Grade 3 Reading Curriculum

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Unit 1- Finding My Place

Skill Lesson Story Author Phonics Sequence How I Spent My Summer Vacation Mark Teague Short Vowels Drawing Conclusions Goldilocks and the Three Bears James Marshall Double Consonants Author’s Purpose Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope Martha Cooper & Ginger Gordon Long e Digraphs; Long e Spelled y and Cause and Effect Herbie and Annabelle Suzy Kline Long a Digraphs; Long o Digraphs; Long o Spelled o Character Allie’s Basketball Dream Barbara Barber Long i spelled igh and Long u spelled u-e and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Unit 2- The Whole Wide World

Story Skill Lesson Author Phonics Graphic Sources Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back Martin Jenkins Compound Words Realism and Fantasy Guys from Space Daniel Pinkwater Vowel Digraph oo Context Clues Tornado Alert Franklyn Branley Vowel Digraph ou; Diphthong ou Fact and Opinion Danger—Icebergs! Roma Gans Consonants j and g /j/; Consonants s and c /s/ Main Idea and Details Nights of the Pufflings Bruce McMillan Vowel Digraph ow; Diphthong ow

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