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Third Grade Curriculum
| Language Arts | Math |
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Our Language Arts curriculum is administered through the Four Blocks Framework and Six Traits Writing Program. By the end of first grade, the student will: 1. read on grade level 2. use chunks to recognize words 3. demonstrate knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and multi-meaning words 4. listen critically to spoken messages and plan oral presentations 5. begin to distinguish fact and opinion in text 6. use text to support ideas and inferences 7. read in a variety of genres 8. write with more complex capitalization and punctuation 9. correctly spell previously studied words and spelling patterns in own writing, write longer and more elaborate sentences, and organize writing into larger units of text 10. with some guidance, use all aspects of the writing process in producing compositions and reports 11.
master manuscript writing and
begin to use cursive writing
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Within
a well-balanced mathematics curriculum, the primary focal points at Grade
3 are multiplying and dividing whole numbers, connecting fraction symbols
to fractional quantities, and standardizing language and procedures in
geometry and measurement. Continuing
Threads , which must be addressed, maintained, and monitored
throughout the year are: measuring time and temperature, money, using
fraction names and symbols, probability & statistics, and recalling
multiplication & division facts.
Students in grade 3
use algorithms for addition and subtraction to solve problems involving
whole numbers. During the year they learn to recognize and solve problems
in multiplication and division situations.
They concretely develop basic concepts of fractions and decimals.
Third graders use appropriate language and organizational structures to
represent and communicate relationships, make predictions and solve
problems. They continue learning about geometric shapes, measuring things
using standard units and measurement tools, gathering data, and working
with graphs in order to make decisions and predictions and solve
problems. |
| Science | Social Studies |
| In Grade 3, the study of science includes planning and implementing simple classroom and field investigations. As students learn science skills, they identify the importance of components of the natural world including rocks, soils, water, and atmospheric gases. They observe the direction and position of objects as they are pushed and pulled, and movement of the Earth's surface as examples of change caused by a force. Students investigate magnetism and gravity. In addition, students explore organisms' needs, habitats, and competition with other organisms within their ecosystem. Students should understand a whole in terms of its components and how these components relate to each other and to the whole. The unifying concepts are continuing threads that tie all of science together and should be emphasized in all units of instruction. The Nature of Science contains the process TEKS (3.1-3.4), all of which must be addressed, maintained, and reinforced throughout the year in all units of study. |
By the end of Third Grade the student will: -
Understand the effects
that inspiring heroes have had on communities, past and present. -
Learn about the lives
of heroic men and women who made important choices, overcame obstacles,
sacrificed for the betterment of others, and embarked on journeys that
resulted in new ideas, new inventions, and new communities. -
Identify people who
made a difference, influenced public policy and decision making and
participated in resolving issues which are important to all people. -
Develop an
understanding of the economic, cultural, and scientific contributions
made by individuals.
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Math Scope and Sequence |
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Scope and Sequence
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