Learning Grit from a Nonfiction Text
Grade
Grade 3
UNIT
2
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Grit
In Unit 2, Lesson 2, “Learning Grit from a Nonfiction Text,” students will learn an example of grit from the life of a real person. Additionally, students will practice their reading comprehension skills by hearing a read aloud. Finally, students will create their own sentences that demonstrate their reading comprehension and share their sentences with a partner.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Hear a read aloud to support reading comprehension
- Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of a nonfiction text
- Compose sentences that demonstrate comprehension of the word grit
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
- Practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- A set of bean bags and a corn hole board (optional)
- Book: The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz and/or
- Video: Read aloud of The Boy Who Grew a Forest by Vooks (~9 min)
- Prohuman Grade 3 Unit 2 Worksheet 2: Learning Grit from a Nonfiction Text
VOCABULARY:
- Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.
- Growth mindset: I believe that I can develop my skills through hard work.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Tell the students that in the last lesson, we learned about grit.
- Ask: Who wants to tell us what grit means?
- Remind students that grit means that we keep trying to reach our goals even when it is hard. We don’t give up.
- Ask students what they think a growth mindset means.
- Tell them that a growth mindset means we believe we can develop our skills through hard work.
- Today we will read a book about a boy who showed both grit and a growth mindset.
- Read the book: The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz or
- Play the video: Read aloud of The Boy Who Grew a Forest by Vooks (~9 min)
- Have students write the answers to the worksheet questions.
- Have students share their answers with a partner.
- Optional activity: Take students outside or to the gym to play cornhole. Explain that to do well you have to show grit.
GRADE 3 UNIT 2 WORKSHEET 2: LEARNING GRIT FROM A NONFICTION TEXT
Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.
Growth mindset: I believe that I can develop my skills through hard work.
ACTIVITY:
- What was the goal that Jadav Payeng wanted to achieve?
- How did Jadav show grit?
- How did Jadav show a growth mindset?
- Why is it important for everyone to serve and contribute to their family, school, community, nation, and the world?
- Write and share with your classmates an ethical principle you wish everyone in the world would follow all the time (e.g., all people are created equal, be honest, be kind)
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