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3rd

gr Curriculum Map AUGUST

READING - Imagine It!

Level 3: Unit 1

Text Selection: Read Aloud - "Amos and Boris"; Story - "Rugby and Rosie"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ā/ spelled a and a_e, /ē/ spelled e and e_e, /ī/

spelled i and i_e, /ō/ spelled o and o_e, and /ū/ spelled u and u_e. Antonyms and Synonyms.

Comprehension: cause and effect; Strategies: predicting, asking questions, making connections; Skills:

interviewing, being a good listener.

Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE

Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1; 3.4; 3.6

Text Selection: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (read aloud), "Catch A Little Rhyme" (read aloud),

"Actions speak louder than words."

Lesson Objectives: Students will understand the meaning of the stories, poems, and/or idioms, discuss location and

concepts related to core knowledge history and science, and review any unknown vocabulary words.

Assessments: Classroom participation, in-class discussion, observation.

WRITING - 6 Trait

Six Trait Writing – Ideas - August/September

SKILLS: Students will learn how to make ideas strong by focusing on the meaning and development of

the message.

OBJECTIVES: The writing will have a clear focus; Ideas will be fresh and original; The reader will learn

something important; The writing will make sense; The writing will include good, juicy details

ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals

GRAMMAR - Shurley English

Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1.1; 3.2.3; 3.3.3.

Chapter 1

Lesson Objectives (Review): Jingles (Study Skills, Sentence)

Lesson Objectives (New): Making goals; learn capitalization and punctuation rules and use them to edit;

Vocabulary; Analogies; synonyms and antonyms.

Assessments: Pretest, Classroom Observation and Participation, Workbook pages, Chapter 1 Assessment

MATH

Math Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 1 – 5

Skills Covered: Telling and showing time to the hour; Solving elapsed time problems; Graphing data on a bar

graph; Reading a graph; Identifying digits and writing two-digit numbers; Telling and showing time to the

half hour; Identifying addends, sums and the commutative property of addition; Addition facts: adding 0,

adding 1 and doubles; Identifying a missing addend.

Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.

SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge

Geography Standards: 3.2

Topic: Geography

Lesson Objectives: Students will: identify and locate the 7 continents and 4 major oceans; be familiar with map

symbols and keys; correctly label a compass rose; locate the equator, poles and hemispheres; correctly define

geographical terms and features.

Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions and projects, and unit tests.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

- 1st lesson Every Year

- Computer Lab Rules

TYPE to LEARN

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CORE VIRTUES

Civics Standards: 3.4

Core Virtue: Respect and Responsibility

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate respect for the world, its creatures, our environment, and for

themselves. Students will demonstrate responsibility for their physical surroundings, showing stewardship for

the earth and its goods.

Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.

3rd

gr Curriculum Map SEPTEMBER


Level 3: Unit 1

Text Selection: "The Legend of Damon and Pythias"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: /j/ spelled ge and gi_, /s/ spelled ce and ci_, and

/ā/ spelled a and a_e, and /ē/ spelled e and e_e and compound words. Comprehension Strategies: asking

questions, summarizing, and adjusting reading speeds; Skills: author's purpose and sequence.


Text Selection: "Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: contractions, subjects and predicates; review

/j/ spelled j and dge and /s/ spelled s and cy ; /ā/ spelled a, and a_e; /ē/ spelled e and e_e; /ī/ spelled i

and i_e, /ō/ spelled o and o_e, and /ū/ spelled u and u_e. Comprehension Strategies: making connections,

adjusting reading speeds and predicting; Skills: author's point of view and compare and contrast.


Text Selection: "Beauty and the Beast"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ā/ spelled ai_ and _ay; /ē/ spelled

ea, ee, _y, _ie, and _ey; review consonant blends, related words and complete simple sentences.

Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, predicting and visualizing; Skills: drawing conclusions.


Text Selection: "Teammates"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /f/ spelled ph, /m/ spelled _mb, /n/ spelled

kn_, and /r/ spelled wr_; review antonyms, synonyms, compound words, contractions, and related words.

Comprehension: Strategies: monitoring and clarifying, summarizing, and predicting; Skills: main idea and

details.



Text Selection:

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (read aloud), Three Words of Wisdom (read aloud), "The Crocodile" (students

will memorize), "The Bee" (read aloud), "The Adventures of Isabel" (read aloud), "Eletelephony" (read aloud),

"Father William" (read aloud), "A feather in your cap.", "His bark is worse than his bite."



Assessments: Classroom participation: in-class discussion, observation.

WRITING - 6 Trait

Six Trait Writing – Ideas - August/September

SKILLS: Students will learn how to make ideas strong by focusing on the meaning and development of the

message.

OBJECTIVES: The writing will have a clear focus; Ideas will be fresh and original; The reader will learn

something important; The writing will make sense; The writing will include good, juicy details



Chapter 2

Lesson Objectives (Review): Previously taught jingles; Adverb; Adjective; Article Adjective.

Lesson Objectives (New): Vocabulary; Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Learn Pattern 1

sentences; Identify complete subject and complete predicate; Learn how to do a skill builder check to find

nouns; identify noun jobs; Vocabulary; Analogies; Identify adverbs, adjectives, and article adjectives; use

journal writing as an opportunity to communicate ideas; types of sentences; Practice and Revised sentences.

Assessments: Chapter 2 Assessment; Classroom Observation and Participation, workbook pages.

MATH


Skills Covered: Estimating length to the nearest inch; Measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest inch;

Drawing congruent line segments; Identifying the properties of a rectangle; Identifying and measuring the length and

width of a rectangle; Ordering two- digit numbers; Identifying even and odd numbers; Subtraction facts: subtracting 0

and 1; differences of 0 and 1; Identifying the relative value of pattern blocks; Covering designs with pattern blocks;

Identifying, acting out, drawing pictures, and writing number sentences for some, some more and some, some went

away story problems; Dividing squares into two and four equal parts; Identifying congruent shapes; Counting dimes

and nickels; Comparing the values of sets of coins; Adding 10 to a two-digit number and subtracting 10 from a two-

digit number using mental computation; Addition facts: sums of 10; Making a design with a given value using pattern

blocks; Writing the date using digits; Dividing squares into two, four and eight equal parts; Identifying and shading

halves, fourths and eighths; Reading a thermometer to the nearest 10 degrees; Rounding numbers to the nearest ten;

Addition facts: adding 2; Writing addition and subtraction fact families; Naming and drawing polygons; Dividing a

square into three equal parts; Identifying and shading thirds; Rewriting numbers by regrouping tens and ones;

Trading dimes and pennies; Making an organized list; Counting dimes, nickels and pennies; Writing fractions using

the fraction bar; Addition facts: adding 9; Writing fraction number sentences that equal one.



Topic: (Science) Animal Classification Lesson Objectives: Students will: describe the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates;

classify fish, reptiles, birds and mammals; identify amphibians; describe the

difference between cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals.

Assessments: Worksheets, Projects, Classroom Observation and Unit Assessments

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

Review

How to Save

How to Print

- Logging On

- Clean up and logging off

Home Tab - Font

- Style; Color; Bold; Italics; Underline

Common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide is discussed.

General-purpose productivity tools and peripherals are used to support personal productivity, remediate skill

deficits, and facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.

