Horizontal Curriculum Mapping
English Language Arts Common Core Standards
3rd Grade
Weeks/Dates/Unit / Concept (Big Ideas) / Focus Standards Including Standard Type (K) (R) (S) (P) / Critical Vocabulary / Instructional Resources/Selected Readings
Aug. 6-7 / PD
Opening Day
Aug. 8–
Oct. 5 / Phonics and Word Recognition / RF.3.3-a.b.c.d. / Prefixes, derivational suffixes, multisyllabic words, irregularly spelled words / Sept. 3
Labor Day
Sept. 19 PD
Sept. 20-21
Apple Festival
Oct. 5 CA1
Participate in group, teacher led, and one on one discussions
· Come to discussions prepared
· Rules of effective discussion
· Ask questions relevant to the discussion/link comments to others remarks
· Explain their own ideas and understandings on a topic / SL.3.1- a.b.c.d. / discussion, collaborative
Main Idea & Supporting Details of texts read aloud, or in other diverse media and formats / SL.3.2 / main ideas, supporting details, visually, quantitatively, orally
Speak in complete sentences to provide requested detail or clarification.
Choose words and phrases for effect
Describe characters traits, motivations, or feelings and explain how their actions contribute to sequence of events
Nouns, pronouns, verbs
Regular/irregular nouns
Simple sentences / SL3.6
RL.3.3
L.3.1- a.b.i (simple sentences only) / clarification, appropriate, complete, details, situation
Recount Stories to determine central message, lesson, or moral conveyed through details / RL.3.2 / recount, fables, folktales, myths, moral
Write Narratives / W.3.3 - a.b.c.d (Writing Piece) / narratives, technique, descriptive details, sequences, narrator, dialogue, temporal words
Demonstrate understanding through asking/answering questions explicit to text / RI.3.1
RL.3.1 / demonstrate, text, refer, explicitly
Oct. 8 –Dec. 14 / Text Illustrations contribute to mood, emphasize aspects of character or setting / RL.3.7 / text’s illustrations, aspects, contribute, conveyed, mood, / Common Assessment Analysis and Planning
Oct. 11, 12
Fall Break
Nov. 5 PD
Nov. 6
Election Day
Nov. 21, 22, 23 Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 14 CA2
Dec. 20-Jan. 1 Christmas Break
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Compare/Contrast key details / RI.3.2
RI.3.9 / main idea of a text, key details, support the main idea, compare, contrast, details, topic
Write Over Extended Time Frames / W.3.10 (Writing Piece) / purposes, audiences
Writing Mechanics- capitalization, commas, spelling/suffixes, patterns/generalizations in words, use references to check spelling / L.3.2.a.b.e.f.g / demonstrate, conventions, quotation marks, possessives, suffixes, generalizations
Author’s point of view / RI.3.6
RL3.6 / distinguish, point of view
Sequence & Cause/Effect / RI.3.3 / sequence, relationship, cause/ effect
Informative/Explanatory / W3.2 (writing piece) / informative/ explanatory texts, introduce a topic, comprehension, facts, definitions, details, concluding statement
Writing for appropriate purpose. Use of language conventions, appropriate word/phrase choices, form /use regular verbs, simple verb tenses / W3.4 (writing piece)
L3.3
L31-d.e. / task, purpose, development, organization
conventions, effect
Oral Presentation / SL3.4 / relevant, descriptive details
Multiple Meaning Words & Phrases, context clues, root words, reference materials / L3.4.a.b.c.d. / clarify, affix, root word, glossaries, dictionaries, multiple-meaning words, context, phrase, clarify
Dec. 17-
Mar. 8 / Fluency on level, poetry, use context to confirm or self-correct
Vocabulary
Word meaning of academic and domain specific words/phrases relevant to subject. Sentence/
Paragraph Connections
Distinguish own point of view from author / RF3.4a.b.c.
RI3.4
RI3.6
RI3.8 / accuracy, fluency, purpose, understanding, prose, poetry, accuracy, topic describe, comparison, cause/ effect, sequence / Week of Jan. 2-4
Grade Level Common Assessment Analysis and planning
Jan. 21 MLK Holiday
Feb. 15 PD
Feb. 18 President’s Day
Mar. 1
Read Across America
Use appropriate questioning techniques using elaboration/detail
Research Projects / SL3.3
W3.7 (Writing Piece) / elaboration, details,
research projects
Recall information from various sources, notes, evidence / W3.8 (Writing Piece) / create, engaging, audio, recordings, demonstrate, emphasize, enhance, pace, fluid reading
print, digital sources, categories
Compare/Contrast themes, settings, plots of stories by same author / RL3.9 / compare/contrast, settings, plots, same author, similar, themes
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about text (chapter, stanza, etc.) / RL3.5 / dramas, poems, scene, stanza
Use information from illustrations and words in text to demonstrate understanding / RI3.7 / illustrations, demonstrate, key events / Week of March 8
Common Assessment 3
Use Appropriate grade appropriate words/phrases
Adjectives, adverbs, irregular plural nouns, compound sentences, commas/quotations in dialogue, possessives, Vocabulary
State an opinion / L3.6
L3.1a.b.(irregular) g.h.i.(compound)
W3.1(Writing Piece)
L3.2c.d. / spatial relationships, temporal relationships,
opinion pieces, linking words, phrases, concluding statement
Mar. 11 – April 12 / Revising, editing, Conferencing
Use technology to produce/publish writing / W.3.5
W.3.6 / planning, revising, editing, editing for conventions technology to produce and publish writing
Word Relationship/Meaning
Abstract nouns
Irregular verbs
Verb tense
Subject verb/pronoun antecedent agreement
Complex sentences
Commas/quotation marks
Differences in conventions of spoken/written English / L.3.5a.b.c.
L3.1c.d.(irreg. verbs) e.f.i.(complex sent.)
L3.2c
L3.3b / distinguish, literal, nonliteral meanings, identify real-life connections
Figurative Language / RL.3.4 / distinguishing literal from nonliteral language
Read and Comprehend Literacy Text at 3rd grade complexity proficiently and independently / RL.3.10 / dramas, poetry
Demonstrate research methods
Read and comprehend informational texts / RI.3.5 / text features, search tools
Read and Comprehend grade level informational text at high end of 2-3 level independently and proficiently
Create engaging recording of stories or poems / RI.3.10
SL3.5 / informational texts, technical texts, complexity, independently, proficiently
Apr. 12-May 20 / Review / Closing Day
May 21