Lessons Plans
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Teacher Resource:
Literacy Essentials 3rd Grade Teacher Guide Semester 1
Literacy Essentials 3rd Grade Copy Masters
Classrooms with students who have had Literacy Essentials in K-3: “Beginning of the Year Review.” (2 weeks)
Classrooms with students who are new to Literacy Essentials: “Older Student Adaptation Review.” (4 weeks)
Lessons: Follow the orthography review thoroughly and completely to ensure students have a solid foundation on which to build for reading and writing.
Use the cursive packet found in the 3rd Grade Copy Masters to review letter formation while reviewing the phonograms.
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Day 1: Introduce the history of English using the interactive timeline.
Day. 2: Introduce Greek and Latin roots.
Day 3: Begin teaching formal spelling/vocabulary lists using the Morphology Teacher Guide and English from the Roots Up.
