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Skill plan for myView Literacy - Grade 3

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1	Unit 1 Environments
Week 1: Grandma and the Great Gourd		Reading strategies 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary and word study 2. Describe the difference between related words Writing strategies 3. Similes with pictures 4. Show character emotions and traits Spelling and conventions 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? 6. Identify personal pronouns
Week 1: Grandma and the Great Gourd
Reading strategies 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary and word study 2. Describe the difference between related words Writing strategies 3. Similes with pictures 4. Show character emotions and traits Spelling and conventions 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? 6. Identify personal pronouns

Week 2: Why is the Sky Far Away?		Genre 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Reading strategies 2. Compare mythological illustrations Vocabulary and word study 3. Choose the antonym 4. Choose the synonym 5. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Writing strategies 6. Add descriptive details to sentences Spelling and conventions 7. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 8. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence
Week 2: Why is the Sky Far Away?
Genre 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Reading strategies 2. Compare mythological illustrations Vocabulary and word study 3. Choose the antonym 4. Choose the synonym 5. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Writing strategies 6. Add descriptive details to sentences Spelling and conventions 7. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 8. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence

Week 3: Cocoliso		Genre 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing strategies 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion 6. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 7. Identify time-order words 8. Punctuating dialogue Spelling and conventions 9. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 10. Identify verbs in the regular past tense
Week 3: Cocoliso
Genre 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing strategies 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion 6. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 7. Identify time-order words 8. Punctuating dialogue Spelling and conventions 9. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 10. Identify verbs in the regular past tense

Week 4: Living in Deserts		Genre 1. Read about famous places Reading strategies 2. Use text features Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meanings of similes 4. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 5. Complete words with variant vowels Writing strategies 6. Identify coordinating conjunctions 7. Spell adjectives that compare 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns 10. Use adverbs to compare 11. Use the correct subject or verb Spelling and conventions 12. Create compound sentences
Week 4: Living in Deserts
Genre 1. Read about famous places Reading strategies 2. Use text features Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meanings of similes 4. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 5. Complete words with variant vowels Writing strategies 6. Identify coordinating conjunctions 7. Spell adjectives that compare 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns 10. Use adverbs to compare 11. Use the correct subject or verb Spelling and conventions 12. Create compound sentences

Week 5: The Golden Flower		Genre 1. Read fantasy with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Sort sensory details Vocabulary and word study 3. Identify nouns 4. Identify action verbs 5. Identify adjectives 6. Identify adverbs 7. Vowel diphthong words and sentences Writing strategies 8. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Spelling and conventions 9. Identify common and proper nouns 10. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
Week 5: The Golden Flower
Genre 1. Read fantasy with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Sort sensory details Vocabulary and word study 3. Identify nouns 4. Identify action verbs 5. Identify adjectives 6. Identify adverbs 7. Vowel diphthong words and sentences Writing strategies 8. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Spelling and conventions 9. Identify common and proper nouns 10. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

Week 6: A Safe Place to Play		Write an argumentative letter 1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion 4. Complete the opinion passage with an example 5. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words 6. Greetings and closings of letters 7. Formatting street addresses
Week 6: A Safe Place to Play
Write an argumentative letter 1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion 4. Complete the opinion passage with an example 5. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words 6. Greetings and closings of letters 7. Formatting street addresses

2	Unit 2 Interactions
Week 1: Patterns in Nature		Genre 1. Read about science and nature Reading strategies 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary and word study 3. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Writing strategies 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Spelling and conventions 5. Is the noun singular or plural?
Week 1: Patterns in Nature
Genre 1. Read about science and nature Reading strategies 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary and word study 3. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Writing strategies 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Spelling and conventions 5. Is the noun singular or plural?

