Third Grade

2016-2017 Reading Curriculum Map

First Quarter / Second Quarter / Third Quarter / Fourth Quarter
Reading / Building a Reading Life and Following Characters into Meaning
3.3a Use regular and irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Decode multisyllabic words
3.4d Use context Clues
Fiction
3.5a set a purpose for reading
3.5b Make connections
3.5k Monitor comprehension
3.5l differentiate fiction and nonfiction
3.5m read fiction fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.6b Use background for new learning
3.6k Identify new information
3.6l Read nonfiction fluently and accurately / Nonfiction Reading: Expository Texts
3.3a Use regular and irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Decode multisyllabic words
3.4c Apply meaning clues, language structure, & phonetic strategies
3.4e Discuss meanings of words to develop vocab
Fiction:
3.5c make, confirm, revise predictions
3.5h Identify problem and solution
3.5i Identify main idea
3.5j identify supporting details
3.5k Monitor comprehension
3.5m read fiction fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.6c preview text features
3.6d Ask and answer questions from text
3.6e Draw conclusions
3.6h identify supporting details
3.6l Read nonfiction fluently and accurately
3.7b Use table of contents, indices and charts / Informational Reading: Reading, Research, and Writing
3.3a Use regular and irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Decode multisyllabic words
3.4a Homophones
3.4b roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms
3.4f Use vocab from other content areas
3.4g use glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus
Fiction:
3.5d compare and contrast setting, characters, and events
3.5e Identify author’s purpose
3.5f Ask and answer questions from text
3.5g Draw conclusions
3.5k Monitor comprehension
3.5m read fiction fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.6a Identify Author’s purpose
3.6d Ask and answer questions from text
3.6e Draw conclusions
3.6g Identify Main Idea
3.6l Read nonfiction fluently and accurately
3.7a Use encyclopedias and other references books as well as online resources / Teacher Choice: Poetry, Fairytales
3.3a Use regular and irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Multisyllabic words
3.4b roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms
3.4g use glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus
Fiction:
3.5d compare and contrast setting, characters, and events
3.5e Identify author’s purpose
3.5g Draw conclusions
3.5k Monitor comprehension
3.5m read fiction fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.6a Identify Author’s purpose
3.6e Draw conclusions
3.6f Summarize major points
3.6i compare/contrast biographies and autobiographies
3.6j Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
3.6l Read nonfiction fluently and accurately
3.7a Use encyclopedias and other references books as well as online resources
3.7b Use table of contents, indices and charts

Grade Three 2016-2017 Writing Curriculum Map

First Quarter / Second Quarter / Third Quarter / Fourth Quarter
Writing / Launching the Writing Workshop and Crafting True Stories
3.9a Identify audience
3.9b Prewriting strategies
3.10a Use complete sentences
3.10h Use apostrophes
3.10i Use articles a, an, the
3.10j Correctly spell sight words, including irregular plurals / Informational Writing: Expert Pieces
3.9a Identify audience
3.9b Use a variety of prewriting strategies
3.9g Revise writing for clarity of content
3.10b Transition words
3.10d Past/present tense
3.10f Commas in a series
3.10g Abbreviations
3.10j Correctly spell sight words, including irregular plurals / Research Based Nonfiction
3.8 Write legibly in cursive
3.9a Identify audience
3.9b Use a variety of prewriting strategies
3.9c Clear topic sentence
3.9d One topic paragraph
3.9f details to elaborate
3.9g Revise writing for clarity
3.10j Correctly spell sight words and irregular plurals
3.11a Construct questions about the topics
3.11b Identify appropriate resources
3.11c Collect and organize information
3.11d Understand plagiarism vs. own words / Persuasive Writing
3.9a Identify audience
3.9b Use a variety of prewriting strategies
3.9c Clear topic sentence
3.9d One topic paragraph
3.9e Use strategies for organization of information and elaboration according to the type of writing
3.9f details to elaborate
3.9g Revise writing for clarity
3.10c Use I in compound subjects
3.10e Use singular possessives
3.10j Correctly spell sight words, including irregular plurals

Grade Three 2016-2017 Oral Language Curriculum Map

Oral Language / 3.1a Ask and respond to questions from teachers and group members
3.1d Use language appropriate for context / 3.1b Explain what has been learned / 3.1e Increase listening and speaking vocabularies / 3.1a Listen attentively
3.2a speak clearly
3.2b Use appropriate volume and pitch
3.2c Speak at an understandable rate
3.2d Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information
3.2e Use context appropriate language and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas.

