Third Grade Curriculum Map-ReadingFocus August September October November December January February March April May

Themes/Holidays

Read a Book Day-6

National Constitutio

n Week-Week 3

First Day of Fall-22

HalloweenDay of the

DeadPumpkinsColumbus

DayInternational Dinosaur

MonthChildren’s

Health Month

Veteran’s Day

Thanksgiving

Turkey

ChristmasGingerbrea

dKwanzaaHanukkah

Snow100th Day of

SchoolMartin

Luther King Day

Penguins

Valentines Day

Groundhog’s DayBlack

History MonthDental Health Month

St. Patricks

DayLeprechau

nsRead

Across America

Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

April Fool’s Day

Earth DayPigs

Memorial Day

Cinco de Mayo

Mother’s Day

Read Alouds for Themes and

Holidays

First Day Jitters-

Julie Dannebe

rg

-How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin-Margaret

McNamara-Pumpkin Jack-Will Hubbell

-The Little Old Lady who was

Not Afraid of

Anything-Linda

Williams

-Turkey for Thanksgivin

g-Squanto

-In November-

Cynthia Rylant

-The Polar Express-

Chris V.A.-The

Legend of the

Poinsetta-Tomie de P.

-The Grinch-Dr.

Seuss-The

Gingerbread Girl

-Gingerbread Baby-Jan

Brett

-The Mitten-Jan

Brett-Three Snow

Bears-Jan Brett

-Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the

Weather-

Punxatawney Phyllis

-Rosa-Martin’s Big Words

-Sweet Clara and

the Freedom

Quilt

-The Sneetches-Dr.Seuss

-Yertle the Turtle-Dr.

Seuss-Tim O

Toole and the Wee

Folk-Thats What

Leprechauns Do-Eve Bunting

-What a Day it was at

School-Jack Prelutzsky-The Lorax-Dr. Seuss

-Just a Dream-Chris

VA

Strega Nona-Tomie

de POld Befana-Tomie de P.The Legend

of the Bluebonnet-Tomie de P.

Comprehension Skill

-Prediction-Inference

-Summarize-Sequence

-Genre-Compare

and Contrast

-Author Point of

View-

Sequencing-Monitor

and Clarify-Main Idea

and Supporting

Details

-Following Directions-Fantasy

and Realism-Using

References-Cause and

Effect

-Story Structure

-Questioning

-Fact and Opinion

-Skim and Scan

-Reading Diagrams

-Fairy Tales-Trickster

Tales

-Biographies-Time Lines

-Making Generalizati

ons -Evaluating

-Tall Tales/Lege

nds-Critical Stance

-Inferencin

g-

Characters Point of

View

-Poetry-Narractive

and expository

-Predict and Infer

-Cause and Effect

EOG Prep

Author Study Chris Van Allsburg

Patricia Polocco

Dav Pilkey Roald Dahl Jan Brett Eve Bunting

Kate Dicamillo

EB White Shel

Silverstein

Tomie DePaola

Read Alouds for Comprehension

Skills and Author’s Study

The Wreck of the

Zephyr-Inferences/

CVA-If you give

a Pig a Pancake-

Prediction/Sequence

The

-Wilfred Gordon

MacDonald Patridge-Narrator Point of

ViewPink and

Say-PoloccoThe

Keeping

-Dogzilla-Dav Pilkey-Kat Kong-

Pilkey

-Adelita (A Mexican

Cinderella)-Fairy Tale

-Petite Rouge-A

Cajun Red Riding

Hood-Fairy TaleThe

Fly Away Home-Eve Bunting

-Two Bad Ants

-Yours Truly,

Goldilocks-Paul

Bunyan-Tall

Tales/Legends

Stranger-CVA/Inferen

cesSylvester and the Magic

Pebble-Prediction/Sequencing

Quilt-Main Idea/Patricia Polocco

Tortoise and the

Hare-Fairy Tale

Shared Reading Bunnicula Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Because of Winn Dixie

The Tales of

Despereuax

Charlotte’s Web

Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing

Vocabulary-Shared Readings, Basal Lists, and Content Areas

Writing **Personal Narrative-

Elaborative “Autumn”**Research

Project: Planet

*Instructions/Directions

*Imaginative Narrative**Learning Log-Human

Body

**Imaginative

Narrative-Type

**Reading Response

**Instructions/

Directions

**Letter of Request

**Research Project: Famous Black

History Figure-Type

**Reading Response

**Instructions/

Directions

**Letter of Request-

Type**Personal Narrative

Spelling -short vowels (2)

-vowel-consonant-

e-long

vowels

-long o-three letter

clusters-long i-ou/ow

-aw/o/al-

unexpected consonant patterns

-r controlled vowel (2)

-oi/oy-“j” sound in j, g, dge-k/kw/qu sounds

-homophone

s

-compound words-ed/ing endings

-changing y to ies

-prefixes re- and un-

-Suffixes -ful, -ly, and

–er-VCCV

-Double Consonants-s sound in

“city”

-oo sounds-ough

-le and –er endings

-a- and be- beginnings

-contraction

s

Assessments ISI Study Island

Benchmark 1

READ 3DStar Tests

Study Island

Benchmark 2

READ 3D Study Island

Benchmark 3

READ 3DStudy Island Benchmark

4EOG

Special Projects FIELD TRIP: Morehead Planetariu

m

-How to Make a

Cinnamon Ornament

-Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory

Characters

FIELD TRIP:Imagination

Station

-Bottle Tree and Egg

Salad Party

-Soup Share

-Charlotte’s

Web Dioramas