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CKLA Unit 11: Third Grade Skills—Introduction to Ecology


Focus:
Unit 11’s Student Reader, Introduction to Ecology, familiarizes students with the concepts of food chains, the balance of nature, changes to the environment, and protecting the environment. Students are administered a cumulative End-of-Year assessment, the results of which can be shared with fourth grade teachers via the End-of-Year Assessment Summary sheet included in the Student Workbook.

Number of Lessons: 10

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

Additional Search Terms:
nonfiction • ecology • John Muir • comparative and superlative adjectives • comparative and superlative adverbs • subject and object pronouns

Language Arts Grade 3 English

Individual Resources

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CKLA Unit 11: Third Grade Skills—Introduction to Ecology 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 11: Third Grade Skills—Introduction to Ecology 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 11: Third Grade Skills—Introduction to Ecology 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 11: Third Grade Skills—Introduction to Ecology VOCABULARY CARDS

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

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CKLA Unit 11: Third Grade Skills—Introduction to Ecology VOCABULARY IMAGE CARDS

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