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Grade 3

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Focus

Reading:

•Basic close reading of stories, picture books, short stories

•Basic research and build knowledge

Language:

•Common grammar rules

Writing:

•Narrative/informational paragraph writing

Reading:

•Close reading multiple types of text including short novels, poems, and informational texts

•In-depth analysis of texts

Language:

•Expand word strategy

•Basic figures of speech

Writing:

•Editorial writing and mini essays

Reading:

•Close reading of multi- type texts including medium to long novels and scientific works

•Multi-genre reading of humanities, science, history

•Reading skills progression

Language:

•Complex sentence structure

•Flexible language functions

Writing:

•Blending of narrative and informative essays

Reading:

•Myths, Classics, speech reading

•Compare and contrast multi-type texts

•Support point of view with reading

Language:

•Master multiple sentence patterns

•Figure of speech enrichment

Writing:

•Narrative and literary argument essays

Reading:

•Long literary book、multi-media texts reading

•Research skills climbs

•Support point of views with evidence from texts

Language:

•Master multiple clauses

•Precise, concise language

Writing:

•Analytical essay and position paper

Reading:

•Masterpieces, articles, film adaptations, and audio-related learning

•Multi-category compare and study

•Research and critique skills

•Advancement in academic ability

Language:

•Academic language usage

Writing:

•Essay, position speech paper

Central Texts

•My Librarian is a Camel

•Everything You Need to Know About Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures

•Classic Starts: Peter Pan

•The Red Wheelbarrow

•Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

•Simple Machines

•The Hope Chest

•Esperanza Rising

•Sloth Canopy Researcher

•Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

•The Lightning Thief

•Bud, Not Buddy

•Dragonwings

•Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

•Articles about the adolescent brain and the effects of technology use

•To Kill a Mockingbird

•The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat

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