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3rd Grade Curriculum Map 2011-2012
August September October
Reading “A Fine, Fine School” • Multiple-Meaning Words • Story Structure • Summarize • Fluency: Accuracy
“The Trial of Cardigan Jones” • Compound Words • Conclusions • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Phrasing
“Destiny’s Gift” • Antonyms • Understanding Characters • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Accuracy “Pop’s Bridge” • Compare and Contrast • Infer/Predict • Understanding Characters • Fluency: Expression • Base Words and Endings –s, -es,
-ed, -ing “Roberto Clemente” • Cause and Effect • Visualize • Fluency: Intonation • Prefix -mis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • Story Elements (Setting,
Characters, Problem, Solution, Main Idea)
• Compare and Contrast • Analyze/Evaluate • Infer/Predict • Summarize
Spelling/
Grammar
• Subjects and Predicates • Short Vowel Sounds • Kinds of Sentences • V-C-e Spellings
• Sentence Fragments and Run-ons • More Long a and Long e Spellings • Common and Proper Nouns • More Long o Spellings • Plural Nouns with –s and -es • Spelling Long i
• Silent Beginning Sounds • Compound Words • Prefixes dis, un, mid, pre
Phonics • Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u • Words with the VCCV Pattern • Long Vowels a, e, i, o, u • Words with the VCe Pattern
• Common Vowel Pairs ai, ay, ee, ea • Long o Spelled oa, ow • Long i Spelled i, ie, igh
English
• Goal Setting • Good Study Habits (Organizing,
Listening)
Chapter 1 • Capitalization Rules • Punctuation Rules • Analyze Synonyms/Antonyms • Word Analogies
• Adjective • Article Adjective • Four Kinds of Sentences • Complete Subject/Predicate
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English con’t Chapter 2 • Subject Noun • Verb • Adverb
Chapter 3 • Singular/Plural Nouns • Common/Proper Nouns • Simple Subject/Predicate
Math
Lessons 1-8 • Graphing Data on a Bar Graph • Reading a Graph • Identifying Digits & Writing 2-
Digit Numbers • Telling & Showing Time to the
Half Hour • Estimating Time to the Nearest
Half Hour • Identifying Addends, Sums, &
the Commutative Property of Addition
• Addition Facts: Adding 0, 1, and Doubles
• Identifying a Missing Addend • Estimating Length to the
Nearest Inch • Measuring & Drawing Line
Segments to the Nearest Inch • Drawing Congruent Line
Segments • Identifying the Properties of a
Rectangle • Identifying & Measuring the
Length & Width of a Rectangle • Ordering 2-Digit Numbers
Lessons 9-17 • Identifying Even and Odd
Numbers • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 0
and 1; Differences of 0 and 1 • Using Logical Reasoning to Solve a
Problem • Making an Organized List to Solve
a Problem • Identifying the Relative Value of
Pattern Blocks • Covering Designs With Pattern
Blocks • Identifying and Describing a
Rhombus • 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
& Subtracting 10 from a Two-Digit Number Using Mental
Lessons 18-30:1 • Reading a Thermometer to the
Nearest 10 Degrees Fahrenheit • Rounding Numbers to the Nearest
Ten • Addition Facts: Adding 2 • Writing Addition and Subtraction
Fact Families • Using Logical Reasoning to Solve a
Problem • Working Backward to Solve a
Problem • 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 1 • Identifying Dozen and Half Dozen • Writing a Fraction to Show a Part
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Math con’t
Computation • Addition Facts: Sums of 10 • Identifying the Relative Value of
Pattern Blocks • 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 & Shading Halves,
Fourths, and Eighths • Multiplying by 0 and 1 (FFF)
of a Set • Reading and Writing Numbers to
1,000 Using Digits • Writing Money Amounts Using
Dollar Signs and Cent Symbols • Reading and Shading a
Thermometer to the Nearest 2 Degrees Fahrenheit
• Addition Facts: Adding 3 and 4 • Using Guess and Check to Solve a
Problem • Solving a Problem by Acting it
Out • Multiplying by 2 and 10 (FFF)
Science
Exploring Our Solar System • Describing What Scientists Do • Identifying Objects in Our Solar
System • Describing Characteristics of the
Sun • Showing Earth’s Movement on its
Axis • Identifying the Cause of Day and
Night on Earth • Describing and Showing the
Earth’s Movement Around the Sun
• Identifying the Causes of the Earth’s Seasons
Exploring Our Solar System • Describing and Showing the
Moon’s Movement Around Earth • Describing the Characteristics of
the Moon • Identifying Characteristics of the
Moon • Identifying the Role of
Astronauts in Our Space Exploration
• Identifying and Describing a New and Full Moon
• Identifying the Phases of the Moon
Exploring Our Solar System • Identifying and Describing the
Plants in Our Solar System • Comparing the Number of Moons
of Each Planet • Comparing the Amount of Time it
Takes Each Planet to Rotate Once • Identifying the Inner and Outer
Planets • Describing Asteroids and the
Asteroid Belt • Describing the Relative Distances
of the Planets from the Sun • Identifying Characteristics of
Terrestrial Planets and Gas Giants
• Comparing Terrestrial Planets and Gas Giants
• Comparing the Amount of Time it
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Science con’t
Takes Each Planet to Orbit the Sun
• Identifying Characteristics of Comets
• Identifying the Characteristics of Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites
• Identifying the Effects of Meteors on Earth
Social
Studies
Communities and Their Histories • Compare people, places, events,
and developments in communities within the United States.
