Writing Workshop Lesson Plan

Week of Feb. 22th

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
Review using
transition words in
paragraph writing.
What did you do this
weekend? a.m.
bellwork

Tuesday
Summarizing parts of
a poem

Wednesday
Scholastic News
Inside a Volcano
Finding facts in details
in a text to use to
write a report.

Sw use a frame to
write an expository
text on volcanoes.

Reading and Math scroll down

Thursday

Friday

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.
Monday

Tuesday

Poetry- visualization and

components of poems

Students will identify

elements of poetry in
poems

Using common core

coach handouts and
poems, students will find
elements of poetry and
interact with text
.
Reading groups: Pull out
groups based on
previous scores on
sequence of events .

Teacher I do, we do,

you do using
organizer to find
elements

.Reading groups with

focus on text features

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Review parts of poetry

and figurative language,
identifying speaker,
message, onomatopoeia,
punctuation
Poetry quiz

.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) Natalia, Brooklyn, Andrew, Leia, Marc (intensive) focus- word attack and fluency Materials
(present progressive and past tense verbs, and leveled readers)
1) Yaniva, Francisco, Mya, Saydee, Alexes, Thomas (strategic ) Focus using text features,
questioning, predicting to gain comprehension
2) Michael, Benjamin, Christian, Leia, Marc(on level) referring back to the text to justify answers

3) Christian, , Jayden , Leia, Gavyn , April (on level) figurative language, higher order thinking by
making inferences, drawing conclusions
4) Mia, Nathan, Adam, Adrianna, Sofia, Juan (advanced) figurative language, higher order thinking by
making inferences, drawing conclusions

Math Week of Feb. 23

3.MD4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulars marked with halves and fourths of an
inch. Show the data by making a line plot where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate unitswhole numbers, halves, or quarters
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
Quiz- multiplying by
4s
Use Kahn academy to
teach line plot graphs
to mixed numbers
(1/2, ) after brief
teacher lesson using
number line.
Use practice from
Kahn academy using
white boards.
In groups, students will
make a line plot graph
using data gathered
from measuring
objects.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Review adding and

subtracting with
regrouping

Review adding and

subtracting with
regrouping

Problem solving
Module 7 lesson 1

Problem solving
Module 7 lesson 2

Thursday

Friday

.concept development
yardstick, large
fraction strip, fraction
strips, blank paper and
ruler

Concept development

Concept Development

.timer and personal

white board needed

Problem Set, followed

by exit ticket

Problem Set, followed

by exit ticket