Language Arts

South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Language Arts

Instruction in our classroom meets or exceeds South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards. Third-grade students are enthusiastic and willing to try just about anything. Therefore, South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards use these characteristics to advance the reading, writing and inquiry skills of children. Learning to read fluently has a ripple effect. It stimulates future learning and offers important exposure to new words. Fluency allows the reader to focus on comprehending the text rather than figuring out the individual words. Achieving fluency is particularly essential at this age since the focus after the third grade is reading to learn rather than learning to read.

Please note: It is so important that a child read fluently and with understanding before entering the fourth grade that Act 284 of 2014 requires retention in the third grade unless certain reading requirements are met.

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A Wrinkle in Time

Summary:

A Wrinkle in Time is a classic young adult science fiction and fantasy novel published by Madeleine L'Engle in 1962. The novel has received wide critical acclaim, including a Newbery Medal in 1963. The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

A Wrinkle in Time tells the story of 13-year-old Meg, who is frustrated with how she fits in at school and distracted by the long absence of her father. Meg sets off on an interstellar journey to rescue her father, accompanied by her precocious young brother Charles Wallace and her new friend Calvin. Their guides are three unusual beings called Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. Using a process called a tesseract, their guides move them through time and space to a planet covered in darkness, and they must face an intensely strong being called IT that has imprisoned Meg's father.

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Language: English | Copyright: 1962

Collaborative Literacy (3rd Grade)

Collaborative Literacy is a comprehensive ELA curriculum designed to develop independent readers, writers, and critical thinkers using three components: Making Meaning, Book Clubs, and Being a Writer.

Making Meaning provides research-based, whole-class reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction using increasingly complex texts across a wide range of genres. Our 3rd grade program also offers complete support for daily independent reading, the development of social skills, and regular student-teacher conferences.

Unit 1: The Classroom Community (4 weeks)

Unit 2: Strategy Development and Generating Independent Thinking (5 weeks)

Unit 3: Fiction (5 weeks)

Unit 4: Narrative Nonfiction (4 weeks)

Unit 5: Expository Nonfiction (4 weeks)

Unit 6: Persuasive Nonfiction (4 weeks)

Unit 7: Drama (4 weeks)

Book Clubs utilize best practices for small-group reading with both teacher-led lessons and guidance for creating and sustaining student-led book clubs. Lessons are designed to deepen conversations through the development of social skills that facilitate small-group interactions.

Being a Writer intrinsically motivates students through choice and independence. Students are introduced to a wide range of genres through diverse text and exemplary writing. Integrated social skills development gives students the tools needed to respectfully confer with one another while developing ideas and sharing writing samples. Lessons in grammar, mechanics, and conventions occur during the revision and proofreading phases. By nurturing ideas and assisting with editing only as needed, Mr. Peltier is able to support students in the development of authentic writing pieces for various purposes and audiences.

Unit 1: The Writing Community (3 weeks)

Unit 2: The Writing Process (2 weeks)

Unit 3: Genre: Personal Narrative (4 weeks)

Unit 4: Genre: Fiction (6 weeks)

Unit 5: Genre: Expository Nonfiction (6 weeks)

Unit 6: Genre: Functional Writing (3 weeks)

Unit 7: Genre: Opinion Writing (3 weeks)

Unit 8: Genre: Poetry (2 weeks)

Unit 9: Revisiting the Writing Community

Note: Students should read AT HOME for at least 20 minutes EVERY DAY!

English Language Arts

South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Language Arts

Now Reading:

A Wrinkle in Time

Collaborative Literacy (3rd Grade)

Mr. Peltier's Scholastic Reading Club

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English Language Arts

South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Language Arts

Now Reading:

A Wrinkle in Time

Collaborative Literacy (3rd Grade)

Mr. Peltier's Scholastic Reading Club

Downloads

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