Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your third-grade students!
Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all!
Fable Mystery Folk tale Classic fiction Fairy tale Tall tale Poetry and song Historical fiction Greek legend
Each unit includes:
Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary Close reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activities Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion Genre study activity and literary analysis activity Writing prompt activity
Additional teacher resources:
Comprehensive vocabulary definitions "How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students Literary genres chart Literary elements and story structure chart Overview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structure
The illustrated reading selections in the grade 3 book are:
Aesop's Fable: "Country Mouse and City Mouse," Level L Mystery: "How Do You Spell Beware?" Level M Folk Tale: "The Mitten," Level M Classic Fiction: "Rebecca's School Day," Level N Fairy Tale: "Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon," Level N Tall Tale: "Davy Crockett Escapes a Tornado," Level O Poetry and Song: "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving," Level O Historical Fiction: "Lunch with Diego," Level P Greek Legend: "Damon and Pythias," Level P
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