3rd Grade
This nine weeks in...
We are learning...
- to write for a variety of audiences and purposes in various forms (record ideas, reflect, discover, develop, refine ideas, communicate, letters, lists, poems to entertain, etc.)
- writing penmanship, capitalization, and punctuation (commas in a series, apostrophes, proper nouns, and abbreviations, contractions, quotation marks)
- to spell proficiently (multisyllabic words, endings such as -ing, -ed, -able, contractions, compounds, homonyms, orthographic patterns)
- to compose meaningful texts applying knowledge of grammar and usage (irregular plurals, singular and plural nouns, noun-verb agreement, proper nouns, complete sentences, pronoun-verb agreement, verbs, etc.)
- to select and use writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing
- to evaluate his/her own writing and the writing of others
- to use writing as a tool for learning and research
This nine weeks in...
We are learning...
- to determine the purpose for listening and reading such as to get information, to solve problems, and to enjoy and appreciate
- to respond appropriately and courteously to directions and questions
- to participate in rhymes, songs, conversations, and discussions
- to listen critically to interpret and evaluate
- to listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud
- to use root words and other structural clues such as prefixes, suffixes, and derivational endings to recognize words
- to use knowledge of word order and context to support word identification and confirm word meaning
- to read regular and irregular words automatically such as through multiple opportunities to read and reread
- to read with fluency and understanding of texts at appropriate levels
- to use resources and references
- to demonstrate knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and multi-meaning words
- to retell or act out the order of important events in stories
- to monitor own comprehension and act purposefully when comprehension breaks down using such strategies as rereading, searching for clues, and asking for help
- to draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions
- to produce summaries of text selections
- to represent text information in different ways
- to distinguish fact and opinion in various texts
- to support interpretations or conclusions with examples drawn from text
- to distinguish different forms of texts
- to recognize the distinguishing features of familiar genres (stories, poems, and informational texts)
- to analyze characters
- to identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning
- to recognize the story problems or plots
- to use alphabetical order to locate information
- to use multiple sources
- to interpret and use graphic sources of information
- to draw conclusions from information gathered
This nine weeks in...
We will learn...
- to collect, organize, record, and display data in pictographs and bar graphs where each picture or cell might represent more than one piece of data
- to interpret information from pictographs and bar graphs
- to solve and record multiplication problems (up to two digits times one digit)
- to identify patterns in multiplication facts using concrete objects, pictorial models, or technology
- to use models to solve division problems and use number sentences to record the solutions
- to identify patterns in related multiplication and division sentences (fact families)
- to identify congruent two-dimensional figures
- to create two-dimensional figures with lines of symmetry using concrete models and technology
- to identify lines of symmetry in two-dimensional geometric figures
- to use concrete and pictorial models of square units to determine the area of two-dimensional surfaces
- to use place value to read, write, and describe the value of whole numbers through 999,999
- to use place value to compare and order whole numbers through 9,999
- to determine the value of a collection of coins and bills
- to construct concrete models of fractions
- to compare fractional parts of whole objects or sets of objects in a problem situation using concrete models
- to use fraction names and symbols to describe fractional parts of whole objects or sets of objects
- to construct concrete models of equivalent fractions for fractional parts of whole objects
This nine weeks in...
We will learn...
- to demonstrate safe practices during field and lab investigations
- to make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources and the disposal of recycling of materials
- to plan and implement descriptive investigations
- to collect information by observing and measuring
- to analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence
- to communicate valid conclusions
- to construct simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts to organize, examine and evaluate information
- to collect and analyze information using tools
- to demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results
- to represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations
- to evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society, and the environment
- to connect concepts to the history of science and contributions of scientists
- to measure and record changes in the position and direction of the motion of an object to which a force such as a push or pull has been applied
- to identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by forces such as earthquakes and glaciers
- to gather information including temperature, magnetism, hardness, and mass using appropriate tools to identify physical properties of matter
- to identify and describe the importance of earth materials including rocks, soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere in the local area and classify them as renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible resources
- to identify and record properties of soils such as color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants
- to identify the planets in our solar system and their position in relation to the Sun
- to describe the characteristics of the Sun
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Social Studies
We will learn...
- the concept of time and chronology (ancient, past, present, future, timelines, years, decades, and centuries)
- how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities
- how individuals have crated or invented new technology and affected life in communities around the world, past and present
- the impact of individual and group decisions on communities in a democratic society
- the ethnic and/or cultural celebrations of the U.S. and other nations
- the role of real and mythical heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation
- the importance of writers and artists to the cultural heritage of communities