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CKLA Unit 8: Third Grade Skills—Native American Stories


Focus:
In Unit 8, students continue to build skills in spelling, grammar, and morphology. The Student Reader, Native American Stories, depicts specific groups of Native Americans  living in various regions of North America from an earlier period in time.  As students read the text, they consider how people adapt to their environment and how that adaptation can shape their culture.

Number of Lessons: 10

Lesson Time:
80 minutes each (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)

Additional Search Terms:
Native Americans • historical fiction • plural possessive nouns • summary

Language Arts Grade 3 English

Individual Resources

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CKLA Unit 8: Third Grade Skills—Native American Stories TEACHER GUIDE

This comprehensive Teacher Guide specifies learning objectives and provides background information, daily lesson plans, assessments, and other resources for teaching the Skills unit.

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CKLA Unit 8: Third Grade Skills—Native American Stories STUDENT WORKBOOK

Student Workbooks contain activity pages that provide practice or reinforcement of skills taught in the unit. Graphic organizers, assessment tasks, and take home activities are also included in the workbooks.

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CKLA Unit 8: Third Grade Skills—Native American Stories STUDENT READER

These 100% decodable texts provide children an authentic reading experience and reinforce their sense of success by eliminating the distraction of encountering untaught spelling patterns. The texts are written in the style of chapter books to inspire children to want to read more.

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CKLA Unit 8: Third Grade Skills—Native American Stories VOCABULARY CARDS

Vocabulary Cards reinforce vocabulary listed in the glossary of the unit’s Student Reader.

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CKLA Unit 8: Third Grade Skills—Native American Stories VOCABULARY IMAGE CARDS

Image Cards are used to reinforce and deepen students’ understanding of the vocabulary listed in the Student Reader glossary.