3rd Grade Curriculum/Year at a Glance
2017-2018
Sayings & Phrases & Academic Vocabulary / MathAll Year- imbed center time practice and math talk with money and time / Listening and Speaking Shared Reading / Skills / Essential Standard Focus-
Grammar / ELA Essential Standards using Skills Phonics, & Spelling
*introduced / Morphology / Writing / Poetry / Social Studies / Science / Read Alouds
Aug/Sept. / Digital Citizenship (see Curriculum Corner for lesson topics)
Let bygones be bygones
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel
(Unit 1)
*Narrative
*Chronological Order
*Moral
*Imagine
*Introduce
On its last legs
(Unit 2/11)
*Classify
*Feature
*Background
*Organization
*Decide
*Recommended / Module 1
Properties of Multiplication and Division and Solving Problems with Units of2–5 and 10
(25 DAYS)
**Pretest Module 2 / Domain 1
Classical Tales: The Wind in the Willows
(3 weeks)
SL.3.2 & Core Knowledge Standards
Domain 2
Classification of Animals
(3 weeks total)
SL.3.2 & CK Standards / Unit 1
3 Weeks
Unit 2
1 week / Grammar-Unit 1The Sentence
(HM) Lessons 1-6
3 weeks
L.3.1, L.3.2 & W.3.5
Assessment-
Grammar (HM) Unit 1
Reproducible assessment book
#1,2,3,7,8,9,12,13,14,17,18,21,22,25,26,27,31-39,40-45
Grammar-Unit 2Nouns
(HM) Lessons 1-9 / Unit 1- 3 Weeks
*RL.3.2
*RL.3.1
*RF.3.4 (fluency)
*L.3.1a (basic introduction of parts of speech; verbs/adj.)
*W.3.4
*W.3.5
*SL.3.2
(Do not use Skills Unit 1 assessment)
Unit 2 - 3 Weeks
*RI.3.1
*RI.3.2
*RI.3.4
*L.3.1 a, d (parts of speech, add regular & irregular verbs)
*L.3.4 b, c, (context clues)
W.3.4
W.3.5
*W.3.8
SL.3.2
Assessment (CKLA) Unit 2
The Lioness #1-5
L.3.4, RL.3.1,
RL.3.3 (non ES)
Poison Dart Frog #12-18
RI3.1 RI.3.2, RI.3.4,
RI.3.6 (non ES) / Unit 1- 3
Prefix & Suffix (give assessment end of trimester 1)
Unit 3 (CKLA)
pg. 151 worksheet 9.2 and PP13
‘un-’, ‘non-’, ‘re-’, ‘pre-’, ‘dis-’, ‘mis-’,
L.3.4 / Opinion Writing / The Bee (Isaac Watts)
Father William (Lewis Carroll) / World Geography: Spatial Sense Geographical Terms and Features, and Canada
Rivers of the World / Introduction to
Classification of Animals
*Mysteryscience.com
-Why do birds have beaks
-Where do fallen leaves go?
Wild Things Assembly
Owl Pellets / Alice in Wonderland
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Oct / The show must go on
Clean Bill of Health
(Unit 3)
*Explain
*Exercise
*Assess
*Comapare/Constrast / Module 2
Place Value and Problem Solving with Units of Measure
(25 DAYS)
**Pretest Module 3 / Domain 2
Classification of Animals
Continued 2 weeks
Domain 3
The Human Body: Systems and Senses
(3 weeks total) / Unit 2 continued
2 Weeks
Unit 3
3 weeks / L.3.1, W.3.5
Assessment-Unit 2
HM Unit 2 reproducible assessment book
(# 1, 2 3,4,, 9,10,11,12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 49-52, 53-56) / Unit 3 - 3 Weeks
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
*RL.3.2
SL.3.2
*L.3.4 b, c,
*L.3.1 f
RI.3.4
RI.3.2
RI.3.1
Assessment (CKLA) Unit 3
PP1 (Overcoming Disabilities part 1), # 1-4
RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.4
Lost and Found #14-20
RL.3.1, RL.3.3, L.3.4, RF.3.4
RL3.6 (non ES) / Informatioal Writing
Narrative Writing / The Crocodile (Lewis Carroll)
Eletelephony
(Laura Richards) / Human Body: Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous
Cow Eye Dissection
Nov / When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Rome wasn’t built in a day
(Unit 4)
*Persuade
*Argue
*Propose
*Model
*Judge
*Debate
*Results / Module 3 Multiplication and Division with Units of 0, 1, 6–9, and Multiples of 10
(25 DAYS)
**Pretest Module 4
(Tri 1 ends 11/3/17) / Domain 4
Ancient Roman Civilization
(4 weeks total)
3 weeks / Unit 4
4 weeks / Grammar Unit 3: Verbs, Lessons 1-11 / Unit 4 - 4 Weeks
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
SL.3.2
RL.3.1 (ask and answer questions)
RL.3.2
L.3.2
*L.3.1 d, f / L3.4
Unit 4 Morphology
PP 37 and PP 40 (pull from Unit 6 Workbook)
Suffixes:
‘-er’, ‘-or’, ‘-ist’, ‘-ian’ / Opinion Writing / By Myself (Eloise Greenfield)
Catch a Little Rhyme (Eve Merriam) / Ancient Roman History
Dec / All roads lead to Rome / Module 4 Multiplication and Area
(20 DAYS)
**Pretest Module 5 / Domain 4 Continued
1 week / Unit 4 continued
ReviewUnits 1-4 / L.3.1, W.3.5
Assessment-Unit 3
HM Unit 3 reproducible assessment book