Grade Three 2016-2017 Math Curriculum Map

Math / First Quarter / Second Quarter / Third Quarter / Fourth Quarter
Place Value
3.1a Read and write six digit numerals, identify place value of each digit
3.1b Round whole numbers 9,999 or less to the nearest 10, 100, & 1,000.
3.1c Compare 2 whole numbers between 0 and 9,999 using symbols (<,>,=) and words (greater than, less than, or equal to)
Computation: Addition and Subtraction
3.2 Use inverse relationships between addition and subtraction
3.4 Estimate, 9,999 or less, to solve single and multi-step problems
3.20 Investigate and identify Identity and commutative property for addition.
Money
3.8 Determine, by counting, the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less, compare the value of bills and coins, and make change / Computation: Division and Multiplication
3.5 Recall multiplication and division facts to 12
3.6 represent multiplication and division using area, set, and number lines to create and solve problems involving multiplying a factor 99 or less and 5 or less.
3.20 investigate and identify examples of the identity and commutative properties of multiplication
Patterns and Data
3.17a collect and organize data using observations, measurements, surveys, or experiments
3.17b construct a line plot, a picture graph, or bar graph
3.17c read and interpret data represented in line plots, bar graphs, and picture graphs and write a sentence analyzing the data
3.19 recognize and extend patterns formed using numbers, tables, and pictures
Geometry
3.14 identify, describe, compare and contrast characteristics of plane and solid geometric by identifying characteristics including the number of angles, vertices, edges, as well as the number and shape of faces
3.15 identify and draw points, line segments, lines, rays, and angles
3.16 Identify and describe congruent and noncongruent shapes / Fractions and Probability
3.3 name, write fractions and mixed numbers represented by a model
3.18 investigate and describe probability as chance and list possible results
Measuring length, Area, and Perimeter
3.9a Estimate and use US Customary and metric units to measure length to the nearest ½ inch, foot, yard, centimeter, and meter
3.9d Estimate and use area and perimeter
Computation: Add and Subtract with Fraction
3.7 Add, subtract proper fractions having like denominators of 12 or less
Elapsed Time and Temperature
3.11a Tell time to the nearest minute using analog and digital clocks
3.11b determine elapsed time in one hour increments over a 12 hour period
3.12 Identify equivalent periods of time, including relationships among days, months, and years as well as minutes and hours
3.13 read temperature to the nearest degree from a Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometer / Measuring Our World: length, weight, volume, area and perimeter.
3.9 Estimate and use US Customary and metric units to measure:
a length to the nearest ½ inch, foot, yard, centimeter, and meter
b liquid volume in cups, pints, quarts, gallons, and liters
c weight/mass in ounces, pounds, grams, and kilograms
d area and perimeter

