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Third Grade Skills Unit 3: How Does Your Body Work? Unit PlanThird Grade Skills Unit 3: How Does Your Body Work? Unit Plan
Publisher
Core Knowledge Foundation
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
21 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Third Grade Skills Unit 3: How Does Your Body Work?

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This Third Grade Skills Unit 3: How Does Your Body Work? unit plan also includes:
  • CKLA Unit 3: Third Grade Skills—How Does Your Body Work? (.html)
  • Entire Unit (.zip)
  • Student Workbook: Third Grade Skills Unit 3 (.pdf)
  • Student Reader: Third Grade Skills Unit 3 (.pdf)
  • Vocabulary Cards: Third Grade Skills Unit 3 (.pdf)
  • Vocabulary Image Cards: Third Grade Skills Unit 3 (.pdf)
  • Consonant Flip Book (.pdf)
  • Vowel Flip Book (.pdf)
  • Spelling Cards (.pdf)
  • Wiggle Cards (.pdf)
  • Assessment and Remediation Guide (.pdf)
  • Fluency Packet (.pdf)
  • Individual Code Chart (.pdf)
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A skills unit combines ELA and science with lessons that explore the human body. Lessons begin with a reading, go into skills practice, and offer take-home materials. Skills practice includes listening to and discussing a read-aloud, working with spelling patterns, and drafting paragraphs.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

spelling, spelling patterns, spelling rules, irregular spellings, Writing, writing paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding statements, paragraph writing, prefixes, irregular plural nouns, subject pronouns, subject-verb agreement, reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, read-alouds

Instructional Ideas

  • Make take-home materials optional or plan additional time for pupils to complete them in class
  • Play an episode of the "Magic School Bus" that explores the human body

Classroom Considerations

  • The third of 11 units in a series by Core Knowledge
  • Prep time requires making copies and gathering materials 

Pros

  • The unit provides detail to make implementation easier
  • Assessments offer a look into participants' proficiency levels

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.3.5 RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.4 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 RI.3.9 RI.3.10 RF.3.3.a RF.3.3.c RF.3.4.a RF.3.4.b W.3.1.a W.3.1.b W.3.1.d W.3.2.a W.3.2.b W.3.2.d W.3.3.a W.3.3.d W.3.4 W.3.8 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.d SL.3.4 L.3.1.a L.3.1.b L.3.1.d L.3.1.f L.3.1.i L.3.2.a L.3.2.b L.3.2.e L.3.2.f L.3.4.b L.3.4.d

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