3rd grade Instructional Guide

3rd Grade Scope & Sequence

Unit 4

Language, Reading and Writing

PACING

Jan 22- March 4 (30 days)

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY

By the end of the unit students will be able to…

Key language use: INFORM EXPLAIN

Inform and/or explain a topic using one or more sources. Students will use text structures such as chronology, comparison, cause and effect, or pictures to contribute to the explanation and/or information.

LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS

ALL learners, specifically multilingual students will construct Informative (expository) writing that ●​ Introduce and define topic and/or entity or audience through ○​ Factual statements without evaluative language (brown bears versus really cool bears) ●​ Add details to define, describe, compare, and classify topic or entity through ○​ Visuals (drawings, labeled diagrams, graphics) to support key ideas ​ ​ ​ Source

ASSESSMENT OPTIONS

●​ Student Tasks from the Reading Writing Companion (RWC) ●​ Respond to Reading (RWC) ●​ Team created Common Formative Assessments (CFA) ●​ Oral response using Speaking and Listening Standards (SL) ●​ Wonders Progress Monitoring Assessment (PMA) for text set 1, 2, and 3