Third Grade Curriculum
Reading and Writing
Handwriting:
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Handwriting Without Tears®: Cursive Writing
Reading / Literature
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Predicting
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Summarizing
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Sequencing
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Classify and categorize
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Cause and effect
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Drawing conclusions
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Making inferences
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Compare and contrast
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Identify main ideas and supporting details
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Author’s purpose
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Point of view
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Identification of story elements
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Make connections between stories
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Genres: fiction, fantasy, biographies, historical fiction, non-fiction, myths, legends, fables, poetry
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Reading fluency and expression
Writing
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Continued review and application of mechanics (DLI - Daily Language Instruction)
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Approaches to writing (shared interactive, guided, timed, writing to prompts) Identify audience and purpose
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Personal voice, writer’s viewpoint
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Organizing information
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Effective sentences (opening, closing, combining sentences, sentence variety)
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Elaboration (reasons and details, developing ideas, staying on the topic)
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Paragraphing (topic sentence and details)
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Word choice (vivid words, sensory details, description, figurative language)
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Analyze published models
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Writing process
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Descriptive writing
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Narrative writing
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Writing a friendly letter
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Poetry
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Persuasive writing
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Informative / expository writing
Mathematics
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Singapore Math®
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Numbers up to 10,000
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Place Value, Number Sequence
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Mental Math Strategies
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Addition and Subtraction up to 10,000
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Using Bar Models: Addition and Subtraction
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Multiplication - multiplication properties, using array model, area model, number line
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Division- making equal groups
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Understanding the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Mental multiplication
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Mental division
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Measurement- using bar model to solve measurement problems
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Bar graphs with scales- Reading and interpreting bar graphs
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Line plots
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Fractions- Equivalent Fractions, comparing fractions
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Customary Length, Weight, and Capacity
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Time and Temperature
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Two-dimensional shapes- Angles, Lines
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Polygons, Congruent Figures, Symmetry
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Area and Perimeter- Square units
Social Studies
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History:
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How events, people, and ideas influence local and regional communities
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Utilizing historical thinking skills to understand context of events, people, and places
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Geography and Environmental Literacy
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Economics and Financial Literacy
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Civics and Government
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Cultural Diversity
Science
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Force and Motion: inferring change, comparing relative speed, Earth’s gravity
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Matter: Properties and Change
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Energy: Conservation and Transfer
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Earth in the Universe
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Earth Systems, Structures, and Processes
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Structures of Functions of Living Organisms
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Ecosystems: Understanding how plants survive in their environment