WCPS 3rd Grade English Pacing Guide 1

First Nine Weeks

Story Title / Genre / Skill / Vocabulary Strategies / Grammar / Writing / SOL
A Fine, Fine School / Humorous Fiction / Story Structure / Multiple Meaning Words / Subject and Predicate / Write to Narrate: Descriptive Paragraph / 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9,3.10
The Trial of Cardigan Jones / Fantasy / Conclusions / Compound Words / Kinds of Sentences / Write to Narrate: Friendly Letter / 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
Destiny’s Gift / Realistic Fiction / Understanding Characters / Antonyms / Sentence Fragments / Write to Narrate: Personal Narrative Paragraph / 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
Pop’s Bridge / Historical Fiction / Compare and Contrast / Base Words and Endings –s, -es, -ed, -ing / Common and Proper Nouns / Write to Narrate: Personal Narrative / 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
Roberto Climente, Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates / Biography / Cause and Effect / Prefix mis- / Plural Nouns with –s and -es / Write to Narrate: Personal Narrative / 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.12
Max’s Words / Humorous Fiction / Sequence of Events / Suffixes –er, -or / What is a verb? / Write to Respond: Response Paragraph
What Do Illustrator’s Do? / Informational Text / Text and Graphic Features / Synonyms / Verb Tenses / Write to Respond: Compare and contrast Paragraph
The Harvest Birds / Folktales / Conclusions / Multiple Meaning Words / Commas in a Series / Write to Respond: Summary paragraph

Second Nine Weeks

Story Title / Genre / Skill / Vocabulary Strategies / Grammar / Writing / SOL
Kamishibai Man / Realistic Fiction / Cause and Effect / Dictionary/ Glossary/ Entry / Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates / Write to Respond: Response to Literature
Young Thomas Edison / Biography / Main Idea/Details / Categorize and Classify / Pronouns / Write to Respond: Response to Literature
Jump! / Biography / Fact and Opinion / Suffixes –y, -ful, -ous / More Plural Nouns / Write to Narrate: Descriptive Paragraph
The Science Fair / Realistic Fiction / Story Structure / Idioms / More Proper Nouns / Write to Narrate: Humorous Poem
Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend / Legend / Compare and Contrast / Homophones/Homographs / Subject-verb agreement / Write to Narrate: Narrative Poem
Aero and Officer Mike / Informational Text / Author’s Purpose / Prefixes in-, im- / Pronouns and Verbs / Write to Narrate: Autobiography
The Extra- Good Sunday / Humorous Fiction / Understanding Characters / Using a thesaurus / Forming the Past Tense / Write to Narrate: Autobiography
A Mr. Rubbish Mood / Humorous Fiction / Author’s Purpose / Context Clues / What is an Adjective? / Write to Persuade: Persuasive Letter / 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11

Third Nine Weeks

Story Title / Genre / Skill / Vocabulary Strategies / Grammar / Writing / SOL
The Albertosaurus Mystery: Philip Currie’s Hunt in the Badlands / Informational Text / Conclusions / Suffix –ly / Adjectives and Articles / Write to Persuade: Opinion Paragraph / 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.12
A Tree is Growing / Informational Text / Text and Graphic Features / Categorize and Classify / Using the Verb be and Helping Verbs / Write to Persuade: Problem-Solution Paragraph / 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
Dogzilla / Cause and Effect / Prefixes pre-, re-, bi- / Irregular Verbs / Write to Persuade: Persuasive Essay / 3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
Life on the Ice / Informational Text / Main Ideas and Details / Dictionary/ Glossary / Contractions / Write to Persuade: Persuasive Essay / 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12
Two Bad Ants / Fantasy / Story Structure / Base Words and prefix non- / Possessive Nouns and Possessive Pronouns / Write to Express: Fictional Narrative
The Journey: Stories of Migration / Informational Text / Compare and Contrast / Prefixes in-, im- / Using Proper Nouns / Write to Express: Descriptive Paragraph
The Journey of Olive K. Woodman / Fantasy / Sequence of Events / Suffixes –er, -est / Abbreviations / Write to Express: Dialogue
Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves / Realistic fictions / Author’s Purpose / Words from Other Languages / What is an Adverb? / Write to Express: Fictional Narrative

Fourth Nine Weeks

Story Title / Genre / Skill / Vocabulary Strategies / Grammar / Writing / SOL
Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest / Informational Text / Text and Graphic Features / Analogies / What is a Preposition? / Write to Express: Fictional Narrative
The Foot Race Across America / Informational Text / Main Idea and Details / Suffix –ion / Quotations / Write to Inform: Compare/Contrast
The Power of Magnets / Informational Text / Cause and Effect / Homographs/Homophones / Commas in Sentences / Write to Inform: Problem/Solution Paragraph
Becoming Anything He Wants to Be / Informational Text / Fact and Opinion / Word Roots / Commas in Sentences / Write to Inform: Instructions
A New Team of Heroes / Play / Understanding Characters / Prefixes un-, dis- / Possessive Pronouns / Research Report: Write to Inform
Saving Buster / Fiction / Conclusions/Generalizations / Compound Words / Correct Pronouns / Research report: Write to Inform
End of Year Review / All SOLs
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