3rd grade Instructional Guide

GRADE3 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 3: Different Environments

Module: Survive the Environment

Lesson 1: Survival of Organisms Lesson 2: Adaptations and Variations

can understand all the parts of an ecosystem.

Can be done in ELAblock

Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can explain what will happen to an ecosystem if one part of the ecosystem disappears. *Consider completing the Animal Fun Facts Interactive Presentation before reading/writing. I am learning to critically read a text so that I can fnd evidence. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can highlight evidence in the text. Learning Intention: I can use information from activities and readings to make a claim and explain how a tree lives in a desert. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can make a claim and support it with evidence from the texts and activities. *Use the CER model as a scaffold for the writing prompt.

Explain: Close Reading: Native California Birds Can be done in ELAblock Evaluate: Lesson Review

30 Min Learning Intention:

16-17

15

20-21

POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS Curator of Mammals and Birds

18-19