3rd-Grade Reading, Writing, and Grammar Review

In this class, we will read 3rd-grade level reading passages, and use the Common Core Standards. We will work to improve reading skills, understanding various types of informational or literary text. 
Our classes will follow this syllabus 
Class #1 - Fairy Tales - Recount stories including fables, folktales, and myths; determine central message or moral and explain the text. Grammar - Nouns (collective, plural, singular possessive, irregular, abstract, concrete, common, and proper) Narrative Writing practice.
Class  #2 - Character Traits - Describe characters in a story(feelings and motivations), sequence events, distinguish the point of view, and answer questions about the story. Grammar - Nouns continued. Opinion writing practice. 
Class  #3- Poetry - Determine the meaning of words or phrases, refer to parts of stories, dramas, or poems when writing or speaking about a text. Grammar - Contractions and Adjectives (comparative and superlatives). 
Class  #4 - Informational Text - Determine the main idea, recount key details, and explain how they support the main idea. Grammar -Verbs (irregular verbs, simple verb tenses, subject-verb agreement), Conjunctions, and Pronouns. Research writing.
Class  #5- Main Idea - Answer questions about the story, determine the main idea in a story. Grammar - Adverbs (comparative and superlatives), Point of View / Text Features - Answer questions from a story, determine the point of view, and use text features and search tools, Prefixes, and Suffixes. - Research writing continued. 
Class #6 - Context Clues - Read fiction and nonfiction passages to answer questions. Vocabulary using context clues. Grammar lesson and writing a nonfiction story.
Class #7 - Compare and Contrast using reading passages. Grammar lesson and writing a "How To" paper. 
Class #8 - Review of all material and quiz