#1,2,6,7,11,12,16,17,21,22,31,32,36,37,40,41,48,49,52,57,58-65 / Assessment CKLA Unit 4
The Parrot #14-19
RL.3.1, RL.3.4, L.3.4,
Pompeii (PP3) #1-6
RI.3.1 / Opinion Writing continued / Dream Variations (Langston Hughes) / Roman Feast/Living Feast
Jan / His Bark is Worse Than His Bite
Actions speak louder than words
(Unit 5)
graphic
figure
instructions
invent / Module 5
Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line
(36 DAYS)
**(one week for extensions and remediation? ) / Domain 5
Light and Sound
(3 weeks total)
Domain 6
Viking age
(3 weeks total) / Unit 5
4 weeks / Grammar Unit 4: Adjectives and Adverbs
Lesson 1-7 / Unit 5 - 4 Weeks
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
SL.3.2
RI.3.1
RI.3.2
RI.3.4 (academic vocabulary)
Assessment CKLA Unit 5
“Hearing Aids” #21-26 125-129 and Alexander Graham Bell #1-5 pg. 145-148 / L3.4
Unit 5 Morphology
PP22 (pull fm Unit 4 workbook) and PP 45 (Pull from Unit 6 Worbook)
Suffixes:
‘-y’, ‘-al’,
‘-ous’, ‘-ly’ / Informatioal Writing / Adventures of Isabel (Ogden Nash) / Kaleidoscopes
Telephone Museum
Feb / Last Straw
Rule the roost
(Unit 6)
devise
formulate
appropriate
(Unit 7)
choose
select
determine
arrange / Module 5
Continued
**Pretest Module 7(?) / Domain 6
Viking age
Continued 2 weeks
Domain 7:Astronomy
(4 weeks total)
2 weeks / Unit 6
2 weeks
Unit 7
2 weeks / W3.5, L3.1
Assessment- Unit 4 (HM Reproducible Assessment Book)
#1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12,13,16,17,18,21,22,23,27,28,29,32,33,34,36-41, 42-45 / Unit 6
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
SL.3.2
RL.3.1
SL.3.2
Assessment CKLA Unit 6
The Oseberg Ship pg. 7-11 #10-18 and Loki’s Children pg. 13-18 #19-27 / Narrative Writing / For Want of a Nail, a shoe was lost / Vikings / Viking Project
Mar / Cold Shoulder
(Unit 8)
point of view
occur / Module 7
Geometry and Measurement Word Problems
(40 DAYS)
(Tri 2 ends 3/2/18) / Domain 7: Astronomy continued for 2 weeks
Domain 8: Native Americans
(3 weeks total)
2 weeks / Unit 7 continued
2 weeks
Unit 8
2 weeks / Grammar Unit 5: Capitalization and Punctuation
Lessons 1-9
W3.5, L3.1, L3.2
Grammar: Unit 5 (HM Reproductible Assessment Book)
#1,2,4,5,6,13,14,18,19,23,24,28,29,32,33,38,39,43-49, 50-55 / Unit 7
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
SL.3.2
RL.3.1
Assessment CKLA Unit 7
Stargirlpg 124-129 #21-26 and All Things Tidal pg. 115-118 #1-5, and 7
Unit 8
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
SL.3.2
RL.3.1
Assessment CKLA Unit 8
The Lion and HIs Advisors pg. 71-75 #21-26 and PP The Hunting of the Great Bear: An Iroquis Tale pg. 103-104 #1-5 / L3.4
Morphology Unit 5-7
PP13 (Pull from Unit 7 Workbook)
Suffixes:
‘-ous’, ‘-ly’,
(review fm. Unit 5)
‘-ive’
(intro. fm. Unit 6)
‘-ful’, ‘-less’
(intro. fm Unit 7) / Review / Jimmy Jet and His TV Set (Shel Silverstein) / Native Americans
Early Explorers / Sacramento Discovery Museum: Planetarium
Planet Reports
Apr / Touch and go
A feather in his cap
(Unit 9)
support
verify
respond / Domain 8: Native Americans continued 1 week
Domain 9: Early Explorations
(3 weeks total) / Unit 9
3 weeks / Grammar Unit 6: Pronouons
Lessons 1-7
W3.5,L3.1,L3.2
Grammar: Unit 6 (HM ReproductibleAsessment Book)
#1,2,3, 6,7,8, 10,11, 12, 15,16,17, 20,21,22, 24,25, 26, 28,29, 30, 33-39, 40-45 / Unit 9
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.8
SL.3.2
RI. 3.9
Assessment CKLA Unit 9
Christopher Columbus, Salesman pg. 115-118 #1-5 and The Duke and his Guest pg. 127-130 #21-25 / Unit 8-9 Morphology
PP6 and PP7
(Pull from Unit 9 Workbook)
L3.4
Prefixes:
‘pro-’, ‘anti-’
Suffixes:
‘-ish’, ‘-ness’, ‘-able’, ‘-ible’ / Expedition Log and/or Interview an explorer / Knoxville, Tennessee (Nikki Giovanni) / Maidu Museum
May / June / Beat Around the Bush
Beggars Can’t Be Choosers
(Unit 10)
prioritize
rate
create
design / Module 6
Collecting and Displaying Data
(10 DAYS)
(Tri 3 ends 6//7/18) / Domain 10:Colonial American
(3 weeks)
Domain 11: Ecology
(2 weeks) / Unit 10
3 weeks
Unit 11
2 weeks / Unit 10
W.3.4
W.3.5
SL.3.2
Assessment CKLA Unit 10
Cobbler’s Song pg. 134-138 #21,23-25
No RI assessment due to end of year. We tried to minimize the assessment load) / No Morphology Assessment / Domain Writing / First Thanksgiving of All (Nancy Byrd Turner)
Trees (Sergeant Joyce Kilmer) / 13 Colonies / Colonial Faire