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UTES – 3rd Grade Planning/Testing Guide 2016-2017
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Week 1August 22nd – 26th
Reading Skill: Literary / Realistic Fiction
3.8A- sequence and summarize the plot’s main events and explain their influence on future events
3.8B-describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo.
Texas Treasures“First-day Jitters” (Book 1)
“First Day Jitters” NervousFumbledChuckledNonsenseTrudged
5 days
Set up expectations: Biggest issues in 3rd grade:1) Focus2) Calling out instead of raising hand.
Address these issues first, and the rest is easy!
Remember to add visualsduring classroom setup.
Week 1August 22nd – 26th
Writing: Reading Response Letters and purpose
3.20B- write letters whose language is tailored to the audience and purpose (e.g., a thank you note to a friend) and that use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, closing);
3.20C- write responses to literary or
Texas Treasures“First-day Jitters” (Book 1)
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
NervousFumbledChuckledNonsenseTrudged
5 days
Write “thank-you” letters to donors of the school. This year we used “thanks for your hand in my education,” and had children trace their hands before decorating.
DON’T FORGET TO LABEL ALL OF THE JOURNALS!
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expository texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text.
3.29A- listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;
3.29B- follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action
3.31A- Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with
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appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others.
Week 1August 22nd – 26th
Spelling: short vowels 3.24A- use knowledge of letter sounds, word parts, word segmentation, and syllabication to spell;
Texas Treasures“First-day Jitters” (Book 1)
Weekly Spelling Assessment
NervousFumbledChuckledNonsenseTrudged
5 days
Spelling game Popsicle- each student spells a letter and goes around the room.
BodySpell on GoNoodle
Pg. 3 for classworkPg. 6 for HW
Week 1August 22nd – 26th
Grammar: short vowels 3.22A use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles
3.22B- use the complete subject and the complete
Texas Treasures“First-day Jitters” (Book 1)
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
NervousFumbledChuckledNonsenseTrudged
5 days
Video on short vowels (saved on your liked page)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMVCd0Izns&list=LLqmcvJhLMCINwzmL3zMG4oQ&index=11
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predicate in a sentence
Week 1August 22nd – 26th
Social Studies: Classroom Community
3.2A- identify reasons people have formed communities, including a need for security, religious freedom, law, and material well-being
Texas Treasures“First-day Jitters” (Book 1)
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NervousFumbledChuckledNonsenseTrudged
5 days
Classroom community project! Have students interview community members that are NOT their parents. challenging, engaging, and covers many TEKS!
Week 2August 29th – September 2nd
Reading: Poetry 3.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry: students understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding
3.6A Describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g. narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous
Texas Treasures
“Neighbors / Recycling” (Book 2)
Texas TreasuresWriting Journals
Verse,Stanza, Refrain,
Repetition,Rhyme
4 days
FIND BETTER MENTOR TEXT FOR INTRO TO POETRY. NEIGHBORS/RECYCLE SUCKS!
“Things” is a great poem for refrain with “ain’t got it no more.”
Use Taylor Swift’s “Shake it off,” to teacher repetition
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poetry, free verse)Week 2August 29th – September 2nd
Writing: Reader’s Response Letters & Conventions
Same as Week 1 Writing TEKS
Texas Treasures
“Neighbors / Recycling” (Book 2)
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
Verse,Stanza, Refrain,
Repetition,Rhyme
4 days
5 parts to a letter:1) Date2) Greeting3) Body (with indentions)4) Closing5) Signature
Week 2August 29th – September 2nd
Spelling: Final e 3.24A- use knowledge of letter sounds, word parts, word segmentation, and syllabication to spell;
Texas Treasures
“Neighbors / Recycling” (Book 2)
Weekly Spelling Assessment
Verse,Stanza, Refrain,
Repetition,Rhyme
4 days
BodySpell GoNoodle for spelling words
Pg. 9 for ClassworkPg. 12 for HW
Week 2August 29th – September 2nd
Grammar: Commands and Exclamations
Same as Week 1 Grammar TEKS
Texas Treasures
“Neighbors / Recycling” (Book 2)
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
Verse,Stanza, Refrain,
Repetition,Rhyme
4 days
Punctuation anchor chart
Week 2August 29th – September 2nd
Social Studies: Classroom Community
3.11A- identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding
Texas Treasures
“Neighbors / Recycling” (Book 2)
Studies Weekly Assessment
Verse,Stanza, Refrain,
Repetition,Rhyme
4 days
Creative Action:“The Araboolies of Liberty Street” Mentor Text
Discusses Liberty, Justice, and rights as a citizen
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public officials to their word, and voting
Week 3September 6th-9th
Reading: Realistic Fiction“Amazing Grace”
3.4B-use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs
3.F19D
Texas Treasures“Amazing
Grace”(Book 1)
Texas Treasures AuditionsAdventure
ExploreSparklingFantasticSuccess
4 days
Use “Amazing Grace” from Texas Treasures
Multiple-meaning home-made template from student teaching in “Originals” folder
Don’t forget to explicitly define “REALISTIC FICTION”
Week 3September 6th-9th
Writing: Personal Narrative
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
3.19A-Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences
3.29A-listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions,
Texas Treasures“Amazing
Grace”(Book 1)
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
AuditionsAdventure
ExploreSparklingFantasticSuccess
4 days
Save example of “My Talent Show” for Personal Narrative examples
Use Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer (detailed one with sensory details on it)
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and make pertinent comments;
3.31A-Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others
Week 3September 6th-9th
Spelling: Long a 3.24F-spell complex contractions (e.g., should've, won't)
Texas Treasures“Amazing
Grace”(Book 1)
Weekly Spelling Assessment
AuditionsAdventure
ExploreSparklingFantasticSuccess
4 days
BodySpell on GoNoodle
Pg. 15 for ClassworkPg. 18 for HW
Week 3September 6th-9th
Grammar: Complete Subjects
3.22A-use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the
Texas Treasures“Amazing
Grace”(Book 1)
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
AuditionsAdventure
ExploreSparklingFantastic
4 days
Use Schoolhouse Rock video “Mr. Morton” for subject/predicate.
https://www.youtube.com/
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context of reading, writing, and speaking
3.22B-use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence;
3.22C-use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23B-use capitalization (iii) official titles of people;
3.23C-recognize and use punctuation marks including: (i) apostrophes in contractions and possessives; and (ii) commas in series and dates;
Success watch?v=fdUXxdmhIsw&index=5&list=LLqmcvJhLMCINwzmL3zMG4oQ
Week 3September 6th-9th
Social Studies: Classroom Community
3.12B- identify examples of actions individuals and groups can take to improve the community
Texas Treasures“Amazing
Grace”(Book 1)
Studies Weekly Assessment
AuditionsAdventure
ExploreSparklingFantasticSuccess
4 days
Texas Treasures has differentiated texts (purple, orange, blue, green) about kids who make a difference.
