ELA+Grade+3+Unit+1


 * Grade 3 Unit 1**
 * Stories Worth Telling Again and Again**

Student Writing Models [|][] > Peer Edit with Perfection and Effective Strategies > [] [] [] Student Online Interactive Life on the Pronoun Reef [] > Noun Dunk > [] > Houghton Mifflin Practice for Grammar and Writing > [] > Grammar Gorillas > [] > UEN Language Arts Interactives for Grades 3-6 > [] Langston Hughes Poem [] > Venn Diagrams can be created in Kidspiration software with pictures and words and can found in the school computer labs. > Native American Trickster Tales > [] > > Mulitmedia/Slideshow software such as KeyNote, KidPix, iPhoto, or iMovie, can be found in the school computer labs. > Paul Goble’s Art at the South Dakota Art Museum > [] > Paul Goble’s Illustrated Book Covers > http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/goble_paul.html  Illustrations from Paul Gobel’s book, Girl Who Loved Wild Horses > []
 * Student Objectives:**
 * Tell stories from personal experiences and write narratives telling those stories.
 * Revise and edit narratives with the help of peers and adults.
 * Determine and analyze characters’ traits motivations in realistic fiction such as //The Stories Julian Tells.//
 * Distinguish nouns, pronouns, and verbs from each other, understanding the role of each in a sentence.
 * Perform a Langston Hughes poem dramatically, with expression and appropriate phrasing for meaning.
 * Compare and contrast two “grandparent” books, specifically, the characters and message of the books.
 * Determine the trickster, the fool, the problem, and the solution in various cultures’ trickster tales.
 * Research one of the trickster tale’s cultures, as part of responding to class-generated questions.
 * Create a class book or a multi-media presentation based on the culture research.
 * Discuss Paul Goble’s artistic contribution to and reflection of the Native American culture.

Literary Texts **Stories** Our stories: // The Stories Julian Tells //(Ann Cameron and Ann Strugnell) (E) []

> [] > > > [] > > > [] > > Grandparents’ stories: // Grandfather’s Journey // [|http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/grand.htm] [] [] // Tea with Milk //(Allen Say) (EA) []
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 * // More Stories Julian Tells //(Ann Cameron and Ann Strugnell) (EA)
 * // The Stories Huey Tells //(Ann Cameron and Roberta Smith) (EA)
 * // Gloria’s Way //(Ann Cameron and Lis Toft) (EA)

> [] > [] > > // Snowed in with Grandmother Silk //(Carol Fenner and Amanda Harvey) []
 * // Song and Dance Man //(Karen Ackerman and Stephen Gammel)

> [] > > > [] > [][]
 * // Annie and the Old One //(Miska Miles and Peter Parnall)
 * // Through Grandpa’s Eyes //(Patricia Maclachlan and Deborah Kogan Ray) (EA)
 * // Knots on a Counting Rope //(John Archambault, Ted Rand, and Bill Martin, Jr.)

> [] > > Cultural trickster stories:
 * // The Memory String //(Eve Bunting and Ted Rand)

> [] > [] > > > [] > > // Paul Goble Author Study at ReadWriteThink // [|//http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/author-study-improving-reading-906.html//]
 * // Tops & Bottoms //(Janet Stevens) (E)
 * // Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl //(Virginia Hamilton and James Randome)
 * // Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains //(Barbara Knutson)
 * // Iktomi and the Buzzard //(Paul Goble)
 * // Iktomi and the Coyote //(Paul Goble)
 * // Iktomi and the Boulder //(Paul Goble)
 * // Iktomi and the Berries //(Paul Goble)
 * // Iktomi Loses His Eyes //(Paul Goble)

** Poems ** > [] > [] > > > [] > > > [] > > ** Stories (Read Aloud) ** > [] > > > http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-sign-of-the-beaver/ > > > Poems (Read Aloud) > [] > > > [] > > > http://www.tidefans.com/forums/book-ends/10426-poem-day-12-10-a.html > > > [] > > > [] > > Informational Texts Students will do internet research on a culture related to a favorite trickster tale:
 * “Grandpa’s Stories” (Langston Hughes) (E)
 * “Aunt Sue’s Stories” (Langston Hughes) (EA)
 * “Mother to Son” (Langston Hughes) (EA)
 * “By Myself” (Eloise Greenfield)
 * // The Apple and the Arrow //(Mary Buff)
 * // Sign of the Beaver //(Elizabeth Geroge Speare)
 * “Your World” (Georgia Douglas Johnson) (E)
 * “The Telephone” (Robert Frost) (EA)
 * “Nani” (Alberto Rios)
 * “You Are Old, Father William” (Lewis Carroll) (EA)
 * “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost…” (Traditional)

> Do research at Pioneer Library using World Book Encyclopedia Informational Text (Read Aloud) > [] > [] > > []
 * African American slave culture
 * European culture (choose specific country)
 * Native American (Plains) culture
 * Andes Mountain culture
 * // Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World //(Selby Beeler and G. Brian Karas) (E)
 * // Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns //(World of Language) (Ruth Heller)
 * // Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns //(World of Language) (Ruth Heller)
 * // A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns //(World of Language) (Ruth Heller)
 * // Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs //(World of Language) (Ruth Heller)

Art, Music, and Media ** Art ** Paul Goble, (1933-present) Paul Goble’s Art at the South Dakota Art Museum [] Paul Goble’s Illustrated Book Covers http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/goble_paul.html Illustrations from Paul Gobel’s book, Girl Who Loved Wild Horses []

** Additional Resources: **

>> Note: This is a presentation on storytelling for children. http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/cuesheets/single_cuesheet.cfm?asset_id=54575
 * Dylan Pritchett: Storyteller (cuesheet) (The Kennedy Center) (SL.3.4, W.3.3)
 * Dylan Pritchett: Storyteller (cuesheet) (The Kennedy Center) (SL.3.4, W.3.3)

>> [] >> Note: This is an activity on nouns. >> []
 * Fables and Trickster Tales Around the World (National Endowment for the Humanities) (RL.3.2)
 * Dynamite Diamante Poetry (ReadWriteThink)(L.3.1a)

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 * Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech (ReadWriteThink) (L.3.1a)
 * Using Picture Books to Teach Characterization in Writing Workshop (ReadWriteThink) (RL.3.3)

>> [] >> >> >> http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_chart.htm >> []
 * Maps of United States Indians by State (Native Languages of the Americas) (RI.3.7)
 * Native American Informational Chart (Mountain City Elementary School, Mountain City, TN) (RI.3.5)
 * A Collection of Trickster Tales (American Folklore.Net) (RL.3.2)

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