Reading/Writing Curriculum Calendar
Units of Study: Grade 3
Month
Reading Units of Study
September/
October
Launching Readers’ Workshop
Launching Writing Workshop
 Ask and answer questions to
 Personal Narrative (Writing many pieces)
demonstrate understanding of text
 Building writing stamina
 Describe characters and tell how their
actions contribute to a sequence of
events
Narrative/Expository Non-fiction
Informational Essay/Paragraph Writing
 Differentiating between narrative
 Gathering and organizing information
nonfiction texts and expository
nonfiction texts
 Using text features or search tools
Fables, Folktales, Myths
Writing to a Prompt to Build Writing Stamina in
response to a fable, folktale, myth
 Recounting stories from diverse
Open ended responses analyzing,
cultures
comparing and contrasting two
 Determining the central message or
folktales/fables and two or more
theme
characters, settings, or events in a story,
drawing on specific details in the text
Informational Reading
Informational Writing
 Reading, Research, and Writing in the
 Content Area Writing
Content Areas
Writing an informative/explanatory text to
examine a topic and convey ideas clearly using
 Comparing and contrasting important
multimedia sources.
points and key details presented in
multiple texts on same topic
 Can be published as a poster, essay, or book
October/
November
December
January
Text Sets
Biography Book Clubs
February
March
Social Issues Book Clubs
 Finding the theme
April
Envisioning Poetry
May/June

Writing Units of Study
Realistic Fiction
 Following characters into meaning
 Distinguish own point of view from
that of character’s
 Envision, predict, synthesize, infer
Biography Report
Writing About Reading/Writing to Make a Real
World Difference
 Opinion Essay about a specific social issue
 Not research based
Writing Poetry
 Publish at least one poem
Realistic Fiction
 Writing many stories
 Revise for meaning
For test prep purposes and for the culmination of each unit of study, provide students with a
writing prompt relating to that specific genre. This prompt should be completed on a computer.
June 2014
JN