Special Education K-5 ELA and Supplemental Guide

3rd Grade Scope & Sequence

Text Set 2

Essential Question

How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?

Vocabulary

alert competition environment

excellent prefer protection

related shelter

Essentials

Wonders

WonderWorks

Interactive Read Aloud

“African Lions”

“Deep in the Ocean” Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 85L “Gray Wolf! Red Fox!” Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 590L bushy, caution, raid

Shared Read

“Gray Wolf! Red Fox!” Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 750L

Anchor Text

Amazing Wildlife of the Mojave Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 720L

Paired Reading

“Little Half Chick” Genre: Fable Lexile: 690L

Leveled Readers

Main Selection Genre: Expository Text Life in a Tide Pool Lexile: 490L

Paired Selection Genre: Folktale “Bluebird and Coyote”

narrow, scrape, store, study, suction, zones

Writing

Write to Sources: Expository Writing Plan: Organize Ideas

Respond to Reading Writing Skill: Signal Words (Compare and Contrast)

Draft: Strong Introduction Revise: Peer Conferences