What is my 3rd grader learning during the 1st NINE WEEKS?
2015-2016
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3 Grade - 1st 9 Weeks
STEM Focus: Now You’re Cooking: Designing Solar Ovens
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION for 1 9 Weeks: What must you consider about heat production when designing a solar oven and how would you use thermometers to
measure the transfer of the heat energy from the sun to the inside of the oven?
SCIENCE TARGETS
SOCIAL STUDIES TARGETS
TARGET 1: Categorize and explain ways to produce heat by giving
specific examples, such as burning, rubbing (friction), and
mixing one thing with another.
TARGET 2: Investigate and define how insulation affects heating and
cooling.
TARGET 3: Investigate and describe the transfer of heat energy from
the sun to various materials.
TARGET 4: Use thermometers to investigate, measure, and explain
the changes in temperatures of water samples (hot, warm,
cold) over time.
TARGET 5: Investigate and explain the effects of pollution (such as
littering) to the habitats of plants and animals.
TARGET 6: Identify and define ways to protect the environment.
TARGET 1: Locate and identify 5 major rivers and 2 major mountain
ranges in the United States.
TARGET 2: Locate and identify the equator, prime meridian, lines of
latitude and longitude on a globe.
TARGET 3: Locate Greece on a world map.
TARGET 4: Explain the differences of a direct and representative
democracy.
TARGET 5: Compare and contrast Athens as a direct democracy with
the U.S. as a representative democracy.
TARGET 6: Identify characteristics of Greek architecture and it’s
influence on present day architecture in the U.S.
(columns, Parthenon, U.S. Supreme Court Building , Lincoln
Memorial).
TARGET 7: Compare and contrast the Olympic games in Ancient
Greece and present.
TARGET 8: Investigate and discuss the lives of American who
expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy
(Paul Revere, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Susan B.
Anthony).
TARGET 9: Name and explain social barriers, restrictions, and
obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome
and describe how they overcame them.
TARGET 10: Identify and describe on a political map specific locations
significant to the life and times of these historical
figures.
TARGET 11: Investigate and describe how place (physical and human
characteristics had an impact on the lives of these
historical figures.
SOCIAL STUDIES TARGETS
TARGET 12: Describe and give examples how each of these historical
figures adapted to and was influenced by his/her
environment.
TARGET 13: Explain and trace examples of travel and movement of
these historical figures and their ideas across time.
TARGET 14: Identify and describe how the regions in which these
historical figures lived affected their lives and had an
impact on their cultural identification.
TARGET 15: Recognize and describe how the different historical
figures in SS3H2a display positive character traits of
cooperation, diligence, courage, and leadership.
TARGET 16: Explain and determine how the historical figures in
SS3H2a used positive character traits to support their
beliefs in liberty, justice, tolerance, and freedom of
conscience and expression.
TARGET 17: Recognize and explain how the historical figures in
SS3H2a chose when to respect and accept authority.
MATH LEARNING TARGETS
TARGET 1: Use place value understanding to round whole numbers
to the nearest 10 or 100.
TARGET 2: Use various strategies to fluently add and subtract within
1000.
TARGET 3: Use various strategies to multiply one digit whole
numbers by multiples of 10.
TARGET 4. Draw a scaled picture or bar graph to represent data and
use information to solve one and two step word problems
(with emphasis on heat/temperature incorporating
elapsed time)
TARGET 5. Describe objects in groups/sets as products of whole
numbers.
TARGET 6. Use various strategies to solve word problems using
multiplication and division within 100.
TARGET 7. Determine the unknown number in a multiplication or
division equation relating three numbers.
READING/FOUNDATIONS TARGETS
TARGET 1: After reading an on grade-level text (fiction/nonfiction),
demonstrate understanding by identifying the main idea
and supporting details while referring to the text.
TARGET 2: Demonstrate the command of conventions of standard
English, grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation and
spelling when writing, speaking, reading and listening.
TARGET 3: Use word analysis skills to determine the meanings of
words by identifying and knowing the meanings of prefixes
suffixes and root words.
TARGET 4: Describe characters in a story (traits, motivations, feelings)
and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence
of events using temporal words and phrases and explain
using dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts and
feelings.
TARGET 5: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and
nuances in word meanings by identifying real-life
connections between words and their use and distinguish
shades of meaning among related words that describe
states of mind or degrees of certainty.
WRITING TARGETS
TARGET 1: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event
sequences that focuses on narrator/characters, a situation and naturally unfolding sequence of events using dialogue descriptions of
actions/thoughts/feelings using temporal words and a sense of closure.
TARGET 2: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
TARGET 3: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic and recall information from experience or gather information
from print and digital sources.