• Describe the exploration of the Americas by describing the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, Hernado de Soto, Juan Ponce de León, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain.
• Develop map skills by locating the regions in the Americas explored by Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de León.
• Explain how the natural environment influenced the way Native Americans dressed, built houses, and obtained food.
• Obtain historical and geographic information about the community using print and computer sources.
• Locate and use a variety of information resources, such as libraries.
Communities and Their Histories • Describe the accomplishments of
Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de León.
• Explain why the community of St. Augustine was established and identify founders and early settlers.
• Identify and compare people, places, and events in communities within the United States.
• Describe why and how the community of Cádiz, Spain, was established.
• Describe the role of Cádiz, Spain, in the development of its region.
• Compare significant people, places, events, and developments in St. Augustine, Florida, with those in Cádiz, Spain.
• Identify and use symbols to locate places on maps.
• Describe the exploration of the Americas by Jacques Cartier.
Communities and Their Histories • Describe the accomplishments of
Christopher Newport (Jamestown, Virginia).
• Compare early European settlements, such as Jamestown, in terms of why they were founded, who contributed to their founding, and how they changed over time.
• Identify reasons people formed communities.
• Describe how Pocahontas changed a community.
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Social
Studies
con’t
• Locate regions explored by Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain.
• Compare the changes brought about by explorers, such as Jacques Cartier.
• Identify different points of view of characters in historical events.
• Describe how individuals contributed to the expansion or creation of communities.
Religion Chapter 1 • God the Son became one of us. • Jesus grew up in Nazareth. • Jesus begins his work.
Chapter 1 • Jesus shows us how to live as his
followers. Chapter 2 • Jesus tells us how much God loves
us. • Jesus teaches about the Kingdom
of God. • Jesus teaches about the gift of
faith. • Jesus dies and rises to save us.
Chapter 3 • Jesus has power over life and
death. • Jesus will come again. • When Jesus comes again, he will
judge all people. • Jesus teaches us to love others. Chapter 4 • Jesus promises to send the Holy
Spirit. • The Holy Spirit comes to the
disciples.
