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Third Grade Skills Unit 5: Adventures in Light and Sound Unit PlanThird Grade Skills Unit 5: Adventures in Light and Sound Unit Plan
Publisher
Core Knowledge Foundation
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3rd
Subjects
Science
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Duration
21 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Unit Plan

Third Grade Skills Unit 5: Adventures in Light and Sound

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  • CKLA Unit 5: Third Grade Skills—Adventures in Light and Sound (.html)
  • Entire Unit (.zip)
  • Student Workbook: Third Grade Skills Unit 5 (.pdf)
  • Student Reader: Third Grade Skills Unit 5 (.pdf)
  • Vocabulary Cards: Third Grade Skills Unit 5 (.pdf)
  • Vocabulary Image Cards: Third Grade Skills Unit 5 (.pdf)
  • Consonant Flip Book (.pdf)
  • Vowel Flip Book (.pdf)
  • Spelling Cards (.pdf)
  • Wiggle Cards (.pdf)
  • Assessment and Remediation Guide (.pdf)
  • Fluency Packet (.pdf)
  • Individual Code Chart (.pdf)
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Light and sound are the themes of a unit focused on third-grade skills. Scholars practice spelling patterns, grammar—adverbs, adjectives, synonyms, writing sentences with conjunctions, and listening and responding to read-aloud. Over three weeks, learners participate in lessons and pause for assessments.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

spelling, spelling patterns, spelling rules, irregular spellings, suffixes, adverbs, vowel patterns, vowel sounds, the ai vowel digraph, the ea vowel digraph, writing sentences, adjectives, synonyms, Grammar, conjunctions, reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, light, sound

Instructional Ideas

  • Plan the day to combine ELA and science periods
  • Update focus walls to reflect the unit's concepts; keep past unit items and work in a folder for easy access

Classroom Considerations

  • The fifth unit in a series of 11 created by Core Knowledge; units in the series and lessons should be taught in order
  • Set aside ample prep time to gather materials and make copies

Pros

  • Lessons follow a similar routine; reading time, skills practice, extension opportunities, and take-home materials
  • The interdisciplinary approach adds science to the ELA

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.4 RI.3.7 RI.3.10 RF.3.3.b RF.3.3.c RF.3.3.d RF.3.4.a W.3.2.c SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.d L.3.1.a L.3.1.h L.3.1.i L.3.2.f L.3.4.b L.3.4.d L.3.5.b

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