3rd Grade Yearly Learning Progression Plan (Sept-Jan)
3rd grade
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Fiction Genre
Fiction: Classroom
Climate; Self-select
texts
Exploring fiction
versus non-fiction:
e.g., Columbus;
dinosaurs
Historical fiction: (e.g.,
The Wall, The Woman
Who Saved Thanksgiving)
Fiction: Multicultural
fiction; media literacy
Fiction:
Fables/folktales, multicultural
Informational /
Non-fiction
topic ideas
Informational/Nonfiction:
constitution, Intn'l
Day of Peace, antibullying
Informational / Nonfiction: explorers,
Informational / NonColumbus, continents, fiction: Veteran's Day,
text structure
Colonial, Civil War
Informational / Nonfiction: multi-cultural
Informational / Nonfiction:
Fables/Folktales,
multicultural, Martin
Luther King Day
Procedures, building
stamina; Daily 5,
CAFÉ:
Daily 5, CAFÉ
(comprehension via Close
Reading)
Daily 5, CAFÉ
(comprehension via
Close Reading)
(Compare, contrast,
inference)
Daily 5, CAFÉ
(comprehension via
Close Reading)
3.1.1.1; 3.1.2.2; 3.1.3.3; 3.2.1.1; 3.2.2.2;
3.2.3.3; 3.2.9.9; 3.3.0.3; 3.3.0.4; 3.8.1.1;
3.8.2.2; 3.8.3.3; 3.8.6.6; (3.1.9.9; 3.1.10.10 exposure)
Add: 3.1.7.7; 3.2.7.7
Add: 3.1.9.9; 3.2.8.8;
3.2.9.9; 3.8.7.7
Add: 3.1.4.4; 3.1.6.6;
3.2.4.4; 3.2.6.6
Writing
Writing to build
stamina
Writing process; How-to,
informational writing;
Persuasive writing;
letter writing structure
letter writing
Creative writing
ELA writing
standards
3.6.10.10
3.6.2.2, 3.6.4.4, 3.6.5.5
3.6.3.3
Strategies
ELA Literature;
Informational;
Speaking,
Viewing,
Listening
Standards
Writing: sight
words
Procedures,
building stamina;
Daily 5, CAFÉ;
Beanie Babies
(accuracy, fluency)
Sentence structure
instruction / mastery
3.6.1.1
Sight words written with fluency & accuracy in self-created, connected text (3.3.0.3 d).
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3rd Grade Yearly Learning Progression Plan (Sept-Jan)
Writing: word
work
Language
ELA Language
Standards
Use spelling patterns and generalizations, word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, & meanful
word parts in writing words (3.3.0.3 c; 3.10.2.2 f).
Capitalization, punctuation, commas; Function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs in general sentences; form and use regular and irregular plural nouns, possessives,
abstract nouns; form and use of regular and irregular verbs; form and use of simple tense ( e.g., I
walk, I walked), ensure subject, noun, and pronoun antecedent agreement. Use context clues.
Form & use of
superlative adjectives
and adverbs and choose
between them; affixes
(dis-, -able, pre-, -less,
-ful) depending on what
is to be modified.
3.3.0.4 a, c; 3.10.1.1 a, b, c, d, e, f, i; 3.10.2.2 a, b, c, d, e
3.10.4.4 a, b, c; 3.10.1.1
g, h
Foundational
Skills
Math Concepts
3.3.0.3 a, b
Graphing & Solving Real World problems ~ 3.1.2.2; 3.4.1.1
Review 2nd grade
concepts as
formative
assessment;
Addition &
Subtraction
strategies
(subtraction as
missing addends);
Review
Expanded form,
multiplication;
Measurement & Money;
place value and
Fractions; Time;
Geometry; Multiplication
comparing
Geometry; Perimeter - multi-digit; Review
numbers
and area;
Order of Operations;
Mid-year: 3.1.2.4; 3.2.2.1; 3.2.2.2
Elapsed time;
Conversion of
measurement;
Review place value;
Multi-digit
multiplication; Division;
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3rd Grade Yearly Learning Progression Plan (Sept-Jan)
Math
Standards
Science- Y1
Science- Y2
Science- Y3
Social StudiesY1
Social StudiesY2
Social StudiesY3
3.1.3.1; 3.1.3.2;
3.1.2.1;
3.3.2.2;3.3.3.1;3.3.3.2;
3.1.2.2;3.1.1.1;3.1.1 3.2.2.1; 3.1.2.3;
.2
3.3.1.1
3.3.2.1; 3.3.3.3;3.1.2.5
Plants- Life Cycle,
science interviews and
parts, needs
living vs non-living
tools
science as a professionsort/classify
Dinosaurs, fossils
panel and tools
science as a
weather- seasons
profession and tools
animals
Producers/Consumers
including economics
and selling/bartering
*Timelines:
personal and family
*Citizenship- rules
and responsibilities, Timeline (life)
Constitution
Producers/Consumers
including economics
and selling/bartering
Election: local, state,
national
3 branches of
government, taxes and
fees
3.3.3.1;
3.1.1.1;3.1.1.3
3.1.2.3;3.1.2.5;3.2.1.1;3
.2.2.2;
animals
sound/light
solar system
motion
plants
Cultures around the
world
solar system
maps & globes- (NAMC
Human Geography- p.
10-58, 60-97, 132-133,
135-137)
cultural comparisons
maps & globes- TODALS
Cultures around the
world; concepts of
time 3.4.1.2.3
maps & globes- (NAMC
Human Geography- p.
10-58, 60-97, 132-133,
135-137)
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