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Skill plan for Reading Wonders Reading/Writing Workshop and Your Turn Practice Book - 3rd grade

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1	Unit 1 Growing and Learning
Week 1		Reading comprehension 1. Sort sensory details 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Choose the synonym 4. Find synonyms in context Phonics and spelling 5. Spell the short a word 6. Spell the short i word Grammar and mechanics 7. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 8. Capitalization: review
Week 1
Reading comprehension 1. Sort sensory details 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Choose the synonym 4. Find synonyms in context Phonics and spelling 5. Spell the short a word 6. Spell the short i word Grammar and mechanics 7. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 8. Capitalization: review

Week 2		Reading comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Identify story elements 3. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 5. Spell the short e word 6. Spell the short o word 7. Spell the short u word 8. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear Writing 9. Add descriptive details to sentences
Week 2
Reading comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Identify story elements 3. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 5. Spell the short e word 6. Spell the short o word 7. Spell the short u word 8. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear Writing 9. Add descriptive details to sentences

Week 3		Reading comprehension 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Put the sentences in order Vocabulary 3. Form compound words with pictures Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the silent e word 5. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Writing 6. Identify time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify the complete subject of a sentence
Week 3
Reading comprehension 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Put the sentences in order Vocabulary 3. Form compound words with pictures Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the silent e word 5. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Writing 6. Identify time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify the complete subject of a sentence

Week 4		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh 5. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Writing 6. Use time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence
Week 4
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh 5. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies Writing 6. Use time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence

Week 5		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Vocabulary 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt 5. Form compound words Writing 6. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Grammar and mechanics 7. Create compound sentences 8. Use coordinating conjunctions
Week 5
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Vocabulary 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt 5. Form compound words Writing 6. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Grammar and mechanics 7. Create compound sentences 8. Use coordinating conjunctions

2	Unit 2 Figure It Out
Week 1		Reading comprehension 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Find antonyms in context Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild 5. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Writing 6. Choose the best transition Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify common and proper nouns 8. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect
Week 1
Reading comprehension 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Find antonyms in context Phonics and spelling 4. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild 5. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Writing 6. Choose the best transition Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify common and proper nouns 8. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect

Week 2		Reading comprehension 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 2. Similes with pictures Phonics and spelling 3. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie 4. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Writing 5. Describe the difference between related words Grammar and mechanics 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
Week 2
Reading comprehension 1. Read historical fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 2. Similes with pictures Phonics and spelling 3. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie 4. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Writing 5. Describe the difference between related words Grammar and mechanics 6. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

Week 3		Reading comprehension 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Use text features Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the words with silent letters 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Writing 6. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Is the noun singular or plural? 8. Form and use irregular plurals
Week 3
Reading comprehension 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Use text features Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the words with silent letters 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Writing 6. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Is the noun singular or plural? 8. Form and use irregular plurals

Week 4		Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word 5. Is the syllable open or closed? Writing 6. Identify time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 8. Commas: review
Week 4
Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word 5. Is the syllable open or closed? Writing 6. Identify time-order words Grammar and mechanics 7. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 8. Commas: review

Week 5		Reading comprehension 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of similes Phonics and spelling 4. Spell words with consonant digraphs 5. Spell words with open and closed syllables Writing 6. Add descriptive details to sentences Grammar and mechanics 7. Form the singular or plural possessive
Week 5
Reading comprehension 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of similes Phonics and spelling 4. Spell words with consonant digraphs 5. Spell words with open and closed syllables Writing 6. Add descriptive details to sentences Grammar and mechanics 7. Form the singular or plural possessive

3	Unit 3 One of a Kind
Week 1		Reading comprehension 1. Identify sensory details 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 3. Match problems with their solutions Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Phonics and spelling 5. Pronoun-verb contractions 6. Contractions with "not" Writing 7. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Grammar and mechanics 8. Identify action verbs
Week 1
Reading comprehension 1. Identify sensory details 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 3. Match problems with their solutions Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Phonics and spelling 5. Pronoun-verb contractions 6. Contractions with "not" Writing 7. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Grammar and mechanics 8. Identify action verbs

Week 2		Reading comprehension 1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Match causes with effects 3. Read historical fiction Vocabulary 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Phonics and spelling 5. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 6. Use linking words to complete a passage Grammar and mechanics 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 8. Is the subject singular or plural?
Week 2
Reading comprehension 1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Match causes with effects 3. Read historical fiction Vocabulary 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Phonics and spelling 5. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 6. Use linking words to complete a passage Grammar and mechanics 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 8. Is the subject singular or plural?

Week 3		Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Writing 5. Organize information by topic 6. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 7. Form and use the regular past tense
Week 3
Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Writing 5. Organize information by topic 6. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 7. Form and use the regular past tense

Week 4		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Vocabulary 3. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes Phonics and spelling 4. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 5. Spell the silent e word Writing 6. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Change the sentence to future tense 8. Formatting and capitalizing titles
Week 4
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Vocabulary 3. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes Phonics and spelling 4. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 5. Spell the silent e word Writing 6. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Change the sentence to future tense 8. Formatting and capitalizing titles

Week 5		Reading comprehension 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Phonics and spelling 4. Vowel diphthong words and sentences Grammar and mechanics 5. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 6. Greetings and closings of letters 7. Formatting street addresses
Week 5
Reading comprehension 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Phonics and spelling 4. Vowel diphthong words and sentences Grammar and mechanics 5. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 6. Greetings and closings of letters 7. Formatting street addresses

