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 * Grade: 3Unit: 4 Week: 4** **Content: ELA Dates: 1/28-2/1**


 * Theme **** : ** The People, the Preamble, and the Presidents


 * In this fourth six-week unit of third grade, students read about the people, the Preamble (to the Constitution), and the presidents of the United States. **


 * Theme Essential Question **** : Why is it important to choose words carefully? **


 * Essential Questions: **
 * Why is it important to know about presidents of the United States of America?
 * What

** 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. ** RI.3.8: ** Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). ** SL.3.3: ** Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail. ** RF3.4: ** Fluency: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. ** W.3.7: ** Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. ** 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. ** L.3.4(d): ** Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. Website with information about presidents: @http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents
 * Standards **
 * Assessment **
 * 1) Product: Read several books and poems about presidents. Give students the following research challenge: “Using a note-taking system, such as Cornell Notes, research the president that interests you the most. You may use online sources, an encyclopedia, or a biography of the president. As you read about this president, search for the following criteria: Full name, Parents’ Names, Birthplace, Nickname, Education, Home Place (residence), Jobs held before becoming president, Likes, Ordinal Number of Presidency, Contributions as a President (at least 3).” When students have completed the research, they will write a bio-poem to share with the class. You may want to share a sample poem to set the expectation.


 * //__ Bio-Poem Format __//**

Line 1: Full Name (First, Middle and Last Name) Line 2: Four jobs held by the man during his life (other than presidency) Line 3: Birthplace, child of Line 4: Lover of  Line 5: Educated Line 6: Resident of Line 7: Three contributions (as president) Line 8: Number order of president (ordinal number) Line 9: Nickname


 * 1) Project:

3. Key Questions
 * How do I conduct research projects?
 * How does research help me to build knowledge of a topic?

4. Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)
 * I can use multiple sources to conduct research.
 * I can create a bio-poem to relay information learned during research.


 * Vocabulary **
 * ** ELA ** || || ||
 * * Bio-Poem
 * Chronological order
 * Cumulative choral reading
 * Dictionary
 * Historical Fiction
 * Humorous
 * Immigration
 * Settle
 * Settlement
 * Sequence
 * Synonym ||  ||   ||


 * Literacy Block **
 * Familiar Reading (15 minutes)
 * Phonics/Word Study (30 minutes)
 * Read Aloud (15 minutes)
 * Reading Workshop **
 * Book Talk/Mini Lesson (10 minutes)
 * Independent Reading – Guided Reading – Literature Study (45 minutes total)
 * Sharing/Reflection/Feedback (5 minutes)
 * Writing Workshop **
 * Writer’s talk/Mini Lesson (10 minutes)
 * Independent Writing/Guided Writing/Investigations (45 minutes total)
 * Sharing/Reflection/Feedback (5 minutes)


 * Suggested Activities ** [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]

Write a resume for the president of your choice. @http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/resume/

Internet sites to help students with their research:
 * [|President’s research:] Reagan, Kennedy, Lincoln, Adams, Washington, Jefferson, Remember the Ladies 100 American Women (Washington)
 * Research Presidents: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidentsLives of the Presidents
 * Use World Book Encyclopedia at [|Pioneer Library] for research
 * [|Presidential Biographies](E/C, I/M) (S/D, S/N, H/P)

Create a torn paper portrait of the selected president. Display bio-poems with artwork to create a presidential exhibit. Invite parents to tour the exhibit. (EC, IC, S) (S/N, CL, CQO)


 * Grammar Skills: **
 * ******SEE 3RD GRADE COMMON CORE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOR ALL GRAMMAR/LANGUAGE AND WRITING SKILLS FOR THIS UNIT OF INSTRUCTION.****** **

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Choose between them depending on what is modified.


 * Homework **

Conduct research about the president that you choose.


 * Terminology for Teachers **

** E ** thnicity/**C**ulture | **I**mmigration/**M**igration | **I**ntercultural **C**ompetence | **S**ocialization | **R**acism/**D**iscrimination ** High Yield Strategies ** ** S ** imilarities/**D**ifferences | **S**ummarizing/**N**otetaking | **R**einforcing/**R**ecognition | **H**omework/**P**ractice | ** N ** on-**L**inguistic representation | **C**ooperative **L**earning | **O**bjectives/**F**eedback | ** G ** enerating-**T**esting **H**ypothesis | **C**ues, **Q**uestions, **O**rganizers  ||
 * ** Multicultural Concepts **

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 * Resources **
 * Professional Texts **

** Effective Literacy for Grades 2- 4 ** ** Professional Texts for 2011-2013 ** (ISBN#)


 * __ All __**** participants need the following texts: **

// Bringing Words to Life // by Beck et al (9781572307537) // Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6 // by Fountas and Pinnell (9780325003108) // Is That A Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing, K-3 // by Tony Stead (1571103317) // Strategies That Work, 2nd edition // by Harvey and Goudvis (9781571104816) // Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency; Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Reading, K-8 by Fountas and Pinnell (0-325-00308-4) // // Teaching for Deep Comprehension // by Dorn and Soffos (9781571104038) // Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition // by Honig, Diamond, and Gutlohn (978-1-57128-457) // The Fluent Reader // by Rasinski (9780439332088) // The Writing Workshop: Working Through The Hard Parts (and They’re All Hard Parts) // by Katie Wood Ray (0-8141-1317-6)

// Words Their Way, Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, // 4th Edition by Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, and Johnston (978-0-13-2239684)

