Reading A-Z

Grade 3

1st Quarter

Social Studies

Reading Strategy / Visualize
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Phonics / R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Possessives
Word Work / Similes and Metaphors

Acropolis Adventure
Informational (fiction)

887 words

Level P (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Visualize
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Possessives
Word Work / Similes and Metaphors

Acropolis Adventure
Informational Narrative (fiction)

2,543 words

Level W (Grade 4)

Reading Strategy / Visualize
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Possessives
Word Work / Similes and Metaphors

Acropolis Adventure
Informational (fiction)

2,603 words

Level Z (Grade 5)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work / Multiple Meaning Words

The Olympics:

Past and Present
Informational (nonfiction)

1,287 words

Level R (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work / Multiple Meaning Words

The Olympics:

Past and Present
Informational (nonfiction)

2,178 words

Level W (Grade 4)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work / Multiple Meaning Words

The Olympics:

Past and Present
Informational (nonfiction)

2,255 words

Level Z (Grade 5)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Classify Information
Phonological Awareness / Manipulate Medial Sounds
Phonics / Long Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Plural Nouns
Word Work / Number Words

Summer Olympics Events
Informational (nonfiction)

153 words

Level H (Grade 1)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Classify Information
Phonics / Long Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Plural Nouns
Word Work / Number Words

Summer Olympics Events
Informational (nonfiction)

254 words

Level K (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Classify Information
Grammar and Mechanics / Plural Nouns
Word Work / Number Words

Summer Olympics Events
Informational (nonfiction)

771 words

Level Q (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Retell
Comprehension / Facts and Details
Grammar and Mechanics / Types of Sentences
Word Work / Compound Words

Summer Olympics Legends
Informational (nonfiction)

748 words

Level O (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Main Idea and Details
Phonics / Long Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Plural Nouns
Word Work / Compound Words

Introducing Planet Earth
Informational (nonfiction)

506 words

Level L (Grade 2)

A Nation ArisesPoetry

Poetry (nonfiction)

999 words

Level T (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Sequence Events
Phonics / R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Subject and Predicate
Word Work / Synonyms

Sonia Joins the Supreme Court
Biography (nonfiction)

837 words

Level P (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Sequence Events
Phonics / Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics / Proper Nouns
Word Work / Suffixes

Women of the Supreme Court
Informational (nonfiction), 780 words

Level P (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Contractions
Word Work / Position Words

Expedition 40: The Secret of the Seasons
Descriptive (nonfiction), 936 words

Level R (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Complex Sentences
Word Work / Compound Words

Expedition Zero
Descriptive (nonfiction), 934 words

Level R (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Visualize
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Parentheses
Word Work / Syllables

Expedition 25: The Subtropics
Descriptive (nonfiction), 807 words

Level R (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics / Contractions
Word Work / Position Words

Expedition 40: The Secret of the Seasons
Descriptive (nonfiction), 936 words

Level R (Grade 3)

Troup County Schools 2014

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