Lesson
4
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Sharing Informative Texts About Optimism

Grade

Grade 3

UNIT

1

Optimism

Last Updated:

May 26, 2025

In Unit 1, Lesson 4, “Sharing Informative Texts About Optimism,” students will practice their reading skills by reading their informative texts to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partners’ informative texts. Then, students will write what they learned from writing their informative texts, both about the writing process and the topic. Finally, students will participate in a class discussion focusing on what they learned from writing their informative texts.

SUGGESTED TIME:

20 minutes

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  • Read aloud to a partner to support development of English pronunciation, syntax, and grammar
  • Listen to a partner’s reading to develop active listening skills 
  • Engage in collaborative discussions with peers 
  • With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

  • Prohuman Grade 3 Unit 1 Worksheet 4: Sharing Informative Texts About Optimism

VOCABULARY:

  • Optimism: I have hope and believe that my actions will help things to turn out well

ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.3

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.5

With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.10

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.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 and expressing their own clearly.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.B

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.C

Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.D

Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.2

Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.3

Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4

Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.6

Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

Moral Character B3

Provide an example of a friend or role model who “stood up” for what he or she thought was wrong or unfair

Performance Character B4

Provide an example of a role model who demonstrates grit (perseverance and passion for a long-term goal)

Civic Character A4

Explain why it is important for everyone to serve and contribute to their family, school, community, nation, globally

Civic Character B1

Describe how a role model exemplifies fairness

Civic Character B6

Describe how a role model volunteers and contributes to the common good

Social Awareness A1

Use “I-statements” to let others know that you have heard them

Interpersonal/ Relationship Skills A7

Give and receive constructive feedback to classmates and peers

LESSON PROCEDURE

Today we will read our informative texts about optimism with a partner.

  1. Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their informative texts (written in Lesson 3) with their partners. (10 min) 
  2. Ask students to complete the worksheet questions.
  3. Ask the class if anyone would like to share the answers to their worksheet questions.
  4. Collect students’ worksheets from both Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 to provide feedback.

GRADE 3 UNIT 1 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING INFORMATIVE TEXTS ABOUT OPTIMISM

Optimism: I have hope and believe my actions will help things turn out well.

ACTIVITY: 

  1. What did you learn from writing your informative text about the writing process?

  1. What did you learn from Ella Baker about optimism? 

  1. How can you apply what you learned about Ella Baker to improve your life and help others? 

Prohuman K-12 Curriculum © 2025 by Prohuman Foundation is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
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