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Colonial America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology Unit PlanColonial America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology Unit Plan
Publisher
Core Knowledge Foundation
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3rd
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English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Duration
21 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Unit Plan

Colonial America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

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A read-aloud anthology explores Colonial America. Third graders listen to informational texts, discuss what they heard, and participate in extension activities and writing. Take-home materials, assessments, and remediation opportunities make complete the well-rounded unit.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

read-alouds, reading aloud, reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, responding to reading, informational texts, colonial america, the english colonies, jamestown, north carolina, south carolina, slavery, crops, the powhatan indians, maryland, georgia, maryland history, georgia history, the first thanksgiving, religious freedom, the new england colonies, the middle colonies, pennsylvania, pennsylvania history, quakers, the american revolution

Instructional Ideas

  • Update the ELA and Social studies focus walls to reflect the unit's concepts
  • Direct pupils to add work to interactive ELA journals

Classroom Considerations

  • The 10th unit in an 11-unit series created by Core Knowledge for third graders
  • Requires copies and a projection device to view images
  • Review the "At a Glance" sections to find other lesson materials needed

Pros

  • Information is nicely scaffolded within the unit as well as the units in the series
  • The unit combines ELA and social studies

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.3 RI.3.4 RI.3.6 RI.3.7 RI.3.9 W.3.4 W.3.6 W.3.8 W.3.10 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.b SL.3.1.c SL.3.1.d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 SL.3.4 SL.3.6 L.3.3.a L.3.4.a L.3.4.b L.3.4.c L.3.5.a L.3.5.b L.3.5.c L.3.6

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