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Grade 3Teacher Lesson Plans

A full year of daily plans, arranged by cluster. Click any cluster to open the complete guide, every page viewable right in your browser.
PURPOSE
This page holds the complete Grade 3 teacher guide for each of the nine clusters, Prepare through Cluster 8.
RATIONALE
Each guide walks the daily lessons for its cluster and lists the TEKS at the start, so a teacher always knows what is being taught and why.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Choose a cluster card to open its full guide in your browser. Every page can be read on screen or printed.
Nine clusters, Prepare through Cluster 8. Each guide walks the daily lessons for that cluster, aligned to the TEKS listed at the start of the cluster.
Prepare
Getting ready to write, the on ramp to the year.
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Cluster 1
Informational short constructed response.
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Cluster 2
Informative extended constructed response.
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Cluster 3
The full ECR with the TREES structure.
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Cluster 4
ECR craft and elaboration.
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Cluster 5
Paired passage extended response.
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Cluster 6
Argumentative writing.
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Cluster 7
Poetry and narrative.
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Cluster 8
The research capstone.
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Earlier versions (archived): Prepare · Cluster 1 · Cluster 2 · Cluster 3 · Cluster 4 · Cluster 5 · Cluster 6 · Cluster 7 · Cluster 8