The Abyss (3rd)

Science Literacy

3rd Grade

CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.10CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9CCSS ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.10CCSS ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1CCSS ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.3.6CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.3.10CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6CCSS ELA-LITERACY.W.5.10NGSS 3-LS3-2NGSS 3-LS4-3

Storyline

The crew embarks on a groundbreaking journey to the unexplored Abyssal Zone of Tellenor’s ocean to study its bizarre deep-sea creatures.

The crew of the UCS Infini-D dives into an ambitious exploration of Tellenor’s Abyssal Zone, a mysterious region over 23,000 feet beneath the ocean. This unprecedented mission tasks the crew with safely navigating the deep-sea environment and studying its deep-sea marine life, a feat never before achieved by explorers.

Est. time: 49 min

Targeted Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

A. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

B. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

C. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

A. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

B. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

C. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently

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.

A. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

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).

C. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

D. Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

A. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

B. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.

C. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

D. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

A. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.

B. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.

C. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.

D. Provide a concluding statement or section.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

A. Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

B. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

C. Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially)

D. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

E. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

NGSS 3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

NGSS 3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

3-Dimensional Science

Science and Engineering Practices

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Construct an explanation of observed relationships.
Use evidence to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.
Identify the evidence that supports particular points in an explanation.

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Read and comprehend grade-appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to summarize and obtain scientific and technical ideas and describe how they are supported by evidence.
Compare and/or combine across complex texts and/or other reliable media to support the engagement in other scientific and/or engineering practices.
Communicate scientific and/or technical information orally and/or in written formats.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

LS3.B: Variation of Traits

Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information; the environment also affects the traits that an organism develops.