One lesson or so on how technology impacts our life/makes it better/makes it easier

i. Class discussion

ii. Cell phones, Chromebooks, microwaves, etc…

iii. Reinforced throughout school year

Basic issues related to responsible use of technology and information, and describe personal consequences of

inappropriate behavior is discussed.

One lesson or so on respect/responsibility with technology; ethics with technology

i. Class discussion

ii. ie: ethics of logging into someone else’s account and messing with their stuff; defamation on social

media

iii. consequences

iv. Reinforced throughout school year

TYPE to LEARN

All students will pass two Type to Learn assessments by winter break.

CORE VIRTUES

Respect and Responsibility

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate respect for the world, its creatures, our environment, and for

themselves. They will demonstrate responsibility for their physical surroundings, showing stewardship for the

earth and its goods.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map OCTOBER


Level 3: Unit 1 and 2

Text Selection: Read Aloud - "Building Blocks for Survival" Story - "One Small Place in a Tree"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ī/ spelled _igh, _y, and _ie; review

consonant blends at beginning or end of words; identify and learn how regular plurals are formed-plural

nouns. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, clarifying, and visualizing; Skills: author's purpose

and cause and effect.


Text Selection: "Make Way for Ducklings"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ō/ spelled _ow and oa_; review irregular

plural nouns. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions and predicting; Skills: reality and fantasy.


Text Selection: "Wolf Island"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ū/ spelled _ew and _ue; and

homographs. Comprehension: Strategies: making connections and predicting;

Skills: fact and opinion and making inferences.


Text Selection: "Two Days in May"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ī/ spelled _igh, _y, and _ie; /ō/ spelled

_ow and oa_; /ū/ spelled _ew and _ue; review homophones, subjects and direct objects.

Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, making connections, and summarizing; Skills: cause and

effect and reading with a writer's eye.



Text Selection: William Tell (read aloud), Jason and the Golden Fleece (read aloud), Perseus and Medusa

(read aloud), "Jimmy Jet and his TV Set" (read aloud), "Clean bill of health.", "Cold shoulder.", "On its

last leg.", "When in Rome, do as the Romans do.", "Rule the roost."

Lesson Objectives: Students will understand the meaning of the stories, poems, and/or idioms, discuss

location and concepts related to core knowledge history and science, and review any unknown vocabulary.


WRITING - 6 Trait

Six Trait Writing – Organization - October/November

SKILLS: Students will learn to organize their writing using time to support the logical flow of ideas.

OBJECTIVES: The writing will have a brilliant beginning; The writing will have a mighty middle that

develops logically; The writing will conclude with an excellent ending; The details will tie together so the

writing is easy to follow



Chapter 3

Lesson Objectives (Review): previously taught jingles.

Lesson Objectives (New): Identify simple subject and simple predicate; singular and plural nouns

and parts of speech; Identify common and proper nouns; Classify sentences using the question

and answer flow; Learn new vocabulary words and analogies; Finding topic and supporting

details; writing process; write a 3-point expository paragraph.

Assessments: Classroom Observation and Participation, Writing Assignments; Chapter 3 Assessment;

workbook unit tests.

MATH


Skills Covered: Identifying dozen and half dozen; Writing a fraction to show a part of a set; Reading and writing

number to 1,000 using digits; Writing money amounts using the dollar and cent signs; Reading and shading a

thermometer to the nearest two degrees; Addition facts: adding 3 and 4; Collecting data; Tallying; Adding multiples

of 10 using mental computation; Estimating the sum of two two-digit numbers; Estimating, measuring, and drawing

line segments using centimeters; Adding a multiple of 10 to a number using mental computation; Ordering three-digit

numbers; Listing combinations; Addition facts: adding 5 and 6; Writing number sentences for some, some more and

some, some went away stories; Writing story problems for addition and subtraction number sentences; Counting

quarters; Finding half of a set of objects; Adding three or more single-digit numbers; Telling and showing time to

five-minute intervals; Identifying a.m. and p.m.; Identifying the number of minutes in an hour and the number of

hours in a day; Addition facts: adding 7 and 8; Conducting a survey; Drawing and reading a pictograph; Identifying

place value to hundreds; Writing three-digit numbers in expanded form; Adding two-digit numbers using mental

computation; Naming line segments; Identifying a missing digit in an addition problem; Multiplying by 1 and by 10;

Identifying factors and products; Estimating and finding the capacity of containers; Ordering containers by

capacity; Identifying 1-cup liquid measure; Identifying pint, quart, half-gallon, gallon and liter containers. a bar

graph, addition facts: sums of 11, measuring with one-inch color tiles, naming fractional parts of a whole, trading

pennies for dimes, measuring line segments to the nearest inch, adding 10 to a two-digit number, addition facts: sums

of 12, identifying 1-cup and 1/2-cup measuring cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and 1/2 teaspoons, reading a recipe.



Topic: (History) Ancient Rome Lesson Objectives: Students will: Understand the legend of Romulus and Remus; Distinguish between

legend and history; Identify and describe geographic features of Rome; Understand the role of the gods in

the Roman belief system; Identify Juno, Mars, Vesta, and Janus as Roman gods; Identify patricians and the

role in Roman society; Identify plebeians and their role in Roman society; Identify Cincinnatus and explain

why he was admired; Identify the Punic Wars as struggle between Rome and Carthage; Identify Hannibal

and understand his role in the Punic Wars; Understand the outcome of the Punic Wars; Understand how the

Roman Empire grew; Understand why some wealthy people in the Roman Republic became richer while

many poor people became poorer; Identify Julius Caesar and describe his rise to power; Identify Cleopatra

and understand what she wanted from Julius Caesar; Recognize some of Cleopatra's characteristics;

Understand why powerful Roman's assassinated Julius Caesar; Understand the civil war that followed

Caesar's death; Identify Brutus, Marc Antony and Octavian and their roles in the assassination and its

aftermath; Identify Octavian and Augustus Caesar as the same person known by two different names;

Recognize the accomplishments of Augustus Caesar; Understand Augustus Caesar's behavior toward the Senate.

Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects,

and unit tests.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

- Undo – control z

- Redo – control y

- Copy – highlight – control C

- Paste – highlight – control V

TYPE to LEARN

All students will pass two Type to Learn assessments by winter break

CORE VIRTUES

Diligence (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate diligence in their classroom work with a conscious effort.

They will verbalize the importance of not giving up. Students express the

diligence demonstrated by the founding fathers in forming the Constitution.

Self-Control and Self-Discipline (Year 2)

Lesson Objectives: Students will recognize times when they are becoming out of control and work to regain it. They

will demonstrate discipline by paying attention in class and doing their

homework. Students express the self-control and diligence demonstrated by the founding fathers in forming the

Constitution.

Perseverance (Year 3)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate perseverance in their classroom work with a conscious effort. They will

verbalize the importance of not giving up. Students express the

perseverance demonstrated by the founding fathers in forming the Constitution.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map NOVEMBER


Level 3: Unit 2

Text Selection: "Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: reviewing /ū/ spelled _ew and _ue; and /oo/

spelled oo, u, __ew and u_e; open and closed syllables; review regular and irregular plurals,

homographs, and homophones. Comprehension: Strategies: making connections, adjusting reading

speed, and clarifying; Skills: classify and categorize.


