Curriculum Guide

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