Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

How to be a Good Reader

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Student Work

Parents

Assessment

 

 

 

2 Days

 

ALL

Students

At the end of the lesson students will be able to use before, during, and after reading strategies effectively to gain meaning of what they have read.

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 2-9

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

ü      Write non-sense sentence on the board

ü      Learning to read vs. reading to learn

ü      Use a separate K,W,L chart for before, during, and after reading strategies.

ü      Have students create a Venn diagram the three strategies learned

 

 

KWL Charts

 

Venn Diagram

 

 

Study Guide pp. 7-18

Student Observation

 

Questioning Strategies

 

 

 

 

Additional Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

Reading Stories

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Student Work

Parents

Assessment

 

2 Days

 

ALL

Students

Students will identify parts of a story, story setting, characters and the plot of the story

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 10-20

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

ü      Extend the word study for multiple meaning words in “The Golden Touch”. Include:  act, power, order

 

On-line Interactive sites

 

 

 

Study Guide pp. 19-28

Mastering the TAKS – pp. 18-20

 

 

Additional Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

Reading for Information

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Student Work

Parents

Assessment

 

2 Days

 

ALL

Students

At the end of the lesson, students will identify types non-fiction passages and how to find the main idea and its supporting details.

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 21-30

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

 

Main Idea Flow Chart

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

ü      Practice using the following passages:  “ A Busy New President”, “Amazing Feet”, “Our World of Art”

Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Venn Diagram

 

Main Idea Flow Charts

Study Guide

Teacher Observation

 

On-Line Interactive Sites

 

 

 

Additional Notes:

 

Word Study extensions can include the study of multiple meaning words, compound words, general/technical vocabulary using context clues, word associations (antonyms, synonyms), word parts (morphemes, base words, root words), connective meaning, concepts, and/or use of the dictionary.

 

“Whiskers at Work”, pp. 24-25.  Include:  whiskers, leaps, nerves, slightest, twig, injury, protected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

Word Meaning Questions

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Parents

Student Work / Assessment

 

2 Days

 

ALL

Students

See TAKS Information Sheet

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 44-59

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

 

ü      Multiple Meaning Power Point – LTISD Curriculum 3rd Grade Language Arts Other Document – Word Study folder

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

 

Study Guide

“Daisy the Otter”

 

“Making History Come Alive”

 

On-Line Interactive Sites

 

 

 

Additional Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

 

TAKS Objective. 1:  Questions on Your Basic Understanding of a Reading

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Parents

Student Work / Assessment

 

3 Days

 

ALL

Students

See TAKS Information Sheet

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 60-79

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

 

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

ü      Word Study from internet site list

 

Study Guide

“Vickie and the Kitten”

 

“Where’s Nosy?”

 

 

 

On-Line Interactive Sites

 

 

Additional Notes:

 

Word Study extensions can include the study of multiple meaning words, compound words, general/technical vocabulary using context clues, word associations (antonyms, synonyms), word parts (morphemes, base words, root words), connective meaning, concepts, and/or use of the dictionary.

 

“The Lion and the Mouse”, p. 62.  Include:  awakened, creature, poor, repay, roared, angrily

 

“Chopsticks”, pp. 64-65. Include:  glancing, restaurant, utensils, plops, desperation, spike

 

“The Fisherman and the Small Fish”, pp. 68-69.  Include:  spare, worthwhile

 

“Our Robot Helpers”, pp. 71-72.  Include:  perform, especially, performing, disarming

 

“Come Rain or Shine”, pp. 74-75.  Include:  depend, sort, content

 

“Pass the Bread, Please”, pp. 77-78.  Include:  ancient, ruins, tombs, sacred, recipes, mummies, worn

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

 

TAKS Objective.2

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Parents

Student Work / Assessment

 

3 Days

 

Targeted

Students

See TAKS Information Sheet

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 80-94

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

 

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

ü      Word Study from internet site list

 

Study Guide

“Cookies for a Space Alien”

 

 

On-Line Interactive Sites

 

 

 

Additional Notes:

 

Word Study extensions can include the study of multiple meaning words, compound words, general/technical vocabulary using context clues, word associations (antonyms, synonyms), word parts (morphemes, base words, root words), connective meaning, concepts, and/or use of the dictionary.

