3_6_5LA


 * Grade: 3Unit: 6 Week: 5** **Content: ELA Dates: 5/6-5/10**


 * Theme ****:****Fantastic Adventures with Dragons, Gods, and Giants **
 * In this sixth six-week unit of third grade, students read fantasies, adventure poetry, mythology, and informational texts about ancient Greece and ancient Rome. **
 * Theme Essential Question **** : ****Why is it important to know mythology? **


 * Essential Questions: **
 * How can students use information read, to make connections between Greece, Roman and present times?
 * How can students apply new information to compare and contrast gods/goddess in Greece and Roman times?
 * How can students use visual displays to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details about Roman art?
 * How can students use information learned to write an opinion piece about a character that they think is most interesting?

** RI.3.10: ** By the end of 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. ** RL.3.10: ** By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ** RF.3.4: ** Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. ** RF.3.4(c): ** Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. ** RL.3.6: ** Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. ** RL.3.2: ** Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. ** SL.3.5: ** Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
 * Standards **


 * Objectives **
 * Students will be able to independently read books in the grade 2 through 3 stretch text range with fluency and comprehension.
 * Students will be able to write an opinion piece describing the “most interesting” mythical character.
 * Students will be able to retell myths with key details, noting the message of each.
 * Students will be able to quote from the text to support the main idea of a nonfiction book.
 * Students will be able to read a variety of informational books on ancient Rome.


 * Assessment **
 * 1) Product:
 * ** COMPLETE: ** Tri-fold graphic organizer on Greece, Rome and present times.
 * Students will complete an opinion writing piece about their favorite Roman mythical character.


 * 1) Project:
 * Students will create a mosaic of their favorite Roman mythical character.


 * 1) Key Questions
 * Can I write an opinion piece describing the “most interesting” mythical character?
 * Can I use quotes from the text to support information gathered on the tri-fold graphic organizer?
 * Can I use information I read to create a mosaic of a mythical character?


 * 1) Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)
 * I can use the writing process to write an opinion piece describing the “most interesting” mythical character.
 * I can use information gained from the text to complete the tri-fold graphic organizer about Greece, Roman and present times.
 * I can use information learned from the text to create a mosaic of a mythical character.


 * Vocabulary **
 * ** ELA ** || || ||
 * * Fantasy
 * Mythology
 * Narrative poem
 * Summary ||  ||   ||


 * 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]

// A myth is a story with a purpose. It tries to explain the way the world is. Myths also try to explain the relationship between gods and humans. Even though the events in a myth are usually impossible, they try to send a message that has an important social or religious meaning. People have always tried to figure out common questions like who made the universe or questions like what causes a storm. For early people, myths were like science because they explained how things worked. They also explained other questions that are now answered through modern science. //

Teacher should write gods/goddess Roman names on cards. Allow students to determine which Roman name goes with which Greek god/goddess. During this process encourage students to make text-to-text connections between the god/goddess and the planets. Then students should place the Roman name under the corresponding Greek name.

Teachers will read aloud __If I Were A Kid in Ancient Roman and Eyewitness Ancient Rome__. Allow students to complete their tri-fold graphic organizer started on week 4 based on this information.

Give the students this prompt: “Choose a character that you think is the most interesting of all the characters we have studied. Write about that character. Be sure state your opinion, support your opinion with strong reasons from texts, and connect your writing to specific parts of the myth. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, and for example) to connect your opinion and reasons. Provide a concluding statement.”

Students will apply information learned about the character and create a mosaic out of cut up construction paper. Go to Google, search for images of mosaics.**make sure you view** **the pictures first!!!!** Then show appropriate examples of mosaics. Use a 12x18 sheet of construction paper to pencil in the image to be used for the mosaic. Fill in the picture by pasting the cut up construction paper.