Text Selection: Read Aloud - "A New Coat for Anna" Story - "It's a Deal!"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /oo/ spelled oo; identify and know how

to add the inflectional ending - ing. Comprehension: Strategies: clarifying and summarizing;

Skills: author's purpose, classify and categorize.


Text Selection: "The Go-Around Dollar"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ō/ spelled _ow and /ow/ spelled ow and

ou_; meaning and inflectional ending -ed. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, making

connections, and summarizing; Skills: sequence.



Text Selection Cupid and Psyche (read aloud), The Sword of Damocles (read aloud), Androcles and the

Lion (read aloud), Horiatis at the Bridge (read aloud), Achilles' Heel (read aloud), Last Straw."

Lesson Objectives: Students will understand the meaning of the stories, poems, and/or idioms, discuss

location and concepts related to core knowledge history and science, and review any unknown vocabulary

words.


WRITING – Six Trait

Six Trait Writing – Organization - October/November

SKILLS: Students will learn to organize their writing using time to support the logical flow of ideas.

OBJECTIVES: The writing will have a brilliant beginning; The writing will have a mighty middle that develops

logically; The writing will conclude with an excellent ending; The details will tie together so the writing is easy

to follow



Chapter 4

Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; Preposition; Object of the Preposition;

Prepositional Phrase; Transition words.

Lesson Objectives (New): Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Identify prepositions, objects of the

prepositions, and prepositional phrases; Use transition words in writing; Correctly apply subject/verb agreement;

Vocabulary and Analogies; Practice all writing process steps and create 3-point expository paragraph on own;

discuss point of view.

Assessments: Chapter 4 Assessment; Classroom Observation and Participation, Writing Assignment; workbook pages

MATH


Skills Covered: Reading a thermometer to the nearest degree; Identifying the freezing and boiling points of water and

normal body temperature on the Fahrenheit scale; Estimating a reasonable temperature; Using comparison symbols

(>, <, and =); Identifying horizontal, vertical and oblique lines and line segments; Finding perimeter; Subtraction

facts: subtracting a number from 10; Making a shape for a given perimeter; Constructing a number line; Adding two-

digit numbers using the addition algorithm; Using estimation to verify the reasonableness of calculated results;

Drawing and measuring line segments to the nearest half inch; Multiplication facts: multiplying by 7; Locating and

naming points on a number line with a scale of 10; Estimating capacity; Drawing a bar graph using a scale of 10;

Acting out, drawing pictures, and writing number sentences for equal groups stories; Identifying and drawing lines of

symmetry; Writing division problems in three ways; Dividing by 10, by 7, and by 1; Identifying quotients;

Subtraction facts: subtracting 2; differences of 2; Measuring with cups, tablespoons and teaspoons; Reading a recipe.



Topic: (History) Ancient Rome

Lesson Objectives: Students will: Locate the Roman Empire on a world map; Identify the countries that

occupy that area today; Identify the dominate natural features of the Roman Empire; Recognize the

network of roads, bridges and aqueducts as an important asset of Roman Empire; Understand the

technology used to build these structures; Understand how aqueducts were used; Recognize Ancient Rome

as a crowded and busy city; Identify the Temple of Jupiter as a symbol of Rome; Understand the activities

that took place in Rome's market and the Forum; Recognize the Coliseum and understand its structure;

Understand how the Coliseum was used; Understand the structure and uses the Circus Maximus;

Understand the effect of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 on the people of Pompeii; Understand

how the eruption has aided our understanding of daily life in the Roman Empire; Understand daily life in

Pompeii in A.D. 79; Identify the Pax Romana; Understand why Christians were persecuted; Understand the

effects of persecution on the early Christians; Understand some of the causes that led to the decline of the

Roman Empire; Identify the barbarians and understand their role in the decline of the Roman Empire;

Identify Diocletian; Identify Constantine as the first Christian emperor; Identify the area of the Eastern and

Western empires and name their capitals; Understand the fall of the Western Empire and the continuation of

the Eastern Empire.


and unit tests.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

- Home Tab - Paragraph

- Left / Center / Right

- Numbering

- Bullets

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Gratitude (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will express gratitude for their family, friends, home, nation and education.

Wonder (Year 2)

Lesson Objectives: Students will feel awe when thinking of things in nature. They will become more curious

about life and become freer in developing creative ideas. Students will

feel wonder about the animals of the Louisiana Purchase.

Stewardship (Year 3)

Lesson Objectives: Students will develop care for the environment and the things that they own. They will take

steps to improve the world and better care for their things. Students will

understand the failure of early Americans to be good stewards of the Buffalo.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map DECEMBER


Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4

Level 3: Unit 3

Text Selection: Story - "Lemons and Lemonade: A Book about Supply and Demand"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /aw/ spelled aw, au_, augh, ought, all and

al; regular comparative and superlative adjectives. Comprehension: Strategies: making connections and

predicting; Skills: fact and opinion, and fantasy and reality.


Text Selection: "Madam C.J. Walker: Self-Made Millionaire"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /oi/ spelled oi and _oy; irregular

comparative and superlative adjectives. Comprehension: Strategies: clarifying,

visualizing, and summarizing; Skills: fact and opinion, and fantasy and reality.


Text Selection: "Uncle Jed's Barbershop"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: review /ō/ spelled _ow; /ū/ spelled _ew and

_ue; and /oo/ spelled _ue, _ew, and u_e; and /ow/ spelled ow. Comprehension:

Strategies: adjusting reading speed, clarifying, and summarizing; Skills: cause and effect.



Text Selection: "The show must go on.", "Touch and go."





Six Trait Writing – Word Choice - December/January

SKILLS: Students will expand their vocabulary as they clarify an idea and create a picture in the reader's mind.

OBJECTIVES: The words will paint pictures in the reader's mind; The message will be clear; The words will be

accurate, specific, and powerful



Chapter 5

Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; Pronouns, Possessive pronouns, Subject pronouns;

conjunctions; 8 parts of speech.

Lesson Objectives (New): Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Learn new vocabulary

words and analogies; identify different kinds of pronouns and understood subject pronouns; Identify simple

sentences, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments; Identify compound parts and coordinate conjunctions;

introduction to 3 paragraph essay (will continue in January).

Assessments: Chapter 5 Assessment; Classroom Observation and Participation; workbook pages.

MATH - Saxon


Skills Covered: Writing a part of a set as a fraction; Subtracting a multiple of 10 from a number using mental

computation; Estimating differences of two two-digit numbers; Squaring numbers; Identifying perfect squares;

Simplifying expressions with exponents of 2; Showing three- and four-digit numbers using base ten blocks; Writing

three- and four-digit numbers for a model or a picture; Subtraction facts: subtracting 3 and 4; differences of 3 and 4;

Following a recipe; Setting a dial and determining elapsed time; Identifying the missing addend in a some, some more

story; Subtracting two-digit numbers; Writing numbers to 1,000 using words; Adding and subtracting

multiples of 100; Multiplication facts: multiplying by 2; Drawing and reading a line graph; Telling and showing time

to the minute; Rounding a number to the nearest hundred; Estimating sums and differences of three-digit numbers;

Comparing fractions with denominators of 2, 3, and 6 using patterns blocks (pattern 1); Adding and subtracting

fractions with denominators of fractions with denominators of 2, 3, and 6; Writing a fraction to show a part of a whole

comparing fractions with denominators of 2, 3, and 6 using pattern blocks (pattern 2); Adding and subtracting

fractions with denominators of fractions with denominators of 2, 3, and 6; Subtracting differences of 5 and 6; Reading

Roman numerals to 31.



