Language Arts 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 Use effective communication skills in group activities Present brief oral reports Apply word-analysis skills when reading Use strategies to read a variety of fiction and nonfiction materials Read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction Read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction Demonstrate comprehension of information from a variety of print resources Write legibly in cursive Write descriptive paragraphs Write stories, letters, simple explanations, and short reports Edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling Math 3.3 Name, write, model, and compare fractions 3.7 Add and Subtract proper fractions The student will determine, by counting, the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less, compare the value of the bills and coins, and make change. Demonstrate length to the nearest ½ inch, area/perimeter 3.8 3.9 a,d 3.14 Identify, describe, compare, and contrast characteristics of geometric shapes 3.15 Identify and draw representations of points, line segments, rays, angles, and lines 3.16 Identify and describe congruent and non-congruent plane figures 3.18 Determine the probability of various events 3.19 Recognize and describe a variety of patterns Social Science 3.2, 3.4 Describe at least three ways in which geography can affect the way people live in a specific place. 3.2, 3.4 c, 3.7 Describe or draw at least two ways in which a community’s geography and/or economy can affect or create aspects of its culture. 3.7 Describe an area’s economy by explaining or drawing the different types of resources of that area. Explain or draw how the needs and resources of three specific places drive residents of those places to specialize and make economic choices. 3.8, 3.9 Science 3.1 Explore volume, length, mass, temperature, and time in metric measurement 3.4 Investigate and understand behavioral and physical adaptations of animals 3.5 Investigate and understand relationships among organism in food chains 3.8 Investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature (animals)