Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.3.3: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.3.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.3.5: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.3.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Phonics and Word Recognition
ELA.RF.3.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Fluency
ELA.RF.3.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.3.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.3.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Production and Distribution of Writing
ELA.W.3.6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Production and Distribution of Writing
ELA.W.3.4: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Production and Distribution of Writing
ELA.W.3.5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3)
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
ELA.W.3.8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
ELA.W.3.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Range of Writing
ELA.W.3.10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
ELA.W.3.1c: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
ELA.W.3.1d: Provide a concluding statement or section.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
ELA.W.3.1a: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
ELA.W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
ELA.W.3.2c: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
ELA.W.3.2d: Provide a concluding statement or section.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
ELA.W.3.2b: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
ELA.W.3.2a: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.3.3: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.SL.3.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.SL.3.6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on <i>grade 3 topics and texts</i>, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
ELA.SL.3.1c: Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on <i>grade 3 topics and texts</i>, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
ELA.SL.3.1d: Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on <i>grade 3 topics and texts</i>, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
ELA.SL.3.1a: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on <i>grade 3 topics and texts</i>, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
ELA.SL.3.1b: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Conventions of Standard English
ELA.L.3.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Conventions of Standard English
ELA.L.3.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Knowledge of Language
ELA.L.3.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.3.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Activity | Pages |
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Unit 1: Teach the Teacher | 58-68 |
Unit 2: Persuasive-Writing Project | 69-77 |
Unit 3: Create-a-City Project | 78-86 |
Unit 4: Create-a-School Project | 87-96 |
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