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Grade 3 Subject: English Language Arts Created by: Zach Thompson Lesson Length:
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Students will get tested on their knowledge on the story and their understanding of it.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.
Little Pink Riding Hood
Little Pink Riding Hood loved to wear pink clothes. That is why she really liked her special coat.
One day she put on her coat. She picked up a basket of food for her grandmother.Her grandmother was sick. Little Pink Riding Hood loved her grandmother. She especially liked how her grandmother always sent her cards, even when it wasn’t a special day. “You make me feel special, grandma,” she said every time she saw her.“You are special!” grandma would say
Little Pink Riding Hood walked through the woods. She ate some of her grandmother’s cookies, which she had baked and covered with pink icing. While she was eating a cookie, she met a wolf. The wolf asked her where she was going. She said, “I am taking food to my grandmother. Would you like a cookie?
He thanked her but told her he did not like cookies. The wolf said she was a very sweet child. She smiled. He asked where her grandmother lived. She told him that she did not have good map skills but that it was a place she could always find by looking for pink. It’s a pink house. “My grandma painted it pink to make me happy.”
“I wish someone cared that much about me,” said the wolf.
Then she met a bluebird. The bird asked her, “Have you seen a big, bad wolf?” “Well, I saw a wolf,” she answered. Then she explained.
The bird grabbed a cookie and flew up into a tree. “I thought wolves were dangerous and birds were helpful,” Little Pink Riding Hood said. “What a surprise.
Task 1: Quiz Activity (10 points)
Instructions: Stdents will answer questions on the story showing their knolege on what they just read.
Quiz Questions
Q1
(Points: 2)
The wolf wished someone didnt care for him.
A) True
B) False
Q2
(Points: 2)
The bird stole one little pink riding hood's cookies
A) True
B) False
Q3
(Points: 2)
Who asked little pink riding hood aboult the big bad wolf?
A) Grandma
B) Bird
C) Wolf
D) Cookies
E) a talking tree
Q4
(Points: 2)
Little pink riding hood didnt like the cards from her grandma.
A) True
B) False
Q5
(Points: 2)
Who painted little pink riding hood's house?
A) Bird
B) Wolf
C) A Tree
D) Cookies
E) Grandma
Standards Covered with This Quiz Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7,
Task 2: Vocabulary Activity (40 points)
Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence.
Vocabulary Questions
Word/Phrase: Special | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q1
When little pink riding hood said, “You make me feel special, grandma” what does the word "special" mean in the story?
A. To be angry
B. To ask for a gift
C. To be important and loved *
D. To be sad
Which one of the sentences below correctly uses the word "special" correctly in relationship to the story?
A. I felt so special after all my friends and family showed up to my birthday. *
B. My brother made me angry so I told him that he is special to me.
C. I felt special after I got yelled at by my parents.
D. asking someone for directions.
Word/Phrase: Especially | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q2
In the story little pink riding hood mentioned how, "she especially liked how her grandmother always sent her cards, even when it wasn’t a special day." what does the word "especially" mean in the story?
A. She really liked the cards out of everything. *
B. She didn't enjoy the cards out of everything.
C. It wasn't a special day.
D. She was angry at the cards out of everything.
Which one of these sentences uses the word "especially" correctly?
A. I especially know how to tie my shoe.
B. The park was really fun, I especially liked everything there.
C. The ice cream was really good especially all the flavors.
D. The park was really fun, I especially liked that slide over there. *
Word/Phrase: Cared | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q3
In the story the wolf says, “I wish someone cared that much about me” what does the word "cared" mean in the story?
A. To be honest
B. To be scared
C. To be loved *
D. To be angry
Which one of these sentences uses the word "cared" correctly?
A. I cared about the cake, so I ate it.
B. I really cared for my dog so I was worried when I couldn't find him. *
C. I really cared for my car, so I don't wash it.
D. I really cared about my shoes, so I stomp through mud in them.
Word/Phrase: Dangerous | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q4
Litle pink riding hood said “I thought wolves were dangerous and birds were helpful” what does the word "dangerous" mean in the story?
A. To be sad
B. To be nice
C. To be a friend
D. To stay away *
Which one of these sentences uses the word "dangerous" correctly?
A. The gas is leaking everywhere this could be dangerous. *
B. The chair is sitting still that's dangerous.
C. It's dangerous to leave your phone in your pocket.
D. It's really dangerous to put your seatbelt on in the car.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4,
Task 3: Discussion Activity (30 points)
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.
Topic Title
Replies
Moral of the story
What is the moral of the story? Explain your answer.
Sent on: Sep 16, 2024 by: Zach Thompson
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Wolf friend or foe?
Do you think the wolf was a friend or someone dangerous?Explain your answer.
Sent on: Sep 16, 2024 by: Zach Thompson
0
Main idea of the story
What is the main idea of the story? explain the main points of the story and explain how they support the main idea.
Sent on: Sep 16, 2024 by: Zach Thompson
0
Bird or wolf?
based on what you have read which charecter would litle pink riding trust more with the cookies the bird or the wolf?
Sent on: Sep 16, 2024 by: Zach Thompson
0
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6,
Task 4: Writing Activity (20 points)
Instructions: Write 2 paragraphs on the authors point of view and why you think thew author wrote thew story. Provide reasons that support your opinion.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.9,
