Monday
9:30-9:45
Read Aloud
Fiction
Standard 4.1a,
4.1b, 4.3a, 5.1a,
4.3c
Purdy’s Problem and
How She Solved It
APK- Give me a
thumbs up if you
remember what
genre we did last
week? If you know
turn to you partner
and tell them. Does
anyone what to
share?
TIP- This week our
genre is fantasy.
Does anyone know
what fantasy means?
Fantasy includes
make believe events
that could not
happen in real life.
Preview the story.
We will do a picture
walk through and
predict what when
think is going to
Mrs. Whittaker’s 3rd Grade Lesson Plans
Sept 20 – Sept 25
Tuesday
Wednesday
Purdy’s Problem
and How She
Solved It
OBJ: Main Idea
P. 202-209
APK- Give me a
thumbs up if you
remember what
genre we did last
week? If you know
turn to you partner
and tell them. Does
anyone what to
share?
Give me a thumbs
up if you remember
Main Idea?
TIP- We will read
Purdy’s Problem
stopping to identify
Main Idea and ask
questions.
Purdy’s Problem
and How She
Solved It
OBJ: Main Idea
and Sequencing
P. 210-218
APK- Give me a
thumbs up if you
remember the
main idea of our
story yesterday.
Tell you partner.
TIP- Read story
stopping to ask
questions on
predicting, main
idea and details,
and cause and
effect.
SIPWe will fill out a
graphic organizer
with the main
Thursday
Friday
Purdy’s Problem
and How She
Solved It
Purdy’s Problem and How
She Solved It
OBJ: Main Idea and
Sequencing
OBJ: Main Idea and
Sequencing
P. 220-223
P. 202-218
(Listen on CD)
APK-What is
sequencing? Tell
you neighbor. What
is the main idea of
our story?
APK- What is sequencing?
TIP- Sequencing will help
us summarize a story.
Summarizing in telling a
short version of the story
and only telling the
important parts.
Guided Practice:
The students will be
Read P 220- 221
given a sequencing
Summarize the facts
sort. After they
you’ve read so far. Tell you
have sorted the
neighbor.
cards they will be
Read 222-223
asked to record they
What are these pages
answers of a
mostly about? Tell a friend.
graphic organizer.
On the back the will
Comprehension
draw what the
Quiz
happen just by
looking at the
pictures.
P. 198-199 The
Stamper Collector
OBJ: Main Idea
APK- Does anyone
remember what Main
Idea mean?
Tell you partner
After story we will
use a fill out a
graphic organizer
and as class. I will
ask the students to
pair share to fill in
the organizer.
idea and three
visualized.
supporting
* some students will
details and a
just be asked to
graphic organizer
draw a picture of
on sequencing.
what the story was
about.
Centers
Build Word Webs
with Collection.
Centers
Student will play
memory with the
words and
TIP- Main Idea is
what the story is
mostly about. I will
read The stamp
collector.
SIP- We will fill out
a graphic organizer
with the main idea
and three supporting
details.
8:30-9:30
9:45-10:00
Vocabulary
Centers
Introduce
Vocabulary
P. 200-201
Centers
Build Word Webs
with Collection.
Centers
Vocabulary Basketball
Vocabulary Quiz
Standards
2.1, 2.3, 2.4
TIP- As a class we
will build a word
web with collection
in the middle. Each
bubble coming off
of the word will be
things that people
can collect.
definitions in
their table
groups.
TIP- As a class we
will build a word
web with scattered
in the middle. Each
bubble coming off
of the word will be
things that can be
scattered.
With a partner
students will create
a word web with
Enormous in the
middle.
p. 74
With a partner
students will create
a word web with
Shiny in the middle.
The Parade
The Parade
The Parade
The Parade
Model Read
Model Read and
Choral Reading
Echo Read
Partner Read
Perform
Introduce word wall
words
Students write word
is Word Wall
Spiral.
Look, Say,
Cover, Write,
Check
Read My Mind
Students will write a
sentence for each of the
five new word wall words.
Collection
Enormous
Realize
Scattered
Shiny
Strain
Use word rating
chart
10:00-10:10
Fluency
2.1
10:10-10:20
Word Wall
Read the story and
use context clues and
a dictionary to come
up with the
definition.
The Parade
Teacher reads the
words.
Students will Chant
the word.
Cheer and Chant
10:20-10:30
Oral Language /
Grammar
3.1a
Compound Words
APK- Does anyone
remember what a
compound word is?
If you do tell you
neighbor.
TIP- A long word
like earthquake
seems hard at first.
But when I look
more closely, I see
that earthquake is a
compound. Word.
That means it is
made up of two
shorts words, earth
and quake. I know
earth and I think
quake means to
shake, so it’s easy to
figure out that
earthquake is a
movement of the
ground.
