Grade 3 Unit 3
- 1. Isaac School District No.5 ELAS Thematic Unit Overview Grade 3 – Unit 3 2012-2013 Unit 3: Inventors and Artists DURATION: Six Weeks In this unit, students read biographies about musicians, artists, and inventors of the early twentieth century. Students read fiction that shows the passion of an artist; poetry that shows a different way of thinking; and biographies of creative people living and working in the same time period. They also read about conjunctions, and use them while composing sentences that describe what they learned about the inventors. They create a slide presentation, and build upon word work on conjunctions by writing an opinion piece about a favorite poem in the unit. Finally, they record themselves fluently reading a poem, illustrate the poem, and post the work on the Internet for parents to enjoy. Essential Questions: Vocabulary: How did inventors and artists decide where biographies to put their efforts? complex sentence compound sentence Why were these artists and inventors coordinating conjunction considered exceptional? note taking presentation Essential Learning: research questions simple sentence People who directly affected history by their subordinating conjunction actions, inventions, and creativity used critical thinking skills to produce their works. Distributed Resources Aligned to Unit 3: Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor (TIME for Kids, DeMauro) Henry Ford: Putting the World on Wheels (TIME for Kids, Nabli) Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor of the Telephone (TIME for Kids, Micklos) Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist’s Microscope (Kramer & Kunkel) Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions (Heller) Underlined vocabulary indicates Tier II word. 1
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