 

“Scared of Everything”, pp. 82-84. Include:  practically, frightening, scared, stairwell, trembling, peered, gasped, dough, grumpy

 

“A Test of Skill”, pp. 93-94.  Include:  plains, chief, contest, obediently, leaped, onlookers, impatient 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

 

TAKS Objective 3

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Parents

Student Work / Assessment

 

4 Days

 

Targeted

Students

See TAKS Information Sheet

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 95-104; 125-145

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

 

Vocabulary List of Different Types of Texts

 

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

ü      Word Study from internet site list

 

Study Guide pp.

“Cooking up Sweet Cookies”

 

“Good Night, Rosie”

 

“Lewis and Clark”

 

“Ancient Egypt

 

“Triangle Power!”

 

“Shipwrecked in Antarctica

 

“Heimlich Maneuver”

 

On-Line Interactive Sites

 

Additional Notes:

 

Word Study extensions can include the study of multiple meaning words, compound words, general/technical vocabulary using context clues, word associations (antonyms, synonyms), word parts (morphemes, base words, root words), connective meaning, concepts, and/or use of the dictionary.

 

“Carrie Rose Hated Red”, pp. 100-102.  Include:  disliked, practice, trembling, leaped, volunteer

 

“Rosalind’s Special Gift”, pp. 126-128.  Include:  unusual, exact, pastries, crumpled, copycat, classmates,

 

“Bad Dude”, pp. 143-144.  Include:  dangerous, belonged, dinosaurs, skeleton, behaved, crouch, disappear, eruptions, volcanic

Accelerated Reading Instruction

20 Day Intervention

Grade 3

TAKS Objective 4

 

Scope and Sequence

Goal

Resource

Instruction

Parents

Student Work / Assessment

 

4 Days

 

Targeted

Students

See TAKS Information Sheet

Mastering the TAKS, by  Killoran, Zimmer, and Jarrett  pp. 105-124; 146-155

 

3rd Grade TAKS Study Guide, TEA 2006

 

ü      Complete activities in Killoran book

ü      Word Study from internet site list

 

Study Guide

“Do We Need a New Sports Arena?”

“Dear Mrs. Martinez”

Galapagos Islands

“Sanitation Department’s New Plan”

“Against All Odds”

“People and Places”

“Sultan’s Pearls”

On-Line Interactive Sites

 

Additional Notes:

Word Study extensions can include the study of multiple meaning words, compound words, general/technical vocabulary using context clues, word associations (antonyms, synonyms), word parts (morphemes, base words, root words), connective meaning, concepts, and/or use of the dictionary.

 

“Wheels in his Head”, pp. 107-109.  Include:  gentlemen, president, announced, introduced, fairgoers, towering, journey, invention, engineer, officials,

                                                                          towers, observation, feared, machine, crews, delay, supporters, brief, platform, applause, perfectly, fair

 

“Janitor’s Daughter Reaches New Heights”, pp.115-117.  Include:  official, universities, shack, cement, janitor, numb, providence, ancestors,

                                                                                                            scholarship, poverty, factory, despite, hardships, interview, achievement

 

“The Celebrated Frogs with Missing Legs”, pp. 119-121.  Include:  hiking, nature, nearby, serious, discovery, worried, scientists, chemicals agency,

                                                                                                             environment, poisons, exhibit, appeared, pollution, parasites, mystery  

 

“Moon Child”, pp. 148-149.  Include:  bamboo, cutter, holy, beam, excitement, prayers, remained, rejoin

 

“The Farmer and His Goose”, p. 150.  Include:  impatient, precious

 

“Belling the Cat”, p. 152.  Include:  enemy, dared, dens, midst, agree

 

“The Great Fire of 1871”. P. 153.  Include:  sidewalks, planks, destroyed