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November December January
Reading “Max’s Words” • Sequence of Events • Fluency: Matching Rate to Text • Connect to Poetry • Suffixes –er, -or “What Do Illustrators Do?” • Text and Graphic Features • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Read with Expression • Connect to Traditional Tales • Synonyms
“The Harvest Birds” • Conclusions • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Stress • Multiple-Meaning Words
“Kamishibai Man” • Cause and Effect • Monitor/Clarify • Fluency: Introduction • Dictionary/Glossary Entry
“Young Thomas Edison” • Main Idea and Details • Summarize • Fluency: Accuracy • Categorize and Classify
“Jump!” • Fact and Opinion • Question • Fluency: Phrasing – Natural Pauses • Suffixes –y, -ful, -ous
“The Science Fair” • Story Structure • Visualize • Fluency: Stress • Connect to Poetry • Idioms
“Yonder Mountain” • Compare and Contrast • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Rate • Homophones/Homographs
Spelling/
Grammar
• What is a Verb? • More Short and Long Vowels • Verb Tenses • Three-Letter Clusters
• Commas in a Series • Unexpected Consonant Spellings • Simple Subjects and Predicates • Vowel Sound in town
• Pronouns • Vowel Sound in talk • More Plural Nouns • Vowel Sound in joy • More Proper Nouns • Homophones • Subject-Verb Agreement • Contractions
Phonics • Words with the VCV Pattern • Three-Letter Clusters
• Silent Letters kn, wr • Vowel Diphthongs ow, ou
• Words with au, aw, al, o • Vowel Diphthongs oi, oy
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Phonics con’t • Homophones • Words Ending in –er and –le • Contractions with n’t, ‘d, ‘ve
English Six Traits of Writing • Idea
• Narrow the Topic • ABC Detail Machine • Pump-Up the Details • Revising Ideas
• Organization • Grocery List Pre-Writing • Tie Beginning and End
Six Traits of Writing • Organization
• Develop the Middle • Transition Sentences
• Voice • Hearing Voice
Six Traits of Writing • Voice
- Finding Voice - Test Lady Audience
• Word Choice - Purple Words - Shades of Words - Taboo Words
Math
Lessons 30:2- 43 • 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
Lessons 44-52 • Identifying a Missing Digit in an
Addition Problem • Multiplying by 1 and 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, and Liter Containers • Reading a Thermometer to the
Nearest Degree Fahrenheit • Identifying the Freezing and
Boiling Points of Water and Normal Body Temperature on the Fahrenheit Scale
• Estimating a Reasonable Temperature
• Using Comparison Symbols (>, <, =) • Identifying Horizontal, Vertical,
Lessons 53-66 • Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using
the Addition Algorithm (Part 2) • 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
• Drawing Pictures and Writing Number Sentences for “Equal-
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Math con’t
• Counting Quarters • Identifying Equivalent Fractions • Finding Half of 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 or Hours in a Day
• Addition Facts: Adding 7 and 8 • Drawing a Picture to Solve a
Problem • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • 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 and Making Scalene,
Isosceles, and Equilateral Triangles
• Multiplying by 5 and 11 (FFF)
and Oblique Lines and Line Segments
• Finding Perimeter • Finding an Unknown Side Length • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting a
Number from 10 • Making an Organized List to Solve
a Problem • Making a Shape for a Given
Perimeter • Constructing a Number Line • Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using
the Addition Algorithm (Part 1) • Using Estimation to Verify the
Reasonableness of Calculated Results
• Multiplying by 3 and 4 (FFF)
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 • Using Guess and Check to Solve a
Problem • Solving a Problem by Making it
Simpler • Measuring with Cups,
Tablespoons, and Teaspoons • Reading a Recipe • 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 • Finding the Area of a Square • 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
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Math con’t
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 • Multiplying by 6, 7, 8, and 9
Science Investigating Elements and Compounds • Identifying the Building Blocks of
the Universe: Elements • Locating Information on the
Periodic Table of Elements • Classifying Elements on the
Periodic Table of Elements as Solids, Liquids, or Gases
• Identifying Elements Our Bodies Require to be Healthy
• Identifying Mineral Nutrients in Packaged Foods and Drinks
• Identifying the Seven Most Common Elements in the Universe
• Identifying the Characteristics of a Compound
• Identifying the Elements that Combine to Make a Compound
• Identifying the Characteristics of Atoms and Molecules
• Identifying the Number of Atoms of Each Element in a Compound
• Observing How Heat Creates a Chemical Change
Observing Physical Changes • Observing and Comparing Physical
and Chemical Changes • Describing the Characteristics of
Matter • Measuring the Mass of Solids • Measuring the Volume of Solids
and Liquids • Describing Physical Properties of
Matter • Describing the Characteristics of
Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Observing Physical Changes • Describing and Demonstrating the
Movement of Molecules in Solids, Liquids, and Gases
• Measuring Temperature Using a Thermometer
• Observing and Measuring the Changes in Temperatures of Hot Water and Ice Water Over Time
• Making a Line Graph to Record Data
• Drawing Conclusions from Data Shown on a Line Graph
• Exploring the Equalization of Temperatures
• Observing and Describing a Physical Change: Melting and Freezing
• Observing and Describing a Physical Change: Vaporization
• Conducting an Evaporation Experiment
• Observing and Describing a Physical Change: Condensation
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Social
Studies
Making Choices • Identify ways of earning,
spending, and saving money. • Analyze a simple budget that
allocates money for spending and saving.
