Grade 3 Unit 1 ELA Theme: Let’s Learn: Why is learning important? IC - OC: Continuity and Change OI: iMatter
Literature Selection / Genre / Technology/
Media / Comprehension Strategies and Skills /
Text Features/ Literary Elements/
Study Skills / Writing
Write Source / ICP: OI Overview / 1st six weeksOI: iMatter
Start Smart
WK THEME
Welcome and Review / Selection
Narrative Text/ Myth /
McGraw Hill
TX Treasures
TE p. 151 I, J
Internet
Keyboarding
Techniques
MEDIA LITERACY
Making media interesting
Why is it important that news media be reliable?
TERMS
Web browser
homepage
URL
hypertext link
home keys
Use electronic and print text resources
IC book resource
A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840 by Barbara Greenwood
Classroom is using cardinal directions to navigate—introduceGoogle Earth?
Basic Navigation
Layers, Tools
/
Strategy
Reading a Narrative & Informational Text
Skill
Monitor Comprehension
Make Connections / Using the Internet & Keyboarding Techniques / Write Source
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics
The Writing Process Descriptive Writing: (Using the Writing Process, One Writer's Process)
- Introduction to: Writer's Resource, Proofreader's Guide
Skills: Marking Punctuation Editing for Mechanics
*Write a story about your life in the Future—how will ed change your life? /
Guiding Questions
*How can change be both positive and negative?
*What are some things that stay the same over time?
*How do you matter in the world when it comes to continuity and change? /
SOCIAL STUDIES
Community –
Country School image (Homer)
How communities change
How they are different based on regional location
Geography – map cardinal
directions, compass rose, key,
legends, title, grid system
student atlases
Scribblemaps site – local
community.
Using cardinal directions to move
around a globe
Ethnic and cultural celebrations
Early Plano
Community expansion—Daniel
Boone, Christopher Columbus, the
Founding Fathers, Juan de Oٌate,
Collin McKInney
MIND MISSIONS
Team building & brainstorming
Expansion of communities
SCIENCE
Investigative tools of scientists
Matter / Energy Magnetism
Observe and record:
collect, record, describe, classify,
analyze data
Physical properties of solids, liquids,
gasses
Heating and cooling: predict,
observe, record (RED collectors)
Mass – measure, test, record
Floating / sinking RMS Titanic
First Day Jitters
by Julie Danneburg,
Illustr. by Judy Love
WK THEME
Teachers / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Persuasive / Strategy
Analyze Story Structure
Skill
Character, Setting, Plot
Spiral Review
Self-Selected Strategy Use / Bar Graphs /
Write SourceWriting/Grammar-Mechanics:
The Writing Process
Descriptive Writing: Understanding the Texas Traits of Writing
- Introduction to: Writer's Resource, Proofreader's Guide (cont'd)
- Skills: Understanding Sentences, Grammar Review
Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffmann
Illustr. by Caroline Binch
WK THEME
The Power of Books /
Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Legend /
Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Legend /
Commands and Exclamations /
Write SourceWriting/Grammar-Mechanics:
Descriptive Writing: Building Paragraphs, Descriptive Paragraph (Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing)
- Skills: Topic Sentence, Body Sentences, Closing Sentence, Sensory Details, Adjectives, Prepositional Phrases
Literature Selection / Genre / Technology/
Media / Comprehension Strategies and Skills /
Text Features/ Literary Elements/
Study Skills / Writing
Write Source / ICP: OI Overview / 1st six weeks OI: iMatter
Earth Smart
Time For Kids Informational
WK THEME
Building Schools / Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository /
IC LESSON
Community Culture (cultural /ethnic celebrations)
websites for
Plano Balloon Festival
City of Plano
San Antonio
USINGGoogle Earth to mark birthplaces
IC LESSON
Has Plano always looked like it does today?
ONLINE sites
In Planner—
Plano Texas a History
ONLINE BOOK
Heritage Farmstead
GoogleEarth tool
IC LESSON
Before the House
Community expansion and prominent citizens
(book resource)
Collin McKinney by Mary Carole Strother
Student Atlases
IC LESSONs
Life’s Ups & Downs
RMS Titanic
Measurement Matters
Sony Digital Camera basics / Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Main Idea and Details
Spiral Review
Cause and Effect / Using a Dictionary / Write SourceWriting/Grammar-Mechanics:
Descriptive Writing: Descriptive Essay (Prewriting, Drafting, Revising)
- Skills: Adjectives / Social Studies
*Use various resources to learn more about a person your age who has made an impact in their community. Plan a presentation to share with the class or write a letter asking that person questions about what they accomplished.
*Research to find more information about the leaders for whom the Plano schools were named. Create a presentation to share with the class.
*Create a diary of someone who might have lived during the early 1900’s in Plano. You might use the Heritage Farmstead Virtual Tour to assist you.
Science
*Plan and conduct an experiment with matter.
*Research a scientist. Include information about the discoveries made, tools that may have been used, and further question this scientist may have had about the subject.
*Choose a current event that relates to matter and create a poster making people aware.
**Student Choice - Be sure to ask your teacher first.
Wolf!
by Becky Bloom
Illustr. by Pascal Biet
WK THEME
Wolves / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fantasy
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Persuasive / Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Compare and Contrast
Spiral Review
Main Idea and Details / Headings, Pronunciations, Italics, Bold Type, Key Words, Captions /
Write Source
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics:
Descriptive Writing: Descriptive Essay (Editing, Publishing, Reflecting)
- Skills: Common/Proper Nouns, Capitalization, Apostrophes
My Very Own Room
by Amada Irma Perez
Illustr. by
Maya C. Gonzalez
WK THEME
Special Places -
Review / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Biography / Strategy
Summarize
Skill
Make and Confirm Predictions
Spiral Review
Compare and Contrast / Encyclopedia Article: Text Features / Write Source
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics:
Writing Process
Descriptive Writing: Evaluating Your Writing, Publishing & Portfolios
- Skills: Evaluating Using a Rubric, Review as needed: Adjectives, Prepositional Phrases, Proper Nouns, Capitalization, Apostrophes
McGraw–Hill Texas Treasures, TE Grade 3 ; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, Write Source