COUNT THIS FOR S.S. GRADE!
UTES – 3rd Grade Planning/Testing Guide 2016-2017
Week 4September 12th-16th
Reading: Historical Fiction
3.4A-identify the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., in-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -full, -less), and know how they change the meaning of roots
3.F19E
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“Boom Town” (Book 2)
Texas Treasures sidewalksgrumbledtradersblossomedwailedlonesome
5 days
Use “Boom Town” from Texas Treasures
Week 4September 12th-16th
Writing: Personal Narrative & Conventions
Same as Week 3 Writing TEKS
Texas Treasures
“Boom Town” (Book 2)
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
sidewalksgrumbledtradersblossomedwailedlonesome
5 days
Editing / Revising Checklist (Student/ Peer/ Teacher one)
Week 4September 12th-16th
Spelling: long o 3.24F-spell complex contractions (e.g., should've, won't)
Texas Treasures
“Boom Town” (Book 2)
Weekly Spelling Assessment
sidewalksgrumbledtradersblossomedwailedlonesome
5 days
BodySpell on Go Noodle
Pg. 21 or 22 for ClassworkPg. 24 for HW
Week 4September 12th-16th
Grammar: Complete Predicates
Same as Week 3 Grammar TEKS
Texas Treasures
“Boom Town” (Book 2)
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
sidewalksgrumbledtradersblossomedwailedlonesome
5 days
Use Schoolhouse Rock video “Mr. Morton” for subject/predicate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdUXxdmhIsw&index=5&list=LLqmcvJhLMCINwzmL3zMG4oQ
Week 4September 12th-16th
Social Studies: Community Structures and Functions
3.2C- compare ways in which various other communities meet their needs
Texas Treasures
“Boom Town” (Book 2)
Studies Weekly Assessment
sidewalksgrumbledtraders
5 days
In the future, refer back to “Boom Town” and have students make their own town “must have’s”
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blossomedwailedlonesome
Make an exemplary model of a new “Boom Town”
Week 5September 19th-23rd
Reading: Literary/ Fantasy
3.8A-sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events;
3.5A-paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories
Texas Treasures
“Wolf”
Texas Treasures passionbothering
admireconcentrate
achedsplendid
4 days
Find unified resource/terminology to teach summarizing. Too many organizers/vocab. Find the best and stick with it!
Week 5September 19th-23rd
Writing: Personal Narrative
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
3.19A-Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences
3.29A-listen
Texas Treasures
“Wolf”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
passionbothering
admireconcentrate
achedsplendid
4 days
Students write narratives about a “first” moment. (e.g. first talent show, first Pokémon battle, first trip to beach, etc.)
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attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;
3.31A-Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others
Week 5September 19th-23rd
Spelling: long i 3.24B-spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules: (i) consonant doubling when adding an ending
Texas Treasures
“Wolf”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
passionbothering
admireconcentrate
achedsplendid
4 days
BodySpell on GoNoodle
Pg. 27 for ClassworkPg. 30 for HW
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Week 5September 19th-23rd
Grammar: Compound Sentences
3.22A-use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but);
3.22C-use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb
Texas Treasures
“Wolf”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
passionbothering
admireconcentrate
achedsplendid
4 days
Schoolhouse Rock “Conjunctions” to introduce concept.
Find new assessment activity for compound sentences
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agreement
3.23B-use capitalization for (i) geographical names and places; (iii) official titles of people
3.23C-recognize and use punctuation marks including: (i) apostrophes in contractions and possessives; and (ii) commas in series and dates;
Week 5September 19th-23rd
Social Studies: Community Structures and Functions
3.4D- describe the effects of human processes such as building new homes, conservation, and pollution in shaping the landscape;
3.4E- identify and compare the human characteristics of various regions.
Texas Treasures
“Wolf”
Studies Weekly Assessment
passionbothering
admireconcentrate
achedsplendid
4 days
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*Bonus: Teaching moment for social justice in Wolf. Use the picture of the wolf in the Library to discuss prejudice, racism, and judgments
Week 6September 26th-30th
Reading: Folktale 3.F19E
3.F19D
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Texas Treasures Sidewalks, grumbled,
traders, blossomed,
5 days
Use inference organizer. Explicitly model inferencing with Monks and what happens next
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wailed, lonesome
Week 6September 26th-30th
Writing: Personal Narrative & Conventions
Same as Week 5 Writing TEKS
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
guests,banquet,
agreeable,curiosity,
gaze, untrusting
5 days
Week 6September 26th-30th
Spelling: long e 3.24B-spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules: (i) consonant doubling when adding an ending
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
guests,banquet,
agreeable,curiosity,
gaze, untrusting
5 days
Pg. 33 for ClassworkPg. 36 for HW
Week 6September 26th-30th
Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns
Same as Week 5 Grammar TEKS
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
guests,banquet,
agreeable,curiosity,
gaze, untrusting
5 days
Flocabulary “Capitalize” video
Week 6September 26th-30th
Social Studies: Community Structures and Functions
3.9A-describe the basic structure of government in the local community, state, and nation;
3.9B- identify local, state, and national government officials and explain how they are chosen
3.9C-identify
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Studies Weekly Assessment
guests,banquet,
agreeable,curiosity,
gaze, untrusting
5 days
Bill of Rights project to introduce the structure of government.
