Week

3rd Grade
Reading

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Fables,
Folktales,
Myths
Recount stories,
including fables,
folktales, and myths
from diverse cultures;
determine the central
message, lesson, or
moral and explain how
it is conveyed through
key details in the text
(CCGPS) (3LA_A20122/ELACC3RL2)

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1/121/16

21
1/191/23

Fables,
Folktales,
Myths
Recount stories,
including fables,
folktales, and myths
from diverse cultures;
determine the central
message, lesson, or
moral and explain how
it is conveyed through
key details in the text
(CCGPS) (3LA_A20122/ELACC3RL2)

4th Grade
Grammar
Types of
sentences
(interroga
tive,
exclamato
ry,
imperative
,
declarativ
e)

Possessiv
es
Including
apostroph
es (his,
her,
childrens)

Reading
Poems, prose &
drama
ELACC4RL5:
Explain
major differences between
poems, prose, and drama,
and refer to the structural
elements of poems (eg.
Verse, rhythm, meter) and
drama
(e.g.
Casts
of
characters,
settings,
descriptions,
dialogue,
stage
directions)
when
writing or speaking about a
text

Poems, prose &

drama
ELACC4RL5:
Explain
major differences between
poems, prose, and drama,
and refer to the structural
elements of poems (eg.
Verse, rhythm, meter) and
drama
(e.g.
Casts
of
characters,
settings,
descriptions,
dialogue,
stage
directions)
when
writing or speaking about a
text

Poems, prose &

Compare/Contra
Commas
drama
st
and
ELACC4RL5:
Explain
Story elements quotations
major
differences
by the same
in
between poems, prose,
Author
dialogue
and drama, and refer to
Compare and contrast
the themes, settings,
and plots of stories

Grammar/
Writing

the structural elements

of poems (eg. Verse,
rhythm,
meter)
and

Interjectio
ns

Vivid
Vocabular
y/Stronger
Verbs/Wor
d Choice

Conjunctio
ns/compou
nd
sentences/
Compare
&
Contrast/
Describing
Details

Kindergarten

5th

Math

Reading

Comparing
Numbers
How do we
count objects
to answer how
many and
which is more,
less, or equal?

Comparing
Numbers:
How do we
compare 2
numbers to
tell which is:
more, less, or
equal?

Tens and Ones

How do we
count objects
using tens and
ones?

Determine
what
information is
important from
the text.
(118-119)

Explain how a
series of
chapters,
scenes, or
stanzas fits
together to
provide the
overall
structure of a
particular
story, drama,
or poem.
(pg. 63-71)
Compare and
contrast
stories in the
same genre
(e.g.,
mysteries and

Science

Matter: Physic
and Chemica
Changes
4.5 weeks

Matter: Physic
and Chemica
Changes
4.5 weeks

Matter: Physic
and Chemica
Changes
4.5 weeks

drama (e.g. Casts of

characters,
settings,
descriptions, dialogue,
stage directions) when
writing
or
speaking
about a text

written by the same

author about the same
or similar characters
(e.g., in books from a
series) (CCGPS)
(3LA_A20128/ELACC3RL9)

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1/261/30

Compare/Contra Homophon Authors Reasons

es,
Conjunctio
and Evidence to
st
homograp Support
ns/compou
Story elements
hs,
nd
ELACC4R18:
Explain
by the same
multiple
sentences/
how an author uses
Author
meaning
Compare
reasons & evidence to
Compare and contrast
the themes, settings,
and plots of stories
written by the same
author about the same
or similar characters
(e.g., in books from a
series) (CCGPS)
(3LA_A20128/ELACC3RL9)

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2/22/6

adventure
stories) on
their
approaches to
similar themes
and topics.
(76-81) and
(45-49)

Main idea and

supporting
details
Determine the main
idea of a text; recount
the key details and
explain how they
support the main idea
(CCGPS) (3LA_B201211/ELACC3RI2)

words

support
a
particular
point in the text.

