Grade 3 Curriculum Map for Reading and Writing Workshop with Integrated Social Studies
1st Semester for 2016-2017
1st Nine Weeks
1
2
22-26 29-2
6
12-16 19-23 26-30
3-7
8
9
1
2
10-14 17-21 24-28 31-4
September
October
3
4
5
7-11 14-18 28-2
November
BOY DPM
Launching Reading Workshop with
Realistic Fiction & Reading Response
Workshop Procedures; Self-Monitoring; Structural
Launching Writing Workshop
(Self-selected Topic & Genre)
Forms
of
Poetry
Reading
Response
Reading Response
6
7
8
9
5-9
12-16
2-6
9-13
December
January
MOY DPM
Comprehension Elements of Fiction; Visualize & Infer Story Elements;
Skills & Strategies Context Clues; Sequence Events; Summarize/Retell;
Writing
7
Test Prep
Reading
5
Test-taking Strategies
Testing
August
5-9
4
Poetry
Foundations
Month
3
2nd Nine Weeks
Biography
(Literary Nonfiction)
Nonfiction
Foundations
Traditional
Literature
Structural Elements of Structural Elements of NF;
Biography; Determine
Text Features; Visuals &
Importance; Sequence & Media Literacy; Determine
Summarize Events; Main Importance; Main Idea &
Idea; Message/Theme; Details; Prefixes; MultipleInfer; Media Literacy;
Meaning Words
Personal Narrative
Essay Boot
Camp
Growing
Ideas about
Poetry
Structural
Structural
Elements of
Elements of
Traditional
Poetry; Sensory
Literature;
Visualize & Infer Language; Infer;
Story Elements; Message/Theme;
Context Clues;
Main Idea &
Sequence Events;
Summarize
Summarize/ Retell
Fiction Writing
Poetry
Writing
Revising &
Editing Skills
Parts of Speech; Capitalize Proper Nouns; Write Complete Sentences
(Subject & Predicate); Sentence Types & End Punctuation; Plural Nouns;
Capitalize Titles of People, Geographical Names, Places, & Historical Names;
Review Sentence Structure; Helping, Linking, & Action Verbs
Unit 1 Handwriting: Review Manuscript
Revise Topic Sentence & Indent Paragraph; Insert and Delete Details;
Revise Word Choice & Pronoun Reference; Subject-Verb Agreement;
Verb Tense; Sentence Fragments; Quotation Marks in Dialogue;
Review Sentence Structure & CUPS; Contractions
Unit 2 Handwriting: Cursive Writing
Word Study
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings; Consonant & Consonant Clusters;
Common Syllable Constructions; Closed, Open, & Final Stable Syllable;
Short Vowels; Long Vowels; Synonyms & Antonyms;
Change y to i before adding ending
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings; r-Controlled Vowels; Ambiguous/Abstract
Vowels; Prefixes; Suffixes; Complex Consonant;
Single Syllable Homophones & Homographs;
Double Consonants in Middle of Word
Integrated
Social Studies
Citizenship & Celebrate
Freedom Week
Government
Tech.
Project
Draft 8.2.16
Geography
History of Communities
Tech.
Project
Grade 3 Curriculum Map for Reading and Writing Workshop with Integrated Social Studies
2nd Semester for 2016-2017
3rd Nine Weeks
4th Nine Weeks
1
2
16-20 23-27
Month
3
4
30-3
6-10
January
5
6
13-17 20-24
7
8
27-3
6-10
February
1
20-24 27-31
Growing Ideas About Nonfiction
2
3-7
3
Fiction with Drama
4
5
10-14 17-21 24-28
March
6
7
1-5
8-12
April
READ/
MATH
BMKS
Testing
Reading
9
STAAR Review
Feature Articles
Expository Essay
Letters
Writing
15-19 22-26
STAAR
5/8-9
Structural
Structural Elements of
Author's Purpose, Perspective, & Craft; Text Fiction & Drama; Predict; Elements of HF; Review assessed genres and skills on STAAR.
Comprehension Structures; Cause & Effect; Make Inference & Infer; Visualize; Character Author's Purpose;
Assessed genres include
Message/Theme;
Draw Conclusion w/ Text Evidence; Content- Analysis; Sequence Plot;
Fiction, Biography (Literary Nonfction),
Skills &
Sequence; Cause &
based Vocabulary; Summary; Procedural
Cause & Effect; Main Idea;
Poetry, & Informational
Strategies
Effect;
Text; & Persuasive Text; Suffixes
Summary;
& Procedural Text.
Story Elements;
Message/Theme
Character Analysis
Prompt-Based
Expository
Essay
9
May
EOY DPM
Historical
Fiction
8
Self-selected Topic &
Genre
Book Clubs
Develop Vocabulary;
Thinking Within, Beyond,
& About Texts
Book Trailers
Revising &
Editing Skills
Commas in Series; Adjectives & Articles; Revise by Combining Sentences;
Conjunctions in Compound Sentences; Edit Run-on Sentences; Insert Topic
Sentence; Insert Central Idea & Closing Statement; Insert Transitions;
Apostrophes in Possessives
Unit 3 Handwriting: Lowercase Cursive Letters
Revision Review; CUPS & Sentence Structure Review; Punctuation Review;
Prepositions; Prepositions; Complex Sentences Using Prepositions; Applying
Adverbs
Unit 4: Handwriting: Uppercase Cursive Letters
Word Study
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings; Prefixes; Suffixes; Compound Words;
Regular & Irregular Plurals; Consonant Doubling & e-Drop When Adding Ending;
Complex Contractions
Use Resources to Find Correct Spellings; Suffixes
Integrated
Social Studies
Characteristics of a
Community
Important People in a
Community
Tech.
Project
Draft 8.2.16
Economics
Culture & Celebrations of a
Community
Tech.
Project