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Grade 3 English Language Arts

Reading: Literature/Key Ideas & Details 3

Essential Skill: Recognize story elements: Character. 3
Essential Skill: Recognize story elements: Setting. 3
Essential Skill: Recognize story elements: Plot. 4

Reading: Literature/Craft & Structure 5

Essential Skill: Identify author’s point of view. 5

Reading: Informational Text/Key Idea & Details 6

Essential Skill: Determine main idea and supporting details. 6

Reading Foundational Skills: Phonics and Word Recognition 6

Essential Skill: Decode words using phonics and word analysis skills: short vowel sounds. 6
Essential Skill: Review and identify common prefixes. 7

Writing: Text Types and Purposes 8

Essential Skill: Write an opinion piece. 8
Essential Skill: Write pieces based on fact and on opinion. 8
Essential Skill: Write to inform. 9
Essential Skill: Write to entertain. 10
Essential Skill: Review how to locate information in a library when conducting research. 10

Language: Conventions of Standard English 11

Essential Skill: Review the functions of adjectives and adverbs. 11

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Essential Skill: Review the functions of nouns. 11
Essential Skill: Review the functions of plural nouns. 12
Essential Skill: Review the function of verbs. 12
Essential Skill: Form correct verb tenses. 13
Essential Skill: Choose the correct form of comparative and superlative adjectives. 13
Essential Skill: Practice proper capitalization. 14
Essential Skill: Practice correct usage of commas. 14
Essential Skill: Use correct form of possessives and distinguish them from non-possessives. 15
Essential Skill: Write the correct contraction when given two words. 15
Essential Skill: Review homonyms, including homographs and homophones. 16
Essential Skill: Review synonyms and antonyms. 16
Essential Skill: Review compound words. 17

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 Reading: Literature/Key Ideas & Details

Essential Skill: Recognize story elements: Character.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Character Movie Activity Quiz Plot

Quiz Explore characters and Make character trading What did you learn
What do you know their traits. cards. Draw favorite about characters? Setting
about character? characters on one side,
and traits on the other.

Essential Skill: Recognize story elements: Setting.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Setting Movie Guess the Setting Quiz Plot

Quiz Learn about setting: Concept Map What did you learn
What do you know where and when a story Add details of a about setting? Character
about story setting? takes place. well-known story
setting, but don’t
identify the story.

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 Challenge a classmate
to guess the story based
on that setting.

Essential Skill: Recognize story elements: Plot.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Plot Movie Make a Concept Map Quiz Setting

Quiz Discover how plot Identify the plot of a What did you learn
What do you know includes all the events favorite story, in order about plot? Character
about plot? that make up a story. from beginning to end.

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 Reading: Literature/Craft & Structure

Essential Skill: Identify author’s point of view.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Jon Sciezka Movie Write About It Quiz Eloise Greenfield
Quiz Explore how this author Rewrite a fairy tale by What did you learn
What do you know rewrites folktales from a telling it from another about Jon Scieza and Ezra Jack Keats
about Jon Sciezka? different point of view. character’s point of view point of view?
. Cynthia Rylant

Dr. Seuss

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 Reading: Informational Text/Key Idea & Details

Essential Skill: Determine main idea and supporting details.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Main Idea Movie Make an Animal Quiz Make Inferences
Quiz Learn how to find the Concept Map What did you learn
What do you know main idea of a text, and Write a main idea about about main idea?
about main idea and supporting details. an animal you know a
details? lot about. Add details to
support the main idea.

Reading Foundational Skills: Phonics and Word Recognition

Essential Skill: Decode words using phonics and word analysis skills: short vowel sounds.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Short Vowels Movie Write About It Quiz Phonics Unit
Quiz Discover sounds that What did you learn

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What do you know short vowels make and Write a letter to Moby about short vowels?
about short vowels? how knowing them can and print it. Circle all the
help you figure out an words that use short
unknown word. vowel sounds.

Essential Skill: Review and identify common prefixes.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Prefixes Movie Make a Concept Map Quiz Synonyms and
Quiz Learn about prefixes Choose a prefix, such as What did you learn Antonyms
What do you know and how they can re-, un-, mis-, or sub-. about prefixes?
about prefixes? change the meaning of Create as many words Adjectives and
a root word. as you can using the Adverbs
prefix.
Verbs

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 Writing: Text Types and Purposes

Essential Skill: Write an opinion piece.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Writing a Paragraph Write About It Quiz Writing with the
Quiz Explore the writing Write an opinion piece What did you learn Senses
What do you know process and learn how about your favorite food about writing a
about writing a to write a strong that includes a topic paragraph?
paragraph? paragraph. sentence, supporting
details, and a
concluding sentence.

Essential Skill: Write pieces based on fact and on opinion.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Facts and Opinions Make a Concept Map Quiz Writing a

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Quiz Movie Place the title of a book What did you learn Paragraph
What do you know Learn how to support you’ve read in the about facts and
about facts and your opinions with facts. center of a map. Share opinions?
opinions? . opinions about the
book. Then add facts to
support your opinions.

