3rd Grade Curriculum ~ Quarter 1
Reading
Building a Reading
Life:
Following Characters
into
Meaning
3.3a Use regular and
irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Decode
multisyllabic words
3.4d Use context clues
Fiction:
3.5a Set a purpose
for reading
3.5b Make
connections
3.5k Monitor
comprehension
3.5l Differentiate
fiction and nonfiction
3.5m Read fiction
fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.5b Use background
for new learning
3.6i Compare/
contrast biographies
and autobiographies
3.6k Identify
new
information
3.6l Read nonfiction
fluently and accurately
Writing
Launching the
Writing Workshop
and Crafting True
Stories
3.9a Identify audience
3.9 b Prewriting
strategies
3.10a Use complete
sentences
3.9h Use apostrophes
3.10i Use articles a,
an, the
3.10j Correctly spell sight
words, including irregular
plurals
Oral
Effective
communication skills
in group activities
3.1b Ask and respond to
questions from teachers
and peers
3.1d Use language
appropriate for context
Math
Science
Place Value
Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
Government: Why
do we have it?
Matter
3.10a Explain the purpose of
rules, laws
3.10b Government’s basic
purposes are to make laws,
carry out laws, and decide if
laws have been broken
3.10c Explain that
government protects the
rights and property of
individuals
3.1a Read and write six
digit numerals, identify
place value of each digit
3.1b Round whole
numbers 9,999 or less to
the nearest 10, 100, &
1,000.
3.1c Compare 2 whole
numbers between 0 and
9,999 using symbols (<,
>, =) and words (greater
than, less than, or equal
to)
Computation:
Addition and
Subtraction
3.2 Use inverse
relationships between
addition and subtraction
3.4 Estimate, 9,999 or
less, to solve single and
multi-step problems
3.20 Investigate and
identify Identity and
commutative property
for addition.
Money
3.8 Determine, by
counting, the value of a
collection of bills and
coins whose total value
is $5.00 or less,
compare the value of
bills and coins, and
make change
3.3a Objects are made
of one or more materials
3.33b Physical
properties remain the
same as the material in
visible size
3.3c Visible physical
changes are identified
Water Cycle
3.9a There are
many sources of
water on Earth
3.9b The energy from
the sun drives the water
cycle
3.9c The water
cycle involved
several processes
3.9d Water is
essential for living
things
3.9e Water on Earth is
limited and needs to be
conserved
Natural Cycles:
Sun/Moon/Earth
3.8a Understand the basic
principles and patterns of
the day/night, season,
moon, tide cycles
Social
Government: How does our
Republic protect rights and
promote equality?
3.10
a Explain the
importance of the basic
principles of government by
describing individual rights to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness; and equality under
the law
3.11 Recognize that
Americans are a people who
unite by the basic principles
of a republic form of
government and respect for
individual rights and
freedoms
Government: How can
and how have people
contributed?
3.11b Identify contributions
of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln, Rosa Parks,
Thurgood Marshall, Martin
Luther King Jr., and Cesar
Chavez
3.11c Recognize that
Veteran’s Day and Memorial
Day honor people who have
served to protect the
country’s freedom
3.11d Describe how people can
serve the community, state,
nation
3rd Grade Curriculum ~ Quarter 2
Reading
Writing
Oral
Math
Science
Social
Nonfiction
Reading:
Expository
Texts
Informational Writing:
Expert Pieces
Effective
communication skills
in group activities
Computation:
Division and
Multiplication
3.5 Recall multiplication
3.9a Identify audience
3.3a Use regular and
irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Decode multisyllabic
words
3.4c Apply meaning
clues, language structure,
& phonetic strategies
3.4e Discuss meanings of
words to develop vocab
3.9 b Use a variety of
prewriting strategies
Fiction:
3.10f Commas in a
series
and division facts to 12
3.6 Represent
multiplication and division
using area, set, and number
lines to create and solve
problems involving
multiplying a factor 99 or
less and 5 or less.
3.19 Recognize and extend
patterns formed using
numbers, tables, and
pictures
3.20 Investigate and identify
examples of the identity and
commutative properties of
multiplication
3.10g Abbreviations
Patterns and Data
3.5c Make, confirm, revise
predictions
3.5h Identify problem and
solution
3.5i Identify main idea
3.5j Identify supporting
details
3.5k Monitor
comprehension
3.5m Read fiction fluently
and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.5c Preview text features
3.6d Ask and answer
questions from text
3.6e Draw conclusions
3.6h Identify supporting
details
3.6l Read nonfiction
fluently and accurately
3.7b Use table of contents,
indices and charts
3.9g Revise writing
for clarity of content
3.1a Listen attentively
by making eye
contact, facing the
speaker, asking
questions and
summarizing what has
been said.
