Third Grade Curriculum

Common Core
Below, I will note the primary areas of focus in each subject area, as well as the instructional material we will use for instruction.

English-Language Arts
Use of comprehension strategies and skills to understand literature and informational text, with phonics/word recognition and fluency skills to support comprehension.
In writing, students will go through the writing process to write opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces, displaying a command of the conventions of standard English.
Instructional Materials:

Reach by National Geographic

95% Core Phonics
Scholastic News

Accelerated Reader

Math
Concepts include Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten and Fractions, Measurement and Data, and Geometry.
Instructional Materials:

Mathematical Mindsets Philosophies and Activities (YouCubed)

GoMath - Each lesson includes a instruction on a new concept, in-class guided practice.

Science ( Next Generation Science Standards)
  Forces and how they act upon  objects

  Life Cycles and plant/animal traits for survival in different environments

  Weather patterns: recording and analyzing weather data  

History-Social Science
Students describe the physical and human geography using maps, tables, graphs, photographs and charts to organize information about people, places and environments in a spacial context.
Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region in the distant and recent past.
Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.
Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.
Students demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills and an understanding of the economy of the local region.

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

Second Step

1) Skills for Learning: Students gain skills to help themselves learn, including how to focus their attention, listen carefully, use self-talk to stay on task, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.

2) Empathy: Students learn to identify and understand their own and others’ feelings.  Students also learn how to take another’s perspective and how to show compassion.

3) Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings, such as anxiety or anger.

4) Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems with others in a positive way.