Essential Skill: Write to inform.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy How-To Essay Movie Make a Concept Map Quiz Sequence
Quiz Learn how to write a Identify the steps for What did you learn
What do you know “how-to” essay as you making your favorite about writing a Writing a
about writing a “how-to” review the writing sandwich, playing a “how-to” essay? Paragraph
essay? process. game, or any other
process you choose.

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Essential Skill: Write to entertain.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Short Story Movie Map a Short Story Quiz Sequence
Quiz Learn how to turn an Identify the beginning, What did you learn
What do you know idea into a short story middle, and end of a about writing a short
about writing a short through writing, short story you will story?
story? revising, and editing. write.

Essential Skill: Review how to locate information in a library when conducting research.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Library Movie Map a Concept Map Quiz Choosing a Book
Quiz Discover how to find, Identify the different What did you learn
What do you know check out, and return ways a library can help about using a library?
about using a library? materials at the library! you with research.

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 Language: Conventions of Standard English

Essential Skill: Review the functions of adjectives and adverbs.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Adjectives and Activity Quiz Nouns

Quiz Adverbs Movie Rewrite sentences, What did you learn
What do you know Learn that adjectives adding adjectives or about adjectives and Verbs
about adjectives and describe nouns and adverbs to bring ideas adverbs?
adverbs? adverbs describe verbs. to life.

Essential Skill: Review the functions of nouns.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Nouns Movie Make a Concept Map Quiz Plural Nouns
Quiz Discover that a noun is Look around you! What What did you learn
What do you know a person, animal, place, nouns do you see? Add about nouns? Possessive Nouns
about nouns? thing, or idea and is them to a map and label
something you see, feel, each.
hear, taste, or smell.

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Essential Skill: Review the functions of plural nouns.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Plural Nouns Movie Play a Sorting Game Quiz Nouns
Quiz Explore the rules for Sort nouns into What did you learn
What do you know turning singular nouns categories, including about plural nouns? Possessive Nouns
about plural nouns? into plural nouns. plural nouns.

Essential Skill: Review the function of verbs.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Verbs Movie ABC Verbs Quiz Subject and Verb
Quiz Review that verbs are Identify a verb that What did you learn Agreement
What do you know words that show action, begins with each letter about verbs?
about verbs? and that sentences of the alphabet. Tenses
need verbs to be
complete.

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Essential Skill: Form correct verb tenses.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Tenses Movie Make a Concept Map Quiz Subject and Verb
Quiz Review how to form Place a picture of a verb What did you learn Agreement
What do you know past, present, and in the center of your about verb tenses?
about verb tenses? future verb tenses. map. Identify and label Verbs
the present, past, and
future tense of the verb.
TIP: Use search bar to
search verb images.

Essential Skill: Choose the correct form of comparative and superlative adjectives.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Using Adjectives to Activity Quiz Adjectives and

Quiz Compare Movie Use adjectives to What did you learn Adverbs
What do you know Learn how to use compare pictured items. about using
about using adjectives adjectives to compare adjectives to Subject and Verb
to compare? by adding a suffix. compare. Agreement

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Essential Skill: Practice proper capitalization.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Capital and Lowercase Edit Annie's Letter Quiz Nouns
Quiz Movie Print Annie’s letter and What did you learn
What do you know Learn when and why to underline letters that about when to use
about when to use use capital letters. should be capitalized. capital letters?
capitals?

Essential Skill: Practice correct usage of commas.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Commas with Activity Quiz Adjectives and

Quiz Adjectives and Lists Fix sentences by adding What did you learn Adverbs
What do you know Learn to use commas to commas if they need it. about using
about using commas? separate adjectives or commas?
items in a list.

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Essential Skill: Use correct form of possessives and distinguish them from non-possessives.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Possessive Nouns Draw About It Quiz Contractions

Quiz Discover how Draw a picture of your What did you learn
What do you know possessive nouns differ home and label the about possessive Nouns
about possessive from other nouns rooms and details with nouns?
nouns? because they show possessive nouns. Plural Nouns
ownership.

Essential Skill: Write the correct contraction when given two words.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Contractions Activity Quiz Possessive Nouns

Quiz Learn about these Form contractions from What did you learn
What do you know words formed from two the words on Moby’s about contractions?
about contractions? or more words, and how ears
we use contractions all
the time when we
speak.

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Essential Skill: Review homonyms, including homographs and homophones.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Homonyms Movie Activity Quiz Synonyms and

Quiz Explore homonyms, Complete the sentences What did you learn Antonyms
What do you know including homographs, using the correct about homonyms?
about homonyms? and homophones. homonym.

Essential Skill: Review synonyms and antonyms.

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Pre-Assessment: Easy Synonyms and Make a Concept Map Quiz Homonyms

Quiz Antonyms Movie Choose an adjective, What did you learn
What do you know Explore words with the such as big, small, funny, about synonyms and Adjectives and
about synonyms and same or opposite sad, etc. Identify antonyms? Adverbs
antonyms? meanings. synonyms and
antonyms or the word,
and label each as a
synonym or antonym.

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Essential Skill: Review compound words.
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Pre-Assessment: Easy Compound Words Activity Quiz Prefixes

Quiz Movie Review each rebus and What did you learn
What do you know Explore words that are identify the associated about compound
about compound made up of two or more compound word. Then words?
words? different words. draw your own rebus
that shows a compound
word and have a
classmate guess it.

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