Grade 3 Curriculum

Curriculum Standards Grade Level 3

 

Oral Language

Listening and Speaking

·         Listen for specific purposes (information, enjoyment )

·         Listen and demonstrate understand by following multi-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize

·         Speak clearly, audibly, with expression

·         View media or presentation for specific purpose (identify main idea and details, gather information, make distinctions, i.e. fact/opinion, fiction/non-fiction)

·         Use plays, sharing of books, personal writing, choral reading, and informational reports

Spelling and Phonics

·         Use word families, patterns, syllabication, common letter combinations to spell new words

·         Spell correct grade level words, words with plural endings

·         Spell high-frequency and irregular words

·         Spelling of irregular and difficult words

·         Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (visualize word while spelling, associate known words and patterns to help, use generalities, or rules)

Reading

·         Read with appropriate speed and accuracy (grade level texts at approximately 100 wpm, read aloud with accuracy off 95-100 wpm)

·         Read grade-level text with clarity

·         Read in meaningful phrases, use expression

·         Use punctuation clues

·         Read 300 third grade high-frequency sight words

Grade Level Vocabulary and Meaningful and Challenging Vocabulary

·         Learn new words by reading and listening

·         Use multiple resources to develop vocabulary

·         Use structural analysis and context clues (meaning of prefixes, suffixes)

·         Use context to determine meaning of unknown word

·         Use context to determine meaning of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, multiple-meaning words

Comprehension - Identify Purpose of Text

·         Find purpose for reading

·         Find author's purpose

Strategies to Help Comprehension

·         Use prior knowledge

·         Generate factual, inferential, evaluative questions about what is read

·         Form mental pictures

·         Make and confirm predictions while reading

·         Make inferences, draw conclusions

·         Identify topic/main idea

·         Note details

·         Summarize plot

·         Monitor and clarify understanding

·         Compile information from text

Feature of Narrative and Informational Text to Help Comprehension

·         Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem, how the problem was resolved

·         Identify genres: fairy tale, poem, realistic fiction, fantasy, fable, tall tale, biography, historical fiction, humor, mystery, informational

·         Use information from pictures, captions, diagrams, charts, graphs, table of contents, index, glossary

·         Locate facts from a variety of information texts (newspapers, magazines, books)

Independent Reading Programs for Comprehension

·         Participate in incentive program to read at home

·         Participate in incentive program to read and answer guided reading questions

 

Writing

Preparation for Writing by Gathering and Organizing Ideas

·         Identify purpose, audience, form of writing

·         Select a topic

·         Use graphic organizers to form ideas

Write a First Draft

·         Pay attention to writing in complete sentences

·         Organize sentences into a beginning, a middle, and an end

·         Identify form of writing (focus on main idea, details, plot, characterization, setting)

·         Use voice to match purpose of writing

·         Use verbs that are lively, language that is vivid, figurative language to describe

·         Use attention grabbing beginnings, endings that are conclusive and clear

Revise First Draft Writing for Interest and Fluency and Sense

·         Add details where needed

·         Review word choice, with attention to repeated or over-used vocabulary

·         Clarify main idea

·         Re-order anything out of sequence

·         Use a variety of sentence structure

Revise First Draft Writing for Conventions

·         Edit for capitalization, punctuation

·         Edit for spelling

·         Edit for grammar

·         Edit for paragraphing (attention to the main idea and supporting details)

·         Edit for correct format (margins, indenting, and title)

Use Fluent, Legible Handwriting

·         Write with proper form, proportion, spacing

·         Develop fluency in cursive writing

·         Use cursive writing in assignments

Write in a Variety of Forms and Genres

·         Produce personal writing (journals, friendly letters, literature responses)

·         Produce imaginative stories

·         Produce formula poetry

·         Produce informational text (science observations, content area reports, summaries)

·         Produce writing to persuade

·         Produce newspaper articles

·         Share writing with others using illustrations, or charts to add meaning

·         Complete first draft to final draft process on minimum ten individual projects

Facilitation of Reading and Writing Grammar

·         Familiarize students with elements of grammar as part of reading and writing process

·         Identify common proper nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections

·         Identify action verb, linking verbs

·         Be able to write past tense of irregular and regular verbs

·         Be able to avoid run-on sentences by using comma and conjunction when appropriate

·         Identify four kinds of sentences

·         Learn how to punctuate dialogue in a story

 

Social Studies

Show How Cultures and Communities Change Over Time

·         Roman civilization, Viking exploration, migration of early man from Asia into North America, Marco Polo, Columbus explorations, changes in earth by natural forces

·         Time Lines

Map Skills

·         Reading maps

·         Continents

·         Oceans

·         North/South hemisphere

·         Equator

·         East/West hemisphere using prime meridian

·         Learning habitats (desert, plains, tropical, mountain, forest, steppe)

·         Recognize physical features (mesa, plateau, butte, glacier, Andes Mountains, Rocky Mountains)

·         Rainforest compared to Utah "Mosaic"

Focus on Eight Native American Tribes (Inuit, Tlingit, Iroquois, Maui, Plains)

·         Describe their environments and how they influenced lives of each tribe

