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Language Arts Grade 3: Module 2 Student Workbook EL Education Language Arts Curriculum Grade 3: Language Arts: Module 2: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs, Student Workbook (Second Edition) EL Education Language Arts Curriculum is published by: EL Education 247 W. 35th Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.ELeducation.org ISBN 978-1683623144 SECOND EDITION © 2016 EL Education Inc. Except where otherwise noted, EL Education’s Language Arts Curriculum is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Licensed third party content noted as such in this curriculum is the property of the respective copyright owner and not subject to the CC BY 4.0 License. Responsibility for securing any necessary permissions as to such third party content rests with parties desiring to use such content. 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For more information about this project, visit <http://modelsofexcellence.ELeducation.org/ projects/birds-palouse>. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Table of Contents Grade 3: Module 2: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs About EL Education . v Unit 1 Lesson 1 . 2 Lesson 2 . 5 Lesson 3 . 8 Lesson 4 . 16 Lesson 5 . .18 Lesson 6 . 20 Lesson 7 . 22 Lesson 8 . 25 Lesson 9 . 33 Lesson 10 . 34 Lesson 11 . 37 Lesson 13 . 40 Lesson 14 . 43 Homework Resources (for Families) . 44 Unit 2 Lesson 1 . 60 Lesson 2 . 75 Lesson 3 . 77 Lesson 4 . .81 Lesson 5 . 82 Lesson 6 . .84 Lesson 7 . 87 Lesson 8 . 90 Lesson 9 . 92 Lesson 12 . 95 Homework Resources (for Families) . 99 EL Education Curriculum iii Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs Unit 3 Lesson 1 . .116 Lesson 2 . 117 Lesson 3 . .118 Lesson 6 . 123 Lesson 7 . 126 Lesson 8 . 128 Lesson 10 . 130 Lesson 11 . 135 Homework Resources (for Families) . 137 Notes . 154 Vocabulary Log . 164 iv About EL Education “There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.” – Kurt Hahn EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) is redefining student achievement in diverse communities across the country, ensuring that all students master rigorous content, develop positive character, and produce high-quality work. We create great public schools where they are needed most, inspiring teachers and students to achieve more than they thought possible. EL Education’s portfolio of instructional materials and coaching services draws on 25 years of success in more than 150 schools in the EL Education network, serving over 4,000 teachers and 50,000 students in 30 states. Based on our founding principles of meaningful work, character, and respect for teachers, EL Education’s offerings transform teaching and learning to promote habits of scholarship and character that lead to high student achievement, regardless of student background. In addition to success on standardized tests, EL Education students demonstrate critical thinking, intellectual courage, and emotional resilience; they possess the passion and the capacity to contribute to a better world. EL Education’s curriculum is a comprehensive, standards-based core literacy program that engages teachers and students through compelling, real world content. The first edition of our Language Arts curriculum is being used in more than 44 states, and has been downloaded close to 8 million times. The curriculum has received the highest marks from EdReports.org and Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuiP). For more information, visit www.ELeducation.org. EL Education Curriculum v Grade 3: Module 2 Unit 1 Grade 3: Module 2: Unit 1: Lesson 1 “Why the Frog Has a Long Tongue” Long, long ago in a sparkling blue mountain lake, there lived a young frog named Kikker. Kikker had smooth, lime green skin. His big, black eyes were rimmed in gold and bulged pleasantly. When Kikker was happy, his eyes closed into two straight solid-gold lines, one on each side of his head. Kikker was very smart and very kind and very, very tiny. In fact, he was no bigger than your thumbnail! Now every year, the frogs in Kikker’s lake held a big fly-catching contest. Whoever caught the most flies won. Kikker loved to watch the long-legged frogs in his lake practicing for the contest. They leapt high in the air, opened their big, wide mouths and then quickly snapped them shut, trapping a delicious fly inside! Kikker was excited because this year, he was finally old enough to enter. Oh, how he wanted to win.