Rooted in Reading 3rd Grade March Comprehension Activities & Passages w/ Grammar

3rd Grade Rooted in Reading for March will give you comprehension lesson plans, reading strategy focus posters, book comprehension questions, reading passages, and more to deepen comprehension in your classroom! These standards-based reading lesson plans will teach your students how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.

Each week we focus on different comprehension skills and strategies that will take your little learners on a reading journey like never before. All lesson plans and activities are aligned with the Common Core Standards and TEKS. This can be used as a stand alone curriculum OR as a supplemental curriculum. You can do ALL of what we include or pick and choose the activities that work best for you and your students! Want to know more? Check out below!

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Books needed for this unit:

On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne

Hoop Genius by John Coy

The House That Jane Built by Tanya Lee Stone

I Dissent by Debbie Levy

Comprehension Focuses:

Fact and Opinion

Procedural Texts

Point of View

Audience

Text Evidence

Flashbacks

Cause and Effect

Nonfiction

Biographies

Creating an Opinion

Grammar Focuses:

Reader’s Theater for Hoop Genius with Grammar Review

Abstract Nouns

Reader’s Theater for I Dissent

Suffixes

Prefixes

Nonfiction Readers (displayable version and printer friendly version for students)

Basketball Legends

Struggle to Success

Charities Founded by Children

The United States Judicial System

But wait, there’s more!

4 Fiction Reading Passages

4 Nonfiction Reading Passages

4 Comprehension Assessments that ask questions about the weekly read aloud and comprehension focus

Interactive Notebook Entries:

The Audience

Point of View

Fact and Opinion

Procedural Steps

Character Traits with Evidence

Flashbacks

Nonfiction Notetaking

My Opinion Writing

Events from Ruth's Life: Cause and Effect

Anchor Charts- The templates for the charts are included:

All About Jane Addams with Text Evidence

All About Albert Einstein

Ruth Bader Ginsburg with timeline

Let’s Talk About Facts and Opinions

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary Cards and Definitions

Student Vocabulary Sheet

Let’s Define It Match

Word Wizard

Flap-Ups

Analyzing Words

Assessment

Art and Writing:

Jane Addams Directed Drawing

Basketball Man Craft

Albert Einstein Directed Drawing

Gavel Craft

Supreme Courthouse Craft

Daily Deep Dive: Each week we take a sentence from the book to do a daily deep dive! Students have daily activities to complete in their spiral. These activities will focus on the meaning and structure of the sentence.

Grammar:

Prefixes:

Prefix Digital Posters

Prefix Board Game

Prefix Flap-Ups with Sort

Prefix Pocket Book

Prefix Assessment

Suffixes:

Suffix Digital Posters

Suffix Flap-Book

Suffix Pocketbook

Suffix Board Game

Suffix Assessment

Abstract Nouns:

Abstract Nouns Digital Poster

Abstract Noun Cards

Abstract Noun Interactive Notebook Entry

Find the Abstract Nouns Scoot

Sort Those Nouns

Name a Noun

Abstract Noun Assessment

Grammar Review:

Parts of Speech Digital Posters

Shooting For Parts of Speech activity and interactive notebook entry

Simple and Compound Sentences Digital Posters

Compound Sentence Activity

Dialogue Digital Poster

Dialogue Activity with Basketball Directed Drawing

Subject and Predicate Digital Posters

Subject and Predicate Activity

Commas in a Series Digital Poster

Commas in a Series Flap-Ups

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