Literacy Block Template

Independent Whole class focus: Reading Groups Writing

Reading Reading strategy (30 minutes) (35 minutes)
(15 minutes) (15 minutes) 3 groups: On, below,
and above grade
level
ELA Standards 3.RL.KID.2 3.RL.KID.2 Recount 3.RL.KID.2 Recount 3.RL.KID.2 Recount
Recount stories, stories, including stories, including stories, including
including fables, fables, fables, fables,
folktales, and folktales, and myths folktales, and myths folktales, and myths
myths from from diverse from diverse from diverse
diverse cultures; cultures; cultures; cultures;
determine the determine the determine the determine the
central message, central message, central message, central message,
lesson, or lesson, or lesson, or lesson, or
moral and moral and explain moral and explain moral and explain
explain how it is how it is conveyed how it is conveyed how it is conveyed
conveyed through through through
through key details in the key details in the key details in the
key details in the text. text. text.
text.
Learning Objectives The student will The students and As a group, the The students will be
distinguish the teacher will create a students will read able to illustrate the
theme of “The bubble map on the their assigned book theme and describe
Cat in the Hat.” characteristics of together. They will how the theme
themes. The teacher then figure out the effects the story.
will introduce the theme together.
student’s to “Horton
Hears a Who!”
Tasks The student will After having a lesson Group 1: The The students will
write 1-2 on themes, the students will read write 2-3 sentences
sentences students and “How the Grinch on how knowing the
explaining the teacher will create a Stole Christmas”. theme in the story
theme of the bubble map on They will write 3-4 effects the
book and how themes to help them sentences on what understanding and
they figured it with their writing the theme of the reading of the story.
out. throughout the story is and draw a
week. picture.
Group 2: The
students will read
“The Lorax”. They
will construct 2-3
sentences on what
the theme of the
story is.
Group 3: The
students will read
“Green Eggs and
Ham”. They will
write 1-2 sentences
 to describe the
theme of the story.

Assessment The teacher will The teacher will The teacher will The teacher will get
check the question all the observe each group. volunteers to read
student’s students while They will be listening what they wrote in
journals at the creating the bubble for key topics from front of the class.
end of the day to map to get their each group.
see what they take on what a Group 1: What
wrote. theme is. scene the student
thinks the theme is
conveyed in, if there
is more than one
theme, etc.
Group 2: At what
point did the
student figure out
what the theme is?
Group 3: