Rediscovering Thanksgiving: Fact vs. Fiction
ELA
Unit 2
3rd Grade
Lesson 25 of 26
These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.
Content Assessment
The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Cold Read Assessment
The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Fluency Assessment
The Fluency Assessment allows teachers to monitor students' oral reading fluency progress with a reading passage drawn from one of the unit's core texts. The Fluency Assessment should be given at the end of a unit. Teachers should plan to pull students one-on-one to do this while the rest of the class is independently reading or writing. Find additional guidance for using this assessment and supporting reading fluency in Teacher Tools.
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Lesson Map
Write a paragraph that teaches others about the effect of the arrival of European settlers to North America.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2)
- Cause and Effect T-Chart (G3, U2)
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L7)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
- Editing Checklist 1 (G3, U2)
Plan a cause-and-effect paragraph that describes the conditions on the Mayflower.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2)
- Cause and Effect T-Chart (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Draft a cause-and-effect paragraph that describes the conditions on the Mayflower.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2)
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L7)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Write a paragraph that teaches others about the effect of the arrival of European settlers to North America.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2)
- Cause and Effect T-Chart Sample Response (G3, U2, L11)
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L7)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
- Editing Checklist 1 (G3, U2)
Draft a cause-and-effect paragraph with important facts and details to describe the challenges and rewards of being in the "New World."
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Cause and Effect T-Chart Sample Response (G3, U2, L11) — (Completed)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Write a paragraph explaining the impact of the arrival of European settlers in North America.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2)
- Cause and Effect T-Chart (G3, U2)
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L7)
- Mixed-Up Sentences Practice Handout (G3, U2, L15)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
- Editing Checklist 1 (G3, U2)
Draft a cause-and-effect paragraph that explains how the arrival of English settlers affected the Wampanoag.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
- Cause and Effect T-Chart (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Develop and clarify writing by rearranging ideas to ensure a logical progression.
- Pilgrims
- Mixed-Up Sentences Practice Handout (G3, U2, L15)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 1 (G3, U2)
- Editing Checklist 1 (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Research, draft, illustrate, and create an informational book to teach the events of the history that would become the "First" Thanksgiving.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Research Note-Taking Graphic Organizer (G3, U2, L26)
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L26)
- The Real Story of Thanksgiving Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 2 (G3, U2)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G3, U2)
Investigate a research question on the topic of the first Thanksgiving.
- All unit texts
- Research Note-Taking Graphic Organizer (G3, U2, L26) — (Printable)
- Research Note-Taking Graphic Organizer Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
- Informational Writing Rubric (G3)
- The Real Story of Thanksgiving Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.6W.3.7W.3.8
Plan an informational paragraph about the true story of the first Thanksgiving that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
- All unit texts
- Colored markers — For color-coding notes
- Single Paragraph Outline
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Plan an informational paragraph about the true story of the first Thanksgiving that introduces a topic, includes related details, and provides a concluding statement.
- All unit texts
- Single Paragraph Outline — Completed
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 2 (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Develop and clarify writing by rearranging ideas to ensure a logical progression.
- All unit texts
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L26)
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 2 (G3, U2)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G3, U2)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.cW.3.7W.3.8
Publish an informational book on the first Thanksgiving.
- All unit texts
- Single Point Informational Writing Rubric 2 (G3, U2)
- Single Paragraph Outline — Completed
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
- The Real Story of Thanksgiving Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
- Digital Book Template (G3, U2, L26)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.6W.3.7W.3.8
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