This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 3rd grade English Language Arts content.

Students will look at each sentence and read the underlined idiom. Next, students select the answer that gives the meaning of the underlined idiom. Students receive immediate feedback after each sentence for their response.

Students will look at each sentence and read the underlined idiom. Next, students select the answer that gives the meaning of the underlined idiom. Students receive immediate feedback after each sentence for their response.

This lesson is for grade 3 on literacy. At Home Learning Lessons are a partnership between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, PBS North Carolina, and the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Each lesson contains a video instructional lesson, a PDF lesson plan with a transcript, and a PDF file of extension activities.

This lesson is for grade 3 on literacy. At Home Learning Lessons are a partnership between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, PBS North Carolina, and the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Each lesson contains a video instructional lesson, a PDF lesson plan with a transcript, and a PDF file of extension activities.

This activity for gifted learners might serve as a culminating activity as part of a larger poetry unit. Students will take part in close readings of a variety of poems throughout the unit. In this activity, gifted learners would work either individually or with a partner to close read “Autumn” by Emily Dickinson.  They will then work to decipher the poem and it’s meaning, resulting in an audio recording of the original poem and visual display to complement their knowledge/understanding of the poem. They will then create their own humorous adaptation of  “Autumn” by translating the poem into their own nonliteral language, slang, phrases with a newly “remastered” audio recording of the poem and visual display to complement their knowledge/understanding of the poem in their own words. 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.

For this activity, students complete tasks where they determine the order words based upon their meaning.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This article explains the proper usage of the phrase "used to" in English. The article gives a definition, proper sentence structure for use, and examples. Students read this article.

Students will look at each sentence and read the underlined idiom. Next, students select the answer that gives the meaning of the underlined idiom. Students receive immediate feedback after each sentence for their response.

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

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. 

This activity for gifted learners complements close reading of Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis.  Throughout the reading of Bud, Not Buddy, all students will work to create a glossary of unfamiliar terms/phrases found throughout the novel that is differentiated based on readiness. This project should be assigned to students who demonstrate solid understanding of the novel and are ready for a challenge as they create not only a glossary differentiating the literal and nonliteral meanings of the phrases/figures of speech found in the novel, but also a thesaurus of other figures of speech that could be used in place of the ones used in the novel.  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.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This activity teaches students about the vocabulary and language common in discussions about friends. Students complete vocabulary matching activities, fill in the gap activities, and questions with partners. Students listen,speak, read, and write in these activities. Teacher notes can be found at http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/worksheets-topic/Friends_TN.pdf .