This one-year subscription gives you access to all fiction and nonfiction student materials for Junior Great Books® Grade 3 through the new and improved Junior Great Books Digital Classroom.
Junior Great Books Series 3 Fiction consists of two books, each with nine stories by award-winning authors organized by theme. The program, focused on high-quality literature and student-centered discussion, provides a superb framework for teaching reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, and writing. The nine Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 3 selections explore historical and contemporary issues and align with national social studies and science standards. They also connect to concepts in Junior Great Books literature so that students can meaningfully compare texts across genres and curricular areas.
If you are interested in purchasing Junior Great Books Digital Classroom for multiple grade levels, please contact your Great Books K–12 partnership manager.
Students using the NEW Junior Great Books Digital Classroom can:
- Listen to professionally recorded audio versions of the readings (fiction series only) with tracked audio to help them follow along as they listen
- Highlight and annotate texts in several different ways and colors
- Type comments and questions as they read
- See glossary definitions, which appear alongside the text, of potentially unfamiliar words
- Make notes and highlights that carry over from one activity to the next throughout each unit
- Track their thinking through each unit using free-response activities
Fiction Book One
RELATIONSHIPS
- Boundless Grace
- The Scarebird
- Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat
KINDNESS
- The Gold Coin
- The Magic Listening Cap
- The Mushroom Man
CONFIDENCE
- The Banza
- The Upside-Down Boy
- The Ugly Duckling
Fiction Book Two
GRATITUDE
- White Wave
- Luba and the Wren
- Basho and the River Stones
COURAGE
- The Monster Who Grew Small
- The Buffalo Storm
- Pierre’s Dream
CLEVERNESS
- The Dream Weaver
- The Man Whose Trade Was Tricks
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
Nonfiction Inquiry 3
UNITS
- STEM: Engineering to Solve a Problem
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Social Studies: Personal Growth and Identity
- Life Science: Animal Growth and Development
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate
- Social Studies: The Oral Tradition
- American History: Westward Expansion
- Social Studies: Justice and Fairness
- Economics: Economic Decision-Making