Library Curriculum Connections At-A-Glance
Grade 3 Unit 4 Theme: Our Teams Essential question: What makes a strong team?
Literature
Selection
Genre
Technology / Media
Comprehension
Strategies and
Skills
Seven Spools
of Thread
by Angela
Shelf Medearis
Main
Selection
Literary
Text/Fable
Paired
Selection
McGraw-Hill TX Treasures
p. 137 I, J
Comprehension:
Strategy:
Visualize
Skill: Draw
Conclusions
Skill: Make
Inferences
Genre: Fiction,
Fable, Expository
WK THEME
Working as One
Informationa
l Text/
Expository
TERMS
spreadsheet, column
row, cell, graph
Microsoft Excel
Computer Literacy:
- Using a Spreadsheet
- Using Technology
ELA LT - I can learn about
spreadsheet features.
Nacho and
Lolita by Pam
Munoz Ryan
WK THEME
Unique Talents
A Growing
Interest
Time For Kids
Informational
WK THEME
Community
Teamwork
Main
Selection
Literary
Text/
Folktale
Paired
Selection
Literary
Text/
Poetry
Main
Selection
Informatio
nal Text/
Expository
MEDIA LITERACY
Choosing your words—formal
and informal language
IC LESSON Environments
and Ecosystems
Meet the Expert
Environment Exhibition classroom lesson /
Elaborate--students will
work in small groups to
research in-depth a
specific environment
using Discovery Education
Techbook, NF texts, &
online resources / create
a display to share
research.
(Speak to team about
Library resources and
possible display tools if
they use this part of the
lesson)
Vocabulary
Strategies
Context
Clues:
MultipleMeaning
Words
ELA LT – I can
make
inferences
about the text
ELA LT Day 1: I can
understand the
characteristics of a
myth.
Comprehension:
Strategy:
Visualize
Skill: Theme
Skill: Make
Inferences and
Draw Conclusions
Genre: Folktale,
Poetry, Haiku,
free verse
Thesaurus:
Synonyms
Comprehension:
Strategy:
Monitor
Comprehension
Skill: Problem
and Solution
Skill: Draw
Conclusions
Genre:
Nonfiction
Word Parts:
Suffixes less, -ful,
-ly
Text
Features/
Literary
Elements/
Study Skills
Rules
ELA LT – I can
use text
features to
follow and
explain
written multistep
directions
Consonance
and
Metaphor
LT Day 4: I can
identify
figurative
language in
poetry
…characteristi
cs of poetry
and how they
create
imagery.
Using
Computer
Search
Engines in
the Media
Center
IC OC: Systems OI: Life Science
Unit 4 Theme Related Library Resources
Writing
Write Source
Writing/GrammarMechanics: (Write
Source) Writing
Process/
Persuasive Writing:
Persuasive Paragraph
- Skill: Adjectives,
Paragraph Indention
IC: OI
Essential
Questions
*Which role in
a system is
most
important?
*What is
necessary for
life?
*How can
living things be
so different,
yet so alike?
Writing/GrammarMechanics: (Write
Source)
Persuasive Writing:
Persuasive Letter
- Skill: Prepositions/
Phrases,
Possessive Pronouns
Writing/GrammarMechanics: (Write
Source) Persuasive
Writing: Letter
Skill: Conventions in
Letter Writing,
Coordinating
Conjunctions, Sentence
combining with
complete subject ,
predicate; compound
sentences
*How can you
help maintain
balance within
an ecosystem?
*What changes
and what stays
the same in an
environment?
