Hours taught:6
Goals for the year:
To move students towards increasing independence in the use of communication skills and strategies. For the students to become independent readers and writers and continue to expand their literacy proficiency. In order to prepare them to have productive and enriched life long experiences and academic success using the English language. To develop a love of learning. To develop respect and understanding for each others' opinions and differences. To provide a safe, creative and secure learning environment.
Abilities that will be developed:
To read simple to more difficult chapter books of varied genre.
To recognize of misspelled words and correct them
To use correct spelling of words
To use poroper grammar
To write using complete sentences of varied length
To capitalize appropriately
To use commas, apostrophes and quotation marks appropriately
To write using compound and complex sentences
To use a dictionary and theasurus effectively
To identify and locates a variety of printed and non printed sourses
To obtain relevant information from different sources
To use the research process
To write an expressive piece- personal narrative or descriptive.
To write an informative piece
To write a persauasive piece
To share written pieces effectively with a given audience
To listen and responds to shared writings given by the teacher or other students.
To read appropriate third grade texts fluently
To use word recognition strategies to comprehend text
To use context and picture clues to define vocabulary
To identify characters, setting, main idea and plot
To identify and interprets figurative language
To retell stories in written and oral language
To identify an author’s purpose
To discriminate between fact and fiction
To draw conclusions and determine cause and effect
To explain the reasons for a character’s actions
To understand the feelings of characters of varying genders races and disabilities
Teaching materials: Grade level text books
BASIC GRAMMAR
Sentences, Nouns, Verbs
Subjects of Sentences
Simple and Complete Sentences, Compound Sentences
Predicates of Sentences, Simple and Complete Predicates
Compound Sentences ,Predicates , Subject and Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Adjectives, Adverbs
Sentences, Fragments and Run-ons.
PLAID PHONICS
Unit 1: Consonants, Hard and Soft c and g
Unit 2: Short and Long Vowels
Unit 4: Compounds, Blends ,Digraphs, Y as a Vowel and a Consonant, R-Controlled Vowels
Unit 4: Contractions, Plurals, Suffixes
Unit 5: VowelPairs, Digraphs, Diphthongs
Unit 6: Prefixes, Base Words, Suffixes, Syllables
Unit 7: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms , Dictionary Skills
SPELLING WORKOUT
Consonants, Consonant Blends
Hard and Soft c and g
Short vowel sounds
Long vowel Sound a, i, o, u, e
Y as a Vowel and Vowels with r
Consonant Digraphs sh, th, ch, wh
Irregular Plurals and Regular Plurals adding s or es
Endings added to Base Words
Vowel Pairs and Digraphs
Words with o, oo, oi, ou
Silent consonants, Contractions, Homonyms, Consonant clusters
Prefixes un and dis
Endings and Suffexes
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:
Work sheets to supplement writing works
Varied reading texts from diffrent authors
Author biographies
Internet sites relevant to the topics being taught
Dvd relevant to topics being taught
Magazines…Time for Kids
Dictionaries and thesaurus
Childrens encyclopedias
Poetry texts
Students’ responsibilities for successful completion of course:
-Attentive and positive behaviour
-Dilligent preparation for weekly spelling test
-Completion of weekly homework
-Nightly reading at home
-Contribution to class discussions and debates
-Respect and care of one another
Evaluation methods:
Formal grade level tests
Weekly spelling and dictation tests
Oral presentations
Debating
Reading and comprehension tests
Story writing
Observation of daily work and behaviour