This activity for gifted learners follows close reading of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.  At the end of the reading of Sarah, Plain and Tall, all students will complete a timeline of events & characters throughout the novel that is differentiated based on readiness.  This project should be assigned to students who not only demonstrate a solid understanding of the novel, but also show keen insight into the main characters’ development (traits, motivations, feelings, etc.) throughout the novel.  Students will analyze the characters’ development through the lens of the American frontier/pioneer period in our nation’s history, determining possible relationships between events during this time period and character development in the novel, through both research and careful reflection of characters/events in the novel.  This will culminate in the creation of a dual timeline.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students lesson compare and contrast the traditional Three Little Pigs, by Golden Books to The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Students will discover how an author’s point of view can influence how a reader feels.

 In this lesson, we will be reading “Juanita and the Beanstalk” out of the Reading/Writing Companion. The lesson will begin with a review of story elements. Students will complete a three column note sheet while watching a story element video. The note sheet will also be used for their final activity of this lesson. After reading “Juanita and the Beanstalk”, review the story and it’s vocabulary using PearDeck. Students will complete a response to text writing prompt, as part of planning for their formative assessment. 

Please note this lesson has been aligned to math standards, as North Carolina does not currently have a STEM SCOS for K-5.

Students will read a passage and determine character traits. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description of and passage from Anna Sewell's work, events, questions, vocabulary, definitions, and a writing prompt. Students will write short answers, ideas to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description of and poem by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, questions, vocabulary, definitions, and a writing prompt. Students will write sentences using vocabulary, examples to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

This resource provides a week long lesson plan centered around Dr. Martin Luther King jr, and the book Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King jr, by Doreen Rappaport. This is a remix including a video link authored by Scholastic. The video can be used to introduce a lesson. https://goopennc.oercommons.org/courses/the-man-who-changed-america-martin-luther-king

 Students will listen to the book The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires and then collaboratively work together to make a doll that talks using the Scratch program and a Makey Makey. (These two tools were introduced and taught prior to this lesson.)

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade ELA.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 3rd Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.  

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade English Language Arts. 

Help students explore an important moment of environmental activism in North Carolina with Save Our Sand Dunes by Hannah Bunn West and with Ann-Cabell Baum. This complementary learning guide to the book is designed to help educators guide young readers in discovering how Carolista Baum rallied a community and advocated for local and state leaders to preserve Jockey's Ridge.

After reading the book "Enemy Pie", by Derek Munson, "How to Make An Apple PIe and See the World" by Marjorie Priceman, students will record the pie making sequencing process (additional sequencing books can be found at: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/sequencing. After, students will pick something they like to do and write a sequencing essay.

 In this lesson, students will be going through the Wonders Literature Anthology, reading “The Talented Clementine” and “Clementine and the Family Meeting”. Before reading the texts, students will review story elements by listening to the YouTube link posted below. The teacher and students will then go through reading the texts, pausing throughout reading to place sticky notes in their text to annotate the plot of the story (including setting, characterization and key events). Students will show their understanding by completing assignments in their reading/writing companion, and will then create a “Storyboard That” showing beginning, middle, and end of both texts for their formative assessment.

In this lesson students will watch a video of a storyteller coming up with a rap that tells a story. They will identify story elements (who, what, and where), and record significant details. T

This is an instructional tool that can be used for a beginning teacher to unpack the lesson plan to identify the teacher and student responsibilities. Once unpacked, it serves as a guide for the teacher to use to enhance their instructional delivery in the classroom with students.

 This lesson plan is for the book Welcome Comfort.  Pre-reading, during reading, and after reading questions and activities are provided.  These questions could be made into online quizzes (Kahoot, Quizizz, Google Forms, Etc.) to check for student understanding.