3rd GRADE CURRICULUM
Language Arts
Reading
Lucy Calkins’ Readers’ Workshop Model
Building our Reading Life, Character Study, Informational Reading, Poetry, Research, Mystery
Interactive Read Aloud Books
Writing
Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study, Writers’ Notebooks
Pre-writing, rough draft, revising/editing, final drafts, celebrations
Personal Narratives, Persuasive Speeches, Informational Writing, Poetry, Research Clubs
Grammar
Sentences, Parts of speech
Paragraphs, Punctuation, Capitalization, taught through the writing curriculum
Spelling
Practice spelling patterns through Word Study
Handwriting
Print and Cursive
Letter Writing
Oral Presentations
Math
Math in Focus: Singapore Math
Place Value, Numbers to 10,000
Addition to 10,000
Subtraction to 10,000
Multiplication
Division
Money
Fractions
Time
2 Dimensional Shapes
Area and Perimeter
Metric Length, Mass, and Volume
Customary Length, Weight, and Capacity
Bar Graphs
Line Plots
Social Studies
Geography
Map Skills
Early Exploration of North America
Vikings and European Explorers of North America
Colonization of North America
New England, Middle Region, Southern Regions
Events Leading to The Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Taxes, Intolerable Acts, Boston Massacre
American Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Brandywine
Germantown
Saratoga
Yorktown
Science
Hands-on Inquiry Based Learning
Group participation and collaboration
Scientific Method
Structures of Life
Plants
Crayfish
Land and Water
Earth’s Materials
Water Cycle
Rain on Land
Streams
Runoff, Erosion, Deposition
Tributaries
Water
Beading and Absorbing
Surface Tension
Thermometers
Sink and Float
Surface Area
Condensation
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