3rd Grade Resources
The Read Side by Side Reading Program
Unit 3.1
Students learn about forest animals as they read the fantasy novel Poppy together in read-aloud and three information nonfiction texts in book clubs: Backyard Animals, Nocturnal Creatures, and Forest Animals. This first book club reviews foundational skills: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension!
3.1 Read-Aloud
3.1 Book Club
Backyard Animals
Backyard Nature Learning Activities (interactive) (.pdf)
Make Your Backyard Wildlife Friendly (.pdf)
Nocturnal Creatures
Nocturnal Animals Explained (.pdf)
Forest Animals
Forest Animals: 9 Animals Adapted to Forest Life (.pdf)
Living Among the Trees: Five Animals that Depend on the Forests (.pdf)
Interactive Sites:
Backyard Animals Everyday Learning (PBS)
Unit 3.2
Students learn about solving conflict at home and at school as they read the humorous, realistic fiction novel The War with Grandpa together in read-aloud and are matched to one of three realistic fiction texts in book clubs: Marvin Redpost: Why Pick On Me?, Jake Drake, Bully Buster, or Beezus and Ramona.
3.2 Read-Aloud
3.2 Book Club
Genre Chart - Realistic Fiction
Outside Texts:
Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me?
How Can I Help Someone Who is Being Bullied?
Jake Drake Bully Buster
How Can I Help Someone Who is Being Bullied?
Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona Neighborhood Map
3.3 Read-Aloud
Day 1 - Genre Chart - Biography/Autobiography
Day 14 - Letter from the Women's Political Council
Day 14 Video Clip - Civil Rights Eyes on the Prize 7 - Rosa Parks (7:16)
Day 17 - Bomb Rocks Residence of Bus Boycott Leader
Day 20 - Letter from Birmingham Jail
3.3 Book Club
Genre Chart - Biography/Autobiography
I Am Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks: A True Book
Outside Texts:
Poem: Go to the Back Rosa Parks
3.4 Book Club
Genre Chart - Realistic Fiction
Genre Chart - Historical Fiction
Outside Maps and Texts:
Julian's Glorious Summer
Before Moving Onto Airplanes, The Wright Brothers Were Building These Bicycles
Abby Takes a Stand
Song Lyrics: "We Shall Not Be Moved"
Primary Document: F.W. Woolworth Menu April 23, 1959
Literary Connection: David and Goliath
Students share a meal at Woolworth's on Fifth to commemorate 660th anniversary of Nashville sit-ins
Freedom Train
3.5 Read-Aloud
3.5 Book Club
Genre Chart - Realistic Fiction
Outside Texts:
Collecting Sports Stickers, A Kids' Guide
All the Equipment You Need to Play Baseball
Fudge-A-Mania
How Judy Blume Became an Author
Neighborhood Pick-Up Baseball Game
Wall Ball
Poem of the Day, April 24th "Father Time is Coming" (Video)
Satchel Paige: Baseball's Larger-than-Life Talent, Showman
The Way to Stay in Destiny
Swindle
Use the lists below to take inventory of your materials and prepare for re-ordering!
Order Sheets (for taking inventory
Download all of the assessments tools including:
- Surveys,
- Conference Forms,
- Reading Logs,
- Running Records,
- Rubrics,
- Summative Tools.
The Assessment and Intervention Guide will provide instructions for giving the assessments, matching students to book club texts, and supporting students who struggle.
Download the process writing units for each grade level! Units include:
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Narrative,
- Expository,
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Persuasive,
- Argumentative.
Students use the novels in the reading program as mentor texts!
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Connect the titles in the Read Side by Side Reading Program to Biblical teaching!
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