Third Grade Curriculum Map-Reading
Focus August September October November December January February March April May
Themes/ Read a Halloween Veteran’s Christmas Snow Valentines St. April Fool’s Memorial
Holidays Book Day-6 Day of the Day Gingerbrea 100th Day of Day Patricks Day Day
National Dead Thanksgivin d School Groundhog’ Day Earth Day Cinco de
Constitutio Pumpkins g Kwanzaa Martin s Day Leprechau Pigs Mayo
n Week- Columbus Turkey Hanukkah Luther King Black ns Mother’s
Week 3 Day Day History Read Day
First Day of Internation Penguins Month Across
Fall-22 al Dinosaur Dental America
Month Health Dr. Seuss’s
Children’s Month Birthday
Health
Month
Read Alouds for First Day -How Many -Turkey for -The Polar -The -Geoffrey -The -What a Day Strega
Themes and Jitters- Seeds in a Thanksgivin Express- Mitten-Jan Groundhog Sneetches- it was at Nona-Tomie
Holidays Julie Pumpkin- g Chris V.A. Brett Predicts the Dr.Seuss School-Jack de P
Dannebe Margaret -Squanto -The -Three Weather -Yertle the Prelutzsky Old Befana-
rg McNamara -In Legend of Snow - Turtle-Dr. -The Lorax- Tomie de P.
-Pumpkin November- the Bears-Jan Punxatawn Seuss Dr. Seuss The Legend
Jack-Will Cynthia Poinsetta- Brett ey Phyllis -Tim O -Just a of the
Hubbell Rylant Tomie de P. -Rosa Toole and Dream-Chris Bluebonnet-
-The Little -The -Martin’s the Wee VA Tomie de P.
Old Lady Grinch-Dr. Big Words Folk
who was Seuss -Sweet -Thats
Not Afraid -The Clara and What
of Gingerbrea the Leprechau
Anything- d Girl Freedom ns Do-Eve
Linda - Quilt Bunting
Williams Gingerbrea
d Baby-Jan
Brett
Comprehension -Prediction -Author -Following -Story - -Tall -Poetry EOG Prep
Skill -Inference Point of Directions Structure -Reading Biographies Tales/Lege -Narractive
-Summarize View -Fantasy - Diagrams -Time Lines nds and
-Sequence - and Questioning -Fairy Tales -Making -Critical expository
-Genre Sequencing Realism -Fact and -Trickster Generalizati Stance -Predict and
-Compare -Monitor -Using Opinion Tales ons - Infer
and and Clarify References -Skim and -Evaluating Inferencin -Cause and
Contrast -Main Idea -Cause and Scan g Effect
and Effect -
Supporting Characters
Details Point of
View
Author Study Chris Van Patricia Dav Pilkey Roald Dahl Jan Brett Eve Kate EB White Tomie
Allsburg Polocco Bunting Dicamillo Shel DePaola
Silverstein
Read Alouds for The Wreck -Wilfred -Dogzilla- -Adelita (A Fly Away -Two Bad
Comprehension of the Gordon Dav Pilkey Mexican Home-Eve Ants
Skills and Zephyr- MacDonald -Kat Kong- Cinderella)- Bunting -Yours
Author’s Study Inferences/ Patridge- Pilkey Fairy Tale Truly,
CVA Narrator -Petite Goldilocks
-If you give Point of Rouge-A -Paul
a Pig a View Cajun Red Bunyan-
Pancake- Pink and Riding Tall
Prediction/ Say-Polocco Hood-Fairy Tales/Lege
Sequence The Tale nds
The Keeping The
Stranger- Quilt-Main Tortoise
CVA/Inferen Idea/Patrici and the
ces a Polocco Hare-Fairy
Sylvester Tale
and the
Magic
Pebble-
Prediction/
Sequencing
Shared Reading Bunnicula Charlie and Charlie and Mr. Because of The Tales Charlotte’s Tales of a
the the Popper’s Winn Dixie of Web 4th Grade
Chocolate Chocolate Penguins Despereua Nothing
Factory Factory x
Vocabulary-Shared Readings, Basal Lists, and Content Areas
Writing **Personal *Instruction *Imaginativ **Imaginati **Letter of **Research **Reading **Letter of
Narrative- s/Directions e Narrative ve Request Project: Response Request-
Elaborative **Learning Narrative- Famous **Instructio Type
“Autumn” Log-Human Type Black ns/ **Personal
**Research Body **Reading History Directions Narrative
Project: Response Figure-Type
Planet **Instructio
ns/
Directions
Spelling -short -long o -aw/o/al -oi/oy -compound -Suffixes - -oo sounds -
vowels (2) -three - -“j” sound words ful, -ly, and -ough contraction
-vowel- letter unexpected in j, g, dge -ed/ing –er -le and –er s
consonant- clusters consonant -k/kw/qu endings -VCCV endings
e -long i patterns sounds -changing y -Double -a- and be-
-long -ou/ow -r - to ies Consonants beginnings
vowels controlled homophone -prefixes -s sound in
vowel (2) s re- and un- “city”
Assessments ISI READ 3D Study READ 3D Study READ 3D
Study Star Tests Island Island Study Island
Island Benchmark Benchmark Benchmark
Benchm 2 3 4
ark 1 EOG
Special Projects FIELD TRIP: -How to FIELD TRIP: -Bottle Tree -Soup -
Morehead Make a Imagination and Egg Share Charlotte’s
Planetariu Cinnamon Station Salad Party Web
m Ornament Dioramas
-Charlie and
the
Chocolate
Factory
Characters
