Classroom Resource

Manatees!

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Science

Grade(s)

3

Overview

Dive in and explore the wet and wonderful world of our friends, the manatees. Practice reading and learning like a scientist reads and learns. Have fun comparing and contrasting text and visual media, and read some very happy news about manatees.

Content Standards

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.26
Use text comparisons (text to text, text to self, and text to world) to make meaning.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Text comparison
Text to text
Text to self
Text to world
Meaning

Knowledge

Students know:

Comparison is identifying similarities between two things.
Text to text comparison means to identify similarities between two texts.
Text to self comparison means to identify similarities between a text and a personal experience.
Text to world comparison means to identify similarities between a text and a current event or background knowledge.

Skills

Students are able to:

Compare two texts to make meaning of the information presented in the text.
Compare a text to their personal experiences to make meaning of the information presented in the text.
Compare a text to a current event or their background knowledge to make meaning of the information presented in the text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Their comprehension will be enhanced by making multiple connections between texts, themselves, and the real world.

Science (2015) Grade(s): 3

SC15.3.5
Obtain and combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Organisms
Living things
Nonliving things
Growth
Resources
Reproduce
Stable conditions
Internal conditions
External environment

Knowledge

Students know:

Resources obtained and used by living things.
Organisms can be classified as living things based on the following: their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
The life cycles of different organisms can look different, but all follow a pattern.

Skills

Students are able to:

Obtain information from a variety of resources to describe organisms that are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things.
Combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Patterns can be used when determining that organisms are living things.

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/reach-with-stem-manatees/manatees/

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Accessibility

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/terms-of-use/

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Approved Date

2021-04-05

Curated by

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