3rd Grade ELA
(13 Units, 80 Lessons)
Unit 1 - Oceans Unit(10 Lessons)
Ahoy! Text Features Straight Ahead!3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:Students will be introduced to text features within informational text and will get to go on a text feature scavenger hunt.
Sounds Like the Sea to Me!3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will be introduced to domain-specific academic vocabulary, skim text to find the words within informational text, and talk with and listen to their peers to determine the meaning of the words.
Wondering About the Water (Day 1)3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will begin to think critically about the content by asking questions they’re curious about as well as finding answers for their questions explicitly in the text.
Wondering About the Water (Day 2)3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
» Unit:
Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will begin to think critically about the content by asking questions they’re curious about as well as finding answers for their questions explicitly in the text.
Diving Deeper Into Asking & Answering Questions3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will get to delve into digital informational text to further explore finding answers for their own questions about oceans.
An Ocean of Knowledge3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:Students will show off their knowledge gained from reading informational text and digital sources by creating an "Ocean of Knowledge" piece showing their questions and answers.
Sea Stanzas: An Introduction to Poetry Structure3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will be introduced to poetry and gain an understanding of the basic structure of poetry!
Looking Through the Porthole: Recognizing Author's Point of View3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
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Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will read ocean-inspired poetry and identify the narrator’s, author's, or poet’s, point of view and purpose for writing the poem.
Do You "Sea" What I "Sea"?3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
» Unit:
Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will share poems that are inspired by the sea. As they listen to and read poems, they will make drawings of what they see in their minds, thinking about each stanza as they build upon each other, to develop their own point of view
Smooth Sailing: Reading Poetry with Fluency3rd Grade ELA» Unit:Oceans Unit
3rd Grade ELA
» Unit:
Oceans Unit
Big Idea:In this lesson, students will work on reading poetry fluently, and then share their readings with the class.
