3rd Grade Monthly Language Arts/Social Studies Plans
February – African American History
February 1-5
Social Studies:3.1 The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities. 3.14 The student understands the role of heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation.
Reading Genre:Nonfiction/Biographies
Reading Skill:Visualizing & Inferring
Books:Literary nonfiction, Biographies
Writing Genre:Expository
Writing Skill:3.20 C 3.20 A Students are expected to create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement.
Spelling/Phonics:prefixes (re-, un-, pre-, mis-)
Grammar:Adjectives
February 8-12
B. Social Studies: 3.1 The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities. 3.14 The student understands the role of heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation.
Reading Genre:Nonfiction/Biographies
Reading Skill:Visualizing & Inferring
Books:Literary nonfiction, Biographies
Writing Genre:Expository
Writing Skill:3.20 A Students are expected to create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement.
Spelling/Phonics:suffixes
Grammar: subject & predicate
February 15-19
Social Studies: 3.1 The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities. 3.14 The student understands the role of heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation.
Reading Genre:Nonfiction/Biographies
Reading Skill: Author’s Purpose
Books/Text: Biographies, Text to Entertain, Text to Persuade
Writing Genre: Persuasive; letter writing
Writing Skill: Students will write a letter to advocate for change using persuasive language and details; letter writing
Spelling/Phonics: suffixes
Grammar: subject & predicate
February 22-26
Social Studies: 3.1 The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities. 3.14 The student understands the role of heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation.
Reading Genre:Nonfiction/Biographies
Reading Skill: Author’s Purpose
Books/Text: Biographies, Text to Entertain, Text to Persuade
Writing Genre: Persuasive; letter writing
Writing Skill: Students will write a letter to advocate for change using persuasive language and details; letter writing
Spelling/Phonics: oi, oy
Grammar: Knowing when sentences begin and end