DLI 3rd grade guide

DLI Literacy Block 3rd Grade 85-100 minute Block 2025-26

Class Configuration

Literacy Component

Range of Time

Standards and Tools for Focus of Instruction ​

Standards

Components

95% Phonics Core Program ●​ Phonological Awareness ●​ Phonics ●​ Spelling ●​ Decodable Passages

30 minutes

Foundations

•​ Reading 3.R. 2-4

Wonders ●​ Shared Read ●​ Anchor Text ●​ Paired Read ●​ Vocabulary

Whole Group Cooperative

●​ Speaking and Listening 3.SL. 1-3 ●​ Reading 3.R. 4-14

Groups & Partners

Language, Reading & Writing

40 minutes

Wonders ●​ Reading and Writing Companion ●​ Extended Writing ●​ Grammar Lesson Bank ●​ Handwriting Wonders Leveled Readers 95% Phonics Lesson Library Early Literacy Software and/or Lessons

●​ Writing Standards 3.W. 1-5

●​ Scaffolding and skill building with front loading or reviewing

Skill Based Instruction

Small Groups

30 minutes**

*Handwriting embedded across writing and foundational skills ** School sites have discretion to adjust the minutes in small groups.