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services commonly provided by local, state, and national governments
3.9D- explain how local, state, and national government services are financed.
Week 7October 3rd- October 7th
Reading: Poetry 3.6A-Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).
“The Runner” Poem with
STAAR aligned questions
Texas Treasures stanzaverse
imageryrhyme
line
4 days
“Take me out of the Bathtub” has great examples of lyrical / humorous poetry.
Use “I am Poems” for Free Verse
FIND BETTER NARRATIVE POEMS
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3,10A-Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses
Week 7October 3rd- October 7th
Writing: Poetry 3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
3.18B-write poems that convey sensory details using the conventions of
I AM POEMS Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
stanzaverse
imageryrhyme
line
4 days
Acrostic Poems can be used during whole or small group
Song lyrics help with lyrical
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poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, patterns of verse)
Week 7October 3rd- October 7th
Spelling: silent letters 3.24B(iv)- double consonants in middle of words
Texas Treasures
Weekly Spelling Assessment
stanzaverse
imageryrhyme
line
4 days Pg. 39 for Classwork
Pg. 42 for HW
Week 7October 3rd- October 7th
Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns
3.22A-use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his,
Texas Treasures
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
stanzaverse
imageryrhyme
line
4 days
This has been hard EVERY year.
SEARCH FOR BETTER INTRODUCTORY VIDEO
The assessments from P work were really thorough!
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hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but);
3.22C-use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23B-use capitalization for (i) geographical names and places; (iii) official titles of people
3.23C-recognize and use punctuation marks including: (i) apostrophes in contractions and possessives; and (ii) commas in series and dates;
Week 7October 3rd- October 7th
Social Studies: Community Celebrations
3.13A- explain the significance of various ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community and other
Texas Treasures
“Home-Grown Buttlerflies”
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stanzaverse
imageryrhyme
line
4 days
If you have to skip something, you can skip this one if it is not around Halloween or Thanksgiving time.
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communities;
3.13B- compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community with other communities.
Week 8October 10th- 14th
Reading: Poetry 3.5-Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding
3.F19D
“Take me out of the
Bathtub”
“The Runner” STAAR aligned
questions
“The Oak and the Rose”
by Shel Silverstein
Texas Treasures stanzaverse
imageryrhyme
line
4 days
“The Runner” was a strong intro to show PRESTO on a poem
Use “The Oak and the Rose” by Shel Silverstein as well.
“Today is a very boring day” has great questions for inferences and drawing conclusions
Week 8October 10th- 14th
Writing: Poetry & Conventions
Same as Week 7 Writing TEKS
Take me out of the Bathtub”
“The Runner” STAAR aligned
questions
“The Oak and the Rose”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
stanzaverseimageryrhymeline
4 days
I AM POEMS. Use these first!
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by Shel Silverstein
Week 8October 10th- 14th
Spelling: three-letter blends
Same as Week 7 Spelling TEKS
Take me out of the Bathtub”
“The Runner” STAAR aligned
questions
“The Oak and the Rose”
by Shel Silverstein”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
stanzaverseimageryrhymeline
4 days
These were hard for the kids. Don’t use “THREAD” next year. Too low incidence / all missed.
Pg. 45 for ClassworkPg. 48 for HW
Week 8October 10th- 14th
Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Same as Week 7 Grammar TEKS
Take me out of the Bathtub”
“The Runner” STAAR aligned
questions
“The Oak and the Rose”
by Shel Silverstein
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
stanzaverseimageryrhymeline
4 days
Pg.
Week 8October 10th- 14th
Social Studies: Community Celebrations
3.14A- identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette revised August 2014
Take me out of the Bathtub”
“The Runner” STAAR aligned
questions
“The Oak and the Rose”
by Shel Silverstein”
Studies Weekly Assessment
stanzaverseimageryrhymeline
4 days
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Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes;
Week 9October 17th-21st
Reading: Expository 3.13D-use text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics) to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text.
3.F19C
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Texas Treasures record, estimate, focus
5 days
Talk to class about text features, cyber-bullying, cyber safety and use whole class discussion and examples. Very Powerful!
Week 9October 17th-21st
Writing: Short informational texts
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose tex
3.20A-create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
record, estimate, focus
5 days
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statement;
3.29A-listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comment
3.31A-Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others
Week 9October 17th-21st
Spelling: Digraphs 3.24B-(ii) dropping final "e" when endings are added (e.g., -ing, -ed);
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
record, estimate, focus
5 days Pg. 51 for Classwork
Pg. 54 for HW
Week 9 Grammar: Possessive 3.22A-use and Texas Texas Treasures record, 5 https://www.youtube.com/
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October 17th-21st Nouns understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but);
3.22C-use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
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Mania”
Grammar Benchmark
Book
estimate, focus days watch?v=GN7q0La5vEA
One of the most well-done possessive noun videos ever!
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3.23B-use capitalization for (i) geographical names and places; (iii) official titles of people
3.23C-recognize and use punctuation marks including: (i) apostrophes in contractions and possessives; and (ii) commas in series and dates;
Week 9October 17th-21st
Social Studies: Community Celebrations
3.15B- explain the significance of various individual writers and artists such as Carmen Lomas Garza, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Bill Martin Jr. and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings and other examples of cultural heritage to various communities.
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Studies Weekly Assessment
record, estimate, focus
5 days
Week 10October 24th – October 28th
Reading: Informational Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository
Texas Treasures“Go West”
culture, communities, immigrants, established,
5 days
Nonfiction / Informational Main Idea organizer
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Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: (A) identify the details or facts that support the main idea; (C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in text
traditional
Week 10October 24th – October 28th
Writing Short Informational Text
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
3.20 (A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with
Texas Treasures“Go West”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
culture, communities, immigrants, established, traditional
5 days
Use Messaging / Mania Cyber bullying or famous people books (
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simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement;
3.29A listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
3.31AListening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others.
