3rd Grade English Language Arts: Complete Curriculum of Third Grade ELA
3rd Grade ELA is a full curriculum of four units of third grade English Language Arts taught to the common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening.
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80 live meetings
33 hrs 20 mins in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. There is daily homework to be completed outside of class time. Homework includes reading and writing assignments, as well as worksheets and other learning projects.Assessment
All student workbooks are graded throughout the course. Weekly homework is assessed as follows for learners seeking a letter grade and letter of completion: 15 Percent: Reading Quiz 15 Percent: Spelling Word Project 15 Percent: Grammar Quiz 15 Percent: Grammar Worksheet/Project 15 Percent: Class Participation 25 Percent: Writing Assignment Letters of completion with final grade will be issued to students who complete the course with a C (70 Percent) or greater.Letter Grade
Students who complete the course with a C (70 percent or greater) will receive a letter of completion with their letter grade within a month of the course's last meeting.Certificate of Completion
Students who complete the course with a C (70 percent or greater) will receive a certificate of completion within a month of the course's last meeting.Class Experience
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𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: ❶ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 If the class fee is a barrier to your learner's enrollment, message me for more information about payment plan options and scholarship opportunities. ❷ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 Learners registering for both the social studies and English Language Arts course of the same grade level in the same school year will be refunded $100 of their course fee. The refund will be made in the week before class meetings begin, at the time workbook links are being distributed to students. For learners on the payment plan, the $100 refund will be applied to the fourth payment. ❸ 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 During Unit 1, we have four class meetings per week for five weeks, followed by a two-week fall break. We return for Unit 2, with four class meetings per week for three weeks and then a one-week break for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We return for the final two weeks of Unit 2, and then have a six-week winter break. Returning at the end of January, Unit 3 has four meetings per week for five weeks followed by a two-week spring break. After spring break, we finish up the school year by completing Unit 4 with four meetings per week for five weeks. ❹ 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 Students will receive a virtual interactive workbook before the course begins. The workbook is created using Google Slides. Students will complete homework in the workbook and the teacher also provides feedback on homework in the workbook. ❺ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 No refunds of course fees are given after the workbooks are distributed. ❻ 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 Learners enrolled in any of my semester courses are invited to attend study hall, held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during the semester, at no additional cost. This is a time when students can get extra help with assignments, ask questions, work with classmates on group projects, or just log in and work on homework with other learners. ❼ 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 Homework is assigned following each class meeting. Most students will need some adult assistance with the homework. Students are welcome to attend the course and complete as much or as little homework as they and their adult wish. In order to receive a letter of completion, however, students must complete homework in order to earn at least a 70 percent of better on their final grade. ········································································ 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 Third Grade English Language Arts is taught to common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening. Students practice reading for fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. They will learn to look for the central message, lesson or moral of the story. There is a strong focus on grammar, which includes learning parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective), subject-verb agreement and more. There are weekly spelling word lists for learners to practice and a weekly spelling quiz. There are also weekly writing assignments with students practicing opinion writing, storytelling, poetry, dialogue, using a dictionary and more. Teaching will include lecture with slides, videos and other multi-media presentations, along with discussion, learning games and activities, worksheets and quizzes. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: On Mondays we will begin by sharing and discussing the previous week’s writing assignment. We will then have a discussion about the literature in the reading assignment and an introduction of the week’s vocabulary words. The week’s spelling word list will be introduced and students will be assigned a spelling word project for homework. Monday’s main focus will be a grammar lesson introducing the week’s new grammar concept. Monday homework will include a reading assignment and spelling word project. 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: On Tuesdays we will share our spelling word homework from Monday and review our grammar concept with grammar homework assigned. Tuesday’s main focus will be reading aloud from the week’s literature assignment with student’s reading paragraph about. Tuesday homework will include a reading assignment and grammar project or worksheet. 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: Wednesdays are 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬! On Wednesdays we play games to practice the week's spelling words and vocabulary words. Wednesday homework will include a reading assignment and preparing for Thursday’s spelling quiz. 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: On Thursdays we will have our weekly spelling quiz and do a final review of the week’s grammar concept. The week’s writing assignment will be made and discussed. Our main focus on Thursday will be a writing lesson. Weekend homework will include a reading assignment, writing assignment, reading quiz, and grammar quiz. This class is for learners who just want to practice their English Language Arts Skills, as well as students who want to get a letter of competition. There is 3-4 hours of homework to be completed each week. See the rubric below for how the learner will be evaluated. ········································································ 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗘 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟭: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆-𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚'𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙗 (Students will need a paper or electronic copy of E.B. White’s 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘣) 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲-𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳 In addition to reading for comprehension, during the novel study unit learners will be encouraged to compare and contrast characters, make predictions about what will happen next, and to look for the book's themes. 