Big Idea:
Figure It Out
What does it take to
solve a problem?
Read Aloud Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words Phonics Fluency Skill Writing
Unit 2: Unit Writing Focus:
How-To, Explanatory Essay
Writing Products: Informative
Text
Research
Week 1
Weekly Concept:
Cooperation
Essential Question:
Why is working together
a good way to solve a
problem?
Title: “A Field Full of
Stones”
Genre: Folktale
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Short Text: Anansi Learns
a Lesson
Lexile: 510
Genre: Folktale
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Skill: Theme
Main Selection Title:
Roadrunner’s Dance
Lexile: 640
Genre: Folktale
Paired Selection Title:
“Deltona Is Going Batty”
Lexile: 550
Genre: Expository Text
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Skill: Theme
Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Theme
Main Selection Genre: Folktale
A: The Quarreling Quails
O: Jungle Treasures
E: Jungle Treasures
B: The Bear Who Stole the Chinook
Paired Selection
Genre: Expository Text
Titles:
A: “The Dragon Slayers”
O: “Urban Roots”
E: “Urban Roots”
B: “Saving Lubec”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre,
Connection of Ideas
Literature Anthology:
Genre, Organization,
Purpose, Connection of
Ideas, Sentence Structure
Vocabulary Words:
attempt, awkward,
cooperation, created,
furiously, interfere,
involved, timid
Additional Vocabulary:
cooperation, involved
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: collaboration;
connections
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Antonyms
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Long i and long u
Structural Analysis: Word
Families
Intonation and Phrasing Writing Trait: Word Choice/Linking
Words and Phrases
Grammar Skill: Kinds of Nouns
Grammar Mechanics: Capitalize
Proper Nouns
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop: Anansi
Learns a Lesson
Literature Anthology: Roadrunner’s
Dance
Your Turn Practice Book: Why
People and Birds Are Friends
Write to Research:
Write Instructions
Write About Reading: Write an
Analysis (Analyze the Theme)
Weekly Project: Research
how to form an eective
team
Week 2
Weekly Concept:
Immigration
Essential Question:
Why do people
immigrate to new
places??
Short Text: “Our Story
Cloth”
Genre: Historical Fiction
Strategy: Make Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Short Text: Sailing to
America
Lexile: 460
Genre: Historical Fiction
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Skill: Theme
Main Selection Title: The
Castle on Hester Street
Lexile: 730
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paired Selection Title:
“Next Stop, America!”
Lexile: 510
Genre: Expository Text
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Skill: Theme
Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Theme
Main Selection Genre: Historical
Fiction
A: The Promise of Gold Mountain
O: Moving from Mexico
E: Moving from Mexico
B: Gustaf Goes to America
Paired Selection
Genre: Expository Text
Titles:
A: “Gold in California!”
O: “Mexican Revolution 1910–1920”
E: “Mexican Revolution 1910–1920”
B: “A Celebrating Swedish Culture”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Organization,
Specific Vocabulary
Literature Anthology
Genre: Prior Knowledge,
Specific Vocabulary,
Sentence Structure,
Connection of Ideas,
Purpose
Vocabulary Words:
arrived, immigrated,
inspected, moment,
opportunity, photographs,
valuable, whispered
Additional Vocabulary:
immigrate, opportuntiy
Additional Domain
Words: astronomer, ticker
tape, confetti, boarders,
pushcart
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: plagiarizing;
precise; accurate;
repetition
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Similes
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Long e
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Rate Writing Trait: Word Choice/Precise
Language
Grammar Skill: Singular and Plural
Nouns
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuate
Four Sentence Types
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
Sailing to America
Literature Anthology: The Castle
on Hester Street
Your Turn Practice Book: A Dream
to the West
Write to Research: Write a Report
Write About Reading: Write an
Analysis (Reflect on the Theme)
Weekly Project: Research
famous immigrants
Week 3
Weekly Concept:
Government
Essential Question:
How do people make
government work?
Title: “All About Elections”
Genre: Nonfiction
Strategy: Reread
Short Text: Every Vote
Counts!
Lexile: 560
Genre: Expository Text
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Text Features: Headings,
Bar Graph
Main Selection Title:
Vote!
Lexile: 530
Genre: Expository Text
Paired Selection Title:
“A Plan for the People”
Lexile: 530
Genre: Expository Text
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of View
Main Selection Genre: Expository
Text
A: The Race for the Presidency
O: The Race for the Presidency
E: The Race for the Presidency
B: The Race for the Presidency
Paired Selection Genre: Expository
Text
Titles:
A: “Elementary School Lawmakers”
O: “Elementary School Lawmakers”
E: “Elementary School Lawmakers”
B: “Elementary School Lawmakers”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Sentence
Structure, Purpose
Literature Anthology:
Purpose, Prior
Knowledge, Genre,
Organization, Specific
Vocabulary, Sentence
Structure, Connection of
Ideas
Vocabulary Words:
announced, candidates,
convince, decisions, elect,
estimate, government,
independent
Additional Domain
Words: campaign,
volunteers, sworn, laws
Vocabulary Strategy:
Prefixes: re-, un-, dis-, mis-
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Words with Silent Letters
Structural Analysis:
Singular and Plural
Possessives
Accuracy and Phrasing Writing Trait: Ideas/Supporting
Details
Grammar Skill: Special Nouns
Grammar Mechanics: Spelling
Plural Nouns
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop: Every
Vote Counts!
Literature Anthology: Vote!
Your Turn Practice Book: Express
Yourself
Write to Research:
Write a Report
Write About Reading:
Write an Analysis (Analyze
Author’s Point of View)
Weekly Project:
Research dierent
positions in state
governments
The Key to Building Strong Readers and Writers
A: Approaching Level
O: On Level
E: ELL
B: Beyond Level
Not shown: Start Smart Introduction to Key Instructional Routines and Procedures.
Grade 3 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence