Lesson
4
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Sharing Stories About Grit

Grade

Grade 3

UNIT

2

Grit

Last Updated:

June 5, 2025

In Unit 2, Lesson 4, “Sharing Stories About Grit,” students will practice their reading skills by reading their stories to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partners’ stories. Then, students will participate in a class discussion about the different ways the stories showed grit. Finally, students will write two examples, on their worksheets, using complete sentences, of how other students’ stories showed grit.

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 
  • Participate in a class discussion to develop active listening and conversation skills 
  • Write complete sentences to practice correct English syntax and grammar

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

  • Prohuman Grade 3 Unit 2 Worksheet 4: Sharing Stories About Grit 

VOCABULARY:

  • Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.

ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

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.3.3

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.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1

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

CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

Performance Character A5

Define grit (e.g., perseverance and passion for a long-term goal)

Performance Character B1

Provide an example of a friend or role model who demonstrates self-discipline (the ability to forgo instant and immediate gratification for a larger goal or commitment)

Performance Character B2

Provide an example of a friend or role model who is dependable, reliable, and conscientious (responsible)

Performance Character B4

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

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 stories about grit (from Lesson 3) with a partner.

  1. Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their stories to their partners. (10 min) 
  2. Now we will discuss our stories about grit. Who would like to raise their hand and tell me how they, or the character in their story, showed grit? Write 2-3 examples on the board, with the student’s name and briefly describe what they said. (5 min)
  3. Finally, we will write on our worksheet two sentences about what we’ve heard.

GRADE 3 UNIT 2 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING STORIES ABOUT GRIT

Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.

ACTIVITY: Write 2 complete sentences about how your classmates’ stories showed grit.

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