Topic: (History) Rivers of the World Lesson Objectives: Students will: describe two ways that rivers bring life to farms and cities; compare the

Nile and Yellow Rivers; explain how dams can change rivers to improve people’s lives; describe the

locations of the Yangtze, Indus, and Ganges Rivers; explain why the Ganges River is important to people

in India; list at least three ways people use the Murray River; describe the mouth and source of a river;

describe the location of the Murray River; list three dangers that boat captains must look out for on rivers;

compare the dangers on the Mississippi and the Ob Rivers; describe the locations of the Mississippi and

Ob Rivers; explain how rivers provide good habitats for wildlife; describe the locations of the Amazon,

Orinoco and Mackenzie Rivers; explain how waterfalls make river navigation difficult; describe why boats can travel

on rivers with waterfalls; describe the locations of the Parana, Congo and Yukon Rivers; explain how rivers help

people trade with each other; describe the locations of the Rhine, Danube, Volga and Niger Rivers.

Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions and projects, and unit tests.

Topic: (Science) Human Body Lesson Objectives: Students will: learn that the body is made of up several different systems; learn the difference

between involuntary and voluntary muscles; learn about major bones in the human body; be able to define bone

marrow; learn about the connections between the muscular system and skeletal system; learn the make-up of the brain

and different parts of the nervous system.

Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

- Home Tab - Paragraph

- Left / Center / Right

- Numbering

- Bullets

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Generosity (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate a desire to help or give to those in need through community

service or by simply lending a helping hand.

Charity (Year 2)



Service (Year 3)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate a desire to help those in need through community service

or by simply lending a helping hand.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map JANUARY



Level 3: Unit 3 and Unit 4

Text Selection: Read Aloud - "Galileo's Journal 1609-1610" Story - "Sun"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: identify and know the meanings of the suffixes -ly and -y

and -ment and -tion. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions,

adjusting reading speed, clarifying and summarizing; Skills: classify, categorize, and drawing conclusions .


Text Selection: "Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: identify and know the meanings of the suffixes -ful and –

able and -ed and -ing. Comprehension: Strategies: making connections and

predicting; Skills: author's purpose, making inferences and sequence.


Text Selection: "The Moon Seems to Change"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge/Phonics and Fluency: suffixes -ity, -less, -ness and -sion.

Comprehension: Strategies: making connections and summarizing; Skills: cause and

effect; and compare and contrast.


Text Selection: Story - "Journey to the Moon"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: identify and know the meanings of some Greek root words and some Latin

root words. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, clarifying, and

summarizing; Skills: fact and opinion; main idea and details; and making inferences.



Text Selection: Tricksters from Scandinavia (read aloud), Norse Gods and Goddesses (read aloud), The

World Tree and the End of the World (read aloud), Loki and the Gifts for the Gods (read aloud), Thor

and His Hammer (read aloud), Idun's Magical Apples (read aloud)

Lesson Objectives: Students will understand the meaning of the stories and/or poems, discuss location and concepts

related to core knowledge history and science, and review any unknown vocabulary words.



Six Trait Writing – Word Choice - December/January

SKILLS: Students will expand their vocabulary as they clarify an idea and create a picture in the reader's mind.

OBJECTIVES: The words will paint pictures in the reader's mind; The message will be clear; The words will

be accurate, specific, and powerful




Chapter 6

Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; Helping verbs; Conjunctions.

Lesson Objectives (New): Continue 3 paragraph essays; Classify sentences using the question and answer flow;

Learn new vocabulary words and analogies; Identify helping verbs; Classify sentence order as natural or inverted;

Edit paragraphs using capitalization and punctuation rules; identify compound and simple sentences, and correct

fragments and run-ons.

Assessments: Classroom Observation and Participation, Chapter 6 Assessment; workbook pages; writing assignment.

MATH

Math Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4


Skills Covered: Adding three-digit numbers; Identifying ordinal position; Reading and writing money amounts to

$1,000; Writing money amounts using fractions and decimals; Writing checks; Selection coins for a given

amount; Subtracting 7, 8, and 9; Making reasonable predictions by collection and analyzing data; Finding square

roots of perfect squares; Adding money amounts (decimals); Reading and showing the temperature on the Celsius

scale; Identifying the number of days in each month; Identifying the number of days in a year; Multiplying by 0;

Identifying the commutative property of multiplication; Multiplying by 5; Estimating and measuring distance using

feet, yards, and meters; Identifying the number of inches in a foot and in a yard , feet in a yard, and centimeters in a

meter; Identifying and solving larger – smaller difference problems; Making and drawing arrays; Writing number

sentences for arrays; Estimating and finding the area of a rectangle; Finding the sum of three addends; Dividing

by 2 and by 5; Determining the likelihood of an event; Determining the fairness of a game; Subtracting two and

three digit numbers; Comparing and ordering unit fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4 and 8 using fraction

strips; Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators of 2, 3, 4, and 8; Multiplying by 3; Identifying

units of weight and mass: ounces, pounds, tons, grams, and kilograms; Estimation the mass of an object.



Topic: (Science) The Human Ear and Sound

Lesson Objectives: Students will: how the ear works; define parts of the ear; learn sound as vibrations; understand the

history of inventions related to the ear; sound travels through objects; qualities of sound; about the human voice; how to

protect their ears from hearing loss.


Topic: (History) The Vikings

Lesson Objectives: Students will: Identify and locate the Vikings' homeland; Describe the Vikings' way of life at home

and at sea; Describe the purpose of ruins; Recognize that while the Vikings were skilled sailors and traders, they

were also fierce and terrifying raiders; Explain the origin of the word berserk; Understand the importance of ships

and sailing to the Vikings; Describe how Vikings navigated; Explain the importance of a storyteller; Recognize the

Vikings achievements as explorers; Identify Eric the Red and know that he traveled from Iceland to Greenland;

Identify the functions of a Viking storyteller; Recognize the Vikings as the first Europeans to cross the Atlantic

Ocean to Newfoundland, Canada; Understand that much of what we know about the Vikings has been learned from

archaeological discoveries; Understand that myths help explain the mysteries of nature; Explain the Norse creation

story; Identify Asgard, Valhalla and the gods Odin, Thor, and Loki.

CORE VIRTUES

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Level 3: Unit 4

Text Selection: "Earth: Our Planet in Space"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review the suffixes -ly, -y, -ment, -tion, -ful, and -able and the inflectional

endings -ed and -ing. Comprehension: Strategies: adjusting reading speed, clarifying, and summarizing; Skills:

compare and contrast; reading with a writer's eye.


Text Selection: Read Aloud - "A River Ran Wild" Story - "The House on Maple Street"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: prefixes re-, un-, pre-, and mis-. Comprehension: Strategies:

adjusting reading speed and visualizing; Skills: author's purpose, classify and categorize, and fact and opinion.


