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What Students should Know, Understand, Be Able to Do


This page shows what stduents should know, understand and be able to do (KUDs) for each of the literacy units of study for 3rd grade.

LSSD ELA Memories Unit (#1)


This unit focuses on narrative writing and literary reading through an author study of Patricia Polacco.


The essential questions explored are:




How do we hold onto memories?


Why are memories important?


How can we write an effective story?


  • Teacher: Stacie Acosta
  • Teacher: Cindy Allred
  • Teacher: SHELLY BERNSTEIN
  • Teacher: MONICA CLEMANS-REMMEN
  • Teacher: REBECCA COATS
  • Teacher: PAMELA DAMON
  • Teacher: SARAH DANIELSON
  • Teacher: JENNIFER DEGROOT
  • Teacher: MELISSA FARIES
  • Teacher: VICTORIA FLANDERS
  • Teacher: Charlotte Foote
  • Teacher: MALEA GIBB
  • Teacher: MONICA GRIMM
  • Teacher: NICOLE GUZLEY
  • Teacher: LISA HOLLAND
  • Teacher: KARA HOPE
  • Teacher: STACY JACOBSON
  • Teacher: MICHELLE MCDERMOTT
  • Teacher: DARLENE MOE
  • Teacher: Kelsey Osborne
  • Teacher: LORELLE SCHREIBER
  • Teacher: HEIDI SCOTT
  • Teacher: SUSAN SELING
  • Teacher: Alyssa Wachtveitl
  • Teacher: CAROLE ZACHMAN

LSSD ELA Overcoming Challenges Unit (#2)

This unit focuses on literary reading with a focus on theme and a study of the genre of fantasy.  Students will focus on written responses to their reading, using evidence to support their thinking. The essential questions explored are: How do people adapt to meet challenges? How does understandin…
  • Teacher: Stacie Acosta
  • Teacher: Cindy Allred
  • Teacher: SHELLY BERNSTEIN
  • Teacher: MONICA CLEMANS-REMMEN
  • Teacher: REBECCA COATS
  • Teacher: SARAH DANIELSON
  • Teacher: JENNIFER DEGROOT
  • Teacher: MELISSA FARIES
  • Teacher: Charlotte Foote
  • Teacher: MALEA GIBB
  • Teacher: MONICA GRIMM
  • Teacher: NICOLE GUZLEY
  • Teacher: Courtney Haggerty
  • Teacher: LISA HOLLAND
  • Teacher: KARA HOPE
  • Teacher: STACY JACOBSON
  • Teacher: MICHELLE MCDERMOTT
  • Teacher: DARLENE MOE
  • Teacher: Kelsey Osborne
  • Teacher: HEIDI SCOTT
  • Teacher: SUSAN SELING
  • Teacher: KANDI SHOUMAN
  • Teacher: Faith Stayner
  • Teacher: Alyssa Wachtveitl
  • Teacher: CAROLE ZACHMAN

LSSD ELA Making a Difference Unit (#3)


This unit focuses on opinion writing and informational and literary reading through the study of Martin Luther King Jr.'s biography, as well as many outside sources.


The essential question explored is:







What makes someone extraordinary?





  • Teacher: Cindy Allred
  • Teacher: SHELLY BERNSTEIN
  • Teacher: MONICA CLEMANS-REMMEN
  • Teacher: REBECCA COATS
  • Teacher: SARAH DANIELSON
  • Teacher: JENNIFER DEGROOT
  • Teacher: MELISSA FARIES
  • Teacher: VICTORIA FLANDERS
  • Teacher: MONICA GRIMM
  • Teacher: NICOLE GUZLEY
  • Teacher: KARA HOPE
  • Teacher: STACY JACOBSON
  • Teacher: JULIE KOON
  • Teacher: MICHELLE MCDERMOTT
  • Teacher: DARLENE MOE
  • Teacher: LORELLE SCHREIBER
  • Teacher: HEIDI SCOTT
  • Teacher: Alyssa Wachtveitl
  • Teacher: CAROLE ZACHMAN

LSSD ELA Structures of Life Unit (#4)


This unit focuses on research and expository writing and informational reading.


The essential question explored is:




How do structures and adaptations support survival?


  • Teacher: Stacie Acosta
  • Teacher: Cindy Allred
  • Teacher: SHELLY BERNSTEIN
  • Teacher: MONICA CLEMANS-REMMEN
  • Teacher: REBECCA COATS
  • Teacher: PAMELA DAMON
  • Teacher: JENNIFER DEGROOT
  • Teacher: MELISSA FARIES
  • Teacher: VICTORIA FLANDERS
  • Teacher: MONICA GRIMM
  • Teacher: NICOLE GUZLEY
  • Teacher: LISA HOLLAND
  • Teacher: KARA HOPE
  • Teacher: STACY JACOBSON
  • Teacher: MICHELLE MCDERMOTT
  • Teacher: DARLENE MOE
  • Teacher: Kelsey Osborne
  • Teacher: LORELLE SCHREIBER
  • Teacher: HEIDI SCOTT
  • Teacher: SUSAN SELING
  • Teacher: Alyssa Wachtveitl
  • Teacher: CAROLE ZACHMAN