UTES – 3rd Grade Planning/Testing Guide 2016-2017
Week 10October 24th – October 28th
Spelling Contractions 3.24B(ii) dropping final "e" when endings are added (e.g., -ing, -ed);
Texas Treasures“Go West”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
culture, communities, immigrants, established, traditional
5 days Pg. 57 for Classwork
Pg. 60 for HW
Week 10October 24th – October 28th
Grammar combining with nouns
3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g.,
Texas Treasures
“Go West””
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
culture, communities, immigrants, established, traditional
5 days
NEED SOMETHING FOR THIS
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and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
3.22C-use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23B(i)(iii)3.23C
Week 10October 24th – October 28th
Social Studies Tools to use
3.5(A) use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes such as the Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi River, and Austin, Texas, in relation to the local community; (B) use a scale to determine the distance between places on maps and globes; (C) identify and use the compass rose, grid system, and symbols to locate places on maps and
Texas Treasures“Go West”
Studies Weekly Assessment
culture, communities, immigrants, established, traditional
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globes; and (D) create and interpret maps of places and regions that contain map elements, including a title, compass rose, legend, scale, and grid system.
Week 11October 31st-November 4th
Reading Procedural 3.15(A) follow and explain a set of written multi-step directions; and (B) locate and use specific information in graphic features of text.
3.4B-use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs;
Texas Treasures“Author: A True Story”
talented,single,
excitement,acceptance,
useful,proper
5 days
How-To guides to practice sequencing skills.
Week 11October 31st-November 4th
Writing Short Informational Text
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
3.20(A) create brief
Texas Treasures“Author: A True Story”
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Revising Assessments
talented,single,
excitement,acceptance,
useful,proper
5 days
Write your own information and create a text feature to go along with it.
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compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement;
3.29A- listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
3.31A-Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and
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answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others.
Week 11October 31st-November 4th
Spelling r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur
3.24B(v)- complex consonants (e.g., scr-, -dge, -tch)
Texas Treasures“Author: A True Story”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
talented,single,
excitement,acceptance,
useful,proper
5 days Pg. 63 for Classwork
Pg. 66 for HW
Week 11October 31st-November 4th
Grammar action verbs 3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully);
Texas Treasures“Author: A True Story”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
talented,single,
excitement,acceptance,
useful,proper
5 days
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(v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion
3.22(C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
3.23B(i) geographical names and places (iii) official titles of people
3.23(C) recognize and use punctuation marks including: (i) apostrophes in contractions and possessives
Week 11October 31st-
Social Studies Adaptations to the
3.2(C) compare ways in which
Texas Treasures
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talented,single,
5 days
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November 4th Environment various other communities meet their needs
3.4(A) describe and explain variations in the physical environment, including climate, landforms, natural resources, and natural hazards; (B) identify and compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment in which they live such as deserts, mountains, wetlands, and plains; (C) describe the effects of physical processes such as volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes in shaping the landscape
3.5(B) use a scale to determine the distance between places on maps and
“Author: A True Story”
excitement,acceptance,
useful,proper
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globesWeek 12November 7th- November 11th
Reading Procedural 3.13(C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
3.4(C) identify and use antonyms, synonyms, homographs, and homophones
Texas Treasures
“Dear Juno”
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
Week 12November 7th- November 11th
Writing Short Informational Text
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
Texas Treasures
“Dear Juno”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
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3.29(A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
3.31 Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others.
Week 12November 7th- November 11th
Spelling r-controlled vowels ar, or,
3.24B(v) complex consonants (e.g., scr-, -dge, -tch)
Texas Treasures
“Dear Juno”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days Pg. 69 Classwork
Pg. 72 HW
Week 12 Grammar present-tense 3.22(A) use and Texas Texas Treasures photograph, 5
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November 7th- November 11th
verbs understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion
Treasures“Dear Juno”
Grammar Benchmark
Book
crackle, envelope,
announced, starry,soared
days
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3.22C-(C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
3.23(B) use capitalization for: (i) geographical names and places; (ii) historical periods; and (iii) official titles of people;
3.23(C) recognize and use punctuation marks including: (i) apostrophes in contractions and possessives
Week 12November 7th- November 11th
Social Studies Adaptations to the Environment
3.2(C) compare ways in which various other communities meet their needs
3.4(A) describe and explain variations in the physical environment, including climate, landforms, natural resources, and
Texas Treasures
“Dear Juno”
Studies Weekly Assessment
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
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natural hazards; (B) identify and compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment in which they live such as deserts, mountains, wetlands, and plains; (C) describe the effects of physical processes such as volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes in shaping the landscape
3.5(B) use a scale to determine the distance between places on maps and globes
Week 13November 14th-November 18th
Reading Literary Nonfiction / Biography
3.(9) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
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structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference in point of view between a biography and autobiography
3.F19DWeek 13November 14th- November 18th
Writing Literary Nonfiction / Biography
3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations;
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
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and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer; (D) identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources
3.30 Listening and
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Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students areexpected to speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.
Week 13November 14th- November 18th
Spelling prefixes re, un, pre, miss
3.24(E) spell single syllable homophones (e.g., bear/bare; week/weak; road/rode);
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
Week 13November 14th- November 18th
Grammar past-tense verbs
3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
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(i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion
3.22(C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
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3.23(B) use capitalization for: (i) geographical names and places; (ii) historical periods; and (iii) official titles of people;
Week 13November 14th- November 18th
Social Studies Modifications to the environment over time
3.1(A) use vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future times; (B) create and interpret timelines; and (C) apply the terms year, decade, and century to describe historical times
3.2(B) identify ways in which people in the local community and other communities meet their needs for government, education, communication, transportation, and recreation
3.3(A) use
Texas Treasures
“Messaging Mania”
Studies Weekly Assessment
photograph,crackle,
envelope,announced,
starry,soared
5 days
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vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future times; (B) create and interpret timelines; and (C) apply the terms year, decade, and century to describe historical times
Week 14November 28th-December 2nd
Reading Literary Nonfiction / Biography
3.4(B) use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs;
3.9 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from text to
Texas Treasures“What do illustrators
do?”
suggestions,instance,illustrate,
style,sketches,textures
5 days
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support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference in point of view between a biography and autobiography
3.F19DWeek 14November 28th-December 2nd
Writing Literary Nonfiction / Biography
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate
Texas Treasures“What do illustrators
do?”