• Explain the difference between needs and wants.
• List the characteristics of money and give examples of the way money is used.
• Identify ways of earning, spending, and saving money.
• Identify characteristics of good citizenship such as responsibility for the common good.
• Identify Roberto C. Goizueta as a person who helped others improve their lives through education.
• Identify ways an individual has contributed to a community.
• Identify an example of making an economic choice.
• Explain how people make choices about goods and services.
• Explain how people make choices about goods and services.
• Explain the idea of opportunity cost.
• Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information,
Making Goods • Explain how producers use natural
resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods.
• Describe how the cost of production affects profits.
• Sequence the steps in the process of producing a bat.
• Identify specialists in the production of goods.
• Interpret visuals including illustrations.
• Sequence information using a cutaway diagram.
• Identify historic figures such as Henry Ford who have started new businesses.
• Interpret visuals including line graphs.
Making Goods • Define and identify examples of
scarcity. • Explain the impact of scarcity on
the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
• Explain the impact of scarcity on interdependence within and among communities.
• Sequence the production, distribution, and consumption or lumber.
• Describe the effects of modern communication and transportation on trade.
• Explain that people benefit from voluntary trade with each other.
• Explain how people in ancient Greece and Rome depended on others in the production of goods.
• Explain the concept of a free market.
• Compare ways countries ship goods to world markets.
• Identify ways countries earn money.
• Explain the impact of scarcity on the consumption of goods around the world.
• Explain the impact of scarcity on interdependence within
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Social
Studies con’t
identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
• Explain how supply and demand affect the price of a good or a service.
• Explain how the cost of production and selling price affect profits.
• Give examples of how a simple business operates.
• Identify Madam C.J. Walker as a historic figure who started a new business.
communities. African American Culture
• Discuss folktales with classmates. • Compare and Contrast common
folktales with African folktales.
Religion
Chapter 4 • The Church begins on Pentecost. • The early Church grows. Roman Missal • Introductory Rites • Liturgy of the Word • Liturgy of the Eucharist • Communion Rite Jesse Tree/Advent • Root of Jesse • Creation • Adam and Eve
Roman Missal • Concluding Rites Jesse Tree • Noah • Abraham • Isaac • Joseph • Moses • Ruth • David • King David • Zechariah • John the Baptist • Joseph (Carpenter) • Mary • Jesus
Chapter 5 • The Apostles led the Church. • The disciples of Jesus share the
Good News. • The followers of Jesus stood up
for their faith. • Many of our ancestors in faith
are examples of holiness. Family Life
• The Human Family: Learn that human families are different from animal families and all families are important to God.
• Family Living: Learn that family life means sharing and receiving and understand that as part of God’s family we live Christian attitudes called virtues.
• Learning to Choose: Learn about
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Religion con’t how the senses can help people to think, wonder, and choose and understand that God gives the gift of conscience to help persons make good choices.
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February March April
Reading “Aero and Officer Mike” • Author’s Purpose • Summarize • Fluency: Accuracy – Words in
Connected Text • Prefixes in-, im- (meaning “not”)
“The Extra-good Sunday” • Understanding Characters • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Expression • Using a Thesaurus
“A Mr. Rubbish Mood” • Author’s Purpose • Monitor/Clarify • Fluency: Intonation • Context Clues
“The Albertosaurus Mystery” • Conclusions • Visualize • Fluency: Stress • Suffix -ly
“A Tree is Growing” • Text and Graphic Features • Question • Fluency: Expression • Connect to Poetry • Categorize and Classify
“Dogzilla” • Cause and Effect • Summarize • Fluency: Adjust Rate to Purpose • Prefixes pre-, re-, bi-
“Life on the Ice” • Main Ideas and Details • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Phrasing – Natural Pauses • Connect to Traditional Tales • Dictionary/Glossary
“Two Bad Ants” • Story Structure • Monitor/Clarify • Fluency: Intonation • Connect to Poetry • Base Words and Prefix non-
“The Journey: Stories of Migration” • Compare and Contrast • Visualize • Fluency: Phrasing – Attention to
Punctuation • Connect to Traditional Tales • Prefixes in-, im-
“The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman” • Sequence of Events • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Rate • Suffixes –er and –est
“Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves” • Author’s Purpose • Question • Fluency: Accuracy – Words in
Connected Text • Words from Other Languages
“Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest” • Text and Graphic Features • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Expression • Connect to Plays • Analogies
Spelling/ • Pronouns and Verbs • Vowel + r Sounds
• Using the Verb be and Helping Verbs
• Abbreviations • Suffixes –ful, -ly, and –er
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Grammar • Forming the Past Tense • Vowel + /r/ Sounds in nurse • What is an Adjective? • Vowel + /r/ Sounds in air and fear • Adjectives and Articles • Words with /j/ and /s/
• Spelling the /k/ and /kw/ Sounds • Irregular Verbs • Vowel Sounds in spoon and wood • Contractions • Compound Words • Possessive Nouns • Words with –ed and –ing
• Using Proper Nouns • Changing Final y to i
• What is an Adverb? • Prefixes re- and un- • What is a Preposition? • Suffixes –less and -ness
Phonics • Words with ar, or, ore • Words with er, ir, ur, or • Words with air, ear, are • Vowel + r: air, bear, care, near • Words with /j/ and /s/ • Words with the VCCCV Pattern
• Words with /k/ and /kw/ • Vowel Sounds in spoon and wood • Compound Words • Base Words and –ed, -ing • Spelling Changes: -s, -es, -ed, -ing • Less Common Plurals
• Suffixes –ful, -y, -ous, -ly, -er
• Prefixes un-, pre-, re-, bi • Suffixes –less, -ness, -able
English Six Traits of Writing • Word Choice
- Dead Verbs • Sentence Fluency
- Hearing Punctuation - Slinky Sentences - Sentence Length for Impact
• Conventions - Punctuation Walkabout - Read Up, Write Down
Expository Writing
Chapter 4 • Prepositions • Object of the Preposition • Adverbs • Prepositional Phrases • Subject-Verb Agreement • A and an • Transitional Words • Expository Writing: Creative
Expressions • Different Writing Forms
Chapter 5 • Pronouns and Subject Pronouns • Understood Subject Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns • Conjunctions • Simple Sentences, Coordinate
Conjunctions, Compound Parts • Sentence Fragments and Run-on
Sentences • Expository Writing: Cream
Expressions • Three-Paragraph Expository
Essay
Math
Lessons 67-80:1 • Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers • Writing Numbers to 1,000 Using
Words • Adding and Subtracting Multiples
Lessons 80:2-94 • Making Reasonable Predictions by
Collecting and Analyzing Data • Finding Square Roots of Perfect
Squares
Lessons 95-104 • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying
by 3 • Identifying Units of Weight and
Mass: Ounces, Pounds, Tons,
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Math con’t
of 100 • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying
by 2 • Looking for a Pattern to Solve a
Problem • Drawing a Picture to Solve a
Problem • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • 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 Pattern Blocks (Part 1)
• Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Denominators of 2, 3, and 6 Using Pattern Blocks (Part 2)
• Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 5 and 6; Differences of 5 and 6
• Reading and Writing Roman Numerals to 31
• Adding Three-Digit Numbers • Identifying Ordinal Position • Reading and Writing Money
Amounts to $1,000 • Writing Money Amounts Using
Fractions and Decimals • Writing Checks • Selecting Coins for a Given
• Finding Length of the Side of a Square Given the Area
• 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 • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying
by 0; Multiplying by 5 • Identifying the Commutative
Property of Multiplication • 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 • Solving Area Problems • Finding the Sum of Three
Addends • Division Facts: Dividing by 2 and
by 5 • Working Backward to Solve a
Problem
Grams, and Kilograms • Estimating the Mass of an Object • Using Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication, and Division to Solve Measurement Problems
• Subtracting Money Amounts (Decimals)
• Subtracting Across Zeros • Telling and Showing Time to the
Quarter Hour • Showing Fractional Amounts
Greater Than 1 • Writing Mixed Numbers • Measuring and Drawing Line
Segments to the Nearest Quarter Inch
• Showing Measurement Data on a Line Plot
• Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 4
• Making an Organized List to Solve a Problem
• Identifying Parallel Lines and Line Segments
• Identifying the Properties of Quadrilaterals
• Finding the Missing Addend for a Sum of 100
• Making Change from $1.00 • Reading and Writing Six-Digit
Numbers • Multiplying by 100 and by 1,000 • Writing a Four-Digit Number in
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Math con’t
Amount • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 7,
8 and 9 • Solving a Problem by Making it
Simpler • Drawing a Picture to Solve a
Problem • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • Looking for a Pattern to Solve a
Problem • Multiply by 12 (FFF)
• Determining the Likelihood of an Event
• Determining the Fairness of a Game
• Subtracting Two- and Three-Digit Numbers (Part 1)
• Subtracting Two- and Three-Digit Numbers (Part 2)