Authors Reasons
and Evidence to
Support
Coordinati
ng and
Subordina
ting
Conjunctio
ns

ELACC4R18:
Explain
how an author uses
reasons & evidence to
support
a
particular
point in the text.

&
Contrast/D
escribing
Details

Describing
Emotions
and
Appearanc
es:
Descriptiv
e writing

Tens and Ones

How do we
use numbers
to represent
tens and
ones?

Count and
Sort by
more/less than
10
When
counting sets,
how can we
sort them?

Compare and
contrast the
overall
structure (e.g.,
chronology,
comparison,
cause/effect,
and
problem/soluti
on) of events,
ideas,
concepts, or
information in
two or more
texts.
(already
completed)

Explain how an
author uses
reasons and
evidence to
support
particular points
in a text,
identifying
which reasons

Matter: Physic
and Chemica
Changes
4.5 weeks

Sum of Parts
4.5 weeks

and evidence
supports which
point(s)

Informational

(118-119) (112114)

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2/92/13

Main idea and

supporting
details

Simple
sentences

Describe overall
structures.
ELACC4R15: Describe
the overall structure
(e.g.
Chronology,
comparison, cause and
effect, problem/solution)
of events, ideas, or
concepts, or info. In a
text or part of a text.

Determine the main

idea of a text; recount
the key details and
explain how they
support the main idea
(CCGPS) (3LA_B201211/ELACC3RI2)

Describing
character
traits/
Descriptiv
e writing/
Pronouns

Coin
name/value
What are the
coin names
and values?

Opi
nion
Writing/Ad
jectives
and
Adverbs

Measuring:
length
How can we
measure
length?

Sum of Parts
4.5 weeks

Measuring
length:
How can we
measure
length?

Sum of Parts
4.5 weeks

Sum of Parts
4.5 weeks

Informational

25

Compare/Contra
st
2/16 Key points in
2/20
different books
on same topic

Compound
sentences

Compare/Contrast
of theme
ELACC4RL9: Compare
&
contrast
the
treatment
of
similar
themes and topics (e.g.,
opposition of good and
evil) and patterns of
events (e.g. The quest)
in stories, myths, and
traditional lit. From diff.
cultures.

Compare and contrast

the most important
points and key details
presented in two texts
on the same topic
(CCGPS) (3LA_B201218/ELACC3RI9)

informational

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2/232/27

Compare/Contra
st
Key points in
different books
on same topic
Compare and contrast
the most important

Complex
sentences

Compare/Contrast
of theme
ELACC4RL9: Compare &
contrast the treatment of
similar themes and topics
(e.g., opposition of good
and evil) and patterns of
events (e.g. The quest) in
stories, myths, and

Opi

nion
Writing/Po
ssessive
Nouns/
Plural
Nouns

points and key details

presented in two texts
on the same topic
(CCGPS) (3LA_B201218/ELACC3RI9)

traditional lit. from diff.

cultures.
ELACC5RL9: Compare &
contrast stories in the
same genre (e.g. Mysteries
& adventure stories) on
their approaches to similar
themes and topics.

informational

REVIEW

3/23/6

ONGOING:
Making
Inferences
Visualizing

Review
parts of
speech

ELACC4R18: Explain
how an author uses reasons &
evidence
to
support
a
particular point in the text.
ELACC4RL9:
Compare & contrast the
treatment of similar themes
and topics (e.g., opposition of
good and evil) and patterns of
events (e.g. The quest) in
stories, myths, and traditional
lit. from diff. cultures.
ELACC5RL9: Compare &
contrast stories in the same
genre (e.g. Mysteries &
adventure stories) on their
approaches to similar themes
and topics.

28

REVIEW

REVIEW

REVIEW

27

3/93/13

REVIEW

REVIEW

How can we
measure
weight and
height?

How can we
measure
capacity?

Sum of Parts
4.5 weeks