Description

Grades 3/4 Ignited Literacy Units

Ignited Literacy brings reading, writing, spelling and grammar together in one weekly plan for split Grades 3/4 classes. Choose the unit you need: each one is a complete structured literacy unit that meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada, including the updated Ontario and Alberta standards.

Use a unit as your full plan for that strand, as extra material alongside your own lessons, or as review before an assessment.

Unit A: Predicting & Paragraph Writing

Reading: Predicting · Writing: Paragraph Writing

Reading lessons focus on predicting, and writing lessons build paragraph writing, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit B: Connections & Narrative Plots

Reading: Connections · Writing: Narrative Plots

Reading lessons focus on connections, and writing lessons build narrative plots, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit C: Reports, Summaries & Pov

Reading: Reports, Summaries · Writing: Pov

Reading lessons focus on reports, summaries, and writing lessons build pov, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit D: Evaluating & Persuasive Writing

Reading: Evaluating · Writing: Persuasive Writing

Reading lessons focus on evaluating, and writing lessons build persuasive writing, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit E: Inferring & Writer’s Craft

Reading: Inferring · Writing: Writer’s Craft

Reading lessons focus on inferring, and writing lessons build writer’s craft, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

Unit F: Synthesizing & Procedural Writing

Reading: Synthesizing · Writing: Procedural Writing

Reading lessons focus on synthesizing, and writing lessons build procedural writing, with spelling and grammar woven into each week.

What’s included

• Weekly read-alouds, shared reading and comprehension tasks
• Guided reading texts and lessons
• Explicit writing instruction with daily student-driven writing practice
• Spelling, grammar and morphology lessons (Ignited Spelling unit included)
• Weekly and end-of-unit assessment tools
• A simple weekly structure your students can follow

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Reading, writing, spelling and grammar in one weekly plan
• Easily differentiated, with multiple entry points for students
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Meets the language arts expectations for every province in Canada

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