• 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 Using Fraction Strips
• Comparing and Ordering Fractions with Denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 Using Pictures
• Identifying Fractions that Equal ½ Using Pictures
• Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10
• Comparing Fractions
Expanded Form
Science
Investigating Changes In Our Atmosphere • Identifying What Meteorologists
Do • Identifying the Composition of
the Planets’ Atmospheres • Identifying the Layers of the
Earth’s Atmosphere and the Characteristics of Each Layer
• Describing the Water Cycle
• Describing the Characteristics of Tornadoes
• Describing the Characteristics of Hurricanes and Typhoons
• Identifying Sources of Water and Air Pollution
• Identifying Ways to Avoid Polluting the Environment
Exploring the Earth’s Structure • Identifying the Characteristics of
Exploring the Earth’s Structure • Identifying the Causes and
Effects of Earthquakes • Identifying the Causes and
Effects of Volcanoes • Identifying how Igneous,
Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks are Formed
• Describing and Identifying Igneous, Sedimentary, and
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Science con’t
• Identifying and Describing Types of Clouds
• Identifying Wind Direction • Estimating Wind Speed • Collecting and Recording Weather
Data
the Earth’s Surface • Identifying and Describing the
Layers of Earth • Exploring the Theory of Plate
Tectonics • Describing How Tectonic Plates
Move • Identifying Tectonic Plates and
Their Movements
Metamorphic Rocks • Identifying the Effects of
Weathering and Erosion • Describing and Identifying Clay,
Silt, and Sand
Social
Studies
African American Culture • Create an Underground Railroad
map using quilt blocks. • Discuss the life of Ruby Bridges. • Compare and Contrast Kwanzaa
and Christmas. • Demonstrate and learn the
African game Yan-Koloba. • Demonstrate segregation by
participating in “Segregation Day.”
• Recall what it is like to be segregated by writing a reflection.
• Collect information on a famous African American using various resources.
• Develop a PowerPoint Presentation using the researched information.
Rights and Responsibility • Identify how people formed
communities to gain security and to live under fair laws.
• Compare the architecture of ancient Greece to that in Washington, D.C.
• Compare ways that people in communities around the world meet their needs for government.
• Explain the importance of the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact.
• Identify different points of view. • Describe how individuals have
changed communities. • Explain the importance of the
Declaration of Independence. • Explain the importance of the
United States Constitution. • Identify the rights guaranteed in
the Bill of Rights. • Identify Pierre-Charles L’Enfant
as an individual who helped shape
Your Local and State Governments • Identify services commonly
provided by local governments. • Identify ways people in the local
community meet their needs for education.
• Identify ways people in the local community meet their needs for transportation.
• Identify ways people in the local community meet their needs for recreation.
• Explain how local government services are financed.
• Use latitude and longitude to locate places on maps and globes.
• Identify the basic structure of local government.
• Identify local government officials and explain how they are chosen.
• Explain the importance of consent of the governed.
• Identify the characteristics of
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a community. • Identify how ideas have changed
communities over time. • Identify characteristics of good
citizenship such as a belief in justice, truth, and equality.
• Compare the architecture of ancient Rome to that in Washington, D.C.
• Identify historic figures who have exemplified good citizenship and explain the importance of good citizenship.
• Identify contributions by historic American leaders to the United States government.
• Identify individuals who have influenced historic events.
• Understand the benefits of the developments of government.
• Explain that in 1787, a group of American leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in order to form a new government.
• Identify personal traits exhibited by the seven Virginia delegates that made them good citizens.
• Identify characteristics of good citizenship such as a responsibility for the common good.
• Identify important acts of civic responsibility such as obeying laws
good citizenship, such as a belief in truth.
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and voting. • Explain important acts of civic
responsibility such as obeying laws and voting.
• Identify actions individuals can take to improve their community.
• Explain why government is important in the school and classroom.
Religion Family Life • Having Good Sense: Learn how
having good health habits is one of best ways to care for God's gift of life and to love oneself.
• Plant Life: Learn that plants are useful to people, animals, and the earth and that God calls Christians to care for them.
