Third Grade Reading Workshop Unit of Study: March-April Unit 7- Test Preparation *NOTE- Use a day to address needs

based on previous assessments.

Week 1 Readers take all their great readings skills and use them when taking a test Alleviating fears Readers think when reading test passages Track your thinking Active reading Begin to make chart test taking anchor chart Readers notice that a test has characteristics Transition to different stories Structure Format Begin to make chart test taking anchor chart One passage and model all the previous test taking strategies and done as shared experience Day 1 CC Curricular pg. 116 Readers activate what they already know Hey Brain, What do you know! Add to make chart test taking anchor chart Readers look for clues from the author Detective Add to make chart Test taking anchor chart

2012/2013

Readers use the directions as a clue Genre Passage, articles, play, Add to make chart Test taking anchor chart Readers read long and strong

Week 2

Readers reread when they are distracted Environmental Meaning Words Begin to make chart test taking anchor chart

Readers think about the answers to questions before looking at the choices

Readers read long and strong

Week 3

Focus on Stories/passages (narrative) Traditional Literature Historical Fiction Biographies Realistic Fiction Chart what is included in a story CC Curricular pg. 118-119

One passage and use all strategies Heavy partner work Day 2 CC Curricular pg. 116

One passage and use all strategies Less partner work Day 4 CC Curricular pg. 116

One passage and use all strategies Independent Day 5 CC Curricular pg. 116

Third Grade Reading Workshop Unit of Study: March-April Unit 7- Test Preparation
Week 4 Focus on Article/passages Informational text Advertisement Interview How Tos Chart CC Curricular pg. 119 Focus on Poetry Chart CC Curricular pg. 120 One passage and model all the previous test taking strategies and done as shared experience Day 1 CC Curricular pg. 116 One passage and use all strategies Heavy partner work Day 2 CC Curricular pg. 116 One passage and use all strategies Less partner work Day 4 CC Curricular pg. 116

2012/2013

One passage and use all strategies Independent Day 5 CC Curricular pg. 116

Week 5

One passage and model all the previous test taking strategies and done as shared experience Day 1 CC Curricular pg. 116

One passage and use all strategies Heavy partner work Day 2 CC Curricular pg. 116

One passage and use all strategies Less partner work Day 4 CC Curricular pg. 116

One passage and use all strategies Independent Day 5 CC Curricular pg. 116

Week 6

Readers move through the genres pausing to revise their plan of attack. Posture Mind Set