ELA G3:M1

Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far

Each module is approximately 6-8 weeks of instruction broken into 3 units. The "week at a glance" chart in the curriculum map gives the big picture, breaking down the module into a detailed week-by-week view. It shows how the module unfolds, the focus of each week of instruction, and where the six assessments and the performance task occur.

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Weeks 1-2 Unit 1: Reading Literary Texts: Overcoming Learning Challenges—School and Education

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Launch independent reading and collaborative discussion norms. Read literary texts Waiting for the Biblioburro and Rain School for gist and to determine the message or lesson. Closely read Rain School to determine how the message or lesson is conveyed through details. Determine the challenges in each text and how those challenges were overcome. Write a short constructed response. Read literary text Nasreen's Secret School for gist and to determine the message or lesson. Closely read Nasreen's Secret School to determine how the message or lesson is conveyed through details. Determine the challenges in the text and how those challenges were overcome. Write a short constructed response.	RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.4 RL.3.10 RI.3.1 RI.3.10 W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.5 W.3.8 SL.3.1 SL.3.1a SL.3.1b SL.3.1c SL.3.3 SL.3.6 L.3.2 L.3.2e L.3.2f L.3.2g L.3.4 L.3.4c	Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Collaborative Discussions about Independent Reading Books (SL.3.1, SL.3.3 and SL.3.6) End of Unit 1 Assessment: Answering Questions about a Literary Text (RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.10, and L.3.4)

Weeks 3–5 Unit 2: Reading and Writing to Inform: Overcoming Learning Challenges—Books

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Closely reading excerpts from My Librarian Is a Camel. Take notes to answer the question: What are the challenges people face when learning, and how are they overcome? Write an informative paragraph to answer the question: What are the challenges people face when learning, and how are they overcome?	RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.4 RI.3.7 RI.3.10 W.3.2 W.3.2a W.3.2b W.3.2d W.3.4 W.3.5 W.3.8 W.3.10 SL.3.1 SL.3.1a SL.3.1b SL.3.1c SL.3.1d SL.3.6 L.3.2 L.3.4 L.3.4a L.3.4b L.3.4c L.3.4d	Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Answering Questions and Identifying the Main Idea of an Informational Text (RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.4, RI.3.10, and L.3.4) End of Unit 2 Assessment: Informative Paragraph: The Challenge of Accessing Books (RI.3.1, RI.3.2, W.3.2, W.3.4, W.3.8, and W.3.10)

Weeks 5–6 Unit 3: Writing to Inform: Overcoming Learning Challenges—Reading

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Closely read an excerpt from More Than Anything Else for gist and to identify the message and how it was conveyed through details in the text. Identify the challenges and how they were overcome in More Than Anything Else. Analyze model essay. Write an informative essay: Reading Contract. Revise and edit work. Fluency practice.	RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.4 RL.3.10 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 W.3.2 W.3.2a W.3.2b W.3.2c W.3.2d W. 3.4 W.3.5 W.3.10 SL.3.5 L.3.2 L.3.4	Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Informative Paragraph: The Lesson of More Than Anything Else (RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.10, W.3.2, and W.3.10) End of Unit 3 Assessment: Recording an Audiobook and Revising Reading Contract (RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.5, W.3.2, and W.3.5) Final Performance Task: Reading Strategies Bookmark (W.3.4 and W.3.5)

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