HITCH THIRD GRADE SYLLABUS
Ms. Bremner & Ms. Hurst
2015-2016
FIRST QUARTER
ELA (English Language Arts)
Comprehension
Strategies & Skills
Program
Writing
Grammar
Curriculum Associates Ready
Vocabular
y
Spelling/Phonic
s
Sadlier
Vocabulary
Workshop
What Really
Matters in
Spelling, Patricia
Cunningham
Units of
Study
Unit 1 - Key Ideas &
Details in Literature
Narrative
X
Units 1-5
X
Focus Skills
& Strategies
setting, character
traits, central
message,
plot/sequence,
cause & effect,
author’s purpose,
genre study
establish setting,
characters, and
plot; descriptive
language;
chronological
order;
organization and
purpose; edit,
revise, and use
technology
nouns,
pronouns,
verbs,
subject-verb
agreement
understand
word
relationships,
determine
meaning of
unknown and
multiplemeaning
words and
phrases
high-frequency
words, spelling
patterns and
generalizations,
use of reference
materials
Classroom
Assessment
s
Unit 1 test, exit
tickets
creative writing
journal, formal
narrative piece
exit tickets
unit quizzes
weekly quizzes
CC
Standards
Focus Standards:
RL.3.1-3
W.3.1, W.3.4-7
L.3.1a, L.3.1b,
L.3.1f, L.3.2a
L.3.2f, L.3.4ad, L.3.5a,
L.3.5c
L.3.2e-g
Supporting
Standards:
RL.3.4, 6, 7
W.3.3-7
L.3.1a, 1f, 2a, 2e-g, 4,
5a, 5c, 6
Math
Science
Social Studies
Program
Eureka Math
Scott Foresman-Pearson
Social Studies Weekly
Units of Study
Module 1, Module 2
Plants and How They
Grow (Chapter 1), How
Animals Live (Chapter 3)
Government Across
Cultures
Focus Skills &
Strategies
multiplication & division, place
value
reading, analyzing, and
collaboratively discussing
informational text
reading, analyzing, and
collaboratively discussing
informational text
Classroom
Assessments
exit tickets, mid-module
assessment tasks, end-of-module
assessment tasks, MARS tasks
chapter tests
Studies Weekly tests
Standards
CC Content Standards:
3.OA.1-8, 3.NBT.1, 3.NBT.2,
3.MD.1, 3.MD.2
NGSS:
3-LS1-1, 3-LS2-1
Illinois Social Science
Standards:
14.A.1, 14.F.1, 14.E.1
Standards for Mathematical
Practice:
MP.1-4, MP.6, MP.7
*CC: Common Core, NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards
SECOND QUARTER
ELA (English Language Arts)
Comprehension
Strategies & Skills
Program
Units of
Study
Writing
Grammar
Curriculum Associates Ready
Unit 2: Key Ideas and
Details in
Informational Text
Vocabulary
Spelling/Phonic
s
Sadlier
Vocabulary
Workshop
What Really
Matters in
Spelling, Patricia
Cunningham
Informational
X
Units 6-9
X
Unit 3: Craft and
Structure in
Informational Text
Focus Skills
& Strategies
main idea and
details, sequence,
cause & effect, text
features, author’s
purpose, point of
view
introduce and
develop topic
with facts and
details,
organization
and purpose;
edit, revise,
and use
technology
adjectives,
adverbs,
abstract
nouns,
regular and
irregular
verbs, verb
tenses,
comparative
and
superlative
adjectives
and adverbs,
simple and
compound
sentences
understand
word
relationships,
determine
meaning of
unknown and
multiplemeaning words
and phrases
high-frequency
words, spelling
patterns and
generalizations,
use of reference
materials
Classroom
Assessments
Unit 2 and Unit 3
tests, exit tickets,
text features project
creative
writing journal,
formal
informational
piece
exit tickets
unit quizzes
weekly quizzes
CC
Standards
Focus Standards:
RI.3.1-3
RI.3.4-6
W.3.3-7
L.3.1a, L.3.1c-i
L.3.2f, L.3.4,
L.3.5, L.3.5b,
L.3.2e, L.3.2f,
L.3.2g
Supporting
Standards:
RI.3.4-9
W.3.2, 4-7
L.3.1a, 1c-i, 2e-g, 4-6
RI.3.1-3, 6, 7, 9
Math
Science
Social Studies
Program
Eureka Math
Scott Foresman-Pearson
Social Studies Weekly
Units of Study
Module 3, Module 4
Plants and Animals
Living Together
(Chapter 4) & Weather
(Chapter 6)
Teaching Citizenship
through History
Focus Skills &
Strategies
multiplication & division, area
reading, analyzing, and
collaboratively
discussing informational
text
reading, analyzing, and
collaboratively
discussing
informational text
Classroom
Assessments
fluency checks, exit tickets, midmodule assessment tasks, end-ofmodule assessment tasks, MARS
tasks, area project
Chapter 4 and Chapter 6
tests
Studies Weekly tests
Standards
CC Content Standards:
NGSS:
LS2.C, 3-LS4-2,3-ESS2-2
Illinois State
Standards:
16.C.1b, 16.C.2c,
17.A.1a
3.OA.3-5, 3.OA.7-9, 3.NBT.3,
3.MD.5-7
Standards for Mathematical
Practice:
MP.1-8
*CC: Common Core, NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards
THIRD QUARTER
ELA (English Language Arts)
Comprehension
Strategies & Skills
Program
Units of
Study
Writing
Grammar Vocabulary
Curriculum Associates Ready
Unit 4: Integration of
Knowledge and Ideas
in Literature
Persuasive and
Research
X
Spelling/Phonic
s
Sadlier
Vocabulary
Workshop
What Really
Matters in
Spelling, Patricia
Units 10-13
X
Cunningham
Unit 5: Integration of
Knowledge and Ideas
of Informational Texts
Focus Skills
& Strategies
compare and contrast
stories and characters,
compare and contrast
two texts, connect
words and pictures,
describe comparisons
state opinion,
create
structure that
lists supportive
reasons,
organization
and purpose;
edit, revise,
and use
technology
subordinati
understand
ng
word
conjunction relationships,
s, use
determine
commas and
meaning of
quotation
unknown and
marks in
multipledialogue,
meaning words
possessives
and phrases
high-frequency
words, spelling
patterns and
generalizations,
use of reference
materials
Classroom
Assessment
s
Unit 4 & Unit 5 tests,
exit tickets,
creative
writing journal,
formal
persuasive
piece
exit tickets
unit quizzes
weekly quizzes
CC
Standards
Focus Standards:
RL.3.7, 9
RI.3.7-9
W.3.1, W.3.4-7
L.3.1h,
L.3.1i,
L.3.2c,
L.3.2d
L.3.2f, L.3.4,
L.3.4b, L.3.5,
L.3.5c, L.3.6
L.3.2e-g
Supporting Standards:
RL.3.1, 3, 4, 6
RI.3.1-6
W.3.1, 4-7
L.3. 1h, 1i, 2b-g, 4-6
Math
Science
Social Studies
Program
Eureka Math
Scott ForesmanPearson
Social Studies
Weekly
Units of Study
Unit 5
Science in Our Lives
(Chapter 17)
Economics and
Resources
Focus Skills &
Strategies
fractions as numbers
reading, analyzing, and
collaboratively
discussing
informational text
reading, analyzing,
and collaboratively
discussing
informational text
Classroom
Assessments
exit tickets, mid-module assessment
tasks, end-of-module assessment tasks,
MARS tasks, fractions project
Chapter 17 test
Studies Weekly tests
Standards
CC Content Standards:
3.NF.1, 3.NF.2, 3.NF.3, 3.G.2
NGSS:
ETS1.A, ETS1.B,
ETS1.C
Illinois State
Standards:
15.A.1a, 15.A.2a E,
15.B.2a
Standards for Mathematical Practice:
MP.2, MP.3, MP.6, MP.7
*CC: Common Core, NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards
FOURTH QUARTER
ELA (English Language Arts)
Comprehension
Strategies & Skills
Program
Writing
Grammar
Curriculum Associates Ready
Units of
Study
Unit 6: Craft &
Structure in
Literature
Narrative
Focus Skills
& Strategies
main idea, author’s
purpose, point of
view, sequence,
character traits,
establish
setting,
characters,
and plot;
X
Vocabular
y
Spelling/Phonic
s
Sadlier
Vocabulary
Workshop
What Really
Matters in
Spelling, Patricia
Units 14-18
X
understand
word
relationships,
determine
high-frequency
words, spelling
patterns and
generalizations,
Cunningham
drama, poetry
descriptive
language;
chronological
order;
organization
and purpose;
edit, revise,
and use
technology
Classroom
Assessments
Unit 6 test, exit
tickets
creative
writing
journal, formal
narrative
piece
CC
Standards
Focus Standards:
RL.3.4-6
W.3.1, W.3.4-7
meaning of
unknown and
multiplemeaning
words and
phrases
use of reference
materials
exit tickets
unit quizzes
weekly quizzes
L.3.1-3
L.3.2f, L.3.4,
L.3.4b, L.3.4c,
L.3.5, L.3.5c,
L.3.6
L.3.2e-g
Math
Science
Social Studies
Program
Eureka
Scott ForesmanPearson
Social Studies Weekly
Units of Study
Unit 7
Patterns in the Sky
(Chapter 15), Solar
System (Chapter 16)
Chicago
Focus Skills &
geometry and measurement word
reading, analyzing, and
reading, analyzing, and
Strategies
problems
collaboratively
discussing
informational text
collaboratively
discussing
informational text
Classroom
Assessments
exit tickets, mid-module assessment
tasks, end-of-module assessment tasks,
MARS tasks
Chapter 15 & 16 tests
choice board projects
Standards
CC Content Standards:
3.OA.8, 3.MD.4, 3.MD.8, 3.G.1,
3.MD.3, 3.MD.4
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1, 2-ESS1, 2-ESS2
W.3.2, RI.3.1, RI.3.3,
SL.3.2, SL.3.3
Standards for Mathematical
Practice: MP.1, MP.3, MP.5, MP.6,
MP.2, MP.7
*CC: Common Core, NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards