Grade 3 - Reading Comprehension - Saskatchewan Language - Lesson/Workbook Bundle

Grade 3 - Reading Comprehension Unit - Saskatchewan Language Curriculum - Lesson/Workbook Bundle. This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 3 Reading Comprehension unit in the Saskatchewan Language Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This 347-page resource covers all outcomes and indicators related to reading comprehension in the Saskatchewan Language Curriculum (ELA).

We’ve included a variety of activities, including independent reading responses, group activities, assignments, exemplars, and hands-on activities to keep your students engaged.

Included in this resource are the elaborations within the elements below:

Comprehend and Respond (CR) – read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate texts.

Assess and Reflect (AR) – reflect and set personalized goals related to reading fluency and comprehension.

In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week/block.

Some of the concepts covered:

• What are text forms?
• What is reading comprehension?
• Before reading: comprehension strategies – activating prior knowledge and reasons for reading
• During reading: comprehension strategies – questioning, making connections, inferences, predictions, visualizing
• After reading: comprehension strategies – summarizing, making global and local inferences, visualizing
• Reading stamina progress charts
• Genres in text forms – fiction and non-fiction
• Sub-forms of genres – mystery, myths, realistic fiction, historical fiction, etc.
• What is the theme of a story?
• Describe conflicts in stories
• Letter writing – emails, formal and informal letters, writing with voice
• Narratives – use of literary devices: similes, hyperbole, and imagery
• Perspective in narratives – first-person and third-person narration
• Narratives – sequencing multiple plots in a story and explaining cause and effect
• Circular plots in story writing
• Character traits in narratives
• Comparing life experiences with those of an Indigenous character in a story
• Analyzing the identities of characters in a variety of stories
• Structure in stories – beginning, middle, end
• Descriptive language and figurative language: imagery, rhythm, rhyme, simile, alliteration
• Indigenous storytelling – learning about different symbols, languages, and values
• Cross-curricular connections – science and social studies (energy, communities, etc.)
• Using facts or opinions in persuasive writing
• Making inferences about persuasive texts
• Text features in reports – index, glossary, timelines, headings, subheadings, etc.
• Sidebars used in report writing
• Linear sequencing and cyclical sequencing in non-fiction texts
• Reports on diversity, inclusion, and accessibility
• Summarizing reports – determining the main idea and supporting details
• Use of infographics, timelines, maps, diagrams, and pictures in reports
• Literary devices used in poetry – hyperbole, imagery, and simile
• Assignment – examining poems written by Indigenous authors
• Understanding haiku, limericks, acrostic poems, cinquain poems, and rhyming poems
• Text features in comics, infographics, memes, and maps
• Text features in biographies – using a glossary and indexes to understand a biography
• Biographies – Isaac Newton, Dian Fossey, Thomas Edison, and Edith Monture: index and glossary
• Procedural writing – text forms: lists, title, graphics, and labels
• How graphics improve procedural writing
• Following instructions – drawing a wigwam and a dreamcatcher
• Metacognitive activities: reading goals, using reading strategies reflections, tracking reading times
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 3 - Reading Comprehension Unit - Google Lesson Slides - Saskatchewan Language Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Reading Comprehension, Grade 3, Saskatchewan Language Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals

- Discussion Questions

- Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Drawing

- Writing

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- Quizzes

- Reflection

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.