CORI Unit Framework Example - Third Grade Science and Literacy

Week 4 Week 2 Week 3 Week 1

Content Butterfly Life Cycle Life of A Frog Human Development Diverse Life Cycles

Concepts Explain the life cycle of a Explain the life stages of a Explain the stages of Explain how different
butterfly and why it is frog and how it goes human development and organisms move through
important for butterflies to through stage processes how we are born to die. different life cycles, but
reproduce. called metamorphosis. are yet so similar.

Comprehension Connecting to Background Concept Mapping Asking and Answering Summarizing and applying
Instruction Knowledge and Predicting Questions knowledge

Motivation Relevance Choice of Texts Collaboration Application to real-world

Whole Class Text The Life Cycle of a The Life Cycle of a Frog Stages of Human Growth Life Cycles (YouTube
Butterfly (YouTube video) (YouTube Video) (YouTube Video) Video)

Guided Reading The Butterfly Life Cycle Life of a Frog (Image) Life Cycles (Reading a-z) Life Cycles (Reading a-z)
(Reading a-z)

Benchmark/ Insect Life Cycle (Reading The Life of a Frog (book Life Spans (Reading a-z) Life Spans (Reading a-z)
Below Benchmark a-z) creator)
Readers

Above Benchmark Monarch Butterfly The Frog Life Cycle The Human Life Cycle Comparing Life Cycles
Readers (internet) (article) (Internet) (Visual)

Writing Note taking Note taking Note taking Note taking

KWL Chart Exit Ticket → Frog life Exit Ticket → Getting Exit Ticket → Plant life
cycle Your Duck in a Row cycle
Exit Ticket → Life cycle (what was the most
of a butterfly important thing you
learned? why)