Week 2: Weird Friends		Genre 1. Read about animals Reading strategies 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary and word study 4. Find antonyms in context 5. Find synonyms in context 6. Use dictionary entries 7. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing strategies 8. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 9. Determine the main idea of a passage Spelling and conventions 10. Form and use irregular plurals
Week 2: Weird Friends
Genre 1. Read about animals Reading strategies 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary and word study 4. Find antonyms in context 5. Find synonyms in context 6. Use dictionary entries 7. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing strategies 8. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 9. Determine the main idea of a passage Spelling and conventions 10. Form and use irregular plurals

Week 3: Wolf Island		Genre 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Vocabulary and word study 2. Form and use compound words Writing 3. Put the sentences in order 4. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Spelling and conventions 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
Week 3: Wolf Island
Genre 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Vocabulary and word study 2. Form and use compound words Writing 3. Put the sentences in order 4. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Spelling and conventions 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

Week 4: Welcome Back, Wolves! and Wolves Don't Belong in Yellowstone		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence has the same meaning? 4. Similes with pictures Writing 5. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 6. Use linking words to complete a passage 7. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 8. Identify coordinating conjunctions Spelling and conventions 9. Form the singular or plural possessive 10. Identify prepositions 11. Identify prepositional phrases 12. Identify common and proper nouns
Week 4: Welcome Back, Wolves! and Wolves Don't Belong in Yellowstone
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence has the same meaning? 4. Similes with pictures Writing 5. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 6. Use linking words to complete a passage 7. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 8. Identify coordinating conjunctions Spelling and conventions 9. Form the singular or plural possessive 10. Identify prepositions 11. Identify prepositional phrases 12. Identify common and proper nouns

Week 5: Nature's Patchwork Quilt		Reading strategies 1. Use text features 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages Vocabulary and word study 3. Identify sensory details 4. Use academic vocabulary in context Writing 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts Spelling and conventions 6. Pronoun-verb contractions 7. Contractions with "not" 8. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 9. Use the correct subject or verb
Week 5: Nature's Patchwork Quilt
Reading strategies 1. Use text features 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages Vocabulary and word study 3. Identify sensory details 4. Use academic vocabulary in context Writing 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts Spelling and conventions 6. Pronoun-verb contractions 7. Contractions with "not" 8. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 9. Use the correct subject or verb

Week 6: Make Note of It!		Project-based inquiry 1. Formatting and capitalizing titles 2. Combine sentences by adding key details 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 4. Commas with a series 5. Use guide words
Week 6: Make Note of It!
Project-based inquiry 1. Formatting and capitalizing titles 2. Combine sentences by adding key details 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 4. Commas with a series 5. Use guide words

3	Unit 3 Heroes
Week 1: Below Deck		Reading strategies 1. Identify story elements 2. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary and word study 3. Describe the difference between related words 4. Word pattern sentences 5. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Writing 6. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 7. Show character emotions and traits 8. Put the sentences in order
Week 1: Below Deck
Reading strategies 1. Identify story elements 2. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary and word study 3. Describe the difference between related words 4. Word pattern sentences 5. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Writing 6. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 7. Show character emotions and traits 8. Put the sentences in order

Week 2: Granddaddy's Turn		Genre 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use dictionary definitions 5. Abbreviate people's titles 6. Abbreviate street names Writing 7. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Spelling and conventions 8. Is the subject singular or plural?
Week 2: Granddaddy's Turn
Genre 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use dictionary definitions 5. Abbreviate people's titles 6. Abbreviate street names Writing 7. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Spelling and conventions 8. Is the subject singular or plural?

Week 3: from Little House on the Prairie and By the Shores of Silver Lake		Genre 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Reading strategies 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary and word study 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 5. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 7. Add descriptive details to sentences 8. Punctuating dialogue Spelling and conventions 9. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 10. Form and use the regular past tense 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
Week 3: from Little House on the Prairie and By the Shores of Silver Lake
Genre 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Reading strategies 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary and word study 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 5. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 7. Add descriptive details to sentences 8. Punctuating dialogue Spelling and conventions 9. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 10. Form and use the regular past tense 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