Text Selection: "Days of Digging"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: prefixes bi-, mid-, dis- and auto-. Comprehension: Strategies: asking

questions, clarifying, and summarizing; Skills: drawing conclusions.


Text Selection: "Earthquake! The 1906 San Francisco Nightmare"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: recognize affixes as syllables and how they are used to change word meaning.

Comprehension: Strategies: making connections and visualizing; Skills:

drawing conclusions, fact and opinion, and cause and effect.



Text Selection: The People Could Fly (read aloud), "Dream Variations" (students will memorize), "One rotten apple

spoils the whole barrel." The River Bank and The Open Road (read aloud), Little Match Girl (read aloud), "By

Myself" (students will memorize), "Knoxville, Tennessee" (read aloud), “The First Thanksgiving of All" (read aloud)





Six Trait Writing – Sentence Fluency – February / March

SKILLS: Students will learn that good writing contains graceful phrasing along with well-built sentences.

OBJECTIVES: The words and phrases will read smoothly and rhythmically; The sentences will be correctly

constructed; The sentences will begin in different ways; The sentences will be varied and have different

lengths



Chapter 7

Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; Interjection, Possessive noun, 8 parts of speech

Lesson Objectives (New): Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Learn new vocabulary words

and analogies; Identify possessive nouns and be able to tell the difference between possessive pronouns;

recognize homonyms and the spelling differences while editing a paragraph; separate contractions into their

original words, and combine words to form contractions; write a persuasive essay using the writing process.

Assessments: Classroom Observation and Participation, Writing Assignment; Chapter 7 Assessment; workbook pages.

MATH


Skills Covered: Showing fractional amounts greater than 1; Writing mixed numbers; Measuring and drawing line

segments to the nearest quarter inch; Multiplying by 4; Identifying parallel lines and line segments; Identifying the

properties of quadrilaterals; Finding the missing addend for the sum of 100; Making change from $1.00; Reading

and writing five-digit numbers; Multiplying by 100 and by 1,000; Writing a four digit number in expanded form;

Dividing by 3 and 4; Writing multiplication and division fact families; Identifying perpendicular lines and line

segments; Adding money amounts to $99,999.99; Writing checks for money amounts to $99,999.99; Acting out,

drawing pictures, and writing number sentences for division story problems; Writing number sentences for division

story problems; Multiplying a multiple of 10, 100, or 1,000 by a single digit number; Multiplying by 9; Identifying

transformations, translation, rotation, and reflection; Identifying a fractional part of a set determining age;

Multiplying a one-digit number and a two-digit number using mental computation; Identifying right, obtuse, and

acute angles; Naming triangles by angle size; Measuring line segments using millimeters; Multiplying by 6;

Identifying geometric solids; Identifying faces, vertices, and edges of a geometric solid; Constructing a cube.



Topic: (Science) Astronomy Lesson Objectives: Students will learn: about gravity and gravitational pull; the difference between asteroids,

meteors and comets; how an eclipse happens;

about the exploration of space.

Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit

tests.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

E-Pat Features for CMASS PARCC

Items that need to be reviewed for testing in computer curriculum:

- Drop Down

- Drag /

- Bar Graph / Histogram

- Highlighting

- Number line / coordinate plane items (hotspot)

- Toolbox Pointer

- Toolbox Calculator (5th-8

th gr)

- Ruler – standard and metric

- Magnifier

- Zoom in/out

TYPE to LEARN

All students passed two Type to Learn assessments at winter break

CORE VIRTUES

Loyalty (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate loyalty to their friends, family and country. They will recall the

loyalty of the founding fathers.


Love of Country (Year 2) ) Lesson Objectives: Students will express their love of our country and the soldiers who defend it. They will

recall the love of country demonstrated by the founding fathers.

Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion, written letter to the troops.

Honesty and Justice (Year 3) )

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate honesty and justice as they deal with other students and within the

classroom. They will recall the roll of justice in the creation of the three branches of the government. They will

understand the importance of honesty in all of life.


3rd

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Level 3: Unit 4 and Unit 5

Text Selection: "The Disappearing Island"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: identify and know the meaning of word families and identify silent

Consonants in multisyllabic words. Comprehension: Strategies: clarifying and

summarizing; Skills: author's purpose and cause and effect.


Text Selection: "What Ever Happened to the Baxter Place?"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review the prefixes re-, un-, pre-, mis-, bi-, mid-, dis-, and auto-, and affixes

as syllables. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, making connections, and predicting; Skills: main idea

and details, and author's point of view.


Text Selection: Read Aloud - "Aunt Flossie's Hats"; Story - "Tomas and the Library Lady"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review antonyms, synonyms, and compound words; review contractions and

related words. Comprehension: Strategies: visualizing, making connections, and predicting; Skills: cause and effect,

and author's purpose.



Text Selection: The Hunting of the Great Bear (read aloud), Eagle Boy (read aloud), Turtle Races with Beaver

(read aloud).





Six Trait Writing – Sentence Fluency – February / March

SKILLS: Students will learn that good writing contains graceful phrasing along with well-built sentences.

OBJECTIVES: The words and phrases will read smoothly and rhythmically; The sentences will be correctly

constructed; The sentences will begin in different ways; The sentences will be varied and have different

lengths



Standards: 3.1.1; 3.2.3; 3.3.1; 3.3.2; 3.3.3.

Chapter 8

Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; Direct Object; object pronoun.

Lesson Objectives (New): Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Learn new vocabulary words and

analogies; recognize direct objects and verb transitive; Learn Pattern 2; Identify nouns as Subject Nouns, Objects

of the Preposition, or Direct Objects; Classify simple verbs or helping verbs as regular or irregular; Identify verb

tense (past, present, future); write an independent 3 paragraph essay.

Assessments: Chapter 8 Assessment; Classroom Observation and Participation, Writing Assignment

MATH

Math Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4


Skills Covered: Multiplying a single-digit number and a multi-digit number using the multiplication algorithm;

Identifying a function rule; Simplifying expressions containing parentheses; Multiplying tree or more factors using

the associative property of multiplication; Writing tenths using common and decimal fractions; Measuring to the

nearest tenth of a centimeter; Multiplying by 8; Finding the volume of a rectangular prism; Dividing two and three-

digit multiples of 10 by a one-digit number using mental computation; Locating negative numbers on a number

line;

Dividing a two-digit number by a one-digit number; Dividing by 6, by 8, and by 9; Locating information on a map;

Showing addition, subtraction, and multiplication on a number line; Identifying units of measure for long distances

using a scale to find distance on a map; Adding positive and negative numbers; Creating a coordinate plane;

Identifying the location of a point on a coordinate plane; Graphing points on a coordinate plane; Showing large

numbers using objects; Rounding numbers to the nearest thousand comparing and ordering numbers to 10,000.



Topic: (Science) Astronomy

Lesson Objectives: Students will learn: the Big Bang Theory; about the universe; about galaxies; about the solar

system and be able to identify the Sun and the nine planets; to identify

planetary motion.

Assessments: assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.

