Lesson Plans
Mr. Andrew Bishop – 3rd Grade ELA
August 12th – August 16th, 2016
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Reading
Students will gather and be introduced to the “Think,
Pair, Share” strategy
Introduce and read aloud Two Bobbies
Students will discuss the story with their partners
using the “Think, Pair, Share” strategy
Students will reflect on “Think, Pair, Share”
Students will read independently and share reading
with partners
We will review procedures and gather at the carpet
and get ready to listen to the story
We will review the story Two Bobbies
We will reread parts of the story aloud and students
will turn and talk with their partners about the story
Students will reflect on working together
Students will read independently and share reading
with partners
Today, the students will introduced to self-monitoring
while reading independently
Students will see self-monitoring modeled
Students will then read independently and practice
self-monitoring while they read
Students will reflect on independent reading
Writing
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Read Aloud: About Eloise Greenfield
Students will learn about author Eloise Greenfield
Students will be introduced to quick writes and will
write about a memory that they have.
Students will spend 10-15 minutes writing independently.
They may continue with their quick write, write a story,
or start a new piece of writing
Share and Reflect
Students will learn the procedure and practice “Think,
Pair, Share”
Students will listen to part of the story Things Will
Never Be The Same
During the reading, students will use the “Think, Pair,
Share” strategy to answer questions
Students will generate writing ideas using the “Writing
Ideas” anchor chart
Students will write independently for 10-15 minutes.
Students will begin conferring with me this week about
their writing strengths and weaknesses.
Share and Reflect
Students will gather and we will review “Think, Pair,
Share”
Students will be introduced to a prewriting technique
o Students will review their latest piece of writing
and underline one or two sentences that the
liked the most.
Students will explore a prewriting technique using one
of the sentences that they just underlined in their
writing notebooks
Students will write independently for 10-15 minutes
Continue student/teacher conferences
Share and Reflect
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Thursday
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We will briefly review self-monitoring
Students will read independently and practice selfmonitoring while they read
Students will discuss the independent reading and
reflect on self-monitoring
Students will see a model of how to complete an
entry in the reading log
Students will practice writing on their reading logs
Friday
Assessment(s)
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Read aloud: Silver Seeds (Poem)
We will write an acrostic poem as a class
Students will write independently for 10-15 minutes
Continue student/teacher conferences
Share and Reflect
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Gather and review
Read aloud part of Oceans and Seas
Students will quick-write and brainstorm nonfiction
topics
Before writing, students will discuss how to be
responsible during writing time.
Students will write independently for 10-15 minutes
Continue student/teacher conferences
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Language Arts
Social Studies
Four Types of Sentences
Map & Globe Skills
Spelling Words:
Learning Targets:
Reading
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I will be able to use illustrations to make inferences about a
story.
 I will make text-to-self connections in my reading.
 I will demonstrate my knowledge of the procedures for
reading workshop.
Writing
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I will explore and use various types of prewriting techniques.
I will be able to generate and write freely about things that
are interesting to me.
Language Arts
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collar
traffic
puppet
napkin
sister
lettuce
supper
lesson
happen
winter
Vocabulary Words:
(Taught through various trade books
throughout the week)
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arithmetic
diary key
skate key
forbidden
volcanic hot spots
molten rock
the might Mississippi
Mardi Gras
levees
tethered
littered with debris
receded
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I can identify the four types of sentences.
Social Studies
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I will be able to identify the continents on a map or globe.
(Standard 2)
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devastated
strayed
paced
whimpered
Reflection: