Third Grade
3RD GRADE TEACHERS
Ms. Tanner
Ms. Stuart
Ms. De La Torre
Ms. Doll
Ms. Brandhorst
WELCOME TO THIRD GRADE!
"Learning ultimately comes down to one thing; the ability, and choice, to put one's brain around a problem- to stare past the confusion, and struggle forward rather than flee." - Andy Schipper
THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM
Reading:
- reads aloud fluently and accurately
- uses context clues to confirm or self correct vocabulary words
- utlizes strategies of visualizing, questioning, making connections, determining importance, inferring, and synthesizing to build understanding of texts
- Self selects and sustains through appropriate text
- Units of Study focus on Building a Reading Life, Mysteries, Character Studies, and Non-fiction
Writing:
- writes narratives (personal and fiction) using effective techniques, details and clear sequence of events
- writes informative pieces to examine a topic and convey ideas clearly
- writes opinion pieces supporting a point of view with evidence
- uses correct capitalization, grammar, and grade level spelling skills
- writes routinely over extended periods of time
Math:
- solves one-step and multi step word problems
- fluently multiplies and divides within 100
- understands properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division
- identifies and compares numbers using place value to 10,000
- fluently adds and subtracts within 1,000
- rounds whole numbers to nearest 10,000
- represents fractions as numbers on the number line
- compares fractions by reasoning their size
- recognizes and generates simple equivalent fractions
- tells time to the minute
- measures and estimates volume and mass using metric units
- uses data in bar graphs
- calculates perimeter and area of plane figures
- categorizes shapes based on their attributes
- clearly communicates mathematical reasoning
- perseveres through tasks and attends to accuracy, reasonableness, and efficiency.
Science:
- Interdependent relationships in Ecosystems
Adaptations, which increase survival, Inheritance and variation of traits, Social interactions within animal groups, Life cycles of plants and animals
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Forces and Interactions
Effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object, Effects of Magnetism and static electricity on an object without contact
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Weather and Climate
The difference between weather and climate, Natural disasters
Social Studies:
- History of California with an emphasis on local history