 http://www.readworks.org/passages/tricky-monkey-1 Theme
All in a Week 700 http://www.readworks.org/passages/all-week Theme
Knocked Down 500 http://www.readworks.org/passages/knocked-down Theme
The Lottery 320 http://www.readworks.org/passages/lottery Theme
Little Red Wagon 380 http://www.readworks.org/passages/little-red-wagon Theme
The Shortcut 450 http://www.readworks.org/passages/shortcut Theme
GrownUp 430 http://www.readworks.org/passages/grown Theme
Jennys Move 560 http://www.readworks.org/passages/jennys-move Theme
Jenna and the Black Cat 760 http://www.readworks.org/passages/jenna-and-black-cat Theme
Wonderful Trees http://www.readworks.org/passages/wonderful-trees Figurative Language
Caught in a Lie 380 http://www.readworks.org/passages/caught-lie-0 Plot
Our New Old House 430 http://www.readworks.org/passages/our-new-old-house Setting

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Question Answer Evidence
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Character Motivation

Character Feelings

Character Thoughts



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