UNIT 1A: Building a Community of Third Grade Readers and Writers UNIT 1A LENGTH: 7 Weeks

UNIT 1A LEARNING GOALS

Common Core State Standards

Standard SL.3.1: SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative

discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on
grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own
clearly
Learning Goals/objective:
Students will be able to utilize academic language to engage in
class discussions
Students will be able to engage in turn and talks and utilize
sentence frames to effectively collaborate with each other
Standard RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of
a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers
Learning Goals/objective
Students will be able to ask and answer questions about a text
in order to clarify meaning and develop understand of the text
Students will be able to reference the text in order to provide
support for their answers
Students will be able to utilize thinking strategies in order to
increase their understanding of the text
Students will be able to use appropriate language in order to
show their thinking of the text
Standard RL3.2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from
diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain
how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Learning Goals/Objective:
Students will be able to identify key details
Students will be able to distinguish key details from supporting
details in a text
Students will be able to use key details to determine the lesson
of the story
Standard RL3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator
or those of the characters.
Learning Goals/Objective:
Students will be able to identify each characters point of view
Students will be able to describe the point of view of the
narrator versus the characters in the story
Standard RL3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are
used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language
Learning Goals/Objective
Students will be able to distinguish literal language from non-
literal language
Students will be able to determine the actual meaning of
figurative language
Students will be able to understand how the author uses non-
literal and literal language in order to develop a deeper
understanding of a text
Standard RL3.3: describe characters in a story and explain how their actions
contribute to the sequence of events
Learning Goals/Objective
Students will be able to identify details about characters in a
story
Students will be able to define character traits and identify
the character trait of a character in a story
Students will be able to explain themes in a story
Students will be able to use details about characters in a
story in order to determine the larger themes in the story

Key details in a text: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate

understanding of a text (RL3.1)
Spiraling
Describe characters in a story: identify characters traits and feelings
and explain how their actions contributed to events in a story
Determine the meaning of words and phrases: distinguish literal from
non-literal language (RL3.4)

Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the importance

Remedial (R) of story structure (beginning, middle, and end).
Enrichment (E) Students will understand the terms character, setting, major events
(to be completed after Students will identify cause/effect relationships between characters and
receiving diagnostic major events in a story
assessment results)
Tell/Recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant details,
using coherent sentences
UNIT 1B: Celebrating the United States UNIT 1B LENGTH: 4.5 Weeks

UNIT 1B LEARNING GOALS

Standard RI.3.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-
specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Learning Goals/Objective
Students will be able to utilize sentence frames to ask and answer
questions
Students will be able to ask and answer questions in order to
understand vocabulary and phrases in a text
Standard RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps,
photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text
(e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur)
Learning Goals/Objective:
Students will be able to analyze illustrations in a text in order to
better understand the information in the text
Students will be able to identify key events by referencing the
illustration and the text
Standard RI3.2: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and
explain how they support the main idea.
Learning Goals/Objective:
Students will be able to recognize the main idea of a text
Students will be able to distinguish key details in a story
Students will be able to determine how key details support the main
idea of a story
Standard RI3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a
text.
Learning Goals/Objectives:
Students will be able to explain their point of view
Students will be able to identify the authors point of view
Students will be able to distinguish their own point of view from that
of the author
Standard RI3.5: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars,
hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently
Learning Goals/Objective:
Students will be able to identify text features
Students will be able to use text features to locate information in a
text
Standard RF.3.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support
comprehension
Learning Goals/Objective:
Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension
Standard RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a
text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers
Learning Goals/objective
Students will be able to ask and answer questions about a text in
order to clarify meaning and develop understand of the text
Students will be able to reference the text in order to provide
support for their answers
Students will be able to utilize thinking strategies in order to
increase their understanding of the text
Standard RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key
details presented in two texts on the same topic.
Learning Goals:
Students will be able to compare and contrast
Students will be able to identify the most important points and key
details in a text
Students will be able to compare and contrast the most important
points in two texts on the same topic

Words in a text: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain

specific words in a text (RI3.4)
Spiraling
Main idea of a text: Recount key details to explain the main idea of a text
(RI.3.2)