Language Arts Pacing Guide Grade 3 2017-2018

Time Reading Ready CC Phonics: Grammar/ Language Writing

Frame Comprehension Resource Suggestions Fundations Ready CC 6+ Traits
Trimester 1: 8/28/17-11/22/17
Unit 1 Launch
Lesson 29: Dictionary/Glossary Skills/ Set-up Writing
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Fundations Basic Sentence Strucure Environment/Generate Writing
Readers Workshop Launch Unit 2 Lesson 5 Unit 1 Lesson 1: Common & Proper Nouns Topics/Sketch and Write/Free
8/28-9 22
DIBELS scoring booklet Write/Setting a purpose for
20 days DIBELS student materials Lesson 17: Capitalization in Titles; Lesson writing/Establish Writers Workshop
Unit 3 Lesson .9 Unit 2 6: Plural Nouns routines and expectations.
Editing marks/symbols
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Unit 2 Theme: Friends and Family are a Gift
The Gigantic Turnip Fundations Lesson 20: Possessive Nouns
9/ 25-10/20 Lesson 2: Pronouns; See writing folder in Google for
Uncle Jeds Barber Shop Unit 3 Lesson 6 ,7 ,8 Unit 2/Unit 3 suggested writing topics/genres.
20 days Lesson 21: Possessive Pronouns
Mama Panyas Pancakes Unit 4 Lesson 7: Abstract nouns
PRACTICE/PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Unit 3 Theme: Honor Your Country
10/23- So You Want to be President? Fundations Lesson 12: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
11/2221 Honest Abe Unit 1 Lesson 2, 3 Unit 5 Lesson 4: Adjectives Informational President Project
days Abes Honest Words Unit 6 Lesson 3: Verbs
PERFORMANCE CELEBRATION
Trimester 2: 11/27/17-2/28/18
Unit 4 Theme: Education is a Gift
Rubys Wish Fundations Lesson 8: Verb Tense
11/27-
Tomas and the Library See writing folder in Google for
12/2220 Unit 4 Lesson 12, 13 Unit 6 (cont.) Lesson 9: Regular Verbs
Lady suggested writing topics/genres.
days
Wednesday Surprise Bonus Unit Lesson 10: Irregular Verbs
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Unit 5 Theme: Author Study
Fundations Lesson 11: Subject-Verb Agreement
1/2/-1/23 Nonfiction Author Study Lesson 5: Adverbs; Lesson 13: See writing folder in Google for
Unit 3 Lesson 10 Unit 7 Comparative/Superlative Adj. & Adv suggested writing topics/genres.
15 days Nicola Davies
Unit 5 Lesson 17 Lesson 14: Coordinating Conjunctions.
PERFORMANCE CELEBRATION
Unit 6 Theme: Follow Your Dreams
Updated 5/2/17
 Peppe the Lamplighter Fundations Lesson 15: Simple & Compound Sentences
1/24-2/16 See writing folder in Google for
Odd Boy Out Unit 5 Lesson 19, 20 Unit 8 Lesson 16: Sub. Conj. & Complex Sent.
suggested writing topics/genres.
18 days
Salt in His Shoes Unit 6 Lesson 22 Lesson 18: Punctuating Addresses
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Trimester 3: 3/1/18-5/25/18
Unit 7 Theme: Coming of Age
Those Shoes Fundations Lesson 19: Punctuating Dialogue
2/21-3/13 See writing folder in Google for
Down the Road Unit 1 Lesson 4 Unit 9 Lesson 22: Adding Suffixes
suggested writing topics/genres.
15 days
Lesson 23: Using Reference Works
PERFORMANCE CELEBRATION
Unit 8 Theme: Celebrating Differences
Lesson 24: Choosing Words/Phrases for
The Bracelet Fundations Effect
3/14-4/13 See writing folder in Google for
20 days Heroes Unit 3 Lesson 11 Unit 10 Lesson 25: Spoken and Written Engl. suggested writing topics/genres.
Bicycle Man Unit 4 Lesson 16 Unit 11 Lesson 26: Using Context Clues
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Unit 9 Theme: Rocks & Minerals - Nonfiction
Fundations
4/23-5/4 Rocks & Minerals Unit 4 Lesson 14, 15 Unit 11/Unit12
Lesson 27: Prefixes&Suffixes; Lesson 28: See writing folder in Google for
Root Words suggested writing topics/genres.
10 days Nonfiction Study Lesson 30: Literal/Non-Lit Meaning;
Unit 6 Lesson 21 Lesson 32: Shades of Meaning
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Unit 10 Theme: Author Study
5/7-6/1 Fiction Author Study Unit 12
Lesson 31: Real-Life Connections
Cynthia Rylant writing project
18 days Cynthia Rylant Unit 13

Trimester 1 (11/22) Trimester 2 (2/28) Trimester 3 (5/25)

Comprehension Units 1 - 3 Units 4 - 6 Units 7 -9
Fundations Units 1 - 5 Units 6 - 8 Units 9 - 12

Updated 5/2/17