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Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 3
Concept:
1
Foundational Skills
CC.1.1.3.D
Concept:
2
Foundational Skills
CC.1.1.3.E
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes?
How do I use the meaning of common root words and affixes to understand unknown words in and out of context?
How do I use my knowledge of closed syllables to accurately read words?
How do I use my knowledge of open syllables to accurately read words?
How do I use my knowledge of vowel consonant –e syllables to accurately read words?
How do I use my knowledge of consonant –le syllables to accurately read words?
How do I use my knowledge of r-controlled (or vowel –r) syllables to accurately read words?
How do I use my knowledge of double vowel syllables to accurately read words?
How do I use my knowledge of accented and unaccented syllables to accurately read words?
How do I read and write irregularly spelled words
(examples: beautiful, enough, through) including homonyms and contractions?
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do I read on-level text with purpose and understanding?
How do I adjust my reading rate to adapt to the purpose and content of the text I’m reading?
How do I read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings?
How do I use context to confirm pronunciation and meaning, rereading as necessary?
How do I monitor my comprehension and make corrections as I read on-level texts?
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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 3
Vocabulary:
Root word, suffix, prefix, affix, syllable, context clues, homophone, homograph, homonym, schwa, open syllable, closed syllable, consonant –le syllable, rcontrolled syllable, double vowel syllable, consonant –e syllable
Resources:
Reading Street Teacher’s Manual (page xxii)
Priority Skills: Phonics - Decode words with common word parts
Skills Taught:
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Base words with inflectional endings* – Unit 1, Unit
4 (be sure to supplement with lessons using derivational endings – see Teacher resources below)
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Contractions – Unit 3
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Suffixes and prefixes – Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6
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Blend syllables to decode multisyllabic words - ALL units
Priority Skills: Vocabulary
Skills Taught:
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Use word structure to figure out word meaning –
Unit 1, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6
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Use context clues to determine word meaning of unfamiliar words, multiple-meaning words, homophones and homographs – ALL units
Word Study and Word Games
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Making Words
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Building Words
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Syllasearch
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Guess the Covered Word
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Be a Mind Reader
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Word Wall Activities
 Readers’ Theatre
SEE RTII TOOLKIT on LDSD website (sign in first) http://www.ldsd.org/Page/231
Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) has great resources for word study. http://www.fcrr.org/
Fun Brain – Word Confusion (irregular spelling and homonyms) http://www.funbrain.com/whichword/index.html
Fun Brain – Rooting out Words (multiple levels) http://www.funbrain.com/roots/
Learn Zillion – Lessons that teach decoding and affixes
Vocabulary:
On-level text, purpose, accuracy, expression, successive readings, pronunciation, monitor comprehension, phrasing, punctuation
Resources:
Reading Street Teacher’s Manual (page xxii)
Priority Skills: Fluency
Skills Taught:
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Reading aloud with accuracy, comprehension, appropriate rate – ALL units
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Read aloud with expression and intonation – ALL units
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Attend to punctuation and use appropriate phrasing
– Unit 1, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6
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Practice fluency in a variety of ways … – ALL units
Daily Five and Café Reading by Gail Boushey and Joan
Moser are two resources that provide a wonderful structure for independent reading and shared reading
DIBELS Progress Monitoring passages
Fresh Reads – Reading Street
Six Minute Solutions by Gayle Adams and Sheron
Brown. Multiple passages at a variety of reading levels.
Tumble Books (accessed through Destiny) provides a wealth of books as well as word games. See your school’s librarian for details.
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Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 3 http://learnzillion.com/lessonsets/159-decodingmultisyllable-words
Mega Words by Kristin Johnson (2009) is filled with activities and lists of multi-syllabic words
PDE - Decode Multi-Syllable Words (6 types of written syllable patterns - Figure 12, page 21) http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/ELA-
Appendix_A-Research-Supporting-Key-Elements-of-the-
Standards.pdf
PDE - Three principles for Chunking Longer Words into
Syllables (Appendix A , page 12-13) http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/CommonCore
Quia – Jeopardy Prefixes http://www.quia.com/cb/221179.html
Six Minute Solutions by Gayle Adams and Sheron
Brown. Word lists are given for a variety of words with affixes as well as words with different features. There is also a wonderful diagnostic tool in this book.
Spelling City has excellent word lists by number of syllables, lists of Greek and Latin roots and affixes, homonyms, and contractions. There are word games, videos and challenge activities.
Vocabulary A-Z from Learning A-Z allows the user to create lists and to choose words from available lists
Word Journeys by Kathy Ganske has extensive lists for different word features to practice the different spelling rules.
Teachers: Difference between derivational morphemes and inflectional morphemes: http://davidbrett.uniss.it/morphology/derivInflect.html
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