Grade Three 2016-2017 Science Curriculum Map

Science / First Quarter / Second Quarter / Third Quarter / Fourth Quarter
Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
Matter
3.3a Objects are made of one or more materials
3.33b Physical properties remain the same as the material in visible size
3.3c Visible physical changes are identified
Water Cycle
3.9a There are many sources of water on Earth
3.9b The energy from the sun drives the water cycle
3.9c The water cycle involved several processes
3.9d Water is essential for living things
3.9e Water on Earth is limited and needs to be conserved
Natural Cycles: Sun/Moon/Earth
3.8a Understand the basic principles and patterns of the day/night, season, moon, tide cycles / Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
Energy Resources
3.11
Simple and Compound Machines
3.2a Purpose and function of simple machines
3.2b Types of simple machines
3.2c Compound machine
3.2d examples of simple and compound machines found in the school, home, and work environments
Land and Water Environments
3.6a Aquatic ecosystems
3.6b Terrestrial ecosystems
3.6c Populations and Communities
3.6d The human role in conserving limited resources / Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
Animal Adaptations
3.4a Behavioral adaptations animals do to satisfy their life’s needs
3.4b Physical adaptations animal have to satisfy their life’s needs
Food Chains
3.5a Producer, consumer, decomposer
3.5b Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
3.5c Predator and prey
Natural Cycles: Animal
3.8b Understand the basic principles and patterns of the animal life cycle / Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
Soil
3.7a Soil provides support and nutrients for plant growth
3.7b Topsoil is a natural product of subsoil and bedrock
3.7c Rock, clay, silt, sand, and humus are the components of soil
3.7d Soil is a natural resources that should be conserved
Natural Cycles: Plant
3.8c Understand the basic principles and patterns of the plant life cycle
Survival of Organisms
3.10a The interdependency of plants and animals
3.10b The effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and habitat
3.10c The effects of fire, flood, disease, and erosion on organisms
3.10d Conservation and resource renewal

Grade Three 2016-2017 Social Studies Curriculum Map

Social Studies / First Quarter / Second Quarter / Third Quarter / Fourth Quarter
Government: Why do we have it?
3.10a Explain the purpose of rules, laws
3.10b Government’s basic purposes are to make laws, carry out laws, and decide if laws have been broken
3.10c Explain that government protects the rights and property of individuals
Government: How does our Republic protect rights and promote equality?
3.11a Explain the importance of the basic principles of government by describing individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and equality under the law
3.12 Recognize that Americans are a people who unite by the basic principles of a republic form of government and respect for individual rights and freedoms
Government: How can and how have people contributed?
3.11b Identify contributions of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez
3.11c Recognize that Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day honor people who have served to protect the country’s freedom
3.11d Describe how people can serve the community, state, nation / Mechanics of Geography: Hemispheres
3.5b Develop map skills by using the equator and prime meridian to identify the four hemispheres
Mechanics of Geography:
3.5a Position and label the seven continents and five oceans
Mechanics of Geography: Read and construct maps, charts, and graphs
3.6 Read and construct maps, tables, graphs, and charts
Mechanics of Geography: Location
3.4 Locate Greece, Rome, and West Africa
3.5c Locate Spain, England, and France
3.5e Locate specific places using a simple letter-number grid system / Geography’s Effects: Resources of Mali,
3.2 Describe Mali’s oral tradition (storytelling), government (kings), and economic development (trade)
3.4b Describe the physical and human characteristics of West Africa
3.4c Explain how people of West Africa adapted to their environment to meet their needs
3.7 Explain how producers in Mali used natural, human, and capital resources in the production of goods and services
Geography’s Effects: Resources of Greece
3.4b Same as above, but for ancient Greece
3.4c Same as above, but for ancient Greece
3.7 Same as above, but for ancient Greece
Geography’s Effects: Resources of Rome
3.4b Same as above, but for ancient Rome
3.4c Same as above, but for ancient Rome
3.7 Same as above, but for ancient Rome
Economy: How people in certain places meet their needs
3.8 Recognize that because people and regions cannot produce everything they want, they specialize in what they do best and trade for the rest
3.9 Identify examples of making economic choices and explain the idea of opportunity cost (what’s given up) / Impact of History: Contributions
3.1 Explain how the contributions of ancient Greece ad Rome have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, government (direct and indirect democracy), and sports
Impact of History: Mixed Effects
3.3a Describe the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher Newport
3.3b Identify the reasons for exploring, the information gained, the results of the travels, and the impact of the travels on American Indians
3.5d Locate the regions in the Americas explored by Christopher Columbus (San Salvador in the Bahamas), Juan Ponce de Leon (near St. Augustine, Florida), Jacques Cartier (near Quebec, Canada), and Christopher Newport (Jamestown, Virginia)