Week 4: Mama Miti		Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Identify text structures 3. Use time-order words Vocabulary and word study 4. Determine the meanings of similes 5. Long vowel digraph words and sentences Writing 6. Capitalization: review 7. Change the sentence to future tense 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns Spelling and conventions 10. Identify the irregular past tense I 11. Identify the irregular past tense II
Week 4: Mama Miti
Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Identify text structures 3. Use time-order words Vocabulary and word study 4. Determine the meanings of similes 5. Long vowel digraph words and sentences Writing 6. Capitalization: review 7. Change the sentence to future tense 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns Spelling and conventions 10. Identify the irregular past tense I 11. Identify the irregular past tense II

Week 5: Poems About Heroes		Genres 1. Read poetry Reading strategies 2. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 3. Label the rhyme scheme Vocabulary and word study 4. Which word is a noun? 5. Form and use irregular plurals 6. Identify adjectives 7. Use action verbs Writing 8. Identify sensory details 9. Commas: review 10. Prepositions: review Spelling and conventions 11. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 12. Use possessive pronouns
Week 5: Poems About Heroes
Genres 1. Read poetry Reading strategies 2. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 3. Label the rhyme scheme Vocabulary and word study 4. Which word is a noun? 5. Form and use irregular plurals 6. Identify adjectives 7. Use action verbs Writing 8. Identify sensory details 9. Commas: review 10. Prepositions: review Spelling and conventions 11. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 12. Use possessive pronouns

Week 6: Be a Hero!		Project-based inquiry 1. Use academic vocabulary in context 2. Complete the opinion passage with an example 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 4. Use linking words to complete a passage 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 6. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Week 6: Be a Hero!
Project-based inquiry 1. Use academic vocabulary in context 2. Complete the opinion passage with an example 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 4. Use linking words to complete a passage 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 6. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

4	Unit 4 Events
Week 1: The House That Jane Built		Reading strategies 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Identify text structures Vocabulary and word study 3. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 5. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 6. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 7. Complete the opinion passage with a reason Spelling and conventions 8. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur 9. Use possessive pronouns
Week 1: The House That Jane Built
Reading strategies 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Identify text structures Vocabulary and word study 3. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 5. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 6. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 7. Complete the opinion passage with a reason Spelling and conventions 8. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur 9. Use possessive pronouns

Week 2: from Frederick Douglass		Reading strategies 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Select and use text features Vocabulary and word study 5. Choose the antonym 6. Choose the synonym Writing 7. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 8. Distinguish facts from opinions 9. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Spelling and conventions 10. Pronoun-verb contractions
Week 2: from Frederick Douglass
Reading strategies 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Select and use text features Vocabulary and word study 5. Choose the antonym 6. Choose the synonym Writing 7. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 8. Distinguish facts from opinions 9. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Spelling and conventions 10. Pronoun-verb contractions

Week 3: from Milton Hershey		Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts Vocabulary and word study 4. Find antonyms in context 5. Find synonyms in context 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Writing 7. Positive and negative connotation 8. Order items from most general to most specific 9. Organize information by topic 10. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Spelling and conventions 11. Identify prepositions and their objects 12. Identify prepositional phrases
Week 3: from Milton Hershey
Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts Vocabulary and word study 4. Find antonyms in context 5. Find synonyms in context 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Writing 7. Positive and negative connotation 8. Order items from most general to most specific 9. Organize information by topic 10. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Spelling and conventions 11. Identify prepositions and their objects 12. Identify prepositional phrases

Week 4: Green City		Genre 1. Read about business and technology Reading strategies 2. Distinguish points of view Vocabulary and word study 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 4. Use time-order words 5. Add descriptive details to sentences 6. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 7. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 8. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features Spelling and conventions 9. Spell adjectives that compare
Week 4: Green City
Genre 1. Read about business and technology Reading strategies 2. Distinguish points of view Vocabulary and word study 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 4. Use time-order words 5. Add descriptive details to sentences 6. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 7. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 8. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features Spelling and conventions 9. Spell adjectives that compare

