Third Grade Second Quarter Nine-Week Plans 2015 English 3.1c – Explain what has been learned 3.3a&b – Apply word-analysis skills when reading 3.4c – Apply meaning clues, language structure and phonetic strategies 3.4e- Discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary by listening and reading a variety of texts 3.5c – Make, confirm and revise predictions 3.5h- Identify the problem and solution 3.5j- Identify the main idea 3.5m and 3.6l- Read with fluency and accuracy 3.6c – Preview and use text formats 3.6h- Identify supporting details 3.7b – Demonstrate comprehension of information from resources (table of contents, index and charts) 3.9a – Identify the intended audience when writing 3.9b- Use a variety of prewriting strategies 3.9g- Revise writing for clarity 3.10b- Use transition words to vary sentence structure 3.10d- Use past and present verb tense 3.10f- Use commas in a simple series 3.10g- Use simple abbreviations 3.10j- Use correct spelling for frequently used sight words, including irregular plurals Math 3.2 – Inverse relationship (multiplication and division) 3.5 – Multiplication/Division facts 3.6 – Multiple representations of multiplication and division 3.8- Money Science 3.9 – Water Cycle and its relationship to life on Earth 3.8 a –Earth Cycles – day and night, seasons, moon, and tides Social Sciences 3.2 – West African Empire of Mali 3.4 b & c – Map skills (locate ancient civilizations, landforms)