Second Nine Weeks ELA Pacing
October 12-16
• Story of the Week: Harvest Birds
• Vocabulary: harvest, separate, ashamed, borders, advice, borrow, patch, serious
• Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
• Comprehension Skill: Folktales (RL.3.2) and Literal vs. Nonliteral Language (RL3.4)
• Writing: Narratives (Use All Steps of Writing Process and Incorporate Dialogue)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 6 Important Details, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Using Commas in Addresses and Dialogue (L.3.2 b and c)
• Spelling (Unexpected Consonants): itch, wreck, knee, patch, wrap, knot, watch, knife, stretch, write, knew, knock, match, wrong
October 19-23
• Whole Group Close Reads: Nonfiction Text: Mystery of Quilt Codes and Make Your Own Quilt (*These stories are not in student textbooks*)
• Vocabulary: historian, oral, tradition, slave, quilt, freedom, reliable, generation
• Comprehension Skill: Text Evidence
• Writing: Narratives (Use All Steps of Writing Process and Incorporate Dialogue )
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 6 Important Details, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Adverbs (L.3.1 a)
• Spelling (3rd Grade Sight Words): about, bring, carry, done, drink, grow, hold, hurt, much, myself, only, start, together, warm
October 26-30
• Story of the Week: Kamishibai Man
• Vocabulary: familiar, applause, vacant, rickety, blurry, blasted, jerky, rude
• Vocabulary Skill: Dictionary/Glossary
• Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect of Events in a Story and Within Sentences (RI.3.3 and RI.3.8) and Analyzing Purposes of Illustrations (RI.3.7)
• Writing: Narratives (Using All Steps of the Writing Steps and Incorporate Dialogue)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 6 Important Details, and Conclusion
o Type a Published Piece
• Grammar: Functions of Adjectives (L.3.1 a)
• Spelling (Vowel Sound in town): clown, round, bow, cloud, power, crown, thousand, crowd, sound, count, powder, blouse, frown, pound
November 2-6
• Story of the Week: Two Bear Cubs (Unit 4)
• Vocabulary: scolding, greedily, ignores, hesitation, burden, glancing, base, console, drowsy, heroic
• Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes pre-, re-, and bi-
• Comprehension Skill: Basic elements of a drama (RL.3.5)
• Writing: Informative (Linking Words)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 3 Facts and 3 Important Details for each, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Comparative Adjectives & Adverbs (L.3.1 g)
• Spelling (Vowel Sounds in spoon and wood): mood, wooden, drew, smooth, blue, balloon, true, crooked, chew, tooth, hooves, cool, food, pooch
November 9-13
• Story of the Week: Young Thomas Edison
• Vocabulary: invention, experiment, laboratory, genius, gadget, electric, signal, occasional
• Vocabulary Skill: Shades of Meaning
• Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details (Locate and Infer the Main Ideas and Details that Support Their Answer) (RI.3.2) and Sequence on Time Line (RI.3.3)
• Writing: Informative (Linking Words)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 3 Facts and 3 Important Details for each, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Pronouns and Antecedent Agreement (L.3.1 f)
• Spelling (Vowel Sound in talk): talk, cross, awful, law, cloth, cost, crawl, chalk, also, raw, salt, wall, lawn, always
November 16-20
• Story of the Week: Technology Wins the Game
• Vocabulary: contribute, athletes, improve, power, process, flexible, fraction, compete
• Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes –less, -ful, -ous
• Comprehension Skill: Write and Instructional Piece Using Correct Sequence of Events (RI.3.3) and Text and Graphic Features (RI.3.5) (ex. hyperlinks, sidebars, icons, and search engines)
• Writing: Informative (Linking Words)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 3 Facts and 3 Important Details for each, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns (L.3.2 d)
• Spelling (Vowel Sound in joy): joy, point, voice, join, oil, coin, noise, spoil, toy, joint, boy, soil, choice, boil
November 23-27
• Thanksgiving Break
November 30- December 4
• Story of the Week: Tops and Bottoms
• Vocabulary: risky, grunted, profit, crops, plucked, scowled, tugged, hollered
• Vocabulary Skill: Idioms
• Comprehension Skill: Point of View (Thought Process from Each Character’s Perspective (RL.3.6) and Character Actions (How do they contribute to sequence of events in a story?) (RL.3.3)
• Writing: Opinion (Temporal Words and Phrases)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW OREO
o Opinion, 3 Reasons/ Provide an Example for Each, Opinion
• Grammar: Singular and Plural Possessive Pronouns (L.3.2 d)
• Spelling (Homophones): hole, whole, its, it’s, hear, here, won, one, our, hour, their, there, fur, fir, to, too, two
December 7-11
• Author Study
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author (RL.3.9). Explain how chapters build upon each other throughout the story (RL.3.5).
• Writing: Opinion (Temporal Words and Phrases)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW OREO
o Opinion, 3 Reasons/ Provide an Example for Each, Opinion
• Grammar: Plural Nouns –ies and Irregular (L.3.1 b)
• Spelling (3rd Grade Sight Words): better, clean, cut, draw, eight, fall, far, full, got, hot, keep, kind, laugh, light
December 14-18 (End of Nine Weeks on Friday)
• Author Study
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author (RL.3.9). Explain how chapters build upon each other throughout the story (RL.3.5).