updated 12-15-14
4th OI:
Life Science
Units should begin on Jan 5
LIFE SCIENCE
Unit 7 Organisms and
Environments (30 days)
Unit 8 Health (5 days)
(SEE the above Unit summaries in
the Planner)
Critical Vocabulary:
community
ecosystem
function
inherited trait
learned behavior
population
structure
Environment & Interactions
Patterns, cycles, ecosystems
Jane Goodall, Gombe Research
Explore activities include these
topics:
Why organisms need a habitat,
basic needs of plants and animals,
energy flow (from the Sun) in food
chains, herbivore, carnivore,
omnivore, Ecosystem changes,
acid rain, populations and
communities
Physical characteristics of
environments, ecosystem,
habitat
Flow of Energy through
food chains (producer,
consumer, decomposer)
Literature
Selection
Genre
Ramona and
Her Father by
Beverly Cleary
Main
Selection
Literary
Text/Humo
r
Paired
Selection
Literary
Text/
Poetry
Technology / Media
Comprehension
Strategies and
Skills
Vocabulary
Strategies
Comprehension:
Strategy:
Monitor
Comprehension
Skill: Problem
and Solution
Skill: Theme
Genre: Poetry,
Fiction
Word Parts:
Prefixes
Text
Features/
Literary
Elements/
Study Skills
Writing
Write Source
IC LESSON Structures and
WK THEME
Family Teams
Behaviors
Classroom Lesson Elaborate: students in
groups are asked to select
and research an animal,
write a script and present
in front of a live TV studio
audience
(SEE Planner for 5
presentation criteria )
ELA LT -I can present and
evaluate an oral report
First-Person
Narrator
and Imagery
ELA LT: I can
understand the
characteristics of
poetry…how they
create imagery
Writing/GrammarMechanics: (Write
Source) The Writing
Process/Persuasive
Letter
Editing, Publishing,
Reflecting)Writing for
the TX Assessment
Skills: Possessive
Pronouns, Common
and Proper Nouns,
Subject-Verb
Agreement, Commas
IC LESSON Life Cycles
Out of this
World! by
Liane B. Onish
WK THEME
Astronauts
Show What
You Know
WK THEME
Review and
Assess
Main
Selection
Literary
Nonfiction/
Bio
Paired
Selection
Lit Txt,
Poetry
Test
Practice
Literary
Activities:
Comprehen
sion, Word
Study,
Drama,
Genre
Study
Classroom LessonElaborate: students work
in a group to design a
cartoon (group of cells)
about the life cycle of
plants and each
structure’s function -from one plant structure
to another
Comprehension:
Strategy:
Summarize
Skill: Sequence
Skill: Problem
and Solution
Genre:
Nonfiction,
Biography, Poetry
**IC LESSON Life Science
ELA LT – I can
identify and
understand Latin
roots
Wrap Up – Let’s Design a
Zoo Mission: Students will
design an ecosystem zoo
exhibit (one of 7 habitat
environments) following
instructions from Planner,
using research for animals
& plants from listed sites,
books, online Library
Resources, and
Discovery Education
ELA LT - I can draw
conclusions from
facts.. locate and
use information in
graphic features
Thesaurus:
Synonyms
Imagery
LT Day 1: I can
identify and
use synonyms.
Review/
Assess
Thesaurus:
Synonyms,
Suffixes
Context
Clues:
MultipleMeaning
Words,
Prefixes
Review/
Assess
Metaphor
Imagery
Consonance
Directions,
Rules
McGraw–Hill, TexasTreasures, TE Grade 3; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, WriteSource
Writing/GrammarMechanics: (Write
Source) Writing
Process/
Persuasive Writing,
Creative Writing:
Imaginative Stories
(Prewriting)
Skills: Verb Tense,
Commas (Dates),
Subject-Verb
Agreement
Writing/GrammarMechanics: (Write
Source)
Creative Writing:
Imaginative Story
(Drafting, Revising,
Editing)
- Skill: Possessive
Pronouns, Review Unit
Skills
IC: OI
Essential
Questions
4th OI:
Life Science
Units should begin on Jan 5
Effects of change on ecosystem
environments (survival,
flood, drought, organism)
thrive, perish
Structures and Behaviors
Structures and Function of plants
Inherited traits
Learned behaviors
Habit Characteristics
Parents and Offspring
Explore:
Structures for survival
Life Cycles
Metamorphosis, germination,
How animals grow and change
over time
Plant life cycles, structure
EIE Designing a Submersible
(SEE Planner—companion piece to
EIE binder)
Texas Bluebonnet Award voting
deadline --midnight, Jan 31st:
http://txla.org/TBA-voting
IC Calendar
Campus Sci Fairs Dec 1-Jan 16
MLK, Jr. Day
Jan 19
Black History Month February
Presidents Day
Feb 16