DLI 3rd grade guide

General Instructions Pacing, Units, Essential Questions, Vocabulary, Assessment, Special Education Curricular Coherence & Homework Pacing The ELA Instructional Guide provides guidance for planning instruction using the Utah Core Standards and 95% Phonics Core Program coupled with the Wonders. Following the scope and sequence, contained in this document, will allow students to access ALL core standards by the end of the year. Wonders is broken into 6 units representing 25 lessons to be taught in 30 flexible teaching days. 95% has 30- 5 day lessons to be taught in 6 flexible teaching days per lesson. Essential Question in Wonders These questions provide an anchor theme for the text set. Students use the question to add to a concept map using the knowledge gained from reading each text. Where aligned, interdisciplinary connections have been suggested for Social Studies standards. Vocabulary The essential vocabulary words for the text set in Wonders and theme are listed within each scope and sequence. Vocabulary is a predictive indicator of comprehension and should be taught explicitly for the unit with incidental vocabulary taught within the learning, Assessment Assessment options include student observation, progress monitoring, reading response writing, 95% end of unit assessments from the One95 platform, Wonders Progress Monitoring Assessments, team created common formative assessments, etc. Special Education Curricular Coherence The 95% Phonics Lesson Library (PLL) and the Wonderworks programs will be used for students accessing specialized instruction. These programs align with the general education classroom programs. Therefore, giving special education teachers the opportunity to intensify the instruction happening in the general education classroom. This document shows the coherence across grades and specialized classrooms. Homework Developing independent reading skills and language arts skills should occur while the teacher is available to support and scaffold the learning and correct student errors. Work that is sent home for students to complete should consist of concepts and skills that have been taught in class, been practiced, and the student can do independently. Homework should be used to build automaticity of skills already acquired and not for development of new skills without instruction. For suggestions of reading support at home, use the CSD Caregiver Corner . Additional resources can be found in the synced school to home connection synced within Wonders.

Updated 6.4.26