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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
READING - Imagine It!
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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."
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
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 6 – 25
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map OCTOBER
READING - Imagine It!
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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.
Assessments: Classroom participation: in-class discussion, observation.
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 26 – 45
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map NOVEMBER
READING - Imagine It!
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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.
Assessments: Classroom participation: in-class discussion, observation.
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 46 – 60
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
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
All students will pass two Type to Learn assessments by winter break
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map DECEMBER
READING - Imagine It!
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
Text Selection: "The show must go on.", "Touch and go."
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 – Six Trait
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 61 – 75
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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
All students will pass two Type to Learn assessments by winter break
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)
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.
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map JANUARY
READING - Imagine It!
Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4
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 .
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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.
Assessments: Classroom participation, in-class discussion, observation.
WRITING – Six Trait
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
Assessments: Classroom participation, in-class discussion, observation.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 76 – 95
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.
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
3rd
gr Curriculum Map FEBRUARY
READING - Imagine It!
Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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)
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.
Assessments: Classroom participation: in-class discussion, observation.
WRITING – Six Trait
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 96 – 115
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map MARCH
READING - Imagine It!
Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
Text Selection: The Hunting of the Great Bear (read aloud), Eagle Boy (read aloud), Turtle Races with Beaver
(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.
Assessments: Classroom participation, in-class discussion, observation.
WRITING – Six Trait
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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
Lessons: Saxon 3, Lessons 116 – 130
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.
TECHNOLOGY
CONTENT
TYPE to LEARN
All students passed two Type to Learn assessments at winter break
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map APRIL
READING - Imagine It!
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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."
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.
Assessments: Classroom participation, in-class discussion, observation.
WRITING – Six Trait
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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.
Assessment: Fact and Written Assessments every five lessons, daily homework, observations.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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
Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects,
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map MAY
READING - Imagine It!
Reading and Writing Standards: 3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4
Level 3: Unit 5 and 6
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
Text Selection: "Aunt Sue's Stories"
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 salient consonants.
Comprehension: Strategies: adjusting reading speed, predicting, and asking questions; Skills: author's point of
view, compare and contrast, and making inferences..
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
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.
Assessment: Observations, in class discussions and projects, spelling/phonogram and unit tests.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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."
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.
Assessments: Classroom participation, in-class discussion, observation.
WRITING – Six Trait
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
ASSESSMENT: Observations, in-class projects graded using rubrics from "Trait Crate" curriculum manuals
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
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.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
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.
Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.
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.
Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.
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.
Assessments: Varied assessments such as: observations, in class discussions, worksheets and projects, and unit tests.
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
All students passed two Type to Learn assessments at winter break
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)
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
3rd
gr Curriculum Map SPECIALS DECEMBER
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)
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.
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Body and/or Rivers of the World
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Body and/or Rivers of the World
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Body and/or Rivers of the World
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Vikings
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Vikings
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Vikings
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Eye – Light and Optics
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Eye – Light and Optics
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Human Eye – Light and Optics
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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 -----
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Astronomy
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Astronomy
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Astronomy
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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”
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Early Presidents and / or Respiratory System
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Early Presidents and / or Respiratory System
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Early Presidents and / or Respiratory System
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)
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.
Assessments: Informal observations, oral discussion.
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 -
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Reformers and / or Respiratory System
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Reformers and / or Respiratory System
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
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement - Reformers and / or Respiratory System