Library Six Weeks At-A-Glance Unit 3 Theme Related Library Resources
Grade 3 Unit 3 Theme: Express Yourself How do writers and artists express themselves? OC /OI : Balance and Stability: I Am a Thunderstorm
Literature Selection / Genre / Technology / MediaConnections / Comprehension Strategies and Skills / Text Features/
Literary Elements/
Study Skills / Writing
Write Source / ICP: OI Guiding Questions /
3rd Six Weeks OI:
Balance and Stability/
I Am a Thunderstorm
Author: A True Story
by Helen Lester
WK THEME
Being a Writer
/ Main Selection
Literary Nonfiction/ Autobiography
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Poetry / McGraw-Hill Texas Treasures TE
p. 429 I, J
TERMS
word processor
spell-check
font
MEDIA LITERACY
digital design
How design elements
influence message
Web pages, magazines
Plano ISD Research Tools
Nettrekker
Online Dictionary
Free Timeline Maker:
IC LESSONS
If You Don’t Like the Weather…;
How Hot is Hot?
Weather observation / Websites on the IC Planner
Students will collect weather data culminating in a ‘weather window” report. Students needing greater rigor may choose and researcha weather event that changed history
IC LESSON
A Global Perspective
Google Earth
IC LESSON
Adapting to the Environment
PhotoStory3 or PowerPt.
digital camera
Google Earth
IC LESSON
Regions and Landforms
Google Earth
Nettrekker
online encyclopedias
atlases, NF print:
[Groups of students will study the physical features of a US region; collect data and record it in a graphic organizer or foldable in their IC Notebooks. Includes presentation to class –PowerPt., poster, play, song.]
IC LESSON
Mountains, Valley, Hills, and Plains
Landforms Presentation – options on IC Planner, Includes websites
IC LESSON
There’s a Whole Lot of Shaking Going On;
Slip Sliding Away;
iDig Disaster Data
FEMA / earthquake, landslides, hurricane, tornado, etc. sites on IC Planner / Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Author’s Purpose
Spiral Review
Theme
Genre
Poetry, Autobiography / Onomatopoeia and Rhythm / Writing/Grammar-Mechanics: (Write Source)
Expository Writing: Expository Paragraph
- Skill: Complete Sentences, Review Skills Based on Students' Needs /
How do natural resources help a community maintain balance and stability?
How do people affect the balance and stability of a community?
How does balance and stability affect our natural world?
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MIND MISSIONS
Map Muck(Lewis and Clark)
SCIENCE
Investigation and
Reasoning Skills
Earth and Space
Weather: Hurricanes,
Katrina, NOAA, FEMA, wind and
temperature measurement
Observation/ Measurement tools
Natural Resources- human impact
Johnny (Chapman) Appleseed Landforms (physical changes)
Soil
Weathering and decomposition
Earth’s surface – rapid changes--
volcanoes, Richter scale
earthquakes, landslides )
SOCIAL STUDIES
Geography
Location of places on a map
distance & direction
Map Scale, Legend, Compass Rose
Hemispheres / Equator/
Prime Meridian
Continents / Oceans
5 Regions of US
Landforms—mountains, hills,
valleys, plains
Changes in the physical
world
Environmental adaptations,
modifications, human impact
Comparing communities
I Wonder topics
SOCIAL STUDIES
Create a relief map showing
landforms and water terms.
Create a game using an atlas in
which players are asked to find
specific information.
Research to find interesting facts
about each of the seven
continents. Create clues dealing
with interesting facts about each
of the continents.
SCIENCE
Choose a project dealing with
earthquakes. Create a
PowerPoint presentation to
share with the class.
Research to learn more about
glaciers and their locations.
Plan and conduct an investigation to
show the effects of erosion on
Different landforms.
Geography Awareness Week
Nov 11-17
Veterans Day
Nov 12
Campus Science Fairs
Dec 3-Jan 18
Dear Juno
by
Soyung Pak
Illustratedby
Susan K Hartung
WK THEME
Keeping in Touch
/ Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Generate Questions
Skill
Character, Setting, Plot
Spiral Review
Author’s Purpose
Genre
Fiction, Expository /
Time Line /
Writing: (Write Source)
Expository Writing: Expository Essay (Model, Prewriting, Drafting)
- Skills: Review Skills Based on Students' Needs.
Messaging Mania
Time For Kids
WK THEME
Let’s Communicate / Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Analyze Text Structure
Skill
Cause and Effect
Spiral Review
Author’s Purpose
Genre
Nonfiction, Expository /
Using the Library /
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics: (Write Source)
Expository Writing: Expository Essay (Revising)
- Skills: Specific Nouns, Punctuating Dialogue, Adverbs, Using the Right Word
What Do Illustrators Do?
by
Eileen Christelow
WK THEME
Being an Artist /
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Analyze Text Structure
Skill
Sequence
Spiral Review
Cause and Effect
Genre
Poetry, Expository
/
Interview /
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics: (Write Source)
Expository Writing: Expository Essay (Editing, Publishing, Reflecting) Writing for the Texas Assessment
- Skills: Singular and Plural Nouns, Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases, Commas in a Series, Capitalization, Apostrophes
The Jones Family Express
by
Javaka Steptoe
WK THEME
My Art / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expos. / Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Make Inferences
Spiral Review
Sequence
Genre
Fiction, Expository / Directions /
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics: (Write Source)
Expository Writing: Writing a Book Review for Nonfiction
- Skills: Combining Sentences, Plurals, Fragments
Show What You Know
WK THEME
Review and Assess / Show What You Know
/
Review/ Assess
Author’s Purpose
Sequence
Character, Setting, Plot
Summarize
Cause and Effect
/
Review/ Assess
Onomatopoeia
Rhythm
Time Line
Directions / Writing/Grammar-Mechanics: (Write Source)
Expository Writing: Writing Across the Curriculum
- Skills: Review Skills Based on Students' Needs
McGraw–Hill Texas Treasures, TE Grade 3; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, Write Source