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THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM

Language Arts

Reading/Literature

  • Strategies used by good readers: purpose for reading, prior knowledge, SQRR, phonics, structural analysis, KWL
  • Comprehension strategies: rereading, predicting, sequencing, cause/effect, drawing conclusions, generalizing, story mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing
  • Story elements: topic, main idea, point of view, character, plot, setting, problem, solution
  • Literary techniques: dialogue, illustrations, conclusions
  • Literary circles
  • Types of literature: fantasy, adventure, poetry, tall tale, biography, newspaper, poetry
  • Strategies for reading informational text: fact vs. opinion, identifying important information, indexes
  • Types of informational text: textbooks, letters, diaries, directions, recipes, magazines, newspaper
  • Oral reading with expression

Genre:

  • Biography
  • Drama
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Mystery
  • Fantasy
  • Historical Fiction

Language

  • Weekly spelling tests
  • Grade-appropriate mechanics: end punctuation, quotation marks, commas, apostrophes, capitalization of titles and proper nouns.
  • Grade-appropriate grammar: simple sentences, subject/verb agreement, adjective forms, homophones, double negative, pronouns: I/me
  • Vocabulary: antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, analogies, content vocabularyReference skills: alphabetical order, multiple meanings, parts of speech in a dictionary; glossary, pronunciation key

Writing

  • Prewriting and drafting strategies: brainstorming, webbing, topic generation, using thinking maps
  • Revising and editing strategies: fluency, attitude, audience, purpose, organization, word choice, sentence construction, indenting/paragraphs, titles
  • Proofreading and publishing strategies: correct spelling, capitalization, end punctuation, apostrophes, commas, indenting, quotations marks, grade appropriate grammar and usage
  • Types of writing: personal narrative, friendly letter, story, description, persuasive essay, how-to paragraph
  • Research skills: dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia, Internet

Penmanship

  • Introduction to cursive writing
  • Second semester required cursive writing

Speaking and Listening

  • Directions: follows four-step and generates three-step
  • Listening: takes turns, raises hand, focuses on speaker, avoids interrupting, asks appropriate questions, asks for clarification
  • Expressing ideas orally: clarity, volume, eye contact, staying on topic, sequencing thoughts, standard English, correct grammar, personal voice, pauses and gestures
  • Types of speaking opportunities: poems, role-playing, Readers’ Theater, presentation of personal writing, informal interviewing, choral reading, short presentations with visual, plays
  • Group participation: stays on task, performs assigned role

Social Studies

Time Travelers 1600 - 1750 C.E.

  • Asia, Africa, Europe, America

History

  • History of Saginaw
  • Current events


Civic

  • Local government
  • Laws and rules
  • Reciting and explaining the “Pledge of Allegiance”
  • Problem-solving in communities
  • Responsible citizenship
  • Core democratic values
  • Philanthropy

Geography

  • Cardinal directions, maps & globes, symbols & legends, landforms
  • Migration
  • Human and physical characteristics of Saginaw

Economics

  • The economy of Saginaw
  • Natural/human/capital resources
  • Goods/services and commerce
  • Labor/industry and manufacturing
  • Supply/demand and scarcity
  • Barter/bargain
  • Service Learning

Science

Scientifice Method

Life Science

  • Plant life cycle

Earth Science

  • Rocks and minerals

Health

  • Sun protection

Physical Science

  • Machines and force
  • Electricity
  • Sounds
  • Energy

Invention Simulation

  • Study of inventions and the invention process
  • Thomas Edison Day

Math

Numbers

  • Five and six digit numbers
  • Place value for six digit numbers
  • Expanded notation through 100,000
  • Counting forward and backward by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s,
    10’s from any given four-digit number
  • Comparing three digit whole numbers using =, <, and >
  • Decimal parts in a pictorial representation
  • Comparing pictured fractions
  • Comparing decimals through tenths

Operations, Relations, and Number Systems

  • Addition and subtraction facts to 18
  • Multiplication and division facts
  • Number families
  • Sum or difference of two or more whole numbers
    with four or more digits
  • Estimation to check for reasonable answers
  • Product of a one digit number and a three or four
    digit number without regrouping
  • Quotients of a whole number division problem with one digit division and two digit dividends, no remainder

Measurement and Reference Frames

  • Counting and recording money using decimal
    notation
  • Using appropriate tools to measure length, volume,weight
  • Measuring to the nearest ¼ inch or millimeter
  • Reading thermometers to the degree
  • Telling time to the minute
  • Determining elapsed time
  • Introduction to coordinate grids

Geometry and Spatial Relations

  • Two and three dimensional figures
  • Lines of symmetry
  • Points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, parallel,
    perpendicular, intersecting segments
  • Open and closed figures
  • Determining perimeter
  • Determining area using square units