Third Grade Curriculum

Second Nine Weeks 2008-2009

Social Studies

• Native Americans

Science

• Human Body

Communications

• Cursive – Lower/ Upper case

• Compound Words

• Affixes

• Contractions

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Capitalization/ Punctuation

• Empowering Writing

• QAR and/ or RUNNERS – Reading Comprehension

• Reader’s Theater

• Accelerated Reader

• Letter Writing

• Journals

• Health

• Character Education

Technology

• Destination Success in Reading and Math

• United Streaming

Math

• Multiplication, Division, Algebra, Patterns, Measurement, Time, Money, Problem-solving

• Various mathematical concepts will be reinforced through Problem of the Day, Daily Cumulative

• Review and Math Superstars

                                    Third Grade Curriculum

First Nine Weeks   2008-2009

Social Studies

        Maps and Globes

Ancient Rome

        Citizenship, Rules, and Laws

Science

        Earth, Moon, Sun

        Solar System

Communications

        Study Skills

        Spelling – Word Study/ Sight Words

        Types of Sentences and Subject/ Predicate

         Nouns

        Genres

        Capitalization/ Punctuation

        Empowering Writing

        RUNNERS – Reading Comprehension

        Reader’s Theater

        Journal

Health

         Character Education

Technology

        Destination Success in Reading and Math

        Study Island

Math

Place Value through 9,999, Addition/ Subtraction through four-digit numbers, Data/ Probability, Patterns, and Problem-solving

        Various mathematical concepts will be

        reinforced through Problem of the Day, Daily

        Cumulative Review and Math Superstars