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suggestions,instance,illustrate,
style,sketches,textures
5 days
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research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer;
3.30 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Week 14 Spelling dipthong oi 3.24(E) spell single Texas Weekly Spelling suggestions, 5
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November 28th-December 2nd
syllable homophones (e.g., bear/bare; week/weak; road/rode
Treasures“What do illustrators
do?”
Assessment instance,illustrate,
style,sketches,textures
days
Week 14November 28th-December 2nd
Grammar future-tense verbs
3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g.,
Texas Treasures“What do illustrators
do?”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
suggestions,instance,illustrate,
style,sketches,textures
5 days
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and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
3.22(C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23(B) use capitalization for: (i) geographical names and places; (ii) historical periods; and (iii) official titles of people;
Week 14November 28th-December 2nd
Social Studies Modifications to the environment over time
3.1(A) use vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future times; (B) create and interpret timelines; and (C) apply the terms year, decade, and century to describe historical times
3.2(B) identify ways
Texas Treasures“What do illustrators
do?”
Studies Weekly Assessment
suggestions,instance,illustrate,
style,sketches,textures
5 days
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in which people in the local community and other communities meet their needs for government, education, communication, transportation, and recreation
3.3(A) use vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future times; (B) create and interpret timelines; and (C) apply the terms year, decade, and century to describe historical times
Week 15December 5th- December 9th
Reading Persuasive 3.14Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students
Texas Treasures“The Jones
Family Express”
innocent,aisles,
annual,potential,expensive,
politely
5 days
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are expected to identify what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do.
3.13(C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts; and (D) use text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics) to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text
Week 15December 5th- December 9th
Writing Persuasive 3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting
Texas Treasures“The Jones
Family Express”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
innocent,aisles,
annual,potential,expensive,
politely
5 days
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sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer(E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and
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identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
3.30Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Week 15December 5th- December 9th
Spelling variant vowels u 3.24(B) spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules
Texas Treasures“The Jones
Family Express”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
innocent,aisles,
annual,potential,expensive,
politely
5 days
Week 15December 5th- December 9th
Grammar sentence combining with verbs
3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g.,
Texas Treasures“The Jones
Family Express”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
innocent,aisles,
annual,potential,expensive,
politely
5 days
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descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
3.22(C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23(B) use capitalization for: (i) geographical names and places; (ii) historical periods; and
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(iii) official titles of people;
Week 15December 5th- December 9th
Social Studies PBL Unit 3.18(A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences; (B) use technology to create written and visual material such as stories, poems, pictures, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas; and (C) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation
3.19(A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation
Texas Treasures“The Jones
Family Express”
Studies Weekly Assessment
innocent,aisles,
annual,potential,expensive,
politely
5 days
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that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
3.27A-FWeek 16December 12th-December 16th
Reading TBD TBA Texas Treasures
“Seven Spools of Thread”
quarreling,beamed,
fabric,argued
possessions,purchased
5 days
Week 16December 12th-December 16th
Writing Conventions 3.17-Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations;
Texas Treasures
“Seven Spools of Thread”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
quarreling,beamed,
fabric,argued
possessions,purchased
5 days
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and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer(E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable
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sources
Week 16December 12th-December 16th
Spelling dipthong ou, ow 3.24B(vi) abstract vowels (e.g., ou as in could, touch, through, bought
Texas Treasures
“Seven Spools of Thread”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
quarreling,beamed,
fabric,argued
possessions,purchased
5 days
Week 16December 12th-December 16th
Grammar verbs “be, do, have”
3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his,
Texas Texas Treasures
“Seven Spools of Thread”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
quarreling,beamed,
fabric,argued
possessions,purchased
5 days
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hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
3.22(C) use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23(B) use capitalization for: (i) geographical names and places; (ii) historical periods; and (iii) official titles of people;
Week 16 December 12th-December 16th
Social Studies PBL Unit 3.18(A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences; (B) use technology to create written and visual material such as stories, poems, pictures, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas; and
Texas Treasures
“Seven Spools of Thread”
Studies Weekly Assessment
quarreling,beamed,
fabric,argued
possessions,purchased
5 days
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(C) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation
3.19(A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
3.27A-FWeek 17December 19-20th
Reading TBD Texas Treasures
“Nacho and
guarantee,pleaded,
exhausted,
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Lolita” preparations,brilliance,affection
Week 17December 19-20th
Writing Conventions 3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20A(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-
Texas Treasures
“Nacho and Lolita”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
guarantee,pleaded,
exhausted,preparations,
brilliance,affection
2 days
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ended questions about the major research topic;
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer(E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
Week 17December 19-20th
Spelling plural words 3.24B(vi) abstract vowels (e.g., ou as in could, touch, through, bought);
Texas Treasures
“Nacho and Lolita”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
guarantee,pleaded,exhausted,preparations,brilliance,affection
2 days
Week 17December 19-20th
Grammar linking verbs 3.22(A) use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the
Texas Treasures
“Nacho and Lolita”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
guarantee,pleaded,exhausted,preparations,brilliance,
2 days
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context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (past, present, and future); (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper); (iii) adjectives (e.g., descriptive: wooden, rectangular; limiting: this, that; articles: a, an, the); (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully); (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases; (vi) possessive pronouns (e.g., his, hers, theirs); (vii) coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but); and (viii) time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
3.22(C) use complete simple and compound
affection
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sentences with correct subject-verb agreement
3.23(B) use capitalization for: (i) geographical names and places; (ii) historical periods; and (iii) official titles of people;
Week 17December 19-20th
Social Studies PBL Unit 3.18(A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences; (B) use technology to create written and visual material such as stories, poems, pictures, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas; and (C) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation
3.19(A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and
Texas Treasures
“Nacho and Lolita”
Studies Weekly Assessment
guarantee,pleaded,exhausted,preparations,brilliance,affection
2 days
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disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
3.27A-FWeek 18Janurary 4th-6th
Reading Introduction to Drama
3.7Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain
Texas Treasures
“A Growing Interest”
pollution,utilize,
awareness,emphasize
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the elements of plot and character as presented through dialogue in scripts that are read, viewed, written, or performed.
