Language Arts


Grade 3, Reading Std Oral Language Development VIIB: B. Communicate orally for varied audiences and purposes articulate using proper volume and speed maintain eye contact speak in grammatically correct, complete sentences incorporate appropriate vocabulary

Lesson Plans: Poetry: A Feat to Form Fluent Readers Students will use Internet resources to observe poetry performed orally and discuss elements of the performance that lead to fluency and meaning of the written text. Multipurpose Poetry Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency. In this lesson, students work in small groups to develop a choral reading of two poems about an assigned insect. Colorful Parts of Speech Students practice in identifying parts of speech and noticing the positioning of words in a sentence. Totem pole lesson In this lesson, students will research their own family history and create a totem pole to reflect and communicate that history. Capitalizations and Washington, DC Students write and present a descriptive - powergraph - that describes a secret object using prior knowledge of adjectives, clustering graphic organizers, and presentation skills. What’s My Name? Students will create a multimedia family album by exploring a branch of their family trees. They will identify and locate information from various resources that include inquiry, interview, and research using teacher bookmarked Web sites. Students will assist one another in proofreading, reading, and publishing their family information using Microsoft Word or some other form of word-processing software. They will create presentations that will include a variety of resources. Information and/or photos will be scanned into digital format and inserted into the presentation. Adaptable to 3rd grade. A School Tour - This is My School GOAL: The objective of this lesson plan is to help students work together, think creatively, and develop presentation skills while learning about their school. Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing This lesson helps students understand copyright, fair use, and plagiarism by focusing on why students should avoid plagiarism and exploring strategies that respect copyright and fair use. The lesson includes three parts: part one focuses on plagiarism; part two introduces copyright and fair use; and part three helps students with their paraphrasing skills. The lesson can be expanded to include bibliography writing if desired. Literary Scrapbooks Online: An Electronic Reader-Response Project This adaptable to 3rd grade lesson leads students to reflect on and respond to literature by creating an online scrapbook. Using Web resources, students capture “scraps” of information about a piece of literature. Students then create a scrapbook using PowerPoint or another presentation software and share their online scrapbook with the class. During their presentation, students defend their choice of scrapbook entries: why is the entry important to the understanding of the topic?

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