Topic: (History) The Earliest Americans Lesson Objectives: Students will: Understand that a land bridge connected Asia to North America

during the Ice Age; Understand how the Ice Age people of Beringia lived;

Understand how North America was cut off from Asia after the Ice Age; Understand how Americas

first settlers divided into many groups and spread throughout North and South

America; Identify the Inuit people and explain how they came to North America; Understand the life

of the Inuit; Understand the accomplishments and way of life of the cliff-dwelling

Anasazi and the Mound Builders; Compare the Mound Builders with the Anasazi; Describe the way of

life of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Apache and Comanche; Locate the homelands of the great Indian

nations of the Southwest; Describe the way of life of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee peoples;

Locate the homelands of the Creek, Seminole and Cherokee peoples; Describe the way of the life of the

peoples of the Eastern Woodlands; Explain why the Iroquois confederacy was important; Identify some

reasons for the struggle between Native Americans and European Americans.


TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Standards: 3.4

Compassion (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate compassion for other people, making an effort to help those in

need. They will also learn to show mercy and compassion towards an enemy or wrongdoer. Students will show

compassion towards the black people who lived during the civil rights movement.

Faithfulness (Year 2)

Lesson Objectives: Students will become more faithful friends, siblings and children. They will understand

the importance of being reliable and trustworthy.

Mercy (Year 3)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate mercy towards other people, making an effort to help those

in need. They will also learn to show mercy and compassion towards an enemy or wrongdoer.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map APRIL


Level 3: Unit 5 Text Selection: "Storm in the Night"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review regular and irregular plurals; and homographs and homophones.

Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, predicting, and summarizing; Skills: main idea and details, and

making inferences.

Text Selection: "Pueblo Storyteller"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review the inflectional endings -ing, and -ed; regular and irregular

comparative and superlative adjectives. Comprehension: Strategies: asking questions, making connections,

and summarizing; Skills: drawing conclusions and author's purpose.

Text Selection: "Johnny Appleseed"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review suffixes -ly, -y, -ment, -tion, -ful, -able, -ity, -less, -ness, and sion;

Greek and Latin root words. Comprehension: Strategies: monitoring and

clarifying, summarizing, making connections and visualizing; Skills: author's purpose, sequence, and fact

and opinion.

Text Selection: "McBroom and the Big Wind"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: review the prefixes re-, un-, pre-, mis-, bi-, mid-, dis-, auto-; review affixes as

syllables, affixes used to change word meaning, word families, and multisyllabic words with silent consonants.

Comprehension: Strategies: adjusting reading speed, predicting, and asking questions; Skills: author's point of view,

compare and contrast, and making inferences.



Text Selection: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (read aloud), "For W ant of a Nail" (students will memorize),

"Trees" (students will memorize), "Beggars can't be choosers.", "Beat around the bush."





Six Trait Writing – Conventions - April

SKILLS: CONVENTIONS: Students will discover several rules for using conventions, esp. capitalization,

effectively.

OBJECTIVES: The punctuation will guide the reader through the text; The capitalization will be handled well;

The spelling will be mostly correct; The grammar will contribute to clarity and style; The paragraphs will be

in the right places



Chapter 8 (continued)

Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; Direct Object.

Lesson Objectives (New): Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Learn new vocabulary words and

analogies; recognize direct objects and verb transitive; Learn Pattern 2; Identify nouns as Subject Nouns, Objects of

the Preposition, or Direct Objects; Classify simple verbs or helping verbs as regular or irregular; Identify verb tense

(past, present, future); write an independent 3 paragraph essay.

Assessments: Chapter 8 Assessment; Classroom Observation and Participation, Writing Assignment

MATH

Math Standards: 3.1, 3.2

Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 131-135 and math fact review

Skills Covered: Writing hundredths using common and decimal fractions; Dividing a two-digit number by a one-

digit number with a remainder; Simplifying expressions with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division;

Identifying place value to millions; Estimating a large collection by sampling; Review addition, subtraction,

multiplication and division facts.



Topic: (Science) The Human Eye/Light and Optics

Lesson Objectives: Students will learn: the high speed of light and how it travels; the difference between

transparent and opaque objects; reflection; spectrum; different use of lenses; the parts of the eye; how the eye works;

how to protect eyes


and unit tests.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

TYPE to LEARN All students passed two Type to Learn assessments at winter break

CORE VIRTUES

Forgiveness (Year 1) Lesson Objectives: Students will learn to forgive others and seek forgiveness when needed. Students will

understand the forgiveness that had to take place between the North and the South after the Civil War.


Graciousness and Courtesy (Year 2) Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate the importance of knowing and using good manners in

everyday life.

Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion, "Manners Party." Students will understand the

importance of manners in the South, especially during the Civil War.

Gentleness and Humility (Year 3) Lesson Objectives: Students will learn to be more gentle in their care of people, things and animals (especially those

whose life cycles we are studying). They will demonstrate humility rather

than pride, making an effort to put others before themselves.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map MAY



Level 3: Unit 5 and 6

Text Selection: "McBroom and the Big Wind"


syllables, affixes used to change word meaning, word families, and multisyllabic words with silent consonants.

Comprehension: Strategies: adjusting reading speed, predicting, and asking questions;

Skills: author's point of view, compare and contrast, and making inferences.


Text Selection: "Aunt Sue's Stories"


syllables, affixes used to change word meaning, word families, and multisyllabic words with salient consonants.

Comprehension: Strategies: adjusting reading speed, predicting, and asking questions; Skills: author's point of

view, compare and contrast, and making inferences..


Text Selection: "Family Photographs"

Skills Covered: Word Knowledge: vivid verbs; suffixes -ible, -ness; irregular plurals.

Comprehension: Strategies: visualizing and monitoring and clarifying; Skills: compare and contrast.



Text Selection: Alice in Wonderland (read aloud), The Husband Who W as to Mind the House (as called Gone is

Gone) (read aloud), "Let bygones be bygones."





Six Trait Writing – Voice - May

SKILLS: Students will learn how to express themselves using emotions, giving the written piece strong voice.

OBJECTIVES: The tone will fit the purpose and the audience; The writer will make a powerful connection to

the reader; The writing will be expressive; The piece will show excitement and energy about the topic



Chapter 9 Lesson Objectives (Review): Review previously taught jingles; object pronoun.

Lesson Objectives (New): Classify sentences using the question and answer flow; Learn new vocabulary

words and analogies; Identify mixed tenses in paragraphs; Change verbs to different tenses in paragraphs.

Assessments: Chapter 9 Assessment; Classroom Observation and Participation, Writing Assignments

MATH

Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons A-E, Extend and Challenge activities 1-12, and math fact review

Skills Covered: Making a line plot; identifying mode, range, and median of a set of data; finding the mean of a set of

data; calculating the probability of an event; using a calculator to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and find square

roots; predicting the relative size of solutions; choosing an appropriate method for finding the answer to a problem;

using a calculator to compare data; using a calculator to find the range and mean of a set of data; Symmetry; Multiples

of 3, 4, 6, and 9

Assessment: Daily homework, observations.