** Poems ** ** Stories ** ** Informational Texts ** ** Nonfiction Books ** ** Art, Music and Media ** ** Art **
 * Literary Texts **
 * “A Nation’s Strength” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) (Read Aloud)
 * “George Washington” (Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet) (Read Aloud)
 * “The Flag Goes By” (H.H. Bennett) (Read Aloud)
 * “The Star-Spangled Banner” (Francis Scott Key) (Read Aloud)
 * “Washington Monument by Night” (Carl Sandburg) (EA) (Read Aloud)
 * // The Star-Spangled Banner // (Francis Scott Key, illustrated by Peter Spier) (Read Aloud)
 * // Annushka's Voyage // (Edith Tarbescu and Lydia Dabcovich)
 * // Arthur Meets the President: An Arthur Adventure // (Marc Brown)
 * // Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl // (Mariss Moss)
 * // Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary, Book 1 // (Kathrym Lasky)
 * // In America // (Mariss Moss)
 * // In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson // (Bette Bao Lord and Marc Simont)
 * // Lily and Miss Liberty // (Carla Stevens and Deborah Kogan Ray)
 * // Make a Wish Molly // (Barbara Cohen and Jan Naimo Jones)
 * // Molly's Pilgrim // (Barbara Cohen and Daniel Mark Duffy)
 * // Oranges on Golden Mountain // (Elizabeth Partridge)
 * // Otto Runs for President // (Rosemary Wells)
 * // The Dream Jar // (Bonnie Pryor and Mark Graham)
 * // The Garden on Green Street // (Meish Goldish)
 * // The Long Way to a New Land // (Joan Sandin)
 * // The Memory Coat // (Elvira Woodruff and Michael Dooling)
 * // The Orphan of Ellis Island // (Elvira Woodruff)
 * // Together in Pinecone Patch // (Thomas F. Yezerski)
 * // Vote! // (Eileen Christelow)
 * // When Jesse Came Acros the Sea // (Amy Hest and P.J. Lynch)
 * // Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections // (Peter J. and Cheryl Shaw Barnes)
 * // Coming to America: The Story of Immigration // (Betsy Maestro and Susannah Ryan) (Read Aloud)
 * // Ellis Island // (Elaine Landau)
 * // Fourteen Cows for America // (Carmen Agra Deedy, Thomas Gonzalez, and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah) (E)
 * // …If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution // (Elizabeth Levy and Joan Holub) (Read Aloud)
 * // James Madison: Fourth President 1809-1817 // (Mike Venezia) (Read Aloud)
 * // Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) // (Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt) (Read Aloud)
 * // Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women // (Cheryl Harness) (Read Aloud)
 * // Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution // (Jean Fritz and Tomie dePaola) (Read Aloud)
 * // Smart About the Presidents // (Smart About History) (Jon Buller, Susan Schade, Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Dana Regan, and Jill Weber)
 * // So You Want to Be President? // (Judith St. George and David Small) (E)
 * // The Presidency // (Scholastic, True Books) (Christine Taylor-Butler) (Read Aloud)
 * // The Presidency // (Scholastic, True Books) (Patricia Ryon Quiri) (Read Aloud)
 * // We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution // (David Catrow) (Read Aloud)
 * Aaron Shikler, // Oil Portrait of John F. Kennedy (Official Portrait) // (1970)
 * Artist unknown, // Reagan Inaugural Parade // (1981)
 * Chuck Close, // Portrait of Bill Clinton // (2005)
 * Daniel Chester French, // Lincoln Memorial // (1922)
 * Emanuel Leutze, // Washington Crossing the Delaware // (1851)
 * Gilbert Stuart, // George Washington // (1796)
 * Jean-Antoine Houdon, // Bust of Thomas Jefferson // (1789)
 * John Trumbull, // John Adams // (1792-1793)
 * Robert Rauschenberg, // Retroactive 1 // (1964)


 * Informational Texts **


 * Art, Music, and Media **


 * Manipulatives **
 * ** Cornell Notes: **** @http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html **


 * Games **


 * Videos **
 * ** The President **
 * @http://www.schooltube.com/video/cdb54b6de09bd9244882/THE%20PRESIDENT!%20(children's%20song%20about%20Washington%20and%20Lincoln) **


 * Sight Words **
 * ** Fry’s List ** @http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/Fry-1000-Instant-Words.html
 * The expectation for third grade is for students to learn the first 400 words by the end of the year. **

Vocabulary and Spelling Students will understand the meaning and correct spellings for grade- appropriate vocabulary. Cause and Effect Students will be able to identify and differentiate between cause and effect.
 * Smartboard Lessons ****, Promethean Lessons **
 * AEGOM Lesson EG3-022 **
 * AEGOM Lesson EG4-021 **

Compare and Contrast Students will understand how to compare and contrast within a text.
 * AEGOM Lesson EG4-023 **

Sequence of Information Students will be able to identify the sequence of events presented in a passage.
 * AEGOM Lesson EG6-013 **

Fluency Students will read text with proper accuracy, speed, and intonation (or expression).
 * AEGOM Lesson EG3-020 **

Context Clues Students will use context clues to help find the meaning of unknown words.
 * AEGOM Lesson EG4-020 **

Dictionary Skills Students will learn how to use a dictionary to find information
 * AEGOM Lesson EG6-024 **


 * Other **
 * Information about the presidents: @http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents

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