Writing Workshop Lesson Plan

Week of March 7th

Margaret Watson third grade

Common Core Standards: 3.W.4 produce writing appropriate to task and purpose 3.W.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as
needed by planning, revising and editing. 3.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined
experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.

Monday
Informative
Writing
Write an
article for the
school
newspaper,
explaining how to
safely take a walk
in the desert.
Think about
including what to
watch, or look
for, how to
interact with
wildlife.

Tuesday
Revise/edit
newspaper article
from Monday. final
copy after peer
conference and
revisions

MTSS

Reading and Math scroll down

Wednesday
Compare
contrast
scholastic news
Hoop Dancer
article and poem
Celebrations
using contrasting
vocabulary words
. But, however,
on the other
hand, yet, in
contrast

Thursday
Revise/edit
compare/contrast
from Weds. final
copy after peer
conference and
revisions

Friday
Final copies of all
work due

Internet safety

Live theatre

Tuesday- Cesar Chavez assembly and a.m. sub.

Reading Block
.3.RL5

Refer to parts of stories, dramas and poems when writing or speaking about a text
using terms such as chapter, scene, stanza; describe how each successive part builds on
previous sections 3.RL10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature
including stories, dramas and poetry at the high end of the grades 23 text complexity
band independently and proficiently. 3.RI.7, 3.RI.8 3.RI.10 informational text features,
organization, and text complexity
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Review text features from

chart. Students then
take 3 minutes to talk
about the text features
they see, and what they
mean. Read article
silently on Scholastic
News Hoop Dancer
Watch online video
Authors purpose

Cesar Chavez
Assembly- discuss
what information was
given. What facts did
you hear? What
emotions did you feel?
What opinions do you
have? Do you think
his work was
important? Why or
why not?

300G Harcourt poem

Celebration (Native
American Dance)

Go over Schoolcity online

ELA benchmark.
Students use

Quiz- Hoop Dancer

article from Scholastic
News- Open book test.

Connect Hoop Dancer

and Celebrations
poem. Which form of

Thursday

Friday

Scholastic News
Would You Run For
President?
Search for Text
Features Organizer
Students will then read
articles on their own,
using underlining
strategies as shown on
Monday and take quiz
including short answer
citing evidence from
text Authors Purpose
Go over Schoolcity
online ELA benchmark.
Students use

Compare/contrast
texts with article on
campaigning and
presidents over time.

Go over Schoolcity
online ELA
benchmark.

whiteboards to select
answers, share their
thinking orally. Students
share how they referred
back to text, took apart
the question, underlining
main idea, where we
found our answer, etc.

P.E. dragon tail game

Reading groups: Pull
out groups based on
previous scores on
sequence of events .

Pass out quiz and

article to each student.
They are to refer back
to the text to locate
answers and for
paraphrasing for short
answer section of quiz.
Stress they are to use
complete sentences.
Students finishing
early will read silently
at their desks from
book bag.
P.E. Everybodys It tag
game
.Reading groups with
focus on text features

writing gives you facts

and details? Which
provides a sensory
image, or feelings and
emotions as well as a
picture in your head?
Think about Authors
Purpose for writing

whiteboards to select
answers, share their
thinking orally.
Students share how
they referred back to
text, took apart the
question, underlining
main idea, where we
found our answer, etc.

Students use
whiteboards to select
answers, share their
thinking orally.
Students share how
they referred back to
text, took apart the
question, underlining
main idea, where we
found our answer,
etc.

.Reading groups reteach

of plural nouns based on
quiz results from Mon,
Weds

Reading groups: (Several children in two groups because of varied needs) To be determined by
schoolcity scores as well

1)
2)
3)
4)

1) Natalia, Brooklyn, Andrew, Francisco, Thomas (intensive) focus- word attack and fluency
Materials (present progressive and past tense verbs, and leveled readers)
Yaniva, , Mya, Saydee, Alexes, (strategic ) Focus using text features, questioning, predicting to
gain comprehension
Michael, Benjamin, Christian, Leia, Marc(on level) referring back to the text to justify answers
Christian, , Jayden , Leia, Gavyn , April (on level) figurative language, higher order thinking by
making inferences, drawing conclusions
Mia, Nathan, Adam, Adrianna, Sofia, Juan (advanced) figurative language, higher order thinking by
making inferences, drawing conclusions

Math Week of March 7

3.G.1 Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that the shared attributes can define a larger
category; recognize rhombuses, rectangles and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples that do not
belong to any of these sub categories.
3.OA.6 Understand division as an unknown factor problem

3.OA.4 determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers
3.OA.5 apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide

3OA8 Solve two step word problems using the four operations Represent these problems
using a letter standing for the unknown quantity; assess the reasonableness of answers
using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
Monday
Geometry- vocabulary;
exploring polygons
and angles equating
number of sides with
number of angles
Students will draw and
build polygons using
manipulatives

Commoncoresheets.co
m
Practice factors of 6

Tuesday

Wednesday

Geometry- Make
Geometry (do math in
quadrilateral attribute a.m.) finish reading in
umbrella
p.m.

Sw compare
attributes; focus on
sets, subsets;
categories and
subcategories
Commoncoresheets.c
om
Practice factors of 6

Review

Thursday

Friday

3.OA.4 determine
unknown whole
number in
multiplication and
division problem
Common Core
sheets practice and
quiz

3. OA.4 and 5
determine unknown
whole number in
multiplication and
division problem
Online schoolcity
quiz

Practice factors of 6

Assess factors of 6

Schoolcity quiz
Practice factors of 6