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Week #1 / from:
20/9/2015- to
1/10/2015
Subject: Language
Long Term Learning Objectives:
R1. Decode using a variety of reading strategies.
R2. Use appropriate strategies when reading a variety of genres.
R3. Selects, with guidance, appropriate level of reading material.
R7. Produce written and oral responses to texts.
R11. Identifies author’s purpose.
R12. Make connections to texts.
W1. Paraphrase with teacher’s assistance.
W2. Gather and use, with teacher\peer assistance, standard reference tools to gather information for research.
W12. Use conventions of punctuation and capitalization in written compositions.
W13. Spells developmentally appropriate words using various strategies.
W22. With teacher guidance, publish written work, in handwritten form or in digital format.
OL1. Listen attentively and respond appropriately in discussions.
OL7. Listen to a variety of oral presentations including stories, poems, rhymes and reports and respond with increasing confidence and detail.
OL8. Follow multi step directions.
OL12. Express thoughts, ideas and opinions and discuss them, respecting contributions from others
VL1. Use a variety of visual aids to enhance presentations.
VL4. Choose, with guidance, appropriate research resources and use in research project.
VL5. View visual information and show understanding by asking relevant questions and discussing possible
meaning.
VL7. Realize that visual information reflects and contributes to the understanding of context.
Class: Gr 3
UOI: Who We Are
Resources: Storytown, Oxford Reading Tree, Classroom Library, Reading AZ, Internet – , Daily Language Review, PowerPoints, IWB,
Eslgamesworld.com, YouTube Videos
Day
(Date)
Daily Revision
Lesson Learning
Objective
Sunday
20/9/2015
Monday / Monday
21/9/2015 –
28/9/2015
Tuesday
29/9/2015
Wednesday
30/9/2015
Thursday
1/10/2015
Daily Revision
HFW / Dolch words
/Days of the Week/
Months of the Year/
Daily Revision
HFW / Dolch words
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Months of the Year
Daily Revision
HFW / Dolch words
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Months of the Year
Daily Revision
HFW / Dolch words
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Months of the Year
Daily Revision
HFW / Dolch words
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Months of the Year
Produce written and oral responses to texts. Make connections to texts.
Paraphrase with teacher’s assistance. Spells developmentally appropriate words using various strategies.
Listen attentively and respond appropriately in discussions. Express thoughts, ideas and opinions and discuss them, respecting contributions from others
View visual information and show understanding by asking relevant questions and discussing possible
meaning. Realize that visual information reflects and contributes to the understanding of context.
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Introduction/
Provocations/
Questions
Learning
Engagements
Pre-Assessment
Review phonics, alphabet,
long and short vowels
Handwriting skills
Review Grade 3 Dolch
words/HFW
Pre-Assessment
Review phonics, alphabet,
long and short vowels
Handwriting skills
Review Grade 3 Dolch
words/HFW
Pre-Assessment
Review phonics, alphabet,
long and short vowels
Handwriting skills
Review Grade 3 Dolch
words/HFW
Pre-Assessment
Review phonics, alphabet,
long and short vowels
Handwriting skills
Review Grade 3 Dolch
words/HFW
Pre-Assessment
Review phonics, alphabet,
long and short vowels
Handwriting skills
Review Grade 3 Dolch
words/HFW
Spelling/Phonics:
Activity:
-Introduce “My
Spelling Dictionary.”
Reading:
Guided Reading:
Whole Class:
Pre Reading
-How to use a
dictionary,
alphabetical order and
meanings of words.
-Introduce HFW of
lesson 1 Ruby the
Copy Cat. Students
will find the words in
the glossary.
-Introduce the story
with a YouTube video
Grammar:
-Introducing Types of
Sentences: statements
and questions.
-Using the following
website to play an
interactive game with
the students on Types
of Sentences:
http://interactivesites.
weebly.com/sentence
s.html
-Writing Activity:
Students will
write/copy down
sentences (using
spelling words) and
identify them as
statements or
questions.
Reading & Writing
Guided Reading: Small
Groups:
-Students will be put
into groups based on
levels.
Spelling/Phonics:
-Students will interact
with a PowerPoint
presentation that
introduces & explains
the spelling words.
Short vowels a,e,i,o,u
this, went, jump, still
last, dust, tell , drop
shut, lamp, stop
felt, drink, clock, stand.
-Students will write their
spelling words into their
spelling dictionary.
Reading activity:
Students will read a
short vowel A-Z story.
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=_hwHC
HOUwQc
During Reading
activity: students will
interact with the text
and answer/ask
questions about it.
Grammar: Students
will identify
statements and
Assessment:
Dolch Test
Spelling Test
Below: Read a
decodable story book
and fill out a graphic
with words or
pictures.
Activity:
Students will spell the
spelling words in the
air, on their arms, and
finally on a
paper/spelling
notebooks.
Average: Read a
decodable story book
and fill out a graphic
on the sequence of
the story with
complete sentences.
Students will play an
interactive game on
short vowels in
phonics:
On Level: Read a
decodable story book.
They will infer the
events that take place
after the story.
Students will critique
the main character of
the story to express
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/bitesize/ks1/literacy/
spelling/play/popup.s
html
http://www.readwrite
think.org/files/resourc
es/interactives/puzzle
mewords/puzzlemewo
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questions in the text.
Post Reading &
Writing Activity :
-Students will fill a
graphic organizer with
the title, setting,
characters, problem,
solution and genre.
Evaluation of
learning and
reflection notes for
further lessons
what they would have
done differently if
they were the
character.
rds.swf
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