3rd Grade Scope Overview
Week 1
1
Aug.
8–
Oct.
14
Week 2
P: Decoding
Survey;
Spelling Inv.
P: Closed Multisyllable Words
C: Review 2nd
grade Skills:
RL 2.2
RL 2.3
C:
L: L 21f
Simple Sent.
L: L 31i
Compound Sent.
Week 3
Week 5
NARRATIVE WRITING UNIT
P: Open Multi- P: Plural
P: Comp/Sup
syllable words Nouns
Adjectives
C:
RL 3.3
RL 3.7
Week 4
C:
RL 3.2
L: L 3.1c
Abstract Nouns
L: L 3.1b
Plural Nouns
RL 3.7
RL 3.9
L: L 3.1g
Comp/Super
Adjectives
INFORMATIONAL WRITING UNIT
P: r-cont syll
ar, or
2
Oct.
17 –
Dec..
23
C: RI 3.2
L: L 3.1d
Reg/Irr Verbs
P: silent letters
mb, kn, gn, wr
C: RI 3.3
RI 3.8
L: L 3.1f
Sub/Verb ant.
agreement
P: Syll Division
VCCV
C: RI 3.3
RI 3.8
L: L 3.2b
Commas in
addresses
P: Past Tense
Verbs, 3
sounds of ed
C:
C:
RL 3.2
RL 3.3
Week 6
RL 3.9
L: L.3.1e
Verb Tense
Week 7
P:Vowel Team
ai, ay, oa, ow
C: Rvw Wk
RL 3.2
RL 3.3
RL 3.7
RL 3.9
L: Review
L.31a,b,c,g,i
Week 8
un,dis, re, pre
C:
RI 3.9
L: L.3.4d
L.3.2g
Glossaries/Dict
P: Suffixes
ly, ful, ness
C:
RI 3.9
L: L.3.1h
Coord. Conj.
(FANBOYS)
P: Comp/Sup
& Irreg. Adv.
C: Rvw WK
RI 3.2
RI 3.5
RI 3.8
RI 3.9
L: L.3.1g,h
Comp/Sup.
Adverbs
Sub. Conj.
fe, ff & Rvw of
plurals w/ s, es
C:
RI 3.5
RI 3.7
L: L.3.2d
Poss. Nouns
C: RI 3.2
RI 3.5
RI 3.7
L: L 3.1b
Reg/Irreg.
Plurals
P: Suffixes
ible, able
P: Prefixes
mis, sub
P: Suffixes
y, less
C: RL 3.2
RL 3.6
RI 3.6
C: RL 3.4
RL 3.5
C: RL 3.4
RL 3.5
L: L 3.2a
L 3.5b
Title caps,
L: L 3.2c
Commas,
quotations
Real-life conn.
Assessment
Standards:
INFORMATIONAL WTG
P: cons. –le P: Plural Nouns
with final cons. f,
syllable
OPINION WRITING UNIT
P: Prefixes
Standards to
Assess
Week 9
L: L 3.2c
L 3.5a
Commas,
quotations,
Literal/nonlit.
Oct. 17-21
C: RL 3.1
RL 3.2
RL 3.3
RL 3.7
RL 3.9
L:
Pts of Speech L.3.1a
Plural Noun L.3.1b
Abst. Noun L.3.1c
Verb Tense L.3.1e
Comp. Adj. L.3.1g
Comp.Sent. L.3.1i
Poss. Nouns L.3.2d
Assessment
Standards:
Dec. 12-16
C: RI 3.1
RI 3.2
RI 3.5
RI 3.7
RI 3.8
RI 3.9
L:
Parts of Speech L.3.1a
Reg/Irreg Verbs L.3.1d
Sub/Verb Agree. L.3.1f
Conjunctions L3.1h
Capitals L. 3.2a
Real-life Conn. L 3.2b
Commas/Quot. L 3.2c
Glossaries L 3.4d
Literal/Nonlit L 3.5a
Commas/Address L 3.5b
OPINION
P: Prefixes
en, em
3
C: RI 3.3
P: Prefixes
In, im, ir, & il
C: RI 3.3
Jan.
3Mar.
3
L: L 3.1i
Compound &
Complex
Sentences
L: L.3.1i
Compound &
Complex
Sentences
PROMPT INSTRUCTION
P: Suffixes
P: Suffixes
er, or
inter, de
P: Suffixes
ic, ity, ty
P: Prefixes
com, con
C:
C:
RL 3.6 (Review)
RI 3.6 (Review)
C:
RL 3.9 (Review)
RI 3.9 (Review)
C:
RL 3.2 (Review)
RI 3.2 (Review)
L: L.3.3a
L: L 3.3b
L: L 3.4a
Context Clues
Words/Phrases
for Effect
Diff. bet. Written
& spoken Eng.
Review Week
RL 3.2
RL 3.4
RL 3.5
RL 3.6
RI 3.3
RI 3.6
RESEARCH WRITING UNIT
P: Prefixes
P: Suffixes
P: Suffix -tude
ate,
ment,
Prefix exanti, non
4
Mar.
6–
May
26
P: Suffixes
ive, ize
C:
RL 3.5
RI 3.8
L: L 3.4d
Glossaries &
Dictionaries
L: L 3.4c
Root words
as clues
L: Review:
L 3.1i
L 3.3a
L 3.3b
L 3.4a
P: Prefixes
tran, trans, tra
P: Prefixes
C:
Review Week
C:
RL 3.5 (Review)
RI 3.5 (Review)
C:
RL 3.3 (Review)
RI 3.3 (Review)
C:
RL 3.7 (Review)
RI 3.5 (Review)
L: L.3.4d
Glossaries,
Dictionaries
L: L.3.5b
Real-life
connections
L: L.3.5c
Related words,
states of mind,
degrees of
certainty
over, under, mid
Review all
previously
mastered
standards
L:
Review Week
P: Prefix
contra
P: French
Spelling /sh/
C:
RL 3.2 (Review)
RI 3.2 (Review)
C:
RL 3.9 (Review)
RI 3.9 (Review)
L: L.3.1i
Compound &
Complex
Sentences
L: L.3.5a
Literal/nonlit.
(Review)
March 6-10
hood
C:
RL 3.3 (Review)
RI 3.3 (Review)
Research
P: Suffixes
dom, ish
Assessment
Standards:
P: Greek
Spelling /ch/
C:
RL 3.9 (Review)
RI 3.9 (Review)
C:
RL 3.5
RI 3.5
L: L.3.6
Grade level
words and
phrases
TESTING
TESTING
TESTING
TESTING
C: RL 3.2
RL 3.4
RL 3.5
RL 3.6
RI 3.3
RI 3.4
RI 3.6
L:
Sentences L.3.1i
Dictionaries L.3.4d
Words/phrases L.3.3a
Writ/Spkn Eng. L.3.3b
Context Clues L.3.4a
Roots as Clues L.3.4c
Words & Phrases L.3.6
Benchmark
Assess
Assessment
Standards:
May 15-19
All 3rd grade
standards may be
assessed on this
benchmark test.
L: Review
previously
mastered
standards for
benchmark.
L:
Real-life Conn. L.3.5b
Related Words L.3.5c