Third Grade- Reading Focus Calendar
August 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1 / 2
5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
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First Day
of School / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
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/ 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / Unit 1 Week 1: What evidence can you show from the story that proves the character changed from the beginning of the story to the end?
Vocabulary:ached, concentrate, discovery, educated, effort, improved, inspired, satisfied
September 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions2
Labor
Day / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / Unit 1 Week 2: What solutions would you suggest if you come across an unknown word in a story?
Vocabulary:celebrate, courage, disappointment, precious, pride, remind, symbols, tradition
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/ 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / Unit 1 Week 3: How does knowing the chronological order of events help you understand the development of a story?
Vocabulary:admires, classmate, community, contribute, practicing, pronounce, scared, tumbled
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/ 17Constitution Day / 18 / 19 / 20 / Unit 1 Week 4: How does the author’s use of cause and effect help me understand what I read?
Vocabulary:design, encouraged, examine, investigation, quality, simple, solution, substitutes
23Freedom Week
/ 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
Teacher
Workday / Unit 1 Week 5: How does my understanding of multiple meaning words help me as a reader?
Vocabulary:carved, clues, grand, landmark, massive, monument, national, traces
30 Hispanic Heritage
October 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Unit 2 Week 1: How can building my vocabulary knowledge including synonyms and antonyms help me as a reader?
Vocabulary:attempt, awkward, cooperation, created, furiously, interfere, involved, timid
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / Unit 2 Week 2: How can understanding the theme of a story help you in real world situations?
Vocabulary: arrived, immigrated, inspected, moment, opportunity, photographs, valuable, whispered
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/ 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / Unit 2 Week 3: How does an author’s perspective influence an author’s purpose for writing??
Vocabulary:announced, candidates, convince, decisions, elect, estimate, government, independent
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Teacher
Workday / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / Unit 2 Week 4: How does an author’s perspective influence an author’s purpose for writing?
Vocabulary:caretakers, population, recognized, relatives, resources, success, survived, threatened
28 Hispanic Heritage / 29 / 30 / 31 / Unit 2 Week 5: How does a character’s point of view help me perceive the views of others?
Vocabulary: bounce, imagine, inventor, observer, alliteration, free verse, limerick, rhyme
November 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1
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/ 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / Unit 3 Week 1: How can problem solving lead to new ideas?
Vocabulary:disbelief, dismay, fabulous, features, offered, splendid, unique, watchful
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Student/
Teacher
Holiday / 12
/ 13 / 14 / 15 / Unit 3 Week 2: How can one person change the way you think? Vocabulary:amazement, bravery, disappear, donated, leader, nervous, refused, temporary
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/ 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / Unit 3 Week 3: As the reader, why is understanding the main idea valuable to me, and what are some clues to find it?
Vocabulary: amount, astronomy, globe, solar system, support, surface, temperature, warmth
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Thanksgiving Holiday / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
December 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions2
/ 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / Unit 3 Week 4: How do relevant details contribute to determining the author’s main idea?
Vocabulary:effective, example, identical, imitate, material, model, observed, similar
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / Unit 3 Week 5: How can building my vocabulary knowledge, including the meaning of prefixes and suffixes, help me as a reader?
Vocabulary:agreeable, appreciate, boomed, descendants, emigration, pioneers, transportation, vehicles
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/ 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / Unit 4 Week 1: Why is it important to understand similarities and differences among characters?
Vocabulary:aroma, expect, flavorful, graceful, healthful, interrupted, luscious, variety
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Winter Break / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
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January 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1
Winter Break Continues / 2 / 3
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/ 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / Unit 4 Week 2: Why is it important to understand similarities and differences among events?
Vocabulary:achievement, apologized, attention, audience, confidence, embarrassed, realized, talents
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Teacher
Workday / Unit 4 Week 3: Why is it important to understand similarities and differences among settings?
Vocabulary:alert, competition, environment, excellent, prefer, protection, related, shelter
20
Teacher/
Student
Holiday / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / Unit 4 Week 4: How does the ability to analyze words in a story help me as a reader?
Vocabulary:controlled, direction, flight, impossible, launched, motion, passenger, popular
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/ 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / Unit 4 Week 5: How can I identify the meaning of figurative language in a story?
Vocabulary:adventurous, courageous, extremely, weird, free verse, narrative poem, repetition, rhyme
February 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions3
/ 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / Unit 5 Week 1: How can recognizing base words help me understand text better?
Vocabulary:admit, barter, considered, creation, humble, magnificent, payment, reluctantly
10
/ 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / Unit 5 Week 2: How can we reuse what we already have?
Vocabulary:conservation, discouraged, frustration, gazed, jubilant, recycling, remaining, tinkered
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Teacher/
Student
Holiday / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / Unit 5 Week 3: Why is reading text features of value to me to understand informational text?
Vocabulary:accidental, careless, disasters, equipment, harmful, prevention, purpose, respond
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/ 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / Unit 5 Week 4:How can using text features in informational text help me find information?
Vocabulary:citizenship, continued, daring, horrified, participate, proposed, unfairness, waiver
March 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions3
/ 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / Unit 5 Week 5: Why do authors need different text structures when they write?
Vocabulary:energy, natural, pollution, produce, renewable, replace, sources, traditional
10
/ 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / Unit 6 Week 1: How can understanding the theme of a story help you in real world situations?
Vocabulary:alarmed, anguish, necessary, obsessed, possess, reward, treasure, wealth
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/ 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / Unit 6 Week 3: How do your real world experiences influence your understanding of a story?
Vocabulary: communicated, essential, goal, motivated, professional, research, serious, specialist
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Spring Break / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
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Teacher Workday
April 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Unit 6 Week 4: Why is it important to understand similarities and differences among settings?
Vocabulary: endangered, fascinating, illegal, inhabit, requirement, respected, unaware, wildlife
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
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Teacher/
Student
Holiday
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/ 29 / 30 / Unit 6 Week 2: How do your real world experiences with weather help you make predictions in the story?
Vocabulary:argue, astonished, complained, conditions, forbidding, forecast, relief, stranded
May 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1 / 2
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/ 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / Unit 6 Week 5:What elements of a narrative poem could you add to show your point of view?
Vocabulary:entertainment, humorous, ridiculous, slithered, narrative poem, rhyme, rhythm, stanza
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Teacher/
Student
Holiday / 27
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June 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions2
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Last Day of School
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
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