3_6_4LA


 * Grade: 3Unit: 6 Week: 4** **Content: ELA Dates: 4/29-5/3**


 * 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? **

** 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.
 * Essential Questions: **
 * How can I use myths from diverse cultures to explain the central message through key details in the text?
 * How can I create a fantasy story of the imagined life of a child growing up in Ancient Greece?
 * How can I read and understand informational text by adding appropriate visual displays 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 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 Greece.
 * Students will be able to write a short fantasy narrative//.//


 * Assessment **
 * 1) ** Product: **
 * Create a fantasy narrative about the life of a child growing up in Ancient Greece.
 * ** BEGIN: ** Tri-fold graphic organizer on Greece, Rome and present times.


 * 1) ** Project: **
 * Students will create a game based on a story or event using details from the text.


 * 1) ** Key Questions: **
 * Can I apply what I have read to create an interactive game about the people of Ancient Greece?
 * Can I apply information from a nonfiction book to create a fantasy narrative about childhood life in Ancient Greece?
 * Can I organize information on a graphic organizer?


 * 1) ** Observable Student Behaviors (Performance): **
 * I can create a fantasy story about the life of a child growing up in Ancient Greece.
 * I can create a game based on a story or event using details from the text.
 * I can gather facts about life in Ancient Greece and present time while noting it on a graphic organizer.


 * Vocabulary **
 * ** ELA ** || || ||
 * * Fantasy
 * Mythology
 * Narrative
 * 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]

// Please Note: //// Students will work this week and next week to create a tri-fold graphic organizer that compares and contrasts Greece, Rome and present times. //
 * This week: ** Greece and Present time sections: Research the school, home life, marriage laws, market place (store), government and foods, etc. of both Greece and their community (present times). Add information to both sections of the tri-fold. www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/PLash/files/Foldables.pdf

After reading a variety of texts on Ancient Greece, such as __ If I Were A Kid in Ancient Greece __ and __Eyewitness Books Ancient Greece__ have students to create a game that is set in Ancient Greece. Students choose a favorite story or event and note the details they wish to include in the game. They also write a rule book, design and produce the necessary accessories: board, cards, dice, spinners, etc.

After reading __If I Were A Kid in Ancient Greece,__ create a fantasy story of how the student imagines the life of a child growing up in Ancient Greece. Follow the writing process. (E/C, I/M, IC, S) (S/D, S/N, NL, CL, CQO)


 * (Physical Education Teacher) ** Conduct a week of Olympic Games using both past and present sports/games.


 * 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
 * Comparing Olympics From long ago and today: @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=olympics&grade=All+grades&region=en_US
 * @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=olympic++timeline&subject=All+subjects&grade=All+grades&region=en_US
 * Stories from other cultures: 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
 * 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
 * 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

@http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Olympics/olympics.html @http://www.nostos.com/olympics/
 * Other Activities, etc. **
 * Olympic Games Links

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