Week 5: Grace and Grandma		Genre 1. Read drama Reading strategies 2. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence uses an antonym? 4. Homophones with pictures Writing strategies 5. Capitalizing titles 6. Choose the best transition 7. Use coordinating conjunctions 8. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates Spelling and conventions 9. Use the correct homophone 10. Identify adverbs
Week 5: Grace and Grandma
Genre 1. Read drama Reading strategies 2. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence uses an antonym? 4. Homophones with pictures Writing strategies 5. Capitalizing titles 6. Choose the best transition 7. Use coordinating conjunctions 8. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates Spelling and conventions 9. Use the correct homophone 10. Identify adverbs

Week 6: Past and Present		Project-based inquiry 1. Which book title goes with the picture? 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Order the words to create a sentence 5. Commas with a series 6. Commas with the names of places 7. Correct errors with signs
Week 6: Past and Present
Project-based inquiry 1. Which book title goes with the picture? 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Order the words to create a sentence 5. Commas with a series 6. Commas with the names of places 7. Correct errors with signs

5	Unit 5 Solutions
Week 1: Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live		Reading strategies 1. Select and use text features 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes Vocabulary and word study 4. Use adjectives to compare Writing 5. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 6. Label the rhyme scheme
Week 1: Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live
Reading strategies 1. Select and use text features 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes Vocabulary and word study 4. Use adjectives to compare Writing 5. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 6. Label the rhyme scheme

Week 2: Earthquakes, Eruptions, and Other Events that Change Earth		Genre 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Reading strategies 2. Match causes with effects Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 4. Choose the antonym 5. Choose the synonym Writing 6. Sort sensory details 7. Add imagery to stories 8. Identify similes and metaphors Spelling and conventions 9. Use adverbs to compare
Week 2: Earthquakes, Eruptions, and Other Events that Change Earth
Genre 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Reading strategies 2. Match causes with effects Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 4. Choose the antonym 5. Choose the synonym Writing 6. Sort sensory details 7. Add imagery to stories 8. Identify similes and metaphors Spelling and conventions 9. Use adverbs to compare

Week 3: A Safety Plan: In Case of Emergency		Reading strategies 1. Identify text structures 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Identify time-order words Vocabulary and word study 5. Which sentence has the same meaning? 6. Which sentence uses an antonym? 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 8. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Spelling and conventions 9. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Week 3: A Safety Plan: In Case of Emergency
Reading strategies 1. Identify text structures 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Identify time-order words Vocabulary and word study 5. Which sentence has the same meaning? 6. Which sentence uses an antonym? 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 8. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Spelling and conventions 9. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Week 4: Nora's Ark		Genre 1. Read historical fiction Reading strategies 2. Distinguish points of view Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Determine the meanings of similes Writing 5. Show character emotions and traits 6. Is the noun singular or plural? 7. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 8. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 9. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Spelling and conventions 10. Pronoun-verb agreement 11. Organize information by topic
Week 4: Nora's Ark
Genre 1. Read historical fiction Reading strategies 2. Distinguish points of view Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Determine the meanings of similes Writing 5. Show character emotions and traits 6. Is the noun singular or plural? 7. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 8. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 9. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Spelling and conventions 10. Pronoun-verb agreement 11. Organize information by topic

Week 5: from Aesop's Fox		Genre 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Reading strategies 2. Compare and contrast characters Vocabulary and word study 3. Identify action verbs 4. Identify nouns Writing 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 6. Is the word an adjective or adverb? Spelling and conventions 7. Commas: review
Week 5: from Aesop's Fox
Genre 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Reading strategies 2. Compare and contrast characters Vocabulary and word study 3. Identify action verbs 4. Identify nouns Writing 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 6. Is the word an adjective or adverb? Spelling and conventions 7. Commas: review

Week 6: Take a Trip!		Project-based inquiry 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 4. Formatting titles 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Week 6: Take a Trip!
Project-based inquiry 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 4. Formatting titles 5. Identify and correct plagiarism

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