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭: Grammar Concept: Common, proper, concrete and abstract nouns Writing Lesson: Using a dictionary and thesaurus Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮: Grammar Concept: Singular, plural and collective nouns, irregular plural nouns Writing Lesson: Researching with the internet Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 5 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 6 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 8-9 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯: Grammar Concept: Action and linking verbs Writing Lesson: Taking notes and citing sources Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 10 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 11 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 12 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 13-14 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟰: Grammar Concept: Subject and predicate Writing Lesson: Creating an outline Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 15 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 16 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 17 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 18-19 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱: Grammar Concept: Pronouns, subject and object pronouns Writing Lesson: Book report Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 20 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 21 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 22 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟮: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (PDFs will be provided for reading assignments) 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰-𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮 In addition to reading for comprehension, during the traditional literature section learners will be encouraged to consider how people around the world and throughout time have told stories. Learners will be encouraged to look for similarities in the stories, while also considering how each is unique to the culture and time to which it belongs. As we study traditional literature, learners will be told that traditional stories often belong to a specific people and their culture. We will discuss how the stories were passed through the oral tradition and who might have written down the story for the first time. We will talk about how the writing down of the story by a person who is part of the culture might be different than the writing down of the story by a person who is not part of the culture, and what motivations the writer might have had for recording the story and how that might have changed how the story was told. 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟲: Grammar Concept: Adjectives and adverbs, comparative adjectives and adverbs Writing Lesson: Expository writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Aesop’s Fables: "The Lion & the Mouse," "The Peacock" Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Aesop’s Fables: "The North Wind & the Sun" Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Aesop’s Fables: "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse" Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Aesop’s Fables: "The Hare & the Tortoise," "The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf" 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟳: Grammar Concept: Articles and conjunctions, Statements, commands, exclamations and questions Writing Lesson: Narrative writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Trickster Tales-Spider from West Africa Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Trickster Tales-Coyote from the Karok people of North America Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Trickster Tales-Crow from the Inuit people of the Arctic Thursday Night Reading Assignment: Trickster Tales-Bear from the Iroquois people of North America 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟴: Grammar Concept: Possessives Writing Lesson: Descriptive writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Tall Tales-Pecos Bill Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Tall Tales-John Henry Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Tall Tales-Paul Bunyan Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Tall Tales-Sally Ann Thunderwind and Slue-foot Sue 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟵: Grammar Concept: Sentence fragments and run-on sentences Writing Lesson: Persuasive writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Greek mythology-Theseus and the Minotaur Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Greek mythology-Persephone and Demeter Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Egyptian mythology-Isis and Osiris Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Aztec mythology-The Birth of Music 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟬: Grammar Concept: Combining sentences Writing Lesson: Letter writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Fairy Tale "The Emperor’s New Clothes" Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Fairy Tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker" Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Fairy Tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟯: 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 (PDFs will be provided for reading assignments) 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟳-𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟳 In addition to reading for comprehension, during the poetry and theater unit learners will be encouraged to compare and contrast storytelling from different genres, think about why a writer may choose a particular genre to tell a story, and express understanding of figurative language. A favorite part of Unit 3 is Tuesday's read-aloud when we practice our scripts with each learner playing a different character. 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟭: Grammar Concept: Capitalization, punctuation Writing Lesson: Creative writing and figurative language Monday Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 1-2 of 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 3-4 of 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 5-6 of 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 7-8 of 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟮: Grammar Concept: Dialogue Writing Lesson: Skit writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 9-10 of 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘯 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 & 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟯: Grammar Concept: Subject-verb agreement Writing Lesson: Character writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 1-3 of 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Scenes 4-5 of 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Finish 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟰: Grammar Concept: Irregular verbs Writing Lesson: Poetry writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟱: Grammar Concept: Contractions, Negative words and double negatives Writing Lesson: Poetry writing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟰: 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 (PDFs will be provided for reading assignments) 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟳-𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟳 In the informational text unit, learners will be encouraged to read for comprehension, to understand the difference between fact and fiction, to understanding the difference between fact and opinion, to consider whether they agree or disagree with a writer's opinion, and to consider the writer's perspective, why the writer is writing, for whom the writer is writing, and how these factors might impact how the writer presents the information and which details the writer chooses to include or not include. 