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1 Third Grade Lesson Plans For the month of: September Brief welcome Friendship Welcome! Review library, hallway, and bathroom expectations. Review inside recess expectations. Read The Incredible Book-Eating Boy and/ or Wolves and review consequences for lost/damaged books. Read Would I Ever Lie to You? and review using the library to search for info (fast fact, research) or just for fun (recreation). Ask how students find books in the library for specific questions/subjects. If they could invent a system for finding things in the library, what would it be like? Intro the invention : library catalog and project on screen. Begin by showing visual search. Briefly move to basic subject search. For the month of: October Determine and discuss underlying theme in lit text(el.0.li.09) Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers to questions about text(el.0.re.5) Read directions, signs, labels(el.0.re.9) Determine and discuss underlying theme in lit text(el.0.li.09) Demonstrate listening comprehension of more complex texts thru discussion(el.0.re.08) Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.) Demonstrate listening comprehension of more complex texts thru discussion(el.0.re.08) Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Project Catalog and review basic setup. Review Subject, practice finding items. Intro term keywords and brainstorm Iguanas and dirt biking. Look at Find It under book selections for more hints. Note entries that Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) text(el.0.re.0) Open and close software programs(tg#-rd Gr) are labeled as fiction. Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Use keywords to define search(tg#-rd Gr) Friendship Animals & Habitats 5 Project Catalog and briefly review Subject search. Intro and practice Title search, explaining "a, an, the" rule. Explain difference between book title and series title and show a Series search. Project Catalog and review Subject/Title search. Intro and practice Author search, especially focus on using LAST name. Show and explain Call Slip and fun w/destiny Quest. Catalog review. Point out different icons for books, mags, and videos. Talk about organization of mags and how to find on shelves. Catalog to Shelves. Use Subject cards to practice finding items on Catalog and then the book on the shelf (mag search later). Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) text(el.0.re.0) Open and close software programs(tg#-rd Gr) Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Use keywords to define search(tg#-rd Gr) Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) text(el.0.re.0) Open and close software programs(tg#-rd Gr) Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Use keywords to define search(tg#-rd Gr) Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) text(el.0.re.0) Open and close software programs(tg#-rd Gr) Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Use keywords to define search(tg#-rd Gr) Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) whole number less than one thousand(ma.0.ce.0) less than one thousand(ma.0.ce.0)

2 Third Grade Lesson Plans For the month of: November Catalog to Shelves: Author/Title searching in the Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) E/F section whole number less than one thousand(ma.0.ce.0) less than one thousand(ma.0.ce.0) Animals & Habitats Catalog to Shelves: Magazine Search Book Fair Author Video or BF Walk-through Alphabetize to rd letter(el.0.re.) whole number less than one thousand(ma.0.ce.0) less than one thousand(ma.0.ce.0) Conferences/ Book Fair For the month of: December Encyclopedia Review: Using Amazing Animal Facts Use titles, TOC, headings, illustr, captions, index to locate info handouts, practice locating info in encyclopedia using in text(el.0.re.0) guide words, TOC, Index, headings, and graphical Demonstrate understanding by identifying answers to questions about text(el.0.re.5) info. Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.) Everyday Applications...Phone Books: practice using guide words and alphabetical order to find people and businesses in local phone book. Use holiday-themed search topics (ie: Claus, tree cutting, candy/toy shops) Shopping List: Use catalogs and grocery flyers to generate list of goods within a budget. Use scanning, captions, etc to find info quickly. OR, Santa s list use skimming and scanning to find items quickly on Santa s list. Winter Break Use titles, TOC, headings, illustr, captions, index to locate info in text(el.0.re.0) Demonstrate understanding by identifying answers to questions about text(el.0.re.5) Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.) Use titles, TOC, headings, illustr, captions, index to locate info in text(el.0.re.0) Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.

