Special Education K-5 ELA and Supplemental Guide

3rd Grade Scope & Sequence

Text Set 3

Essential Question

How do landmarks help us understand our country’s story?

Vocabulary

carved clues grand

landmark massive monument

national traces

Essentials

Wonders

WonderWorks

Interactive Read Aloud “America’s Landmarks and Memorials”

Read Aloud “The Greatest Monument” Genre: Argumentative Text “Preserve and Protect” Genre: Argumentative Text Lexile: 430L

Lexile: 560L

Shared Read

“Preserve and Protect” Genre: Argumentative Text Lexile: 660L

admire, features, protect

Anchor Text

Protecting Our Parks Genre: Argumentative Text Lexile: 690L 5 Questions for George McDonald Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 860L

Paired Reading

Leveled Readers

Main Selection Genre: Argumentative Text Preserving a Special Place Lexile: 440L Paired Selection Genre Expository Text “Gateway Arch”

damage, disappear, explore, fewer, hatch, protected

Writing

Opinion Essay Plan: Identify Relevant Information Draft: Fact and Opinion

Respond to Reading Writing Skill: Concluding Statement