SIP- I will have
compound words
written on the board.
I will have students
Singular and Plural
Nouns
APK: What’s a
noun? What are
singular and plural
nouns?
TIP:
A singular noun
names only one
person, place, or
thing. A plural
names more than
one.
SIP: students will
be given word
cards and will have
to sort them into
singular and plural.
Singular and
Plural Nouns
APK:
What does the
word singular
mean? What does
the word plural
mean?
Does anyone
remember the
rules on how to
change singular
to plural?
TIP: I will
demonstrate
using my rules
card on to change
a singular to a
plural.
SIP: Students
will take turns
changes words
from singular to
plural.
Compound Words
P. 79
Singular and Plural Nouns
APK:
What’s a noun? What are
singular and plural nouns?
TIP:
A singular noun names
only one person, place, or
thing. A plural names
more than one.
SIP: students will be given
word cards and will have to
sort them into singular and
plural.
P 28
read them and draw
lines between the
two smaller words.
10:35-11:20
11:30-1:00
Math
Lesson 17
Lesson 18
Comparing and
Ordering Part 1
Some and some
more stories, Part 1
Standard
2.2
Computer
Standard
2.1b
1:05-1:30
Standards
3.1
1:30-2:00
2:00-2:30
Recess/Lunch
Lesson 19
Art
Lesson 20
Investigation 2
Subrarcting Threedigit Numbers
Some Went Away
Stories
Working with money
Standard
2.2
M.I.R.P
Standard
2.2
Higgins
Or Social studies
Lesson 2
Communities are
Different
Computer
Standard 4.3
Homework p. 1
Specials
Centers
Monday- All Groups make spelling word sorts.
Tuesday- All groups Fluency
Wednesday – All groups phonic skills
Computer
Thursday- All groups Fluency
Friday- All groups phonic skills.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Group 1
Take spelling pre-test
Group 1
Teacher Model reads A
party for Pedro
Students Echo Read A
Party for Pedro
TIP: Author’s Purpose.
An Author can have many
reason for writing a story
for explain they can write
to entertain, inform, or
persuade.
SIP: Tell you partner why
you think the author wrote
this story.
Group 1
CVCe Long a phonic kit
Lesson 1
Group 1
APK: What is Author’s
Purpose?
Group 1
CVCe Long a
Phonic kit
Lesson 2
Teacher Model reads A
party for Pedro
Students Echo Read A
Party for Pedro
TIP: Author’s Purpose.
An Author can have many
reason for writing a story
for explain they can write
to entertain, inform, or
CVC short a phonic kit
Lesson 1
Make spelling sort
Sort Words
Group 2
Take spelling pre-test
Make spelling sort
Sort Words
Teacher Model Reads A
Party for Pedro
Students Choral Read
Student use sentence strips
to put the story in
sequence.
Students answer
comprehension questions
on story.
APK: What is Author’s
Purpose?
Teacher Model Reads
Students Choral Read
Student use sentence strips
to put the story in
CVC Short a
Phonic kit
Lesson 2
persuade.
SIP: Tell you partner why
you think the author wrote
this story.
Group 3
Take spelling pre-test
APK: What is expository
nonfiction?
Make spelling sort
TIP: We are going to work
on sequencing.
Sequencing means putting
in order.
Sort Words
Teacher Model Reads
Dinosaur Detectives
Stopping while reading to
use sentence strips to help
remember what has
happened in the story.
Students Echo Read
sequence.
Students answer
comprehension questions
on story.
Digraphs Ch phonic kit
Lesson 1
APK: What is expository
nonfiction? What is
sequencing?
Teacher Model Reads
Students Choral Read
Student use sentence strips
to put the story in
sequence.
Students answer
comprehension questions
on story.
Digraphs CH
Phonic kit
Lesson 2
Group 4
Take spelling pre-test
APK: What does it mean
to be responsible?
Diphthong oy phonic kit
Lesson 1
Make spelling sort
Sort Words
TIP: We are going to read
this story for the purpose
of visualizing. We are
going to be drawing
pictures in our minds as
we read to better help us
understand.
APK: What is
Visualizing? What is
responsibility? How are
you responsible?
Diphthong oy
Phonic kit
Lesson 2
Teacher Model Reads
Students Choral Read
Students answer
comprehension questions
on story.
Teacher Model Reads The
Boy Who Cried Wolf
Stopping while reading
ask what the students are
picturing.
Students Choral Read
Center Groups
Group 1
Jazmin
Trinity
Jovan
Galilea
Hirael
Cruz
Antwanieke
Group 2
Alejandra
Khyren
Kamari
Jesus
Greg
Nick
Group 3
Eduardo
Jonathan
Kelly
William
McKenzy
Group 4
Jasper
Maria
Dasha
Alexis
Chykia