Topic: (History) Exploration of North America

Lesson Objectives: Students will: Understand why Columbus landed in the Americas rather than in the East Indies,

which he was trying to reach; Understand Ponce de Leon's reasons for exploring the land he named Florida;

Describe the contacts between Ponce de Leon and Native Americans in Florida; Describe the contacts between De

Soto and Native Americans; Locate the area that De Soto explored; Understand the importance of the Mississippi

River to Native Americans and later Americans; Understand the legend of El Dorado; Describe the explorations

of Coronado; Recognize the empire of the Conquistadors; Describe the relations between the Spaniards and the

Native Americans; Describe the expeditions of John Cabot and Henry Hudson; Locate Newfoundland and the

Hudson River; Explain why the explorers explored every river mouth, cove and harbor in North America; Identify

the discoveries of Samuel D. Champlain; Locate the territory that was New France; Describe the importance of

accident in the European exploration of the Americas.


Topic: (History) The Thirteen Colonies Lesson Objectives: Understand why the early settlers came to America; Identify the three colonial regions: New

England, the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies; Understand the importance of the colonies chief port cities:

Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston; Understand the founding of Jamestown in 1607; Identify John Smith;

Understand why the colony almost failed in its first year; Describe John Smith; Relate how John Smith helped the

Virginia colony survive; Explain why the strong colony John Smith built fell on hard times; Identify the starving time;

Illustrate how the surviving colonists were rescued; Identify John Rolfe, Chief Powhatan, and Pocahontas; Explain how

tobacco helped the Virginia colony succeed; Describe how the Culverts created Maryland as a colony that would be a

refuge for Catholics; Explain why the tobacco planters of Virginia and Maryland began to use slaves as workers; Identify

the trade links between Charleston, England and Africa; Describe life on a South Carolina plantation; Explain why South

Carolina's rice plantations were so successful; Identify the Middle Passage; Describe the life of indentured servants and

slaves; Explain why Carolina colony split into North Carolina and South Carolina; Understand the British debtor's prison

system; Describe James Oglethorpe's plan for Georgia; Recognize why Oglethorpe's dream for Georgia didn't come true.


Topic: (History) Canada Today Lesson Objectives: Students will: Locate Canada on a map; Recognize Canada as a multicultural nation; Identify

differences and similarities between Canada and the United States; Understand the traditional way of life of four

main groups of native peoples of Canada; Identify the part of Canada originally settled by the English and the part

originally settled by the French; Understand the role of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada's history;

Understand the size and population of Canada relative to other countries; Understand the role of climate in

the settlement in Canada; Identify the major regions of Canada.


Topic: (Science) Biographies

Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about the following scientists: Alexander Graham Bell, Nicolaus Copernicus,

Mae Jemison, and John Muir.

Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets, and report.

TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Hope (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will understand what hope is, in relation to things they want to have or change.

Joy (Year 2)

Lesson Objectives: Students will identify things for which they feel joyful.

Wonder (Year 3)


about life and become freer in developing creative ideas.


3rd

gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS DECEMBER

CORE VIRTUES

Generosity (Year 1)



Charity (Year 2)



Service (Year 3)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate a desire to help those in need through community service

or by simply lending a helping hand.


ART

UNIT Space in Artworks (contd.)

CONTENT Recognize and apply the element of space.

SKILLS Create a composition that includes a foreground, middle ground and background.

ASSESSMENTS Finish artwork.

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Body and/or Rivers of the World

MUSIC

UNIT

Elements of Music- Scales and Solfege; Staff/ Musical symbols; Writing Music; Rossini- “William Tell

Overture” ; Debussy- “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn”

CONTENT

CK Songs: Bonnie at Morn Lil’ Liza Jane; Polly Wolly Doodle

SKILLS

SW identify: C scale using Do, re, mi../ C scale using musical names/ Treble Clef/ staff/ barline/ double bar

line/measure/ repeat signs

SW relate musical connections to literature

SW write a short composition using musical descriptors; Scales- major, pentatonic, whole tone

ASSESSMENT

Teacher Observation/ Flash card identification


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – SOFTBALL/KICKBALL

CONTENT:

Cues of throwing: Step with opposite foot Arm extended back/elbow up Point to target with non throwing hand

Release towards target Follow through

Cues of catching:

Eyes on thrower Hands up Absorb force towards body

Fielding:

Wide stance Eyes on ball Hands down head up

Receive ball in front of body

Batting:

Eyes on ball Wide stance Step towards target

Follow through Extend hands and bat parallel to surface

SKILLS:

Demonstrate the correct cues of throwing, catching, fielding, and batting

Use a variety of skills in multiple game situations

ASSESSMENT:

Written test Teacher checklist and rubric I pad assessment


SPANISH

CONTENT

Vocabulary - Family members

Culture - Christmas in Latin-America

SKILLS

Identify members of the extended family; Describe family; Add, subtract multiply and divide

ASSESSMENTS

Draw a family tree; Label all family members; Give oral answers to math problems; Count objects


3rd

gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS JANUARY

ART

UNIT American Indian Art

CONTENT Examine the spiritual purpose of a variety of Native American artworks.

SKILLS Class discussion including Hopi, Kachinas, Navajo design; create an artwork inspired by American Indian art.

ASSESSMENTS Check craftsmanship.

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Vikings

MUSIC

UNIT Rhythm Band Listening Etiquette

CONTENT Rhythm Band

SKILLS SW will move to world music examples.

ASSESSMENT Teacher Observation


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – CHASING/FLEEING AND DODGING

CONTENT:

Cues of dodging:

Avoid tagger Change of direction One handed Two handed

Body control

Cues of chasing:

Eye on target Reach to tag Arms extended Trap in corners

Concentrate on one target at a time

Cues of fleeing:

Use fakes Change directions Change speeds Keep head up

SKILLS:

Demonstrate dodging, chasing, and fleeing techniques

Use these techniques in a variety of games and activities

Explain how using these skills can increase overall fitness level

ASSESSMENT:

Teach observation I pad assessment


SPANISH

CONTENT

Vocabulary - Masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives; Around the town

Culture - Cities Madrid/Mexico City Three Wise Men

SKILLS

Masculine and feminine subjects and adjectives; Write sentences to match gender

ASSESSMENTS

Write sentences in Spanish; Draw a town street with new vocabulary about town


3rd

gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS FEBRUARY

CORE VIRTUES

Loyalty (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate loyalty to their friends, family and country. They will recall the

loyalty of the founding fathers.


Love of Country (Year 2) ) Lesson Objectives: Students will express their love of our country and the soldiers who defend it. They will

recall the love of country demonstrated by the founding fathers.

Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion, written letter to the troops.

Honesty and Justice (Year 3) )

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate honesty and justice as they deal with other students and within the

classroom. They will recall the roll of justice in the creation of the three branches of the government. They will

understand the importance of honesty in all of life.


ART

UNIT Picasso

CONTENT Look at Picasso’s Three Musicians in terms of art elements and design principles

SKILLS Create a collage inspired by the Three Musicians.

ASSESSMENTS Check collages for repetition, contrast, and overlapping shapes

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Eye – Light and Optics

MUSIC

UNIT Rhythm Band; Mozart- selections from “Horn Concertos” ; Rondo Form

CONTENT Rhythm Band

SKILLS

SW discern the difference between concerto, symphony, opera, ballet through visual and auditory examples

SW express understanding of rondo form through movement to demonstrate the return of the “A” section.

SW perform for an audience exhibiting proper performance etiquette.

