CAMPBELLSVILLE
ELEMENTARY
Third Grade Curriculum and Assessment Map
2012-2013
Campbellsville Elementary--Curriculum and Assessment Map
First Grading Period Third Grade Baugh, Haley, Horn, Sharp
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8Test Dates / Pre-Assessments
(Reading inventory, Dolch Words, and Math Inventory / STAR Reading
STAR Math / Study Island Pre- Assessment / Mid-Term Grades / ThinkLink
ASSESSMENT
Guided Reading / Comprehension Strategy: Variety of Fix-It Up Word Strategies
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Intro: Fiction/Nonfiction
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: Context clues, summarize, monitoring comprehension
Word Work: Long Vowel combinations / Comprehension Strategy: Preview/Predict/Prior Knowledge
Genres: Fiction/Non Fiction Intro types of reading (Fiction, nonfiction, poetry)
Grade Level Phonics: Continue: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: Text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world
Character, setting, plot, theme Sequencing (B-M-E)
Spelling: / (VC-CV; Long vowel diagraphs, plurals s and –es, adding -ed, -ing, -er, and -est, vowel sound in ball) / Phonics: vowel sound in ou, ow, oi, and oy; ending –le; v/cv, vc/v; compound words; vowel oo, ew, ue, ui, u)
Grammar / What is a sentence/non-sentences; Types of sentences: statements, questions, commands, and exclamatory sentences / Nouns (common and proper)
Nouns as subjects, Nouns as plurals and –s, add -es
Writing / Intro: Writing Vocabulary/Writing Traits
Simple sentences/compound and complex sentences
Types of Sentences
Punctuation
Define writing process—Planning and Brainstorming
Poems: “I Am” and “Name Poem” / Focus: Ideas/Prewriting
· Paragraph Writing -- topic sentences, supporting details, closing sentences and types of paragraphs
Transactive Writing: Web quest and Feature Article on Ecosystems (Science Connection)
Debate: Presidential Choice (Social Studies Connection)
Math connection: Creating Addition and Subtraction Number stories
Math / Assessments—End of Year 2nd Grade
STAR Math / Numbers to 10,000 / Numbers to 10,000 / Mental Math and Estimation / Mental Math and Estimation / Addition up to 10,000 and Subtraction up to 10,000 / Addition up to 10,000 and Subtraction up to 10,000 / Addition up to 10,000 and Subtraction up to 10,000
Science / Inquiry Mini Unit:
Scientific Method /Teach Non-Fiction Text Features / Earth Science: (Interdependence) / Unity and diversity/Energy Transformations
Social Studies / Non-fiction text features in Soc. St. / Civics & Government
Building Community/Rules, Laws and Citizenship; Conflict Resolution
(Clubs, teams, and school) / Civics & Government
City
(liberty, rights, equality, and responsibility and justice) / Government and Voting:
State Government
(Taylor Co Fiscal Court—Visit,
Mayor, Court House, Fire and Police Depart, E-911, Water Department)
Campbellsville Elementary--Curriculum and Assessment Map
Second Grading Period P4/P5
Week 9 / Week 10 / Week 11 / Week 12 / Week 13 / Week 14 / Week 15 / Week 16Test Dates / Report Card / Mid-term
Grades / ThinkLink Assessment
Guided Reading / Begin week 10 – Week 14
Comprehension Strategy: Monitoring comprehension /Ask questions/Activate and Connect
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Fiction
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: main idea and details, character traits, author’s purpose. / Week 15
Comprehension Strategy: Continue: Monitoring comprehension /Ask questions/Activate and Connect
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Fiction
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: Literal and nonliteral language, point of view, character traits
Word Work / Phonics: Blends (thr, squ, str, spl) Prefixes (un-, re-, mis-, dis-) suffixes (-y, -ish, -hood, -ment)
Diagraphs (sh, th, ph, ch, tch) / Phonics: Consonant sounds /j/ and /k/; vowel sound /augh/, /al/, /ough/, and /ou/; contractions; irregular plurals
Grammar / Nouns with –ies, Special plural nouns, singular possessive nouns, plural possessive nouns / Verbs, verbs in present, verbs in past, special verbs (linking verbs), helping verbs,
Writing / Focus: Organization/Drafting
Literary Writing: Fall Poem/Narrative
Student Choice: Illustration of students favorite political person – Social Studies connection / Focus: revising, editing, publishing
Writing: Write a letter to a Veteran
Math / Using bar models for addition and subtraction / 0, 1, 2 Multiplication and Division facts / 3, 4, 5 Multiplication and Division facts / 6, 7 Multiplication and Division facts / 8 and 9 Multiplication and Division facts / Multiplication and division / 1 digit by 2-digit multiplication and division / 1 digit by 2-digit multiplication and division
Science / Life System Endangered Ecosystems
Food Chains/Food Webs/Recycling / Matter -- Atoms/Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Social Studies / Government and Voting
(Historical Perspective / Voting / Economics
(Veteran’s Day) / Economics
Bank Visit
Campbellsville Elementary--Curriculum and Assessment Map Second/Third Grading Period P4/P5
Week 17 / Week 18 / Week 19 / Week 20 / Week 21 / Week 22 / Week 23 / Week 24Test Dates / STAR Reading / STAR
Math
Report Card / Practice: CAT Assessment / Otis Lennon / Mid-term grades / ThinkLink Assessment
Guided Reading / Weeks 19 - 23
Comprehension Strategy: Drawing Conclusion/Generalize/Inference/Determine Importance
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: elements (text features) / Week 24
Comprehension Strategy: Sumerize and Synthesize
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Non-fiction
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: cause and effect, compare and contrast
Word Work / Phonics: schwa, suffixes (ly, ful, ness, less); prefixes (pre-, mid-, over-, out-), Consonant diagraphs, (wr, mb, kn, gn) / Phonics: R-controlled Vowel, Vowel pattern cvvc; cvv; suffixes (-er, -or, -ess, -ist), homophones
Grammar / Irregular Verbs; Contractions, Correcting Run-on Sentences, Compound Sentences / Adjectives
Writing / Focus: Rough Draft: (topic, illustrations, details, linking words and concluding statement)
Museum Box: Creating Personal Wellness Plan (Science Connection)
Art using area and perimeter graphs (Math Connection)
Literary Writing—Social Studies connection
· Myth—Pick an animal and write a story about how it changed the life of the Native American Tribe (Social Studies Connection)
· Native American Poem (Social Studies Connection) / Focus: Sentence Fluency/revising/editing/publishing
Polishing and Publishing
· Daily Mini-lessons focus on—strategies procedures for revising, editing and publishing
· Independent writing—students revise edits and publish pieces.