Teachers will then read __Vacation Under the Volcano__ by Mary Pope Osborne. For more activities see : www.mce.k12tn.net/reading11/vacation_under_the_volcano.htm

(E/C, I/M, S) (S/D, R/R, NL, CL, CQO)


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


 * Homework **


 * 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#)

// 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)

**Literary Texts**

**Poems **
** Stories **
 * “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” (Ogden Nash) (Read Aloud)
 * “A Dragon’s Lament” (Jack Prelutsky)
 * “Adventures of Isabel” (Ogden Nash)
 * “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All” (Maya Angelou)
 * “The Dragons are Singing Tonight” (Jack Prelutsky)
 * //Classic Myths to Read Aloud: The Great Stories of Greek and Roman Mythology // (William F. Russell) (Read Aloud)
 * //D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths // (Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire) (Read Aloud)
 * //Favorite Greek Myths // (Mary Pope Osborne and Troy Howell) (Read Aloud)
 * //Greek Myths for Young Children // (Heather Amery and Linda Edwards) (Read Aloud)
 * //The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus // (Aliki) (Read Aloud)
 * //The Orchard Book of Roman Myths // (Geraldine McCaughrean and Emma Chichester) (Read Aloud)
 * //Ancient Greece // (DK Eyewitness Books) (Anne Pearson) (Read Aloud)
 * //Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Hour of the Olympics // (Magic Tree House Research Guide 10) (Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, and Sal Murdocca) (EA)
 * //Ancient Rome // (DK Eyewitness Books) (Simon James) (Read Aloud)
 * //Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Vacation Under the Volcano // (Magic Tree House Research Guide 14) (Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, and Sal Murdocca) (EA)
 * //Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! // (Kathleen V. Kudlinski and S.D. Schindler) (E)
 * //I Wonder Why Greeks Built Temples and Other Questions About Ancient Greece // (Fiona MacDonald) (Read Aloud)
 * //If I Were a Kid in Ancient Greece // (Ken Sheldon, ed.)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">If I Were a Kid in Ancient Greece: Children of the Ancient World // (Ken Sheldon, ed.) (Read Aloud)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">If I Were a Kid in Ancient Rome: Children of the Ancient World // (Ken Sheldon, ed.) (Read Aloud)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Rome: In Spectaclar Cross Section // (Andrew Solway and Stephen Biesty)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Science in Ancient Rome // (Jacqueline L. Harris) (Read Aloud)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Tools of the Ancient Romans: A Kid’s Guide to the History and Science of Life in Ancient Rome // (Rachel Dickinson) (Read Aloud)

**<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Nonfiction Books **
**Art, Music, and Media**


 * Art **
 * //Greek and Roman Art Collection// (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 * The Colosseum (Rome, Italy, 80 CE)
 * The Parthenon (Athenian Acropolis, Greece, 438 BCE)


 * Manipulatives **


 * Games **

**Videos**

**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. **

**Smartboard Lessons****, Promethean Lessons ** @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=fables
 * Fables, Myths, and legends
 * Stories from other cultures: @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=stories+from+other=cultures&subjectsgrade=All+grades&region=en_US
 * Stories from other cultures: @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=stories+from+other+cultures&subject=All+subject8grade=All+grade&region=en_US
 * Traditional Stories @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=stories+from+other+cultures&subjects=en_US
 * Retelling Lesson @http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=61a18596-7569-4ebb-8c87-70867ac86b91
 * Point of View (Lesson on determining 1st and 3rd person point of view) @http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=b61399cd-2598-449a-8560-6a16fe46127c
 * Main Idea and Details (Uses web diagrams to practice identifying the main idea and details.) @http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=6908519d-07c3-4f66-887d-d2f73992362f
 * Main Idea and Details (Covers a beginning introduction to main idea.) @http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=91b77b3f-3b33-4fa5-b382-6c47e3da9ef2
 * Summarizing a Non-Fiction Text (practice) @http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=33d2b366-a5e6-48d9-956f-811340cf1604
 * Opinion Writing @http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=fc35e009-7eb4-45b8-8b7f-304d58896bd4


 * Other Activities, etc. **
 * Under the Volcano: Illustrations to add meaning: www.mce.k12tn.net/reading11/chapter_1_activities.htm

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