1. Freedoms, Rights, and Equality- Common Core Units of Study for 3rd Grade
Kelly Urbano-Anderson
Grade 3 Teacher –
East Side Elementary School
TLC - June 2013

2. What is reading workshop?
Turn and talk to a partner or small group about what reading workshop means to you.

3. Components of Reading Workshop
Mini-lesson
Turn and Talk
Student Reading Time (conferencing and small group work)
Mid-Workshop Teaching Point
Teaching Share/Partner/Book Clubs

4. Units of Study…
Separate but Equal – (Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson)
Freedom Fighters (Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony)
How do stories reveal social issues that impact our lives? (Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson)
Freedom Fighters (Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony)

5. Setting up a unit… some things to keep in mind
Standards
Theme
Develop text sets (extended and short texts, articles, photos, etc.)
Develop mini lessons
Short research project

6. Standards- How do stories reveal social issues that impact our lives?
Reading:
RL.3.1: Ask and answer such questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the
sequence of events. 
Speaking and Listening:
SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range or collaborative discussions (one-on-one, group, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Writing:
W.3.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. b. Provide reasons that support the opinion. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons. d. Provide a concluding statement or section.
Social Studies:
SS3H2,SS3G2: Independently discusses obstacles that Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Cesar Chavez faced and how they overcame them.

7. Titles for Text Set
A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall by David A. Adler
Thurgood Marshall, Fight for Justice by Rae Bains
Iggie’s House by Judy Blume (extended text)
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
Thurgood Marshall by Helen Frost
Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar
Busing Brewster by Richard Michelson
Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights Champion by Judy Monroe
Remember, The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone -The Brown vs. Board of Education Decision
Collection Edited by Joyce Carol Thomas
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
NOTE: A special thank you to JoAnn Wood for sharing these wonderful titles for this unit!

8. Lifting Text – Intro to Unit
Use poem as an intro to the unit
Get in a small group - view mini word wall - talk about how these words are connected/share
Read the actual poem
Turn and talk – what is this poem about?
Share thinking

9. Mid-workshop Break! Questions Glance at text sets Anchor Charts
Snack/restroom
Whatever you feel you need right now!

10. Turn and talk: Tell the person or people next to you…
Mini Lesson – How do readers look for struggles characters face and think how those can be named as social issues?
Turn and talk: Tell the person or people next to you…
Stop and Jot: Take a post it and stop and jot…

11. Standards - Freedom Fighters
Reading:
RL 3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text , referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RL 3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g. their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to a sequence of events.
RL 3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Synonyms: Decide on your own attitude/feelings about the story,
 Writing:
W 3.3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
W 3.3 a: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and or characters, organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
W 3.3b: Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
W 3.3c: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
W 3.3d: Provide a sense of closure.
Speaking and Listening:
SL 3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one on one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas expressing their own clearly.

12. Titles for Text Set
A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass by David A. Adler You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? by Jean Fritz Susan B. Anthony Fighter for Women’s Rights by Carol Ghiglieri Lincoln and Douglass An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni Rabble Rousers by Cheryl Harness Powerful Words by Wade Hudson If You lived When Women Won Their Rights by Anne Kamma The Ballot Box Battle by Emily Arnold McCully Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (extended text) The Taxing Case of the Cows by Iris Van Rynbach and Pegi Deitz Shea Elizabeth Leads the Way by Tanya Lee Stone Fighting for Equal Rights A Story About Susan B. Anthony by Maryann Weidt A Woman for President by Victoria Woodhull

13. Whole Class Conversation
Grand Conversation
Class comes together to discuss an idea from a read aloud
Teacher transcribes, silently coaches (whispers in, comments on post it notes)
Assists reluctant readers to get in on conversation
Helps set up book clubs for later in year

14. Mini Lesson: How do readers engage in a conversation to share and grow ideas about a story? –
Think Aloud – using post it notes
Stopping Point – note a strong place in the story that will allow students to be open to conversation
Set up for whole class conversation
Share

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