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Welcome to 3rd Grade

Daily

Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:10 Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival
9:10-9:55 Music 3G PE 3G Morning Meeting (9:10-9:25) Art 3G PE 3G
9:55-10:10 Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Math (9:25-9:55 & 10:40-11:15)) Morning Meeting Morning Meeting
10:10-11:15 Math Math Computers 3G (9:55-10:40) Math Math
11:15-12:45 ELA - Reading ELA - Reading Science / SS, ELA - Reading Science / SS, ELA - Reading Science / SS, ELA - Reading
12:45-1:10 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:10-1:40 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
1:40-2:05 ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing
2:05-2:35 RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN
2:35-3:20 MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety
3:20-4:00 Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:10 Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival
9:10-9:55 Art 3B Music 3B PE 3B Computer 3B Art 3B
9:55-10:10 Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting
10:10-11:15 Math Math Math Math Math
11:15-12:45 ELA - Reading ELA - Reading Science / SS, ELA - Reading Science / SS, ELA - Reading Science / SS, ELA - Reading
12:45-1:10 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:10-1:40 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
1:40-2:05 ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing
2:05-2:35 RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN
2:35-3:20 MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety
3:20-4:00 Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal

Course

Curriculum

Reading / ELA

Phonics and strategies for decoding

Elements of Fiction:

  • Theme and central message
  • Character traits
  • Using context clues
  • Asking and answering questions
  • Point of view

Writing

Sentence Structure:

  • Subject and Predicate
  • Simple and Complex
  • Sentence Types (declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory)

Grammar:

  • Nouns
  • Pronouns
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs

Opinion Writing

Mathematics

Place Value Strategies:

  • Rounding (nearest 10 or 100)
  • Adding or subtracting using strategies based on place value (up to 10,000)

Multiplication (within 100):

  • Multiplying by multiples of ten
  • Interpreting products of whole numbers
  • Determining unknown numbers in an equation
  • Applying properties of operations
  • Understanding the relationship between multiplication and division
  • Solving multi-step word problems using drawings and equations

Science

Fossils and Changing Environments:

  • Habitats, fossils, and environments over time
  • Fossil evidence and dinosaurs
  • Trace fossils
  • Animal behavior

Heredity, Survival, and Selection:

  • Traits and inheritance
  • Trait variation
  • Artificial selection
  • Natural selection
  • Animal groups and survival

Social Studies

Civics, Government, and Economics:

  • Roles within a society
  • Democracy
  • Citizenship
  • Voting
  • Rules and Law
  • Supply and demand
  • Spending vs. saving

World Cultures:

  • Language
  • Dress
  • Values and beliefs
  • Customs
  • Festivals

Reading / ELA

  • Phonics and strategies for decoding
  • Nonfiction Text Features:
    • Main idea and details
    • Context clues
    • Cause and effect
  • Point of view in fiction and nonfiction

Writing

  • Grammar:
    • Plural Nouns (Regular and Irregular)
    • Proper Nouns
    • Concrete and Abstract Nouns
    • Possessive Nouns
    • Verb Tenses
    • Helping Verbs
  • Opinion Writing, cont.
  • Narrative/ Descriptive Writing (Personal Narratives)

Mathematics

Division (within 100):

  • Interpreting whole number quotients when partitioned equally
  • Determining unknown numbers in an equation
  • Applying properties of operations
  • Understanding division as an unknown factor
  • Understanding the relationship between multiplication and division
  • Solving multi-step word problems using drawings and equations

Fractions:

  • Understanding fractions on the number line
  • Understanding equivalent fractions
  • Comparing fractions

Science

Life Cycles:

  • Animal life cycles
  • Environmental change and engineering
  • Pollination and plant reproduction
  • Fruit, seed, and plant reproduction
  • Plant life cycles

Weather and Climate:

  • Water cycle and states of matter
  • Local weather patterns

Social Studies

Geography:

  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • The effect of geography on climate
  • The effect of geography on culture and economics

Reading / ELA

  • Phonics and strategies for decoding
  • Nonfiction text features
    • Compare and contrast
    • Biographies
  • Story elements
  • Poetry/figurative language

Writing

Grammar:

  • Linking verbs
  • Synonyms and Antonyms
  • Superlatives and Comparatives
  • Conjunctions
  • Subject/Verb Agreement
  • Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

Informative writing – biographies

Mathematics

Fractions Cont.

Measurement/Data:

  • Telling and writing time
  • Measuring and estimating liquid volumes and masses using standard units
  • Measuring lengths using rulers
  • Understanding concepts of area measurement
  • Measuring area by counting
  • Relating area to operations
  • Finding perimeters
  • Real-world problem application
  • Drawing scaled picture and bar graphs

2- Dimensional Shapes:

  • Understanding that shapes may share attributes
  • Recognizing and drawing quadrilaterals
  • Partitioning shapes into parts with equal areas

Science

Weather and Climate (continued)

  • Seasonal weather patterns
  • Climate and global weather patterns
  • Natural hazards and engineering

Forces, Motion, and Magnets

  • Balanced and unbalanced forces
  • Patterns of motion, gravity, and friction
  • Magnets and forces
  • Magnets and engineering

Social Studies

World and U.S. History:

  • Biographies – The roles and lives of important figures in history

Meet

Our Teachers

Courtney Gunter
Amanda Bloom
3rd Grade's Supply List

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