Third Grade Reading, Language, Writing- Unit 4B, Our Government

Following the Common Core Curriculum Map for Third Grade Unit 4 from Commoncore.org, this two week unit focuses on the theme Our Government (Preamble).

Activities for reading, language, poetry and writing are included for these third grade standards: RI.1, RI.2, RI.3, RI.4, RI.5, RI.6, RI.7, RI.8, RI.10, RF.4.b, W.2, W.10, SL.1.c L.2.g, L.4.b, L.4.d
Suggested integration: social studies unit on Government.

Literary Texts: none
Informational Text: Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution (Fritz)
...If You Were There When They Wrote the Constitution (Levy)
Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who? (Bateman)
We the Kids (Catrow)
***Texts not included


This packet has 90 pages, 7 pages of Teacher Information (Unit outline and activity directions), 77 pages of student activities and 5 answer keys.

Reading activities:
-Discussion Cards, for class read aloud
-Response Journal
-Government Key Terms
-Branches of Government Tri-Book
-Levels of Government Step Book
-Stamp Collection (National Symbols)

Poetry:
-Preamble vocabulary cut and paste
-Preamble Choral Reading
-Preamble Acrostic Poem


Language activities: Prefixes pre-, re- im-, in-, non-, dis-, non-, mis-
-Prefix picture cards and word cards
-2 sets Match Game cards
-2 sets I Have, Who Has game cards
-Prefix Parade
-Prefix Pretty as Picture
-2 Stars and Stripes Prefix Quiz


Writing Activities
-USA Gazette class newpaper

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