What's Special About Grade 3?
In Grade 3, having achieved fluency, students begin to realize and put to work the full power of the new literacy skills. They read books with chapters, draw on a range of sources for information, write for a variety of purposes, and create in a range of formats. It's at Grade 3 that students discover that books are not only friends, but helpers.
Program Components
Literacy Place Grade 3 contains the following program components:
Suggested Core Components
Other Critical Resources
· Assessment Kit
· ESL/ELD Resource Book
· Take-Home Practice Readers
· Trade Books
· Selection Audiocassettes
Unit-by-Unit
Each six-week Literacy Place unit is built around a Big Idea, a Mentor, and a Place. The sixth week is spent in a unit wrap-up and a final creative project.
PERSONAL LITERACY
INTELLECTUAL LITERACY
SOCIAL LITERACY
What's New?
Big Idea We learn about our world through new experiences.
Mentor Wilderness Guide: Keith Jardine
Place Wilderness School
Project Anecdote
Big Plans
Big Idea Making and using plans can help us solve problems.
Mentor Architect: Jack Catlin
Place Construction Site
Project Floor Plan
On the Job
Big Idea Teams work best when they use each member's strengths to get the job done.
