Made a Million

THIRD GRADE LONG RANGE PLANS

Main Selection Unit Date Skill/Strategy Grammar Writing Spelling Genre Realism/Fantasy Narrative Boom Town 1.1 Use Prior Knowledge Sentences Prewriting Short vowels VCCV Historical Fiction Context Clues Sequence What About Me? Subjects and Narrative Plurals 1.2 Summarize Fable Predicates Drafting -s, -es Word Structure Sequence Alexander, Rich Statements and Narrative Endings 1.3 Visualize Realistic Fiction Questions Revising -ed, -ing, -er, -est Glossary/Dictionary Realism/Fantasy Made a Million Commands and Narrative Long vowel 1.4 Monitor & Fix Up Nonfiction Exclamations Editing digraphs Context Clues Character/Setting Rows Piles of Coins Compound Narrative Vowel sounds in 1.5 Story Structure Realistic Fiction Sentences Publishing /out/ & /toy/ Word Structure

Main Idea Penguin Chick Common and How-to Report Syllables V/CV, 2.1 Graphic Organizers Expository Nonfiction Proper Nouns Prewriting VC/V Context Clues Character A Day’s Work Singular and How-to Report 2.2 Visualize Ending -le Realistic Fiction Plural Nouns Drafting Context Clues Main Idea Prudy’s Problem Irregular Plural How-to Report 2.3 Monitor & Fix Up Compound words Fantasy Nouns Revising Dictionary Author’s Purpose Singular Tops & Bottoms How-to Report 2.4 Predict Possessive spl, thr, squ, str Animal Fantasy Editing Context Clues Nouns Draw Conclusions Plural William’s House How-to Report 2.5 Ask Questions Possessive sh, th, ph, ch, tch Historical Fiction Publishing Context Clues Nouns

Birmingham City Schools Main Selection Unit Date Skill/Strategy Grammar Writing Spelling Genre Cause/Effect Compare/Contras The Gardener Action & 3.1 Story Structure t Contractions Realistic Fiction Linking Verbs Word Structure Prewriting Author’s Purpose Compare/Contras Prefixes Pushing Up the Sky Main & 3.2 Summarize t un-, re-, mis-, Play Helping Verbs Glossary Drafting dis- Draw Conclusions Compare/Contras Night Letters Subject-Verb Consonant Sounds 3.3 Ask Questions t Realistic Fiction Agreement /j/ and /k/ Word Structure Revising Generalize Present, Past, Compare/Contras Suffixes Symphony of Whales 3.4 Answer Questions and Future t -ly, -ful, -ness, Fiction Context Clues Tenses Editing -less Volcanoes: Nature’s Compare/Contrast Compare/Contras Irregular Words with 3.5 Fireworks Monitor and Fix Up t Verbs wr, kn, mb, gn Expository Nonfiction Dictionary Publishing

Cause/Effect Singular and Wings Story 4.1 Answer Questions Plural Irregular Plurals Fantasy Prewriting Word Structure Pronouns Hottest, Coldest, Compare and Contrast Subject and Story 4.2 Highest… Ask Questions Object Vowels with r Drafting Expository Nonfiction Word Structure Pronouns Generalize Prefixes Rocks in his Head Possessive Story 4.3 Prior Knowledge pre-, mid-, over-, Biography Pronouns Revising Context Clues out- America’s Champion Fact and Opinion Story Suffixes 4.4 Swimmer: Gertrude Monitor and Fix Up Contractions Editing -er, -or, -ess, -ist EderleBiography Context Clues Plot and Theme Fly, Eagle, Fly! Story Syllables 4.5 Graphic Organizers Prepositions Folk Tale Publishing VCCCV Word Structure Main Selection Unit Date Skill/Strategy Grammar Writing Spelling Genre Compare/Contrast Suki’s Kimono Adjectives and Persuasive Syllable Pattern 5.1 Predict Realistic Fiction Articles Prewriting CVVC,CVV Context Clues How my Family Lives in Fact and Opinion Adjectives that Persuasive 5.2 America Text Structure Homophones Birmingham City Schools Compare Drafting Nonfiction Context Clues Good Bye, 382 Shin Sequence Vowel Sounds in Persuasive 5.3 Dang Dong Monitor and Fix Up Adverbs ball: Revising Realistic Fiction Word Structure a, au, aw, al