• Writing: Opinion (Temporal Words and Phrases)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW OREO
o Opinion, 3 Reasons/ Provide an Example for Each, Opinion
• Grammar: Writing Quotations
• Spelling (3rd Grade Sight Words): long, never, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, ten, today, try, where, once
Incorporate:
L.3.1i – Compound Sentences
October 12-16
• Story of the Week: Harvest Birds
• Vocabulary: harvest, separate, ashamed, borders, advice, borrow, patch, serious
• Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
• Comprehension Skill: Folktales (RL.3.2) and Literal vs. Nonliteral Language (RL3.4)
• Writing: Narratives (Use All Steps of Writing Process and Incorporate Dialogue)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 6 Important Details, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Using Commas in Addresses and Dialogue (L.3.2 b and c)
• Spelling (Unexpected Consonants): itch, wreck, knee, patch, wrap, knot, watch, knife, stretch, write, knew, knock, match, wrong
October 19-23
• Whole Group Close Reads: Nonfiction Text: Mystery of Quilt Codes and Make Your Own Quilt (*These stories are not in student textbooks*)
• Vocabulary: historian, oral, tradition, slave, quilt, freedom, reliable, generation
• Comprehension Skill: Text Evidence
• Writing: Narratives (Use All Steps of Writing Process and Incorporate Dialogue )
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 6 Important Details, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Adverbs (L.3.1 a)
• Spelling (3rd Grade Sight Words): about, bring, carry, done, drink, grow, hold, hurt, much, myself, only, start, together, warm
October 26-30
• Story of the Week: Kamishibai Man
• Vocabulary: familiar, applause, vacant, rickety, blurry, blasted, jerky, rude
• Vocabulary Skill: Dictionary/Glossary
• Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect of Events in a Story and Within Sentences (RI.3.3 and RI.3.8) and Analyzing Purposes of Illustrations (RI.3.7)
• Writing: Narratives (Using All Steps of the Writing Steps and Incorporate Dialogue)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 6 Important Details, and Conclusion
o Type a Published Piece
• Grammar: Functions of Adjectives (L.3.1 a)
• Spelling (Vowel Sound in town): clown, round, bow, cloud, power, crown, thousand, crowd, sound, count, powder, blouse, frown, pound
November 2-6
• Story of the Week: Two Bear Cubs (Unit 4)
• Vocabulary: scolding, greedily, ignores, hesitation, burden, glancing, base, console, drowsy, heroic
• Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes pre-, re-, and bi-
• Comprehension Skill: Basic elements of a drama (RL.3.5)
• Writing: Informative (Linking Words)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 3 Facts and 3 Important Details for each, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Comparative Adjectives & Adverbs (L.3.1 g)
• Spelling (Vowel Sounds in spoon and wood): mood, wooden, drew, smooth, blue, balloon, true, crooked, chew, tooth, hooves, cool, food, pooch
November 9-13
• Story of the Week: Young Thomas Edison
• Vocabulary: invention, experiment, laboratory, genius, gadget, electric, signal, occasional
• Vocabulary Skill: Shades of Meaning
• Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details (Locate and Infer the Main Ideas and Details that Support Their Answer) (RI.3.2) and Sequence on Time Line (RI.3.3)
• Writing: Informative (Linking Words)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 3 Facts and 3 Important Details for each, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Pronouns and Antecedent Agreement (L.3.1 f)
• Spelling (Vowel Sound in talk): talk, cross, awful, law, cloth, cost, crawl, chalk, also, raw, salt, wall, lawn, always
November 16-20
• Story of the Week: Technology Wins the Game
• Vocabulary: contribute, athletes, improve, power, process, flexible, fraction, compete
• Vocabulary Skill: Suffixes –less, -ful, -ous
• Comprehension Skill: Write and Instructional Piece Using Correct Sequence of Events (RI.3.3) and Text and Graphic Features (RI.3.5) (ex. hyperlinks, sidebars, icons, and search engines)
• Writing: Informative (Linking Words)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW TIDE
o Topic Introduction, 3 Facts and 3 Important Details for each, and Conclusion
• Grammar: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns (L.3.2 d)
• Spelling (Vowel Sound in joy): joy, point, voice, join, oil, coin, noise, spoil, toy, joint, boy, soil, choice, boil
November 23-27
• Thanksgiving Break
November 30- December 4
• Story of the Week: Tops and Bottoms
• Vocabulary: risky, grunted, profit, crops, plucked, scowled, tugged, hollered
• Vocabulary Skill: Idioms
• Comprehension Skill: Point of View (Thought Process from Each Character’s Perspective (RL.3.6) and Character Actions (How do they contribute to sequence of events in a story?) (RL.3.3)
• Writing: Opinion (Temporal Words and Phrases)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW OREO
o Opinion, 3 Reasons/ Provide an Example for Each, Opinion
• Grammar: Singular and Plural Possessive Pronouns (L.3.2 d)
• Spelling (Homophones): hole, whole, its, it’s, hear, here, won, one, our, hour, their, there, fur, fir, to, too, two
December 7-11
• Author Study
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author (RL.3.9). Explain how chapters build upon each other throughout the story (RL.3.5).
• Writing: Opinion (Temporal Words and Phrases)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW OREO
o Opinion, 3 Reasons/ Provide an Example for Each, Opinion
• Grammar: Plural Nouns –ies and Irregular (L.3.1 b)
• Spelling (3rd Grade Sight Words): better, clean, cut, draw, eight, fall, far, full, got, hot, keep, kind, laugh, light
December 14-18 (End of Nine Weeks on Friday)
• Author Study
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author (RL.3.9). Explain how chapters build upon each other throughout the story (RL.3.5).
• Writing: Opinion (Temporal Words and Phrases)
o 8 Sentence Paragraph
o POW OREO
o Opinion, 3 Reasons/ Provide an Example for Each, Opinion
• Grammar: Writing Quotations
• Spelling (3rd Grade Sight Words): long, never, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, ten, today, try, where, once
Incorporate:
L.3.1i – Compound Sentences