Special Education K-5 ELA and Supplemental Guide

3rd Grade Scope & Sequence

Unit 3

Language, Reading and Writing

PACING

STANDARDS AND SKILLS

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY

KEY LANGUAGE USES

Reading Literature/Reading Information ● Theme ● Character Perspective ● Text Structure: Chronology ● Text Features: Key Words, Charts, Timelines, Captions ● Central Idea and Relevant Details ● Author’s Purpose ● Personifcation ● Comparative Reading Language ● Quotation Marks with Dialogue ● Subject-Verb Agreement ● Past-Tense Verbs ● Future-Tense Verbs ● Combining Sentences with Verbs

Nov 11-Jan 11

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

ARGUE

DWSBA: Jan 30-Feb 10 Opinion

State an argument (opinion) about a topic or text using chronology, comparison, or cause and effect use relevant details to support the argument.

Language Functions & Features

● Conjunctions to connect ideas and details: because, and, but, so ● Elaboration technique(s): That’s why…, comparing… ● Verbs to express appropriate facts and relevant details: be, are, have, belong, like is etc. ● Conditional structures to indicate cause and effect: If/then ● Question words: How, what, why ● Signal words for comparison; bigger than, the fastest, more colorful

Writing ● Opinion Writing Prompt

Speaking and Listening ● Report on a topic or text ● Tell a story ● Recount an experience ● Use appropriate facts and relevant descriptive details ● Speak clearly