• Animal Life: Learn that animals are part of God’s Kingdom and Christians are called to protect them.
• Being Alive: Learn that all living things grow, develop and make new life and understand that all creation is a sign of God’s love.
• Life Goes On: Learn that life is handed on from one generation to the next and that people need to respect and protect the living signs of God’s love.
Family Life • Feelings: Learn that having
feelings is one of God’s gifts and that it is important to think before acting on feelings.
• Community Life: Learn that God created people to live in community and that the family is the first community a person lives in.
Chapter 8 • Jesus chose the Apostles to lead
the Church. • The pope and bishops are the
successors of the Apostles. • The Church is one and holy. • The Church is catholic and
apostolic. Holy Week
• Palm Sunday • Holy Thursday • Good Friday • Holy Saturday • Easter Sunday
Chapter 9 • The Church is the Body of Christ
and the People of God. • We profess our faith through the
Apostles’ Creed. • The Holy Spirit guides the
Church. • The Church continues to teach
the true message of Jesus. Chapter 10
• Jesus teaches his followers how to pray.
• We can pray with others or by ourselves.
• There are different kinds of prayer.
• The Church prays at all times.
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May
Reading “The Girl Who Loved Spiders” • Story Structure/Visualize
“Web Wise” • Fluency: Expression
“The Frog in the Milk Pail” • Main Idea/Supporting Details • Question
“Amphibian Alert!” • Fluency: Phrasing – Punctuation
“Museums: Worlds of Wonder” • Fact and Opinion • Monitor/Clarify
“Making the Most from Trash” • Fluency: Rate
“Save Timber Woods!” • Understanding Characters • Infer/Predict
“Following Muir: A Persuasive Essay” • Fluency: Phrasing - Pauses
Spelling/
Grammar
• Final Schwa + /r/ Sound • Making Comparisons with –er and –est • Making Comparisons with more and most • Making Comparisons with good and bad • Final Schwa + /l/ Sound • Comparing with Adverbs • Three-Syllable Words • Possessive Pronouns • Words with Silent Consonants • Using I and me • Right Pronoun
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Phonics • Final Syllables • Stress in Multisyllable Words • Silent Consonants
English Chapter 6 • Helping Verbs • Natural and Inverted Word Order • Coordinate Conjunctions • Compound Sentence • Editing a Paragraph • Three-paragraph Expository Essay
Math
Lessons 105:1-115:2 • Division Facts: Dividing by 3 and 4 • Writing Multiplication and Division Fact Families • Finding an Unknown Number in a Multiplication or Division Equation • 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 • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 9 • Solving a Problem by Making it Simpler • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • Identifying Transformations: Translations, Rotations, and Reflections • Identifying a Fractional Part of a Set • Determining Age • Multiplying a One-Digit Number and a Two-Digit Number Using Mental Computation • Using Area Models to Represent the Distributive Property • Identifying Right, Obtuse, and Acute Angles • Naming Triangles by Angle Size • Measuring Line Segments Using Millimeters • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 6 • Identifying Geometric Solids
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• Identifying Faces, Vertices, and Edges of a Geometric Solid • Constructing a Cube
Science • Observing and Demonstrating how Water Moves Through Sand and Silt • Identifying and Describing Characteristics of Soil • Identifying the Layers of Soil on the Earth’s Surface Examining the Structure and Function of Parts of Seed Plants • Identifying what Seeds Need to Germinate • Classifying Plants • Describing the Function of Parts of Plants • Dissecting a Bean Seed • Observing the Embryo of a Bean Seed • Describing how Plants Make Their Own Food by Photosynthesis • Observing the Germination of Grass Seed • Analyzing Data and Writing Conclusions for a One-Variable Experiment
Social
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Your Local and State Governments • Understand the difference between making laws, carrying out laws, and determining if laws have been violated. • Identify the governmental bodies that perform these functions at the local, state, and national levels. • Understand how violations of the law produce consequences. • Distinguish among city, county, and state governments. • Identify individuals who have displayed the characteristics of good citizenship. • Identify examples of how a nonprofit organization can serve the common good.
Religion Chapter 11 • We belong to a parish. • Many people serve our parish. • Our parish worships together. • Our parish cares for others.
Chapter 12 • God calls each of us. • God calls everyone to be holy. • God calls some men to be priests or deacons. • God calls some people to religious life.