Millard Hawk Elementary

Scope And Sequence For Our 3rd Grade Friends

Orientation September 4 – 13 – 1st Cycle

Introductions

Review Rules 

Celebrating DOT DAY- One act of KINDNESS

Read The Dot by Reynolds

September 18 – September 30

Read The Day the Crayons Quit – Discussed OPINION 

Students voiced their OPINIONS on their favorite color crayon

Parts of a letter

October 

Parts of the MAP

Read Mapping Penny's World-

5 parts of a map

Create a MAP 

November 

Finding the Right Book for ME

Veteran's Day – Letter Writing

The Wall by Eve Bunting

Research Washington D.C.- Google Maps

Create Google Slides

December 9 – December 20

Author Study- Chris Van Allsburg

Polar Express

January

Culture Grams Database

Country Reports

February

Steve Jenkins- Author Study

CODE.EDU

Screen out the Mean 

Library Citizenship- Cyberbullying

Use Online Catalog (Destiny)

Parts of a book (use of indexes)

Call numbers

Location of sources

Locate print resources using spine labels

Literature appreciation/response

Cultural Diversity through Literature

Note taking (in support of regular classroom instruction)

Graphic Organizers

Digital Resources-uses technology to locate information

Basic elements of research -- “Question-Plan-Gather”

Authors/Illustrators

Genre (biography, tall tales in collaboration with SS teachers)

Self-selection of appropriate materials

Use Multi-media presentation tools

Third-Grade Objectives

• Student will know a variety of ways to share information.
• Student will be able to recognize there are many types of information sources.
• Student will be able to identify materials, with assistance, appropriate to student reading ability.
• Student will be able to identify the effect of the copyright date on the value of the information.
• Student will know that there are methods to use in order to choose books they will enjoy on an appropriate reading level.
• Student will know we make connections (text to self, text to text and text to world).
• Student will know there are different literary genres.
• Student will know there are different book awards in childrenʼs literature.
• Student will be able to choose books they will enjoy on an appropriate reading level.
• Student will make connections between what they read and their life, other books and the world.
• Student will recognize tall tales, poetry, mystery, science fiction and short stories when a book in one of these genres is read to them.
• Student will be able to identify books that have won an award and he or she will be able to discuss what makes the books worthy of an award.
• Student will understand what a call number is and why it is important.
• Student will follow the norms and procedures that are in place in the library such as for check in and check out.
• Student will begin to sort and locate books to the third letter using the authorʼs last name.