Curriculum / ELA / 3rd Grade / Unit 2: Rediscovering Thanksgiving: Fact vs. Fiction / Lesson 16
ELA
Unit 2
3rd Grade
Lesson 16 of 24
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Discuss unit essential question using information from multiple texts and sources.
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Who were the first people to live in present day New England? How were their lives and communities impacted by the Europeans?
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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.
SL.3.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.3.1.a — Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
SL.3.1.d — Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
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).
SL.3.6 — Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
W.3.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Explain what motivated the settlement and colonization of the New World and what challenges the explorers faced.
RI.3.3
Describe the conditions on the Mayflower and why so many people decided to take the journey.
RI.3.3 RI.3.6
Describe Lizzy's experiences on the Mayflower and the challenges she faced.
Writing
Describe what life was like on the Mayflower by writing a variety of compound sentences.
L.3.1 L.3.1.h L.3.1.i RI.3.3
Explain why the Pilgrims were not satisfied with Cape Cod and why they were satisfied with Plymouth.
Explain what readers learn from Lizzy about what life was like in the "New World."
Writing – 2 days
Write a few sentences describing the challenges and rewards of being in the New World.
L.3.1.f L.3.1.h L.3.1.i RI.3.3 W.3.2
Describe who the Wampanoag were and what they valued.
Describe key aspects of Wampanoag culture.
Analyze how the Wampanoag viewed the Pilgrims and explain why.
Explain how the arrival of European explorers impacted the Wampanoag.
RI.3.3 RI.3.9
Explain why Squanto chose to help the Pilgrims.
RI.3.3 RI.3.6 RI.3.9
Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.
L.3.1.h L.3.1.i
Analyze what information is missing about the Wampanoag.
Describe the Wampanoag's relationship with the colonists.
Discussion
RI.3.3 SL.3.1 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.d
Draft a paragraph describing what it was like to be a Wampanoag in 1621.
RI.3.3 W.3.2 W.3.2.a
Analyze an account of the first Thanksgiving and explain what happened.
Discuss unit essential questions using information from multiple texts and sources.
RI.3.6 RI.3.9 SL.3.1 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.d
Informative Writing – 4 days
Students will research, draft, illustrate, and create books to teach younger students about the real story of the First Thanksgiving.
L.3.2.a RI.3.3 RI.3.6 RI.3.9 W.3.2 W.3.2.a W.3.7 W.3.8
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