Writing Workshop Lesson Plan

Week of Feb. 29th

Margaret Watson third grade

Common Core Standards: 3.W.4 produce writing appropriate to task and purpose 3.W.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as
needed by planning, revising and editing. 3.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.

Monday

Tuesday

Review using
Summarizing parts of
descriptive words in
a poem Im in Charge
paragraph writing.
of Celebrations
Think of a time you had
a celebration. What
did you celebrate?
Describe the
celebration using
descriptive adjectives
a.m. bellwork

Wednesday
Scholastic News
Hoop Dancers
Students will write an
expository piece on
Hoop Dancers using
facts/details from the
text

Reading and Math scroll down

Benchmark 8:15 a.m. Monday and Wednesday

Thursday
Edit/Revise report
writing from
Wednesday

Friday
Quick write
comparing works
by the same
author, Byrd
Baylor

Reading Block
.3.RL5

Refer to parts of stories, dramas and poems when writing or speaking about a text
using terms such as chapter, scene, stanza; describe how each successive part builds on
previous sections 3.RL10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature
including stories, dramas and poetry at the high end of the grades 23 text complexity
band independently and proficiently. 3.RI.7, 3.RI.8 3.RI.10 informational text features,
organization, and text complexity
Monday

Tuesday

Review parts of poetry

and figurative language,
identifying speaker,
message, onomatopoeia,
punctuation

Students will identify

elements of poetry in
poems

Using Harcourt narrative

poem, Im In Charge of
Celebrations students
will identify speaker, and
elements of poetry citing
evidence

Guided reading of text

summarizing events

Wednesday
Guided reading of Hoop
Dance article from
Scholastic News using
text and organizational
features to guide
instruction as well as
personal connections
300G Harcourt poem
Celebration (Native
American Dance)
connect to the reading
they just read. Which
form of writing gives you
facts and details? Which
provides a sensory
image, or feelings and
emotions as well as a
picture in your head?

Thursday

Reread story for

mental images (listen
to tape)

Friday

Read other poems,

books by same
author, Byrd Baylor;
what is the same
about all of her
books? Quick
writeWhat do you
know about the
author? (she likes
nature; she lives in
the southwest

Think about Authors

Purpose for writing
Guided reading of text
pp.

Reading groups: Pull out

groups based on
previous scores on
sequence of events .

SW fill out organizer

for poetry elements
Im in Charge of
Celelbrations
.Reading groups with
focus on text features

Science- properties of
rocks list

Quiz- Im In Charge of
Celebrations

deserts, she
understands Native
American culture)
Science- analysis of a
rock- students
measure and draw a
Mock Rock

.Reading groups reteach

of plural nouns based on
quiz results from Mon,
Weds

Reading groups: (Several children in two groups because of varied needs) To be determined by
schoolcity scores as well

1)
2)
3)
4)

1) Natalia, Brooklyn, Andrew, Francisco, Thomas (intensive) focus- word attack and fluency
Materials (present progressive and past tense verbs, and leveled readers)
Yaniva, , Mya, Saydee, Alexes, (strategic ) Focus using text features, questioning, predicting to
gain comprehension
Michael, Benjamin, Christian, Leia, Marc(on level) referring back to the text to justify answers
Christian, , Jayden , Leia, Gavyn , April (on level) figurative language, higher order thinking by
making inferences, drawing conclusions
Mia, Nathan, Adam, Adrianna, Sofia, Juan (advanced) figurative language, higher order thinking by
making inferences, drawing conclusions

Math Week of Feb. 29

3.MD4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulars marked with halves and fourths of an
inch. Show the data by making a line plot where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate unitswhole numbers, halves, or quarters
3OA8 Solve two step word problems using the four operations Represent these problems
using a letter standing for the unknown quantity; assess the reasonableness of answers
using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Monday
Review for Schoolcity
Benchmark quiz

Fractions using
fraction strips, number
lines, equivalent
fractions

Tuesday

Wednesday

Review adding and

subtracting with
regrouping; data
analysis
Solving multiplication
word problems

Review adding and

subtracting with
regrouping, data
analysis
Problem solving
Module 7 lesson 1

Concept development
Problem Set, followed
by exit ticket

Concept Development
Problem Set, followed
by exit ticket

Thursday
Review adding and
subtracting with
regrouping, data
analysis
Problem solving
Module 7 lesson 2

Friday
Review data analysis

Quiz on data analysis