"10 units + bonus unit; 5 text structures; Content & academic vocabulary, text analysis, close reading; Leveled text: science, social studies, biography, how-to; Text-based writing prompts"--Page 1 of cover.
Each unit contains two related reading selections--informal and literary text, and supporting activities, such as close reading, vocabulary, comprehension and writing.
Reading comprehension practice boosts third-grade students' competencies across the curriculum. Includes 8 paired text units with science, social studies, and civics topics. Each unit has an essential question and vocabulary, reading, and writing activities that help students examine texts and engage in discussions. Also includes unit assessments.
Build strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities! Engage third-grade students in high-quality reading comprehension lessons that include texts with a variety of text structures, dictionaries, comprehension activities, writing prompt activities, and more.
Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 35 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts and incorporate a variety of reading comprehension activities.
Strengthen your grade 3 students' comprehension and vocabulary skills The 25 engaging reading selections in Read & Understand with Leveled Texts, Grade 3 are leveled according to Lexile(R) criteria, so you can easily match texts to students' abilities. Reading selections cover reading levels 480-710 and are accompanied by follow-up activities for comprehension, vocabulary, and other reading skills. Skills covered in grade 3 include: Inferring/Drawing Conclusions Synonyms and Antonyms Recalling Information Building Vocabulary Writing Complete Sentences Using Picture Clues Organizing Information ... and more
"17 topics: social studies, science and health, math, technology and the arts ; 3 reading selections on the same topic at 3 levels ; Comprehension questions are open-ended ; Writing prompts ; Visual literacy pages with photos."--Cover.
Help your third-grade students build strong literary analysis and comprehension skills with activities that support Common Core rigor in the areas of Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, and Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity. Each of the 9 units provides literary text in a variety of genres such as poetry, mystery, historical fiction, and folk tale, as well as supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including: Dictionary page to introduce content and academic vocabulary Close reading activity and close reading discussion Learn and apply activities covering vocabulary, the literature genre, and literary analysis Reading comprehension activity Literary response writing activity Additional teacher support includes: Correlations to Common Core State Standards and TEKS for every unit for easy reference Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects help to increase parental involvement Guided reading levels to help identify appropriate texts for students A walk-through of each literary text selection and activity pages that support the unit The 9 units explore these genres and reading selections: Aesop's Fable: "Country Mouse and City Mouse" Mystery: "How Do You Spell Beware?" Folk Tale: "The Mitten" Classic Fiction: "Rebecca's School Day" Fairy Tale: "Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon" Tall Tale: "Davy Crockett Escapes a Tornado" Poetry and Song: "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day" Historical Fiction: "Lunch with Diego" Greek Legend: "Damon and Pythias"
In this Grade 3 Teacher's Resource Guide, you will find:10 best practices for close reading applied to small group instruction; Strategies for differentiating instruction for on grade level, approaching grade level, above grade level, and English Language Learners; Mini-lessons to teach the process of independent close reading; A launching lesson for each unit; Lessons for all six books (3 literary sources and 3 informational sources) that include independent close reading, follow-up text-dependent questions, and a skill matched to the selected passages; A text-to-text lesson at the end of the unit integrating all sources; Assessment tasks aligned to Common Core Standards and Depth of Knowledge; Rubrics, checklists, annotation sheets, skill targets, answer frames, and more to help you scaffold student learning.