· Narrative
· In your lab group, write your own poem, rhyme, song/rap, or skit about the rock cycle. (Science Connections)
· Sing: Rock Cycle Song (Tune of Row, Row, row your boat)
Math / Bar graph models with multiplication and division, cumulative mid-year test. / Area & Perimeter with Multiplication and Division / Fractions / Metric Length
Mass and Volume
Science / Unity and Diversity:
Wellness
· Personal Wellness: Stress, management, problem solving, conflict resolution and communication
· Behavioral choices: diet, exercise, and behavior choices and consequences / Rocks and Minerals / Fossils
Social Studies / Geography and Historical Perspective: Native Americans / Geography and Historical Perspective Cont.
Native Americans / Geo. And Historical Perspective:
Native Americans / Cultures
(Martin Luther King’s B-Day)
Campbellsville Elementary--Curriculum and Assessment Map
Third Grading Period and Fourth Grading Period P4/P5
Week 25 / Week 26 / Week 27 / Week 28 / Week 29 / Week 30 / Week 31 / Week 32Test Dates / STAR Reading / STAR
Math / Report Card / Practice: CAT Assessment / Otis Lennon / Mid-term
Grades / ThinkLink Assessment
Guided Reading / Comprehension Strategy: Review 9 reading strategies
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Poetry
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: Literal and non-literal language, stanza / Comprehension Strategy: Author’s Purpose
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Plays
Fluency: Accuracy, purpose/understanding
Craft and Structure: scenes
Word Work / Phonics: Suffixes (-tion,- sion, -ture), vc-ccv patterns, multi-syllabic words / Phonics: Diagraphs, Same Sound, different letters (R-controlled), Suffixes -ed, -ing (Double last consonant)
Months of the Year
Grammar / Editing: Correcting Sentences, , Quotation Marks, Commas (in a series, in dates, quotations, and introductory words) / Capitalization, Punctuation, Book Titles, Words, abbreviations
Writing / Focus: Conventions/revising/editing/publishing
o Opinion pieces
o Support point of view with reasons
o Intro topic
o State opinion
o Organize ideas
o Provide reasons for opinion
o Using linking words to connect opinion and reasons
o Provide a conclusion
Pretend you are a rain drop—create a poem, rap, skit on your life in the water cycle (Science connection) / Research projects
Discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information
Documentation
Song: Electricity and Proton, Neutrons, and Electrons (Science Connection)
Math / Measurement Cont. / Real world problems using measurement skills and cumulative review / Bar graphs and line plots / Customary length, weight, and capacity / Customary length, weight, and capacity
Time and Temperature / Time and Temperature / Time and Temperature
Science / Weather and Water Cycle / Electricity
Social Studies / Cultures: / Intro: (Historical Perspective through tall tales including the Westward Movement) / Historical Perspective through tall tales including the Westward Movement / Historical Perspective through tall tales including the Westward Movement
Campbellsville Elementary—Curriculum and Assessment Map
Fourth Grading Period P4/P5
Week 33 / Week 34 / Week 35 / Week 36Test Dates / K-Prep Testing / Closing Activities-Report Card
Guided Reading / Week 33-36
Comprehension Strategy: Poetry
Grade Level Phonics: Intro: Multi-syllable Words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Genres: Student Choice
Student read and presentation of favorite author
Word Work / Phonics: Consonant diagraphs /wh/, /thr/, /tch/, /ng/, /gh/; three letter blends / Phonics: words ending in -y
Hard and Soft c and g
Grammar / Pronouns / Prepositions
Writing / Continue research activities
Math / Time and Temperature / Angles and Lines / End of year assessments
STAR Math
Science / Forces and Motions / Simple Machines
Social Studies / Westward Expansion (continued) Harrodsburg Visit
Historical Perspective: Memorial Day, July 4th and the Star Spangled Banner
Baugh, Haley, Horn and Sharp
Tentative Class Schedule
2012 -2013
Times / Class8:00 – 8:20 / Homeroom
8:20 – 9:20 / Block 1
9:20 – 10:00 / Block 2
10:00 – 10:45 / Activity
10:45 - 11:05 / Block 2 Cont.
11:05 – 12:05 / Block 3
12:05 – 12:30 / Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 / Block 4
1:30 – 2:30 / English/Writing
2:30 – 3:00 / Spelling/Phonics
Subjects Taught: Baugh=Math, Haley = Social Studies, Horn = Reading/Language Arts and Sharp = Science. All teachers will teach Grammar.