Week 18 Janurary 4th-6th
Writing Imaginative Stories
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.18(A) write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting
Texas Treasures
“A Growing Interest”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
pollution,utilize,awareness,emphasize
3 days
Week 18Janurary 4th-6th
Spelling variant vowels au, aw, alt, alk, all, ough
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“A Growing Interest”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
pollution,utilize,awareness,emphasize
3 days
Week 18Janurary 4th-6th
Grammar contractions with “Not”
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“A Growing Interest”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
pollution,utilize,awareness,emphasize
3 days
Week 18Janurary 4th-6th
Social Studies PBL Unit 3.18(A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and
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“A Growing
Studies Weekly Assessment
pollution,utilize,awareness,
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experiences; (B) use technology to create written and visual material such as stories, poems, pictures, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas; and (C) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation
3.19(A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict
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consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
3.27A-FWeek 19January 9th-13th
Reading Literary / Legend
3.F19E Texas Treasures
“Ramona and her Father”
5 days
Week 19January 9th-13th
Writing Imaginative stories and conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.18(A) write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting
Texas Treasures
“Ramona and her Father”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
5 days
Week 19January 9th-13th
Spelling homophones Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Ramona and her Father”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 19January 9th-13th
Grammar main and helping verbs
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Ramona and her Father”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
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Week 19January 9th-13th
Social Studies Government, Presidents, and the Founding Documents
3.10(A) identify the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights; and (B) describe and explain the importance of the concept of "consent of the governed" as it relates to the functions of local, state, and national government
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes; and (B) identify and analyze the heroic deeds of individuals,
Texas Treasures
“Ramona and her Father”
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including military and first responders such as the Four Chaplains
Week 20January 17th-20th
Reading Historical Fiction 3.2(B) ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories and other texts and support answers with evidence from text
3.F19D
Texas Treasures
“Out of this World”
4 days
Week 20January 17th-20th
Writing Imaginative stories and conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.18(A) write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting
Texas Treasures
“Out of this World”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
4 days
Week 20January 17th-20th
Spelling soft c and g Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Out of this
Weekly Spelling Assessment
4 days
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World”Week 20January 17th-20th
Grammar irregular verbs Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Out of this World”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
4 days
Week 20January 17th-20th
Social Studies Government, Presidents, and the Founding Documents
3.10(A) identify the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights; and (B) describe and explain the importance of the concept of "consent of the governed" as it relates to the functions of local, state, and national government
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary
Texas Treasures
“Out of this World”
Studies Weekly Assessment
4 days
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heroes; and (B) identify and analyze the heroic deeds of individuals, including military and first responders such as the Four Chaplains
Week 21January 23rd-27th
Reading Historical Informational
3.F19E3.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the topic and locate the author's stated purposes in writing the text.
Texas Treasures“Penguin
Chick”
5 days
Week 21January 23rd-27th
Writing imaginative stories and conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students
Texas Treasures“Penguin
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising
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use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.18(A) write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting
Chick” Assessments
Week 21January 23rd-27th
Spelling compound words
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Penguin
Chick”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 21January 23rd-27th
Grammar pronouns Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Penguin
Chick”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 21January 23rd-27th
Social Studies Government, Presidents, and the Founding Documents
3.10(A) identify the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights; and (B) describe and explain the importance of the concept of "consent of the governed" as
Texas Treasures“Penguin
Chick”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
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it relates to the functions of local, state, and national government
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes; and (B) identify and analyze the heroic deeds of individuals, including military and first responders such as the Four Chaplains
Week 22January 30th – February 3rd
Reading Poetry 3.5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and
Texas Treasures“Animal Homes”
5 days
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genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding
3.F19DWeek 22January 30th – February 3rd
Writing Expository Essay Favorite Book, Character, Poem
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
Texas Treasures“Animal Homes”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
5 days
Week 22January 30th – February 3rd
Spelling inflectional endings I to y
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Animal
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
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Homes”Week 22January 30th – February 3rd
Grammar subject and object pronouns
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Animal Homes”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 22January 30th – February 3rd
Social Studies African-American History
3.11(C) identify and explain the importance of individual acts of civic responsibility, including obeying laws, serving the community, serving on a jury, and voting
3.13(B) compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community with other communities
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and
Texas Treasures“Animal Homes”
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other contemporary heroes;
Week 23February 6th- 10th
Reading Expository 3.13(A) identify the details or facts that support the main idea; (B) draw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence; (C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
Texas Treasures
“Call of the Wild”
5 days
Week 23February 6th- 10th
Writing Expository Essay Favorite Book, Character, Poem
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations;
Texas Treasures
“Call of the Wild”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
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and (iii) contain a concluding statement
Week 23February 6th- 10th
Spelling closed syllables Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Call of the Wild”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 23February 6th- 10th
Grammar pronoun-verb agreement
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Call of the Wild”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 23February 6th- 10th
Social Studies African-American History
3.11(C) identify and explain the importance of individual acts of civic responsibility, including obeying laws, serving the community, serving on a jury, and voting
3.13(B) compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community with other communities
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P.
