QUARTER BY QUARTER CONTENT THIRD GRADE 2012-2013

Quarter

MATH

SOC. ST.
SCIENCE
LANG. ARTS
1

ü  Place value (6 digit #s)
ü  Add/Sub renaming
ü  Problem Solving Strats.
ü  Multiplication Concepts


Civics- Citizenship
ü  Roles/rights/respons. in a community
ü  Compare and contrast
Countries Around the World Week

ü  Plant Growth
Life cycles
       Needs
ü  Prewriting Strategy
ü  Mechanics-capitalization, punctuation
ü  Creative story writing
ü  Following Directions
ü  Nouns and Verbs
ü  Narrative Writing
2

ü  Multiplication facts
ü  Algebra
ü  Division Concepts and facts
ü  Problem Solving Strats.


Holidays Around the World
Geography- Maps Skills
ü  Continents
ü  Oceans
ü  Latitude/longitude
Languages/production of goods


ü  Rocks and Minerals
Properties
       Formation
       Composition
       Uses 

ü  Cause & Effect/ predicting outcomes
ü  Main idea/supp. details
ü  Editing/Revising
ü  Using quotations
ü  Writing a letter
3

ü  Geometry
ü  Fractions
ü  Measurement
ü  Problem Solving Strats.


History – Civilizations
ü  Central America (Mayas)

ü  Chemicals
Properties
       Changes/interactions
       Mixtures/solutions
              Evap. And filtration

ü  Characters/plot/climax
ü  Apostrophes
ü  Chapter books / several books by the same author
ü  Adjectives and Adverbs
ü  Descriptive writing
4

ü  Decimals
ü  Time/Data Analysis
ü  Consumer Math
ü  Statistics & Probability
ü  Problem Solving Strats.


Economics-Economy Systems
ü  Choices and consequences
ü  Barter vs. money
ü  Cash and credit
ü  Wants and resources

ü  Sound
Pitch / volume
Production

ü  Biographies
ü  Outline report writing
ü  Writing a Report
ü  Fables and Fairy Tales
ü  Structured oral presentations
ü  Chapter books / several books by the same author

·        Spelling Lessons will be covered each week through out the year
·        Novels to be read at home will be distributed periodically
·        Tentative Schedule allow for changes to meet the readiness/needs of the children