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.
Lesson Map
Write a paragraph that teaches others about the effect of the arrival of European settlers to North America.
Plan a cause-and-effect paragraph that describes the conditions on the Mayflower.
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L7)
- 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.
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L7)
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L7)
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.
Draft a cause-and-effect paragraph with important facts and details to describe the challenges and rewards of being in the "New World."
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Cause and Effect T-Chart Sample Response (G3, U2, L11) — (Completed)
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.
Draft a cause-and-effect paragraph that explains how the arrival of English settlers affected the Wampanoag.
- Single Paragraph Outline — Blank
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L15, Day 1)
- 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.
- Mixed-Up Sentences Practice Handout (G3, U2, L15)
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.
Investigate a research question on the topic of the first Thanksgiving.
- Research Note-Taking Graphic Organizer (G3, U2, L26) — (Printable)
- Research Note-Taking Graphic Organizer Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
- 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.
- 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.
- Single Paragraph Outline — Completed
- Single Paragraph Outline Sample Response (G3, U2, L26)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8
Develop and clarify writing by rearranging ideas to ensure a logical progression.
- Linking Words Practice Handout (G3, U2, L26)
Standards
W.3.2W.3.2.cW.3.7W.3.8
Publish an informational book on the first Thanksgiving.
- 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
