Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts — Grade 3

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Word-processing valentines: This lesson combines the need to practice keyboarding skills, completion of rhymes, a popular children's book, and the motivational aspects of the Valentine holiday.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Kay Harrison.

Visualizations: Black poet, Langston Hughes: Third grade or fourth grade students will have an opportunity to read and appreciate selected poetry of the African-American poet, Langston Hughes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Floanna Long.

Positively poetry: Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.

Pigs and wolf on a map!: The students will construct a Double Bubble Map to compare and contrast two versions of a familiar fairytale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts); By Cherry Randall.

A million fish... Serving up exaggeration: Students will become familiar with the term "exaggeration" and how it can be used in stories to catch the reader's attention. Students will create narrative stories of their own using exaggeration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Jennie McGuire.

Little and big houses: Using the book Little House on the Prairie and international keypals, students will learn about similarities and differences among children at different times and in different places.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies); By Karen Ester.

Comparing proverbs: The lesson will feature comparisons of American and African proverbs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Pat Chancer.

Comparing and contrasting Little Red Riding Hood stories: This lesson will introduce the Venn diagram to students. They will read two versions of the story "Little Red Riding Hood" and list details from each in separate diagrams.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Amber Miller.

Cause and effect: Students will identify and interpret cause and effect as expressed in poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Rochelle Mullis.

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Writing poetry like pros: This set of four lesson plans from EDSITEment utilizes poetry to serve as the inspiration for some terrific writing. Using poems available through EDSITEment resources, educators can make poetry an exciting teaching and learning tool in the classroom. ... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: EDSITEment

Writing and assessing an autobiographical incident: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students will build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incident. Students will be given a rubric and shown several examples. They will then complete the writing process and share their... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

What makes poetry? Exploring line breaks: In this lesson, students read several poems and experiment with line breaks and how they affect rhythm, sound, meaning, appearance, and can substitute for punctuation in poetry. After students brainstorm and discuss characteristics of poetry, they look... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Voting! What's it all about?: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students both listen to information read aloud from a variety of sources and read from fiction and nonfiction books. Students explore information from current sources including child-oriented websites, newspapers, and... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Trees in art and nature: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students use the art of Vincent van Gogh as a point of reference to learn about trees by comparing those in Van Gogh's paintings to those in nature. After learning about the botany of trees, students create leaf rubbings as a culminating... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Thundering tall tales: Using read-aloud as a springboard to writing: This lesson from ReadWriteThink is intended for the end of a unit on tall tales. It uses the book Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen to reinforce the common elements, or text structure, of tall tales. As the text is read aloud, students examine... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Thundering tall tales: Using read-aloud as a springboard to writing: This lesson from ReadWriteThink is intended for the end of a unit on tall tales. It uses the book Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen to reinforce the common elements, or text structure, of tall tales. As the text is read aloud, students examine... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Seasonal haiku: Writing poems to celebrate any season: After students are familiar with the parts of speech, they work in groups to create lists of words that describe seasons. The teacher then reads aloud several examples of haiku poetry. Using the lists of seasonal descriptive words, students write their... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Question and answer books—From genre study to report writing: Students explore question and answer books in this lesson to determine how the format and content of this genre is different from narrative texts. After the teacher finishes a read-aloud of two question and answer books that are different in content, students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Poetry: A feast to form fluent readers: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students examine elements of fluent reading through oral poetry performance. They use the Internet to identify a poem to prepare and perform for the class. The main objective of this lesson concerns improving fluency. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Once upon a time rethought: Writing fractured fairy tales: Students listen to fairy tales, identify common characteristics, and select a fairy tale to be re-written in this lesson. After a discussion of familiar fairy tales and the elements that are required for a story to be a part of this genre, students group... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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