3rd Grade
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Unit 3.1

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

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

Unit 3.3

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

Unit 3.4

3.4 Read-Aloud
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

Unit 3.5

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


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