ASSESSMENT Final Performance


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – HOCKEY/NET/WALL skills:

CONTENT:

Cues of striking:

Wide based stance Maintain eyes on object Back swing Contact Follow through

Cues of receiving:

Move to object Eyes on target Position feet with object in front

Absorb the object with stick Strike object with hand, racquet or stick

SKILLS:

Demonstrate the proper striking techniques for volleyball, badminton, and floor hockey

Utilize skill in a variety of games

Activities: Drop B.U.M.P Mini/Modified Net/Wall/Hockey games

ASSESSMENT:

Written test Teacher checklist I pad assessment


SPANISH

CONTENT

Vocabulary - Parts of the body; Emotions and Facial features; Animals

Culture - The Rainforest of Latin- America; Flamenco dancing

SKILLS

Identify new vocabulary for parts of the body; Identify facial expressions; Identify animals

ASSESSMENTS

Worksheet for labeling parts of the body; Draw self and label parts of the body;

Write sentences about “How we are feeling” ; Make booklet about animals and the sentences


3rd

gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS MARCH

CORE VIRTUES

Standards: 3.4

Compassion (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate compassion for other people, making an effort to help those in

need. They will also learn to show mercy and compassion towards an enemy or wrongdoer. Students will show

compassion towards the black people who lived during the civil rights movement.

Faithfulness (Year 2)

Lesson Objectives: Students will become more faithful friends, siblings and children. They will understand

the importance of being reliable and trustworthy.

Mercy (Year 3)

Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate mercy towards other people, making an effort to help those

in need. They will also learn to show mercy and compassion towards an enemy or wrongdoer.


ART

UNIT How the Art Elements & Design Principles work together

CONTENT Recognize and apply the art elements and design principles;

Become familiar with the terms figure and ground, balance and symmetry.

SKILLS Create a weaving and identify pattern, repetition, and rhythm in the artwork.

ASSESSMENTS Check the elements and design list, and the weaving.

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Astronomy

MUSIC

UNIT Elements of Music/ Core Knowledge songs; Gershwin- “Rhapsody in Blue” (clarinet intro)

CONTENT

CK Songs/Spirituals: This Little Light of Mine; He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands;

CK Songs: Down In the Valley; My Bonnie lies Over the Ocean; Hey, Ho Nobody Home

SKILLS SW sing using proper singing techniques.

SW relate African American

ASSESSMENT -----


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – SOCCER

CONTENT:

Cues of kicking:

Place non kicking foot next to ball Strike ball with either instep or laces of kicking foot

Follow through

Cues of Trapping:

Eyes on ball Position in front of object Absorb ball with foot

SKILLS:

Demonstrate the correct cues of kicking and trapping

Use teamwork to achieve success in game play

How can practicing these skills improve your performance

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher Observation Teacher Checklist


SPANISH

CONTENT

Vocabulary - Rooms in the House; Singular and Plural; Definite and Indefinite Articles

Culture - Different Seasons in South America. When do the children go to school?

SKILLS

Identify rooms and items in the house; Lesson on definite and indefinite articles and how they pertain

in Spanish grammar

ASSESSMENTS

Write the plural of the singular nouns; Write the articles for the rooms in the house;

Sentences with new vocabulary


3rd

gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS APRIL

CORE VIRTUES

Forgiveness (Year 1) Lesson Objectives: Students will learn to forgive others and seek forgiveness when needed. Students will

understand the forgiveness that had to take place between the North and the South after the Civil War.


Graciousness and Courtesy (Year 2) Lesson Objectives: Students will demonstrate the importance of knowing and using good manners in

everyday life.

Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion, "Manners Party." Students will understand the

importance of manners in the South, especially during the Civil War.

Gentleness and Humility (Year 3) Lesson Objectives: Students will learn to be more gentle in their care of people, things and animals (especially those

whose life cycles we are studying). They will demonstrate humility rather

than pride, making an effort to put others before themselves.


ART

UNIT Art elements and design principles (cont)

CONTENT Create artwork inspired by a poem or story.

SKILLS Finish Artwork; illustrate a poem or story.

ASSESSMENTS -----

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Early Presidents and / or Respiratory System

MUSIC

UNIT

Aaron Copland 2 chord songs/instrumental accompaniment; Instruments and Their Respective Families-

(including other cultures) ; Tchaikovsky’s Suite From Swan Lake; CK Songs

CONTENT

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Hoedown; Simple Gifts Suite from Swan Lake; A Bicycle

Built for Two; In the Good Old Summertime; The Sidewalks of New York

SKILLS

SW recognize Copland as a great American composer

SW recognize Tchaikovsky’s Suite from Swan Lake composer

ASSESSMENT

SW sing “Simple Gifts” ; Listen to arrangement of Simple Gifts from; “Appalachian Spring”


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – SCOOTER GAMES

CONTENT:

Cues of scooter riding:

2 hands on scooter at all times Stay seated at all times Hands off ground No contact

Cues of partner scooters:

Go at a safe speed Push on shoulders of partner (not head) Keep partner on scooter

Keep a safe distance from others

SKILLS:

Demonstrate the proper technique for riding a scooter efficiently and safely

Use scooter in a variety of games

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher Observation Teacher Checklist


SPANISH

CONTENT

Vocabulary - Opposites; Commands; Capitalization

Culture - Ponce de Leon

SKILLS

Descriptive adjectives; Practice commands for students to follow

ASSESSMENTS

Write opposite sentences; Play “Simon says” with commands


3rd

gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS MAY

CORE VIRTUES

Hope (Year 1)

Lesson Objectives: Students will understand what hope is, in relation to things they want to have or change.

Joy (Year 2)

Lesson Objectives: Students will identify things for which they feel joyful.

Wonder (Year 3)


about life and become freer in developing creative ideas.


ART

UNIT Enjoying Artworks

CONTENT Examine a variety of artworks; note how differently subject matter is treated.

SKILLS Write about an artwork and tell why they like or dislike the work.

ASSESSMENTS -----

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Reformers and / or Respiratory System

MUSIC

UNIT Song and Composer Review; CK Songs: Allouette; The Man on the Flying Trapeze

CONTENT Reinforce Core Subject(s) Content: Canadian/French Songs; CK Song: Allouette; The Man on the

Flying Trapeze

SKILLS SW recognize and sing Canadian national anthem Allouette.

ASSESSMENT -


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – FIELD DAY / TEAM GAMES

CONTENT:

Field day games:

Capture the flag Scarf Tag 50 yard dash Jump the creek

Marble relay Dizzy bat race Gunny sack relay

SKILLS:

Demonstrate competency in a variety of games

Utilize fundamental field and playground game skills

Apply knowledge of the rules of the games

Utilize tactics and strategy in game play

Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects in field and playground games

Describe the role of both a leader and follower

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher Observation I pad assessment


SPANISH

CONTENT

Vocabulary - Review of past lessons

Culture - Pablo Picasso Salvador Dali Frida Kahlo

SKILLS

Review numbers; Clothes; Family; Adjectives

ASSESSMENTS

Write sentences to show knowledge


Documents

rd gr Curriculum Map AUGUST - cscharter.org · Geography Standards: 3.2 Topic: Geography ... (Review): previously taught jingles. Lesson Objectives (New): Identify simple subject