Texas Treasures
“Call of the Wild”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
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Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes;
Week 24February 13th-17th
Reading Literary / Fiction 3.2(B) ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories and other texts and support answers with evidence from text
3.8(A) sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events
Texas Treasures“Wilbur’s
Boast”
5 days
Week 24February 13th-17th
Writing Expository Essay Favorite Book, Character, Poem
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief
Texas Treasures“Wilbur’s
Boast”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
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compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
Week 24February 13th-17th
Spelling inflectional endings
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Wilbur’s
Boast”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 24February 13th-17th
Grammar possessive pronouns
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Wilbur’s
Boast”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 24February 13th-17th
Social Studies African-American History
3.11(C) identify and explain the importance of individual acts of civic responsibility, including obeying laws, serving the community, serving on a jury, and voting
3.13(B) compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the
Texas Treasures“Wilbur’s
Boast”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
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local community with other communities
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes;
Week 25February 21st -24th
Reading Literary / Fiction 3.4(A) identify the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., in-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -full, -less), and know how they change the meaning of roots
3.5(A) paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories
Texas Treasures“Unique
Animals of the Southwest”
4 days
Week 25February 21st -24th
Writing Expository Essay Favorite Book, Character, Poem
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the
Texas Treasures“Unique
Animals of the
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
4 days
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writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
Southwest”
Week 25February 21st -24th
Spelling open syllables Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Unique
Animals of the Southwest”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
4 days
Week 25February 21st -24th
Grammar pronoun-verb contractions
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Unique
Animals of the Southwest”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
4 days
Week 25February 21st -24th
Social Studies Women’s History
3.11(B) identify historical figures such as Helen Keller and Clara Barton and contemporary figures such as Ruby
Texas Treasures“Unique
Animals of the Southwest”
Studies Weekly Assessment
4 days
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Bridges and military and first responders who exemplify good citizenship;
3.12(A) give examples of community changes that result from individual or group decisions
3.12(C) identify examples of nonprofit and/or civic organizations such as the Red Cross and explain how they serve the common good
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes
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3.16(A) identify scientists and inventors, including Jonas Salk, Maria Mitchell, and others who have discovered scientific breakthroughs or created or invented new technology such as Cyrus McCormick, Bill Gates, and Louis Pasteur
Week 26February 27th- March 3rd
Reading Literary Nonfiction / Biography
3.9 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference in point of view between a
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
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biography and autobiography
3.13(C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
3.F19D
Week 26February 27th- March 3rd
Writing Expository Essay – Personal Hero
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
5 days
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research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and (B) generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question
3.26A(i) student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews; (ii) data from experts, reference texts, and online searches; and (iii) visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate
Week 26February 27th- March 3rd
Spelling prefixes re, un, pre, dis, de
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 26February 27th-
Grammar adjectives and articles
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
Texas TreasuresGrammar
5 days
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March 3rd “Stone Soup” BenchmarkBook
Week 26February 27th- March 3rd
Social Studies Women’s History
3.11(B) identify historical figures such as Helen Keller and Clara Barton and contemporary figures such as Ruby Bridges and military and first responders who exemplify good citizenship;
3.12(A) give examples of community changes that result from individual or group decisions
3.12(C) identify examples of nonprofit and/or civic organizations such as the Red Cross and explain how they serve the common good
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as
Texas Treasures
“Stone Soup”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
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Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes
3.16(A) identify scientists and inventors, including Jonas Salk, Maria Mitchell, and others who have discovered scientific breakthroughs or created or invented new technology such as Cyrus McCormick, Bill Gates, and Louis Pasteur
Week 27March 6th-10th
Reading Expository 3.13(A) identify the details or facts that support the main idea(D) use text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics) to locate information and make and verify predictions about contents of text.
Texas Treasures
“The Strongest One”
5 days
Week 27March 6th-10th
Writing Expository Essay – Personal Hero and conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the
Texas Treasures
“The Strongest One”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
5 days
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writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and (B) generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews,
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encyclopedias) about the major research question
3.26A(i) student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews; (ii) data from experts, reference texts, and online searches; and (iii) visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate
Week 27March 6th-10th
Spelling finale stable syllables
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“The Strongest One”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 27March 6th-10th
Grammar adjectives that compare
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“The Strongest One”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 27March 6th-10th
Social Studies Women’s History
3.11(B) identify historical figures such as Helen Keller and Clara Barton and contemporary figures such as Ruby Bridges and military and first responders who exemplify good citizenship;
Texas Treasures
“The Strongest One”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
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3.12(A) give examples of community changes that result from individual or group decisions
3.12(C) identify examples of nonprofit and/or civic organizations such as the Red Cross and explain how they serve the common good
3.14(A) identify and compare the heroic deeds of state and national heroes, including Hector P. Garcia and James A. Lovell, and other individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Juliette Gordon Low, Todd Beamer, Ellen Ochoa, John "Danny" Olivas, and other contemporary heroes
3.16(A) identify scientists and inventors, including Jonas Salk, Maria Mitchell, and others
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who have discovered scientific breakthroughs or created or invented new technology such as Cyrus McCormick, Bill Gates, and Louis Pasteur
Week 28March 20th-24th
Reading Expository 3.F19D
3.F19E
Texas Treasures
“Tales of the Trickster”
5 days
Week 28March 20th-24th
Writing Expository Essay – Personal Hero and conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
Texas Treasures
“Tales of the Trickster”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
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3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and (B) generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question
3.26A(i) student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews; (ii) data from experts, reference texts, and online searches; and (iii) visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate
Week 28March 20th-24th
Spelling vowel team syllables
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Tales of the
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
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Trickster”Week 28March 20th-24th
Grammar adverbs Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“Tales of the Trickster”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 28March 20th-24th
Social Studies Economics and You
3.6(A) identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money (B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
Texas Treasures
“Tales of the Trickster”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
Week 29 Reading Poetry 3.6 Texas 5
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March 27th-31st Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).
3.10A Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary
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Doodle-do!”
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text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses
Week 29March 27th-31st
Writing Expository Essay – Personal Hero and conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate
Texas Treasures“Cook-a-
Doodle-do!”
Notebook CheckEditing and
Revising Assessments
5 days
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research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and (B) generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question
3.26A(i) student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews; (ii) data from experts, reference texts, and online searches; and (iii) visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate
Week 29March 27th-31st
Spelling r controlled vowels
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures“Cook-a-
Doodle-do!”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 29 Grammar prepositions Review all Texas Texas Treasures 5
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March 27th-31st conventions Treasures“Cook-a-
Doodle-do!”
