3rd Grade Curriculum
Guide
Reading
1st Nine
Weeks- Becoming a Great Reader
2nd Nine
Weeks- Understanding How Stories Work
3rd Nine
Weeks- Reading to Learn
4th Nine
Weeks- Thinking Critically About Books
Writing
1st Nine
Weeks- Personal Narratives
2nd Nine
Weeks- Response to Literature
3rd Nine
Weeks- Informational Writing
4th Nine
Weeks- Persuasive Writing
Math
1st Nine
Weeks- Numbers to 1,000, Addition and Subtraction, Making Change, Elapsed Time,
Data Analysis
2nd Nine
Weeks- Multiplication, Division, Elapsed Time, Making Change, Data Analysis,
Geometric Figures
3rd Nine
Weeks- Fractions and Decimals, Adding/Subtracting Fractions, Length, Area, and
Perimeter, Elapsed Time, Counting Change
4th Nine
Weeks- Extended Mulitplication and Division, CRCT review, Relative Size of
Numbers, Elapsed Time, Data Analysis
Social Studies
1st Nine
Weeks- Democracy, Economy
2nd Nine
Weeks- Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony
3rd Nine
Weeks- Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt
4th Nine
Weeks- Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Caesar Chavez, Review for CRCT
Science-
1st Nine
Weeks- Rocks and Minerals, Soil
2nd Nine
Weeks- Soil, Fossils, Habitats and Organisms,
3rd Nine
Weeks- Habitats and Organisms, Review, Magnets
4th Nine Weeks-
Heat, Conservation and Recycling, Review for CRCT