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. 

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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.

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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