Welcome to a comprehensive third-grade English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum, meticulously crafted for reading, writing, and presentations. With each unit consisting of six classes, our 45-minute sessions are aligned with Common Core standards for 3rd and 4th grade. Ideal for homeschooling, supporting existing ELA curricula, or after-school supplementation, this course ensures a rich learning experience for every student.

Course Structure:
The class structure is designed for easy acclimatization, offering predictability for swift learning. Sessions encompass:

1. Review of prior concepts (from the second session onwards)
2. Learning new concepts
3. Guided group practice
4. Individual supported practice
5. Sharing of work
6. Games to reinforce new concepts (time permitting)

Homework and assignments outside of class will not take more than one hour per week. 

Students are welcome to enroll late as each lesson will be self-contained.  They will not have to "catch up" when enrolling late, so they are welcome any time. 

**Due to limitations on Outschool's syllabus, we are listing the Unit Outlines here. Please see the syllabus for a weekly breakdown, keeping in mind that each unit is 6 classes long. 

Unit One: Vocabulary - Focus on learning new vocabulary through the concepts of synonyms, antonyms, suffixes, homophones, and idioms. Learners will be guided to use a dictionary to help learn definitions and the target concept. They will be encouraged to use the concepts in writing and share their work with their peers.
Classes 1-6

Unit Two: Processing - Use the book The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and select non-fiction articles to learn and practice skills of predicting what might happen next, understanding the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing, visualizing what a text is trying to illustrate and writing in a way to help others visualize, questioning story plots, and learning to identify and write text with clarity.
Classes 7-12

Unit Three: Literature - Read select literature to focus on the main ideas and themes of the story, and learn and practice skills including identifying and using story elements such as characters, settings, plots, conflicts, and resolutions to form ideas around inferences, conclusions, and generalizations.
Classes 13-18

Unit Four: Paragraph Writing - Learn different types of paragraphs and practice writing them, with an introduction to grammar points to include in writing.
Classes 19-24

Unit Five: Comprehending Informational Text Part 1 - Read select informational texts to determine and understand the main idea and supporting details, decipher non-literal meanings, work out the point of view and author's purpose, and compare and contrast similar texts.
Classes 25-30


Unit Six: Comprehending Informational Text Part 2 - Read select informational texts to decipher charts and graphs, learn about sequential orders, fact and opinion, cause and effect, and summarizing text.
Classes 31-36


Unit 7: Tall Tales and Fairy Tales - Read select tall tales and fairy tales to explore this type of text and analyze their parts, as well as writing one of each.
Classes 37-42


Unit 8: Poetry - Read select poetry pieces and learn about different types of poetry while analyzing their central message, as well as writing different types.
Classes 43-48


Unit 9: Introduction to Research - Learn what plagiarism is and explore the basics of how to research and use online sources.
Classes 49-54


Unit 10: Essays - Learn the process of writing an essay and produce a multi-paragraph narrative essay with plenty of teacher feedback along the way.
Classes 55-60


Unit 11: Essays - Learn the process of writing an essay and produce a multi-paragraph explanatory essay with plenty of teacher feedback along the way.
Classes 61-66


Unit 12: Essays - Learn the process of writing an essay and produce a multi-paragraph persuasive essay with plenty of teacher feedback along the way.
Classes 67-72


Unit 13: Note-Taking and Creative Writing - Learn and practice taking notes on text and videos with 3 different methods and write creatively using story elements and dice for inspiration.
Classes 73-78
 

CEFR C1+ Proficiency

Material is presented on Google Slides, offering an interactive platform. Learners can use either Google Slides or traditional pencil and paper. The teacher screen-shares materials; no external sources are required.

PDF materials are available upon request 2 hours prior to class.