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Journeys Curriculum Map Unit 6
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Lesson 26: The Foot Race Across America
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Power StandardsReading ResourcesWritingPhonicsSpelling
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L.3.4b
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Grab and GoInformative Writing: Compare and Contrast Paragraph

Focus Trait: Organization
Final Syllables
-tion, -sion
PERSON Sunday AL enjoy herself order Monday
helmet garden forget
mistake until problem umpire carpet
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GrammarVocabularySmall Group/CentersSkills & StrategyScience/S.S.
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AbbreviationsStrategies:
suffix: -ion

Focus Vocabulary: principal
proud announced advice loyal
ability absorb loveliest compete approached
Trade Books:
Donavan’s Jar
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Literacy Centers: Word Study, Think and Write, Comprehension and Fluency.

Reader’s Notebook

Close Reader
Target Skill:
Main Idea and Details

Target Strategy:
Analyze/Evaluate
Values:
Determination
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Lesson 26 Standards
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L.3.4b- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.RI 3.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.RF.3.3c- Know and apply grade- level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. C.) decode multisyllable words.
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L.3.6- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationshipsRI 3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g Key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.RF 3.4 B Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
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L.3.2- Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.RI 3.6Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.Rf 3.4 C Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary
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RL 3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-4 text complexity band independently and proficiently.RF 3.4 B Read on-level prose and peltry orally with accuracy appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
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AssessmentsI Can Statements
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Grammar: Weekly Assessment
Vocabulary: Weekly Assessment
Phonics: Weekly Assessment
Comprehension: Standards Based Weekly Assessment
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Lesson 27: The Power of Magnets
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Power StandardsReading ResourcesWritingPhonicsSpelling
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L.3.4a
L.3.6
RI.3.3 RF.3.3c
Grab and GoInformative Writing: Problem and Solution Paragraph

Focus Trait: Ideas
Double Consonantsjelly button
lesson butter
hello dollar bottom
cherry rabbit pillow sudden letter happen arrow
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GrammarVocabularySmall Group/CentersSkills & StrategyScience/S.S.
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contractionsStrategies: homographs and homophones

Focus Vocabulary: research
tools familiar gadget invention experiment electric power improve prove
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Literacy Centers: Word Study, Think and Write, Comprehension and Fluency.

Reader’s Notebook

Close Reader
Target Skill:
Cause and Effect

Target Strategy:
Summarize
Physical Science:
Magnets
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Lesson 27 Standards
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L.3.6- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., after dinner that night we went looking for them)RI 3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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L.3.4a- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. A. use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.RF.3.3c- Know and apply grade- level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. C.) decode multisyllable words.
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R.L 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answersRF 3.4 B Read on-level prose and peltry orally with accuracy appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
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. RI.3.3- Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.Rf 3.4 C Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary
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RI 3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
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AssessmentsI Can Statements
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Grammar: Weekly Assessment
Vocabulary: Weekly Assessment
Phonics: Weekly Assessment
Comprehension: Standards Based Weekly Assessment
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Lesson 28: Becoming Anything He Wants to Be
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Power StandardsReading ResourcesWritingPhonicsSpelling
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L.3.4c
L.3.6
RI.3.1 RF.3.3d
Grab and GoInformative Writing: instructions

Focus Trait: word choice
ough and aughwas draw sought naughty
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GrammarVocabularySmall Group/CentersSkills & StrategyScience/S.S.
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commas in sentencesStrategies:
word roots

Focus Vocabulary: throughout textures
peak steep tropical landscape slopes altitude survival equipment
Trade Books:
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Literacy Centers: Word Study, Think and Write, Comprehension and Fluency.

Reader’s Notebook

Close Reader
Target Skill:
Fact and Opinion

Target Strategy:
Visualize
Health and Safety:
Being Active
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Lesson 28 Standards
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L.3.6- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationshipsRI 3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.RF 3.4 A Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
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L.3.4c- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.L.3.2a- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. A. capitalize appropriate words in titles.RF 3.3b Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
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L.3.5a- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. A. distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.RL.3.7- Explain how specific aspects of text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of character or setting).RF 3.4 D Cant find
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R.L 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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RI 3.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
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AssessmentsI Can Statements
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Grammar: Weekly Assessment
Vocabulary: Weekly Assessment
Phonics: Weekly Assessment
Comprehension: Standards Based Weekly Assessment
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Lesson 29: A New Team of Heroes
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Power StandardsReading ResourcesWritingPhonicsSpelling
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L.3.4b
L.3.6
RL.3.3
RL.3.6 RF.3.3c
Grab and GoInformative Writing: Prewrite a
Research Report Focus Trait: Ideas
ending in er or leflower people whistle character
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GrammarVocabularySmall Group/CentersSkills & StrategyScience/S.S.
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what is a prepositionStrategies: prefix: un and dis

Focus Vocabulary: excitement
score athlete tense succeed league earn partners pleasure contribute
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Literacy Centers: Word Study, Think and Write, Comprehension and Fluency.

Reader’s Notebook

Close Reader
Target Skill:
Understanding Characters

Target Strategy:
Monitor/Clarify
Values:
Doing Your Best
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Lesson 29 Standards
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L.3.4b- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.RL 3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.RI 3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g Key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
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L.3.6- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., after dinner that night we went looking for them). RL.3.7- Explain how specific aspects of text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of character or setting).RI 3,6Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
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RL.3.3- Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.RI 3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.RF 3.4 A Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
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RF 3.3 A Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixesRI 3.2Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.RF 3.4.B Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
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RF.3.3c- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. C. Decode multisyllable words.RI 3.3Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
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AssessmentsI Can Statements
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Grammar: Weekly Assessment
Vocabulary: Weekly Assessment
Phonics: Weekly Assessment
Comprehension: Standards Based Weekly Assessment
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Lesson 30: Saving Buster
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Power StandardsReading ResourcesWritingPhonicsSpelling
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L.3.6
RL.3.1
RL.3.3 RF.3.3c L.3.1a
Grab and GoInformative Writing: draft a research report

Focus Trait: organization
Long i
-i -ie and -igh
away want awhile beyond
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GrammarVocabularySmall Group/CentersSkills & StrategyScience/S.S.
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correct pronounsStrategies: compound words

Focus Vocabulary: worried certainly
raise afford applause anxiously dramatic guided ingredients fetch
Trade Books:
Donavan’s Jar
Jake Drake: Know it All

Literacy Centers: Word Study, Think and Write, Comprehension and Fluency.

Reader’s Notebook

Close Reader
Target Skill:
Conclusions

Target Strategy:
Question
Community:
Working Together
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Lesson 30 Standards
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L.3.6- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationshipsRF.3.3c- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. C. Decode multisyllable words.RF 3.4 A Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
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R.L 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.L.3.1a- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.RF 3.4.B Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
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RL.3.3- Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.