3.10b Transition words
3.10d Past/present tense
3.10j Correctly spell sight
words, including irregular
plurals
3.1c Explain what has
been learned
3.17a Collect and
organize data using
observations,
measurements, surveys, or
experiments
3.17b Construct a line plot,
a picture graph, or bar graph
3.17c Read and interpret data
represented in line plots, bar
graphs, and picture graphs
and write a sentence
analyzing the data
3.19 Recognize and extend
patterns formed using
numbers, tables, and
pictures
Geometry
3.14 Identify, describe,
compare and contrast
characteristics of plane and
solid geometric by
identifying characteristics
including the number of
angles, vertices, edges, as
well as the number and
shape of faces
3.15 Identify and draw
points, line segments,
lines, rays, and angles
3.16 Identify and describe
congruent and non-congruent
shapes
Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
Mechanics of Geography:
Hemispheres
Energy Resources
3.11 Investigate and
understand different
sources of energy
3.2c Compound machine
Simple and
Compound Machines
3.2a Purpose and
function of
simple machines
3.2b Types of
simple machines
3.2d Examples of simple
and compound
machines found in the
school, home, and work
environments
3.5a Position and label
the seven continents and
five oceans
3.5b Develop map
skills by using the
equator and prime
meridian to identify the
four hemispheres
Mechanics of
Geography: Read
and construct maps,
charts, and graphs
3.5 Read and
construct maps,
tables, graphs, and
charts
Mechanics of
Geography:
Location
3.4 Locate Greece,
Rome, and West Africa
3.5c Locate Spain,
England, and France
3.5e Locate specific
places using
a simple letternumber grid system
3rd Grade Curriculum ~ Quarter 3
Reading
Folklore & Fairytales
3.3a Use regular and
irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Decode
multisyllabic words
3.3a Homophones
3.4b Roots, affixes,
synonyms, and
antonyms
3.4f Use vocab from
other content areas
3.4g Use glossary,
dictionary, and
thesaurus
Fiction:
3.4d Compare and
contrast setting,
characters, and
events
3.5e Identify
author’s purpose
3.5f Ask and answer
questions from text
3.5g Draw
conclusions
3.5k Monitor
comprehension
3.5m Read fiction
fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.5a Identify
Author’s purpose
3.6d Ask and answer
questions from text
3.6e Draw
conclusions
3.6g Identify Main
Idea
Writing
Persuasive Writing
3.8 Write legibly
in cursive
3.9a Identify audience
3.9 b Use a variety of
prewriting strategies
3.9c Clear topic
sentence
3.9d One topic
paragraph
3.9f Details to elaborate
3.9g Revise writing for
clarity
3.10c Use I in
compound subjects
3.10e Use singular
possessives
3.10j Correctly spell
sight words and
irregular plurals
Oral
Effective
communication skills
in group activities
3.1e Increase
listening and
speaking
vocabularies
3.2 present brief
oral report using
visual media:
3.2a speak clearly
3.2b use appropriate
volume and pitch
Math
Science
Fractions & Probability
Scientific Investigation
(Taught throughout year)
3.3 Name, write
fractions and mixed
numbers represented by
a model
3.18 Investigate and
describe probability as
chance and list possible
results
Computation: Add
and Subtract
Fractions
3.2c speak at an
understandable rate
3.7 Add, subtract proper
fractions having like
denominators of 12 or
less
3.2d organize ideas
sequentially or
around major points
of information
Elapsed Time
and
Temperature
3.2e use
contextually
appropriate
language and
specific vocabulary
to communicate
ideas
3.11
a Tell time to
the nearest minute using
analog and digital clocks
3.11b Determine elapsed
time in one hour
increments over a 12hour period
3.12 Identify equivalent
periods of time,
including relationships
among days, months,
and years as well as
minutes and hours
3.13 Read temperature
to the nearest degree
from a Celsius and
Fahrenheit thermometer
Land and
Water
Environments
3.6a Aquatic
ecosystems
3.6b Terrestrial
ecosystems
3.6c Populations and
Communities
3.6d The human role in
conserving limited
resources
Natural Cycles: Plant
3.8c Understand the
basic principles and
patterns of the plant life
cycle
Social
Geography’s
Effects: Resources
of Mali
3.2 Describe Mali’s oral
tradition (storytelling),
government (kings), and
economic development (trade)
3.4b Describe the physical
and human characteristics of
West Africa
3.4c Explain how people of
West Africa adapted to their
environment to meet their needs
3.7 Explain how producers in
Mali used natural, human, and
capital resources in the
production of goods and
services
Geography’s Effects:
Resources of Greece
3.4b Same as above, but for
ancient Greece
3.4c Same as above, but for
ancient Greece