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟲: Grammar Concept: Present tense Writing Lesson: Prewriting and brainstorming Monday Night Reading Assignment: History Reader-Ice Age Hunters and the First Farmers Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: History Reader-The Ancestral Pueblo of the Southwest Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: History Reader-The Ancient City of Cahokia Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: History Reader-The Haudenosaunee Confederacy 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟳: Grammar Concept: Past tense Writing Lesson: The main idea and supporting details Monday Night Reading Assignment: Science Reader Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Science Reader Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Instructional Reader Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Instructional reader 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟴: Grammar Concept: Future tense Writing Lesson: First draft with sequencing and time words Monday Night Reading Assignment: Current events Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Current events Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Current events Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Current events 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟵: Grammar Concept: Synonyms, antonyms, homophones, multiple-meaning words Writing Lesson: Revising and editing Monday Night Reading Assignment: Social studies reader-Asia Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Social studies reader-Africa and North America Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Social studies reader-South America and Antarctica Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Social studies reader-Europe and Oceania 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬: Grammar Concept: Review Monday Night Reading Assignment: Biography Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Biography Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Biography
Learning Goals
Third Grade English Language Arts teaches to common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening. Students practice reading for fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. They will learn to look for the central message, lesson or moral of the story. There is a strong focus on grammar, which includes learning parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective), rules of capitalization, subject-verb agreement, punctuation and more. There are weekly spelling word lists for learners to practice and a Thursday spelling quiz. There are also weekly writing assignments with students practicing opinion writing, poetry, dialogue, using a dictionary and more.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)4 Units
80 Lessons
over 20 WeeksUnit 1: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆-𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚'𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙗
Lesson 1:
Introductions and Class Agreements
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Common, proper, concrete and abstract nouns
Writing Lesson: Using a dictionary and thesaurus
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 25 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Read Aloud | Grammar: Nouns
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Common, proper, concrete and abstract nouns
Writing Lesson: Using a dictionary and thesaurus
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 25 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
GAME DAY to practice spelling and vocabulary words
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Common, proper, concrete and abstract nouns
Writing Lesson: Using a dictionary and thesaurus
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 25 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Spelling Quiz | Writing: Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Common, proper, concrete and abstract nouns
Writing Lesson: Using a dictionary and thesaurus
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 25 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Parental Guidance
As we study literature, in particular traditional literature, students will engage with stories from different cultures, religions, and times. Learners will be encouraged to recognize that traditional literature often belongs to specific people groups' cultures and histories. We will respect such literature as the oral histories and sacred texts given to people groups by their ancestors. In some traditional literature, learners may encounter brief mentions of violence. Our novel study, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘣, deals with the slaughter of animals, death, and loss. In addition, the history, news, and social studies readers may contain descriptions and discussions of wars, colonization, disease, current events, and death. All subjects and topics will be covered in a manner that is as age-appropriate as possible, but some learners may be especially sensitive to these topics.
Supply List
Paper or digital copy of E.B. White’s novel 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘣.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Students will need either a paper or digital copy of E.B. White’s 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘣 for Unit 1.
I will provide PDF readers for materials covered in Units 2-4.
For the Unit 2 reader, I have adapted some of the traditional literature we will be reading to be appropriate for a third-grade audience. Sources from which traditional literature will be taken or that I have used in adaptations include:
Aesop’s Fables-The Library of Congress
“The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse stories” by Adwoa Badoe
“A Listening Wind: Native Literature from the Southeast” edited by Marcia Haag
“Sky Loom: Native American Myth, Story, and Song” edited by Brian Swann
“Hunters, Predators and Prey: Inuit Perceptions of Animals” by Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten
“Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History” by Graham Seal
“American Tall Tales” by Mary Pope Osborne
Grimm’s Complete Fairytales
“The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen” edited by Maria Tatar
“Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology” by Liv Albert
Content in the Unit 4 history reader was compiled by me. Among the many sources I consulted in compiling the information are:
The Canadian Museum of History: First Peoples of Canada
"Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West" by Ned Blackhawk
"The Greater Chaco Landscape: Ancestors, Scholarship, and Advocacy" edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Carrie C. Heitman
The National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
"Haudenosaunee Guide for Educators," by The National Museum of the American Indian, Education Office
"Ancestral Pueblos Curriculum" by Heard Museum
“A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
“American History Now” by Eric Foner and Lisa McGirr
Content in the Unit 4 social studies reader was compiled by me. Among the many sources I consulted in compiling the information are:
National Geographic
World Atlas
The Nile Basin Initiative
The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
The Amazon Conservation Alliance
The Yangtze River Protection Law, The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
Reading assignments for the news article and biography sections will be drawn from NewsELA articles.
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Master's Degree in History from Gettysburg College
Bachelor's Degree in English from Campbellsville University
I have a master of arts degree in American history, and bachelor of arts degrees in political science, English, and communications with a journalism emphasis. I am lead teacher at The Foster Woods Folk School, which focuses on humanities education within an ecosocial justice framework aimed at celebrating and improving our connections as a global community of humans and non-humans living on Planet Earth. In this role, I work with learners of all ages with a primary focus of working with learners in grades three through 12. I was the director of a social justice center for three years during which time I routinely taught about and facilitated conversations about historical and current political events for both teen and adults participants. Before that, I was a newspaper editor and reporter for 15 years. I have been teaching history, social studies, and English Language Arts classes for several years. Reviews
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