4	Unit 4 Meet the Challenge
Week 1		Reading comprehension 1. Distinguish points of view 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Phonics and spelling 4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 5. Show character emotions and traits
Week 1
Reading comprehension 1. Distinguish points of view 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Phonics and spelling 4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 5. Show character emotions and traits

Week 2		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Phonics and spelling 3. Form and use irregular plurals 4. Long vowel digraph words and sentences Writing 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Grammar and mechanics 6. Contractions with "not"
Week 2
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Phonics and spelling 3. Form and use irregular plurals 4. Long vowel digraph words and sentences Writing 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Grammar and mechanics 6. Contractions with "not"

Week 3		Reading comprehension 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Read about food Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Phonics and spelling 4. Complete words with variant vowels 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Writing 6. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 8. Punctuating dialogue
Week 3
Reading comprehension 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Read about food Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Phonics and spelling 4. Complete words with variant vowels 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Writing 6. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 8. Punctuating dialogue

Week 4		Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Match causes with effects Vocabulary 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Phonics and spelling 4. Identify homophones 5. Homophones with pictures 6. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 7. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 8. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Week 4
Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Match causes with effects Vocabulary 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Phonics and spelling 4. Identify homophones 5. Homophones with pictures 6. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 7. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 8. Identify subordinating conjunctions

Week 5		Reading comprehension 1. Identify elements of poetry Vocabulary 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Phonics and spelling 3. Spell the soft g or soft c word 4. Use adjectives to compare 5. Use adverbs to compare Writing 6. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 7. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
Week 5
Reading comprehension 1. Identify elements of poetry Vocabulary 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Phonics and spelling 3. Spell the soft g or soft c word 4. Use adjectives to compare 5. Use adverbs to compare Writing 6. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 7. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

5	Unit 5 Take Action
Week 1		Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Distinguish points of view Vocabulary 3. Word pattern analogies Phonics and spelling 4. Form and use compound words 5. Spell consonant-l-e words Writing 6. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and mechanics 7. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
Week 1
Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Distinguish points of view Vocabulary 3. Word pattern analogies Phonics and spelling 4. Form and use compound words 5. Spell consonant-l-e words Writing 6. Create varied sentences based on models Grammar and mechanics 7. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

Week 2		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 2 2. Compare information from two informational texts Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 5. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Writing 7. Identify sensory details Grammar and mechanics 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
Week 2
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 2 2. Compare information from two informational texts Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 5. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Writing 7. Identify sensory details Grammar and mechanics 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

Week 3		Reading comprehension 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Read about sports and hobbies Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Phonics and spelling 4. Is the syllable open or closed? 5. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Writing 6. Organize information by topic 7. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 8. Pronoun-verb agreement
Week 3
Reading comprehension 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Read about sports and hobbies Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Phonics and spelling 4. Is the syllable open or closed? 5. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Writing 6. Organize information by topic 7. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Grammar and mechanics 8. Pronoun-verb agreement

Week 4		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Vocabulary 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Phonics and spelling 3. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Writing 4. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 5. Use possessive pronouns 6. Use reflexive pronouns
Week 4
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Vocabulary 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Phonics and spelling 3. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Writing 4. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Grammar and mechanics 5. Use possessive pronouns 6. Use reflexive pronouns

Week 5		Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Use the correct homophone Phonics and spelling 4. Spell words with open and closed syllables Writing 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion 6. Complete the opinion passage with a reason Grammar and mechanics 7. Pronoun-verb contractions
Week 5
Reading comprehension 1. Read about business and technology 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Use the correct homophone Phonics and spelling 4. Spell words with open and closed syllables Writing 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion 6. Complete the opinion passage with a reason Grammar and mechanics 7. Pronoun-verb contractions

6	Unit 6 Think It Over
Week 1		Reading comprehension 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Phonics and spelling 4. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 5. Word pattern sentences Writing 6. Combine sentences by adding key details Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 8. Identify articles 9. Commas with a series 10. Commas with dates
Week 1
Reading comprehension 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Phonics and spelling 4. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 5. Word pattern sentences Writing 6. Combine sentences by adding key details Grammar and mechanics 7. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 8. Identify articles 9. Commas with a series 10. Commas with dates

Week 2		Reading comprehension 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Read historical fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Phonics and spelling 4. Spell consonant-l-e words Writing 5. Use linking words to complete a passage Grammar and mechanics 6. Spell adjectives that compare
Week 2
Reading comprehension 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Read historical fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Phonics and spelling 4. Spell consonant-l-e words Writing 5. Use linking words to complete a passage Grammar and mechanics 6. Spell adjectives that compare

Week 3		Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read science fiction with illustrations 3. Use text features Vocabulary 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Phonics and spelling 5. Long vowel digraph words and sentences 6. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 7. Determine the order of events in informational texts Grammar and mechanics 8. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 9. Identify adverbs 10. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Week 3
Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read science fiction with illustrations 3. Use text features Vocabulary 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Phonics and spelling 5. Long vowel digraph words and sentences 6. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 7. Determine the order of events in informational texts Grammar and mechanics 8. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 9. Identify adverbs 10. Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Week 4		Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur 5. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Writing 6. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Use adverbs to compare
Week 4
Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur 5. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Writing 6. Choose the best concluding sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Use adverbs to compare

Week 5		Reading comprehension 1. Read poetry 2. Label the rhyme scheme Phonics and spelling 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Writing 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify prepositions 7. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words
Week 5
Reading comprehension 1. Read poetry 2. Label the rhyme scheme Phonics and spelling 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Writing 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar and mechanics 6. Identify prepositions 7. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words

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