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Instructional Calendar for: |
Languge Arts Third Grade |
2007-2008 |
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1st Quarter
(44) |
2nd Quarter
(47) |
3rd Quarter
(48) |
4th Quarter
(43) |
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SEPTEMBER 3-7 |
NOVEMBER 5-9 NOVEMBER 12-16 |
JANUARY 28 – FEB 1 |
APRIL 14-18
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(Sept 3 Labor Day) Reading: “What Good Readers Do.”;
Identify story elements; character, setting; reading workshop procedures Writing: Introduce Friday Letter
Writing |
(Nov
5 Teacher Workday) (Nov
6 Conference Day) GR: Inference ; connections; Folk Literature unit WS: Present tense verbs WW: Story writing; quotation marks Friday Letter |
GR: Biographies/Nonfiction WW: research biography report Begin
informational writing WS:
Suffixes |
(April 14 Teacher In-service / Wkdy)
GR:
Practice of learned strategies SOL Review WW:
review of
punctuation WS:
Compound Words |
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SEPTEMBER 10-14 |
NOVEMBER 12-16 |
FEBRUARY 4-8 |
APRIL 21-25
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GR; Identify story
elements; character, setting; reading
workshop procedures WW: Complete Sent; subj. pred. Introduce Writing
Process Friday letter Word Study:Frequently Mispelled words |
(Nov
12 – Veterans Day) GR:
Folk Literature Unit
Figurative Language WW: Subj-Verb Agreement story
writing; quotation marks WS: Verbs |
GR: Main Idea/Details Read for Information WW: Research report WS: Prefix |
GR: Practice of learned
strategies SOL
PREP/Review & teaching test taking
strategies WS: possessives WW: review of
punctuation |
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SEPTEMBER 17-21 |
NOVEMBER 19-23 |
FEBRUARY 11-15 |
APRIL 28-
MAY 2 |
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GR: story elements;
character, setting, problem, solution WW. 4
Kinds of Sentences Friday Letter WS: Frequently Mispelled words |
GR: - Folk
Literature Figurative Language WW: - Review of verbs; story writing WS – none (Nov 22-23 Thanksgiving break) |
GR: Main Idea/Details Compare/Contrast WW:
Research report WS: Prefix |
GR:
Practice of
learned strategies SOL PREP/Review & teaching
test taking strategies WW: writing in content areas CFA - Writing |
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SEPTEMBER 24-28 |
NOVEMBER 26-30 |
FEBRUARY
18-22 |
MAY 5-9 |
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GR: story
elelements; character, setting, problem, solution; routines for independent
reading WW: Run on Sentences; Writing Process;
Friday Letter WS: review of short vowel sounds |
GR: Context Clues WW:
Story writing; verbs WS: verb patterns |
(Feb 18 President’s Day GR: Poetry WW: Poetry writing WS: Review prefix/suffix CFA - Research |
GR: Practice of learned
strategies SOL PREP/Review WW: writing in content
areas |
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OCTOBER
1-5 |
DECEMBER 3-7 |
FEB 25-29 |
MAY 12-16 |
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GR – Story elements – all routines for independent reading; questioning WW - Review of Sentences Friday Letter; Writing Process WS –review of long vowels |
GR: Fiction CFA Test WW: Past tense verbs/agreement story
writing WS: Verbs/double final consonant |
GR: Poetry Read for Information/Flyers WW: Poetry Writing WS: Homophones |
GR: Practice of
learned strategies SOL PREP/Review WW: writing in content
areas |
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OCTOBER
8-12 |
DECEMBER 10-14 |
MARCH 3-7 |
MAY 19-23 |
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GR story elements questioning WW: Common/Proper Nouns Writing narrative paragraphs Friday Letter WS: review of long vowels |
GR: Inferences WS: verbs; words y to i WW:
Irregular Verbs/agreement; story writing |
GR: Main Idea WW: Poetry writing WS: Homophones |
SOL PREP/Review |
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OCTOBER
15-19 |
DECEMBER 17-21 |
MARCH 10-14 |
MAY 26-30 |
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GR: Problem/Solution WW Capitalization p.182-184 Writing narrative paragraphs Friday Letter WS: review of long vowels |
GR: Inferences WW: story writing WS: Review of all verb patterns (Dec
24-Jan 1 Winter Break) |
GR: Main Idea WW: Write to express
opinion WS: Homophones (Mar 17-21 Spring Break) |
(May 26 Memorial Day Holiday) SOL TESTING WINDOW |
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OCTOBER
22-26 |
DEC 31-JAN 4 |
MARCH 24-28 |
JUNE 2-6 |
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GR: Problem/Solution Inferences
about character WW: Capitalization, Abbreviations and Book Titles;
narrative paragraphs; * CFA Cueing WS: Plural nouns -S &-ES |
(Jan 1 New Year’s Day Observed) GR: Sequencing WS: Contractions WW: Write instructions |
GR: Context Clues WW: Write to express opinion WS: Synonyms/Antonyms |
SOL TESTING WINDOW |
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OCT 29 –
NOV 2 |
JANUARY 7-11 |
MAR 31- APR 4 |
JUNE 9-13 |
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GR: Inferencing; making connections – self, text, world WW: Punctuation (commas, punct.) ; narrative
paragraphs * WS: Plural Nouns -y, -ti, -fe, ves |
GR: Sequencing WW: Write instructions WS: Contractions |
GR: Groups practicing
learned strategies WW: Write to persuade WS: antonyms CFA – Non-fiction |
SOL TESTING WINDOW (Last
day of school – June 13) |
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NOVEMBER
5-9 |
JANUARY 14-18 |
APR 7-11 |
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(End of
grading period – Nov 2) |
GR: Fact and Opinion WW: Elaborating with
Adjectives Review descriptive paragraphs WS: Adjectives |
GR: Groups practicing learned strategies WW: Write to persuade WS: antonyms (End of
grading period – Apr 11) |
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NOVEMBER
5-9 |
JANUARY 21-25 |
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New letters are introduced in Cursive Writing every Monday and practiced throughout the
week. * Students write a
letter to parents every Friday detailing an event of the week. |
(Jan 21
– Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observed) (Jan 22
–Parent/Teacher Conf. Day ½ day) GR: Resource Materials WW: Resource materials WS: none (End of
grading period – Jan 25) |
WW =
Writing workshop WS =
Word Study GR =
Guided Reading ( Workshop) |
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