3 Third Grade Lesson Plans For the month of: January Intro Worldbook Online. Briefly explain adv/disadv of electronic resources. Perform search and text(el.0.re.0) discuss means of translating info into notes. (Use Open and close software programs(tg#-rd Gr) money as subject) Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Use keywords to define search(tg#-rd Gr) Earth, Moon and Sun Read: If You Decide to Go to the Moon and talk about F vs. NF. parts. Discuss types of info included and generate questions about traveling to a new, unidentified planet. Intro. Planetary Research Project. If time, choose a planet and begin to gather resources. Planetary Research Project; Choose a planet and create a travel brochure. Include details such as what to pack for clothes, food, sight-seeing, etc., colorful description of what a tourist may see on the journey, distance to get there, and what sort of accommodations are provided for guests. Use WorldBook, NF books, Mags, and encyclopedias. Planetary Research Project; Choose a planet and create a travel brochure. Include details such as what to pack for clothes, food, sight-seeing, etc., colorful description of what a tourist may see on the journey, distance to get there, and what sort of accommodations are provided for guests. Use WorldBook, NF books, Mags, and encyclopedias. text(el.0.re.0) Open and close software programs(tg#-rd Gr) Locate and retrieve info from elec sources(tg#-rd Gr) Use keywords to define search(tg#-rd Gr) Ask how, why, and what-if questions in interpreting inform text(el.0.re.) Determine significant info from text(el.0.re.7) Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.) Write brief reports including observations and info from or more sources and using diagrams, charts, and illustrations that are appropriate to text(el.0.wr.7) Use vivid adjectives and action words(el.0.wr.0) Use dictionaries, encyclo, CD-Roms, Internet to locate infor(el.0.re.) Determine significant info from text(el.0.re.7) Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.) Write brief reports including observations and info from or more sources and using diagrams, charts, and illustrations that are appropriate to text(el.0.wr.7) Use vivid adjectives and action words(el.0.wr.0) Use dictionaries, encyclo, CD-Roms, Internet to locate infor(el.0.re.) For the month of: February Show constellation books and ask what you would think Determine significant info from text(el.0.re.7) of the stars if you didn t have any info about them. Read: Read a variety of children's lit(el.0.li.0) Appleseeds 008 March and discuss origins of classical Identify the speaker or narrator in story(el.0.li.0) stories. How have these stories affected our lives today? in lit text(el.0.li.09) (Develop a Classroom Timeline on Stories) Earth, Moon, & Sun Communities Across Time Read: Once upon a starry night : a book of constellations or Heavenly Zoo and review Greek mythology and origins of constellation names. Show NF constellation books. Origins of stories. Talk about early stories that were based on constellations or things in nature and the tradition of oral storytelling. Show photos from computer and challenge students to make a brief story summary based on what they see. Book Fair Video Determine significant info from text(el.0.re.7) Read a variety of children's lit(el.0.li.0) Identify the speaker or narrator in story(el.0.li.0) in lit text(el.0.li.09) portrays them(el.0.li.07) Predict probable future outcomes or actions(el.0.li.08) Create different endings to stories and identify the reason or impact of endings(el.0.li.) Find ideas for writing stories(el.0.wr.0) Take part in creative responses to text(el.0.re.)

4 Third Grade Lesson Plans For the month of: March Unit Week Lesson/Activity Standard and number Conferences/Book Fair Communities Across Time Review origins of stories. Discuss early Egyptian life using NF resources and hieroglyphics. Talk about moving from pictures to dramatic interpretation to tell a story. Perform reader s theater of the Curse of Ra (Faces 006 Sep) using masks. Read: Lugalbanda: the boy who got caught up in the war (one of the world s oldest written stories). Talk about the differences between oral, graphic, dramatic, and written stories. If time, show examples of cuneiform writing. Spring Break Determine significant info from text(el.0.re.7) Read a variety of children's lit(el.0.li.0) Take part in creative responses to text(el.0.re.) in lit text(el.0.li.09) Read a variety of children's lit(el.0.li.0) Identify the speaker or narrator in story(el.0.li.0) in lit text(el.0.li.09) Compare and contrast versions of same stories from different cultures(el.0.li.) For the month of: April Unit Week Lesson/Activity Standard and number Pioneer Stories: Show pictures from 800-early 900 s Read a variety of children's lit(el.0.li.0) (Appleseeds 006 May). Describe st stories written for Identify the speaker or narrator in story(el.0.li.0) children in our country and their purpose. Show and read in lit text(el.0.li.09) from McGuffey s Reader. How are stories different today from those stories? Communities Across Time Storytelling Compare ilustr in McGuffey s Reader to How the Chicken Crossed the Road. Read this book and compare illustrative styles within. Intro design and art terms and change in illustration due to computers and technology in publishing business. If time, ask why certain choices were made by illustrator? Intro Caldecott and show a collection of award winners. Compare styles, mediums, and moods (Jumanji, Spider and Fly, House in the Night, Lon Po, My Friend Rabbit, Three Little Pigs) Show/Read current Caldecott nominees/winners and pick favorite. portrays them(el.0.li.07) Determine and discuss the underlying theme or author's message in literary text(el.0.li.09) Recognize award-winning books portrays them(el.0.li.07) Determine and discuss the underlying theme or author's message in literary text(el.0.li.09) Recognize award-winning books Determine what characters are like by how the author/illustrator portrays them(el.0.li07) Determine and discuss underlying theme or author's message in lit text(el.0.li.09) Predict probable future outcomes or actions(el.0.li.08)

5 Third Grade Lesson Plans For the month of: May Week Lesson/Activity Standard and Number Visual Literacy and Graphic Organizers. Discuss importance on understanding not only what you read but what you see. Show Graphic Organizer PPT and discuss the things that can be learned from pictures, charts, graphs, etc. Adv/Disadv of each?? Drawing Project: give different prompts and minute for each to draw interpretation. Have color pencils, crayons, and markers available. Compare and talk about choices afterwards. Review Interpret info from diagrams, charts, and graphs(el.0.re.) text(el.0.re.0) Determine what characters are like by how the author/illustrator portrays them(el.0.li07) Determine what characters are like by how author/illus portrays them(el.0.li.07)

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