Cluster 2: Knowledge of LanguageArchived

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Number: LAFS.3.L.2
Title: Knowledge of Language
Type: Cluster
Subject: English Language Arts - Archived
Grade: 3
Strand: Language Standards

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Access Points

LAFS.3.L.2.AP.3a
Choose words and phrases for appropriate effect (e.g., to inform) within writing.
LAFS.3.L.2.AP.3b
Compare and contrast differences between spoken and standard written English.

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Lesson Plans

Fraction Flyers :

Students will represent fractions between zero and one by completing a number line of their own. Students will use their understanding of fractions between zero and one to design their own number line. Students will then communicate their understanding of representing fractions on a number line through a written proposal.

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Marshmallow Mania:

After experiencing measuring objects to the nearest one-fourth inch, students are given diagrams of the results from using different colors of paper to cook marshmallows in a solar oven. Students measure diagrams' lengths to the nearest quarter inch and record the data on a line plot. Next students determine which color showed evidence of the melted marshmallows' lengths closest to the ideal 2begin mathsize 10px style 1 half end styleinches and use this information to make a proposal to a fictional company for the best color to use in their solar ovens for s'more making.

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Spin Beyblades:

Students will get to evaluate data and create a process for which bey blade would be the "best" for Mr. Brown's toy store. Data will include customer feedback, price, style and revolutions per minute. Students will apply understanding of division in problem-solving. They will write a letter explaining their procedure using grade-appropriate language conventions.

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A Vegetable Garden for All Seasons:

This MEA (Model Elicting Activity) lesson provides students with information about different vegetables. The students are given the task to rank their selections of which one vegetable the Principal should plant in the school garden that will survive through all of the seasonal changes.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

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Teaching Idea

Dolphin Word Play-SeaWorld Classroom Activity:

Students will experiment with language and word play as they create poems about dolphins.

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