Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Curriculum Materials:
Class curriculum available
-Investigations, grade 3 (math)
- Horizons: People and Communities, grade 3 (social
studies)
-Trophies, grade 3 (reading)
-Implementation of CLI (literacy)
Other materials to be used
-Promethean board
-Class set of 20 laptops
-Floor map
-Anchor charts
-Student writing response journals
-Non-fiction and fiction read-aloud texts, art, music,
videos, etc.
-Web resources (ex. Google Earth, Newsela, etc.)
-Classroom supplies
-Graphic organizers for note-taking
What
Why
Nigeria
How
Standards:
English Language Arts (CCSS)
Reading
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral
and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic
efficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the
text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.B. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.C. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of
information.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.D. Provide a concluding statement or section.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.A. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.B. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the
response of characters to situations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.C. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.D. Provide a sense of closure.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort
evidence into provided categories.
7.1.3.B. Identify and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
7.2.3.A. Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions.
7.3.3.A. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: population, culture, settlement, economic activities, political
activities.
8.4.3.A. Identify the elements of culture and ethnicity.
8.4.3.B. Identify the importance of artifacts and sites to different cultures and ethnicities.
8.4.3.C. Compare and contrast selected world cultures.
NCSS
D1.1.3-5. Explain why compelling questions are important to others (e.g., peers, adults).
D1.5.3-5. Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration the different opinions
people have about how to answer the questions.
D3.3.3-5. Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources in response to compelling questions.
D3.4.3-5. Use evidence to develop claims in response to compelling questions.