3.7 Same as above, but for
ancient Greece
3.1 Explain how the
contributions of ancient
Greece and Rome have
influenced the present world in
terms of architecture,
government (direct and
indirect democracy), and
sports
Geography’s Effects:
Resources of Rome
3.4b Same as above, but for
ancient Rome
3.4c Same as above, but for
ancient Rome
3.7 Same as above, but for
ancient Rome
Economy: How people in
certain places meet their
needs
3.8 Recognize that because
people and regions cannot
produce everything they want,
they specialize in what they do
best and trade for the rest
3.6l Read nonfiction
fluently and
accurately
3.7a Use encyclopedias and
other references books as
well as online resources
Identify examples of making
economic choices and explain the
idea of opportunity cost (what’s
given up)
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Famous African
Americans
3rd Grade Curriculum ~ Quarter 4
Reading
Informational
Reading:
Reading, Research
Poetry
3.3a Use regular and
irregular vowel patterns
3.3b Multisyllabic
words
3.4b Roots, affixes,
synonyms, and
antonyms
3.4g Use glossary,
dictionary, and thesaurus
Fiction:
3.5d Compare and
contrast setting,
characters, and
events
3.5e Identify
author’s purpose
3.5g Draw
conclusions
3.5k Monitor
comprehension
3.5m Read fiction
fluently and accurately
Nonfiction:
3.6a Identify
Author’s purpose
3.6e
Draw
conclusions
Writing
Research Based
Nonfiction
Oral
Effective
communication skills
in group activities
3.9a Identify
audience
3.2a Speak clearly
3.9 b Use a variety
of prewriting
strategies
3.2b Use
appropriate volume
and pitch
3.9c Clear topic
sentence
3.2c Speak at an
understandable rate
3.9d One topic
paragraph
3.2d Organize ideas
sequentially or
around major points
of information
3.9e Use strategies for
organization of
information and
elaboration according to
the type of writing
3.2e Use context
appropriate language and
specific vocabulary to
communicate ideas
Math
Science
Measuring Our
World: length, weight,
volume, area and
perimeter.
Scientific Investigation
3.9 Estimate and use
US Customary and
metric units to measure:
a. Length to the nearest
½ inch, foot, yard,
centimeter, and meter
b. Liquid volume
in cups, pints,
quarts, gallons, and
liters
c. Weight/mass in
ounces, pounds, grams,
and kilograms
d. Area and perimeter
Measuring length, Area,
and Perimeter
3.9f Details to
elaborate
3.9g Revise writing for
clarity
3.10j Correctly spell
sight words, including
irregular plurals
3.11d Understand
plagiarism vs. own
words
Soil
3.7a Soil provides
support and nutrients for
plant growth
3.7b Topsoil is a natural
product of subsoil and
bedrock
3.7c Rock, clay, silt, sand,
and humus are the
components of soil
3.7d Soil is a natural
resource that should be
conserved
Impact of
History: Mixed
Effects
Animal Adaptations
3.3b Identify the reasons
for exploring, the
information gained, the
results of the travels,
and the impact of the
travels on American
Indians
3.4a Behavioral
adaptations animals do to
satisfy their life’s needs
3.4b Physical adaptations
animal have to satisfy their
life’s needs
Food Chains
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Animal Exhibit
3.9a Estimate and use US
Customary and metric units
to measure length to
the nearest ½ inch, foot,
yard, centimeter, and meter
3.9d Estimate and use area
and perimeter
3.10a Measure the distance
around a polygon in order
Social
Impact of
History:
Contributions
3.5a Producer,
consumer, decomposer
3.5b Herbivore, carnivore,
omnivore
3.5c Predator and prey
Natural Cycles: Animal
3.8b Understand the basic
principles and patterns of the
animal life cycle
3.3a Describe the
accomplishments of
Christopher Columbus,
Juan Ponce de Leon,
Jacques Cartier, and
Christopher Newport
3.5d Locate the regions
in the Americas
explored by Christopher
Columbus (San Salvador
in the Bahamas), Juan
Ponce de Leon (near St.
Augustine, Florida),
Jacques Cartier (near
Quebec, Canada), and
Christopher Newport
(Jamestown, Virginia)
3.6f Summarize
major points
3.6j Use reading
strategies to
monitor
comprehension
3.6l Read nonfiction
fluently and
accurately
3.7a Use
encyclopedias
and other references
books & online
resources
3.6b Use table of
contents, indices and
charts
3.10a Construct
questions about the
topics
3.11b Identify
appropriate resources
3.11c Collect and
organize information
to determine perimeter
3.10b count the number of
square units needed to
cover a surface in order to
determine area
Survival of Organisms
3.10a The interdependency
of plants and animals
3.10b The effects of human
activity on the quality of air,
water, and habitat
3.10c The effects of fire,
flood, disease, and erosion
on organisms
3.10d Conservation and
resource renewal