The Yellow Book - 3rd Grade Language Arts Curriculum
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The yellow Book Language Arts Curriculum
3rd GRADE SKILLS
The Yellow Book - 3rd Grade Skills is a comprehensive 3rd grade language arts curriculum designed to engage children with 36 weekly lessons.
These lessons include dictation or copying literature passages from beloved books like The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (Beatrix Potter), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), and The Tale of Jeremy Vole (Stephen Lawhead), as well as poetry selections and more.
The updated third edition makes learning easier with new lessons, journaling, and an all-inclusive format covering essential 3rd grade language skills such as reading, a 3rd grade spelling list (suggested lists included), grammar, higher-order thinking skills, creative writing for 3rd graders, and handwriting.
For teachers’ convenience, the teacher book contains notes and answers right in the margin, making it an excellent tool for guiding students.
The curriculum features four Literature Links that encourage students to build vocabulary, read for content, and improve 3rd grade reading comprehension. Exciting activities in these links bring stories to life and provide numerous opportunities for creative expression.
These lessons include dictation or copying literature passages from beloved books like The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (Beatrix Potter), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), and The Tale of Jeremy Vole (Stephen Lawhead), as well as poetry selections and more.
The updated third edition makes learning easier with new lessons, journaling, and an all-inclusive format covering essential 3rd grade language skills such as reading, a 3rd grade spelling list (suggested lists included), grammar, higher-order thinking skills, creative writing for 3rd graders, and handwriting.
For teachers’ convenience, the teacher book contains notes and answers right in the margin, making it an excellent tool for guiding students.
The curriculum features four Literature Links that encourage students to build vocabulary, read for content, and improve 3rd grade reading comprehension. Exciting activities in these links bring stories to life and provide numerous opportunities for creative expression.
Weekly Lessons
Each of the 36 weekly lessons (including four Literature Links) are divided into easy-to-use daily plans. The following four books may be used for the Literature Links, or you may opt for other stories included in the yellow book.
- The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner
- The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Integrated Language Arts Lessons
These integrated lessons cover phonics, reading, 3rd grade spelling, grammar, phonics review, and higher-order thinking skills. Focus on Spelling tips help students memorize spelling rules, and suggested 3rd grade spelling lists are included for each lesson. Handwriting instructions and work pages for cursive writing are also part of the curriculum, helping students develop penmanship.
Teacher-Friendly Design
The teacher book is designed to be user-friendly, requiring little to no preparation. It includes Phonics Facts, Grammar Guides, and Punctuation Pointers to keep students on track. Review Activities follow most lessons to provide additional skill practice, and assessments help teachers evaluate students' progress.
Student Activity Book
The Yellow Student Activity Book (SAB) is the perfect companion for the Yellow Teacher Book. It combines student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping, enabling more independent work—a significant advantage for teachers.
The SAB includes enrichment activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities, and more, which are found exclusively in the SAB. (Answers are provided in the teacher book). Please note that the Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.
The SAB includes enrichment activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities, and more, which are found exclusively in the SAB. (Answers are provided in the teacher book). Please note that the Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.
The language arts homeschool curriculum from Common Sense Press has been such a breath of fresh air for this homeschool family!
- Chellie Haight, Hip Homeschool Moms
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I really enjoyed exploring Common Sense Press and The Yellow Book. It is a great fit for third grade because it involves enough work to be challenging without becoming overwhelming. I love the focus on classic literature throughout the year.
- Emily, Intentionally Well
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Every day he’s doing copy work, spelling, punctuation, editing, reading and more. This is an all-in-one reading curriculum. There is no need for anything else – it’s one and done!
- Aurie, Our Good Life
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On the first day of each lesson, Kendra copies a literature passage in her workbook and checks it over for any errors. This copywork is an ideal way for kids to learn proper grammar and punctuation in a “real” setting—so much more effective than isolated exercises on a worksheet.
- Judy Hoch, Meaningful Homeschool
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Between the all-in-one factor, open-and-go layout, and the affordability of the curriculum, I feel that LLATL is an excellent way to cover the language arts bases in your homeschool. It’s definitely worth checking out!
- Sarah, My Joy-Filled Life
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Each week, there's a short portion of text from a book, poem, letter or dictionary entry. Throughout the week, activities center around the text. The activities are engaging and to the point. Each of the following areas are addressed in the yellow book in a variety of ways, making it feel less systematic than other curricula.
- Leah B. Martin, My Little Robins
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Video Reviews
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The following reviews are for the 2nd edition of the Yellow Book. Some changes have been made in the 3rd edition.
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Phonics, Spelling, and Reading
The phonics lessons include root words, sounds of igh, ed, er, ar, or, le, el, al, ng, tion, kn, suffixes, and syllables. 3rd grade spelling covers how to study words, review activities, and spelling tips for various phonemes, supported by weekly word lists.
The reading section helps students understand base or root words, comprehend biographies, and analyze cause and effect, characters, and much more, including optional Literature Links on selected stories.
The reading section helps students understand base or root words, comprehend biographies, and analyze cause and effect, characters, and much more, including optional Literature Links on selected stories.
Grammar and Composition
Grammar topics include antonyms, adjectives, adverbs, apostrophes, articles, capitalization, commas, compound subjects, and more. Composition activities involve copying literature, descriptive writing, editing, and other forms of creative writing for 3rd graders.
Research and Study Skills
Students also develop research and study skills like alphabetical order, using charts and graphs, and mastering reference tools like dictionaries, encyclopedias, and more.
Higher-Order Thinking and Creative Expression
The curriculum also emphasizes higher-order thinking skills through activities such as comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions, and following directions. Creative expression is encouraged through games, drama, illustrating, and other activities that help bring the lessons to life.
Penmanship
Finally, students work on penmanship, focusing on beginning cursive writing for both lowercase and uppercase letters, along with connecting cursive letters.
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