weekly focus 13 2016

Subject
ELA
3 rd Grade Weekly Focus October 31 – Nov 4, 2016
Weekly Skills to Practice
This week in 3 rd grade, students will work on asking and answering questions in a text.
With this strategy they will be able to apply it to the skill of cause (why something
happens) and effect (what happens) in a given text. They will be using multi-flow
thinking maps to help them master this skill.
Comprehension Skill/Strategy:
Reading Focus:
Standards:
RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the
same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
Academic Vocabulary: compare, contrast
RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how
their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Academic Vocabulary: interaction, motivation, sequence of events, traits
SL.3.1a- Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly
draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas
under discussion.
RL.3.1- Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly
to the text as a basis for answers.
Writing Focus:
Standard: W.3.1 Opinion Writing Students will create opinion pieces on topics that support
point of views with reason.
Vocabulary Focus: (Social Studies)- Memphis, monument, governor, constitution, legislative,
judicial, executive, Bill of Rights, Mississippi River, Limestone
Vocabulary Focus: Prefixes un- and mis-