Grammar Benchmark
Book
days
Week 29March 27th-31st
Social Studies Economics and You
3.6(A) identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money (B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
Texas Treasures“Cook-a-
Doodle-do!”
Studies Weekly Assessment
5 days
Week 30April 3rd-7th
Reading Literary / Folktale
3.4(B) use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or
Texas Treasures
“One Riddle, One Answer”
5 days
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distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs
3.5(A) paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories
Week 30April 3rd-7th
Writing Procedural Text, how to save the environment
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics
Texas Treasures
“One Riddle, One Answer”
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from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer; (D) identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and (E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
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3.28 Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used
3.29(A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;
3.30 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students
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continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Week 30April 3rd-7th
Spelling suffixes Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“One Riddle, One Answer”
Weekly Spelling Assessment
5 days
Week 30April 3rd-7th
Grammar sentence combining with adjectives and adverbs
Review all conventions
Texas Treasures
“One Riddle, One Answer”
Texas TreasuresGrammar
BenchmarkBook
5 days
Week 30April 3rd-7th
Social Studies Economics and You
3.6(A) identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money (B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free
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enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
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Reading Procedural 3.13(C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
3.15(B) locate and use specific information in graphic features of text
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Writing Procedural Text- How to save Environment
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations;
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and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer; (D) identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and (E) differentiate between
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paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
3.28 Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used
3.29(A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;
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3.30 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Week 31April 10th-13th
Spelling Review all conventions
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Grammar Review all conventions
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Social Studies Economics and You
3.6(A) identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money (B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services;
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and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
Week 32April 17th – 21st
Reading Literary / Drama 3.4(A) identify the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., in-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -full, -less), and know how they change the meaning of roots;
3.5(A) paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths, or stories
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Week 32April 17th – 21st
Writing Procedural Text- How to save Environment
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that:
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(i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic
3.26(B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories
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or an organizer; (D) identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and (E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
3.28 Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used
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3.29(A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments;
3.30 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
Week 32April 17th – 21st
Spelling Review all conventions
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Grammar Review all conventions
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BenchmarkBook
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Social Studies Business and Entrepreneurs
3.6(B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity
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on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
Week 33April 24th- 28th
Reading Literary / Fantasy
3.8(B) describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo
3.4(C) identify and use antonyms, synonyms, homographs, and homophones
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Writing Personal Narrative
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
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3.19 Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences
Week 33April 24th- 28th
Spelling Review all conventions
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Grammar Review all conventions
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Week 33April 24th- 28th
Social Studies Business and Entrepreneurs
3.6(B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free
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enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
Week 34May 1st-5th
Reading Informational 3.13(C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
3.F19E
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Writing Personal Narrative and Conventions
3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.19 Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences
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Spelling Review all conventions
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Grammar Review all conventions
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Week 34May 1st-5th
Social Studies Business and Entrepreneurs
3.6(B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system
3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
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Week 35May 8th-12th
Reading Informational / Fable
3.13(A) identify the details or facts that support the main idea
3.8(B) describe the
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interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo
3.F19FWeek 35May 8th-12th
Writing Research Report 3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with
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others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and (B) generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question.3.26(A) follow the research plan to collect information from multiple sources of information, both oral and written, including: (i) student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews; (ii) data from experts, reference texts, and online searches; and (iii) visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate; (B) use skimming and scanning
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techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer; (D) identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and (E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
3. (27) Research/Synthesizing Information. Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information. Students are expected to improve the focus of research as a
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result of consulting expert sources (e.g., reference librarians and local experts on the topic). (28) Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used. (29) Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier
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standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to: (A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
3.30 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
3.31A Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by
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posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others
Week 35May 8th-12th
Spelling Review all conventions
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Week 35May 8th-12th
Grammar Review all conventions
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Social Studies Business and Entrepreneurs
3.6(B) create a simple budget that allocates money for spending, saving, and donating
3.7(A) define and identify examples of scarcity; (B) explain the impact of scarcity on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; and (C) explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system
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3.8(A) identify examples of how a simple business operates
Week 36May 15th-19th
Reading Expository and Persuasive
3.13(A) identify the details or facts that support the main idea(C) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in texts
3.F19F
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Writing Research Report 3.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text
3.20(A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a
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concluding statement
3.25(A) generate research topics from personal interests or by brainstorming with others, narrow to one topic, and formulate open-ended questions about the major research topic; and (B) generate a research plan for gathering relevant information (e.g., surveys, interviews, encyclopedias) about the major research question.3.26(A) follow the research plan to collect information from multiple sources of information, both oral and written, including: (i) student-initiated surveys, on-site inspections, and interviews; (ii) data from experts, reference texts, and online
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searches; and (iii) visual sources of information (e.g., maps, timelines, graphs) where appropriate; (B) use skimming and scanning techniques to identify data by looking at text features (e.g., bold print, captions, key words, italics); (C) take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer; (D) identify the author, title, publisher, and publication year of sources; and (E) differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing valid and reliable sources
3.(27) Research/Synthesizing Information. Students clarify
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research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information. Students are expected to improve the focus of research as a result of consulting expert sources (e.g., reference librarians and local experts on the topic). (28) Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used. (29) Listening and Speaking/Listening.
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Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to: (A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments
3.30 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity
3.31A Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier
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standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others
Week 36May 15th-19th
Spelling Review all conventions
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Grammar Review all conventions
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Social Studies 3.13(A) explain the significance of various ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the local community and other communities
3.15(A) identify various individual writers and artists such as Kadir Nelson, Tomie
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dePaola, and Phillis Wheatley and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings and other examples of cultural heritage from various communities; and (B) explain the significance of various individual writers and artists such as Carmen Lomas Garza, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Bill Martin Jr. and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings and other examples of cultural heritage to various communities