DRAFT 7.30.2014
Grade 3 Year-at-a-Glance Curriculum Map for Reading and Writing Workshop with Integrated Social Studies
1 Nine Weeks
2 Nine Weeks
st
Reading
Comprehension
Skills/Processes
Writing
Revising & Editing
Skills/Conventions
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
25-29
2-5
8-12
15-19
22-26
29-3
6-10
14-17
20-24
27-31
3-7
Aug
September
October
Social Studies
4
10-14 17-21
November
BOY DPM
9/15 – 9/26
Monitoring Comprehension &
Making Connections
Launching Reading Workshop
with Traditional Literature
5
6
7
8
1-5
8-12
15-19
6-9
December
9
1
2
12-16 20-23 26-30
January
Visualizing
& Inferring
Poetry
Visualizing &
Inferring
Literary
Nonfiction
Determining
Importance
Inferring &
Summarizing
Nonfiction
Realistic Fiction
3
4
2-6
9-13
5
Test-taking
Strategies
February
Launching Writing Workshop
Self-selected Topic & Genre
Poetry
Writing
Personal Narrative
Singular & Plural Noun Usage; Capitalize & Punctuate
Sentences; Capitalize Proper Noun
(Titles of People, Geographical Names & Places,
Historical Periods, & Dates); Write Complete
Sentences; Subject-Verb Agreement
Government
Writing Fiction: Big
Dreams, Tall Ambitions
(Calkins)
Verb Tense Usage; Possessive Usage & Punctuation;
Indent Paragraphs; Adjective Usage;
Punctuate Dialogue w/ Quotation Marks;
Commas in a Series
Tech.
Project
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings;
r-Controlled Vowels; Ambiguous/Abstract Vowels;
Prefixes; Suffixes; Complex Consonant Units;
Single Syllable Homophones & Homographs;
Syllable Juncture Doubling – Open & Closed Syllables
Geography
History of
Communities
7
2-6
8
9
16-20 23-27
Tech.
Project
Determining Importance
& Questioning
Nonfiction & Research
(Persuasive & Procedural
Embedded)
Putting an Intriguing
Spin
on Feature Articles
Applying the Research
Process
2
30-2
6-10
3
4
13-17 20-24
Inferring & Synthesizing
Historical
Fiction
Author’s Purpose;
Message/Theme;
Sequence;
Cause & Effect;
Story Elements;
Character Analysis
Breathing Life into
Essays
Expository Writing
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings;
Prefixes; Suffixes; Compound Words; Regular & Irregular
Plurals; Consonant Doubling & e-Drop When Adding an
Ending; Complex Contractions
Culture &
Celebrations of a
Community
Tech.
Project
5
6
27-1
4-8
April
7
11-15 18-22
Synthesizing
STAAR Connect,
Social Issues Book Clubs
Compare,
& Contrast Genres
*Digital
Writing
9a
9b
26-29
1-4
June
EOY DPM
5/4 – 5/15
Synthesizing
Review Literary
& Expository
Genres
8
May
STAAR
Math &
Rdg.
4/21-22
Source Citations; Possessive Pronoun Usage; Common
Abbreviations; Use Conjunctions to Form
Compound Sentences; Time Order Transition
Words
Characteristics of a
Community
1
March
Unit 3 Handwriting: Lowercase Cursive Letters
Unit 2 Handwriting: Cursive Writing
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings;
Consonants & Consonant Clusters;
Common Syllable Constructions: Closed, Open,
& Final Stable Syllable; Short Vowels; Long Vowel;
Synonyms & Antonyms
Citizenship
Celebrate Freedom
Week
Promptbased
Personal
Narratives
th
Math
BMK
2/25
Genre;
Procedures; Partner Talk; Retelling; Context Clues;
Author’s Craft & Text Features; Inferring; Predicting; Character Vocabulary; Important Details; Fact &
Structural
Reading Response; Character
Making a
Elements & Purpose; Sequence; Details &
Opinion; Summary;
Analysis; Main Message; Story
Analysis;
Plan; Using
Genre; Sensory Details; Summary; Main Idea;
Text
Evidence; Author’s Purpose; Media
Elements; Sequence; Summary; Text & Metaphorical Inference; Media Text Evidence; Analysis of Story Elements;
Eliminating
Literacy
Evidence; Synonyms & Antonyms as Language;
Text Structure Author’s Message; Summary
Literacy
Answer
Author’s Craft
Context Clues
Choices
Raising the Quality of
Narrative Writing
(Calkins) & Small
Moments that Matter
6
17-20 23-27
Rdg.
BMK
1/27
MOY DPM
12/1 – 12/10
Unit 1 Handwriting: Review Manuscript
Word Study
3
Letter
Writing
Testing
1
4 Nine Weeks
rd
Digital Story
Publishing
Month
3 Nine Weeks
nd
Develop Vocabulary;
Thinking Within,
Beyond, & About Texts
Prompt-based Essays
Inferring
Drama
Structural & Genre
Elements; Story
Elements;
Performing for
Audience
Lights, Camera, Action:
Producing Book Trailers
Persuasive Writing
Adverb Usage; Preposition & Prepositional Phrase Usage;
Negatives Usage; Words Ending in –tion & –sion;
Single-Syllable Homophones
Unit 3 Handwriting: Uppercase Cursive Letters
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings;
Suffixes
Important People in a
Community
Economics
Tech.
Project