EXPLORATION: It’s Summer! Planning & Pacing
Grade 3 I Week 1
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Read-Aloud Summer Color!, TG & SH pp. 6–7 (cont.)
Read-Aloud Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!, TG & SH pp. 8–9
Read-Aloud Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!, TG & SH pp. 8–9 (cont.) Book Club or Word Study pages
Read-Aloud Summer Color!, TG & SH pp. 6–7
Whole Class
Book Club or Word Study pages
Reading Instruction Owls, TG pp. 16–17 (cont.)
Introduce Book Club books to the whole class. For background about each book, see the corresponding lesson in the TG. • Summer Days and Nights • The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer • No Dogs Allowed! • Come On, Rain!
Small Group
Rotate after 20 minutes
Reading Instruction Owls, TG pp. 16–17
Book Club or Word Study pages
Reading Instruction Life in the Ocean, TG pp. 18–19
Teacher helps students pick
Independent/ Partner Work
Book Club books and form clubs.
Writing & Speaking
Writing & Speaking
Writing & Speaking Ask students to write and
Writing & Speaking Introduce the
Whole Class*
Guide students to complete the “Your Perfect Summer Day” activity related to Summer Color!
Guide students to revise and present their “Your Perfect Summer Day” activity.
focused writing type for the unit:
illustrate three of the life stages of an owlet, based on the book Owls .
informative/ explanatory writing, TG pp. 117–119.
on page 7 of their Student Handbooks.
* There are a variety of writing activities included with all lesson types: Read-Alouds, Teacher-Led Reading Instruction, and Book Club titles. Feel free to substitute any of these activities during the Writing & Speaking part of the day.
4 Scholar Zone Summer: Reading & Writing
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