·         Identify and compare cultures, lifestyles, and economics

Study and Compare Indigenous People of Utah with Incas of South America (Utes, Piutes, Goshutes, Shoshone, Navajo)

·         Learn and identify physical features

Examine Government and Economics of Utah vs. South America

·         Learn how economics affect both

·         Identify relationships between "producers" and "consumers"

·         Learn how each is influenced by their natural resources

·         Learn how jobs change with technology

Study the Purpose of Government

·         Learn how Utah's government works

·         Learn how the United States' government works

Participation in Community Service

·         Differentiate between personal and community needs

·         Work on projects to fill needs of LDS Hospital in relationship to its patients and families

 

Science

Identify Characteristics of our Utah Habitats

·         Appreciate the "mosaic" of Utah's environment

·         Understand the issues that face our community (water supply, use of energy)

Investigate the Impact of Technology and Lifestyle on Utah's Ecosystem and Resources

·         Learn about renewable and non-renewable energy

·         Wind, water, solar, fossil fuel, coal

The Sun is Our Main Source of Heat and Light

·         Understand heat is produced by objects rubbed against each other

·         Machines can be electrical or mechanical

Objects near Earth are Pulled to Earth by Gravity

·         Learn that gravity is a force

·         Gravity is related to the tides

·         Gravity effects the motion of an object

Relationship Between Force Applied to an Object and Resulting Motion of the Object

·         Forces cause changes in speed and directions

·         The greater the force applied to an object, the greater the speed and direction

·         Use different types of simple machines and show how they make life easier

·         Determine a relationship between force and distance as it relates to simple machines

·         Combine two or more simple machines to perform a task

Safe Electrical Practices at Home and School

·         Describe safety practices associated with electricity

·         Describe safety procedure for earthquake and fire

The Planet Earth

·         Earth rotates on its axis

·         Earth is in orbit around the sun

The Moon

·         Phases of the moon

·         Understand the sun and moon only appear to be moving through the sky because of spinning axis

·         Observe and identify new moon, full moon, waxing and waning to understand the appearance of the moon

·         Tectonic plate in Earth

Organisms Depend on Living and Non-Living Things in an Environment

·         Identify characteristics of living things (growth, movement, reproduction)

·         Identify characteristics of non-living things

·         Classify living and non-living things

·         Describe interaction of living and non-living things in an environment

Healthy Habits Will Protect Us from Sickness

·         Adopt the habits of a healthy person (proper way to sneeze, importance of diet, food guide pyramid, importance of sleep and exercise)

·         Understand the chemical bond made by soap and water to lift dirt

·         Washing hands protects us from germs and viruses

We are Responsible for our Health

·         Recognize the health implications of tobacco and drug use

The Function of the Skeletal and Muscular System

·         Be able to summarize facts

 

Math

Represent Whole Numbers in a Variety of Ways

·         Be able to model, read and write whole numbers up to 10,000 using base ten models, pictures, and symbols

·         Write a four digit numeral and identify place value

·         Expanded form notation

·         Demonstrate multiple ways to represent numbers using models and symbols, e.g. fifty is the same as two groups of twenty-five, the number of pennies in five dimes

Identify Relationships Between (and Among) Whole Numbers

·         Even and odd number identification

·         Compare/contrast number relationships

·         Greater than/less than comparisons < > =

·         Number line usage

·         Identify time/determine elapsed time

The Meanings of Operations of Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division

·         Add and subtract two-digit and three-digit numbers, and money

·         Multiply a one-digit factor by a one-digit factor using various methods

·         Solidify concept of division

·         Divide to find quotient and remainders using a one-digit divisor and one-two digit dividend

·         Multiplication/division facts families

·         Problem solving using +, -, x, ¸

·         Be able to write a story problem related to an equation

Fractions

·         Understand that the denominator is the number of equal parts and the numerator is number of equal parts being considered

·         Divide sets of objects into equal parts

·         Name and write a fraction for halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, eighths

·         Determine which of two fractions is greater

·         Understand mixed numbers

Whole Number Problems Using Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division In Vertical and Horizontal Notation

·         Use a variety of methods (estimation, mental math, paper/pencil, calculator)

·         Use estimation to check

·         Find the sum of any two addends with three or fewer digits (or more), regroup when necessary

·         Find the products for multiplication facts through 10x10, multiply a three-digit number by one factor

·         Understand multiples and factors

·         Understand square numbers

Concepts of Algebra

·         Recognize and represent math situations using patterns and symbols

·         Solve equations with equivalent expressions (5+7=A+6)

·         Understand how to find the missing number

Properties

·         Order of addends and factors doesn't matter

·         Use ><= in comparing

·         Identify property of addition (3+0=3), multiplication (7x1=7), zero property of multiplication (6x0=0)

Geometric Shapes

·         Identify and draw points, lines, line segments, endpoints

·         Identify and draw lines of symmetry

·         Determine whether angle is right, obtuse, or acute by comparing the corner

·         Classify polygons, pentagons, hexagons, octagons

·         Identify, make, describe cubes (six faces, 12 edges)

Spatial Relationships

·         Give directions to reach a location

·         Use coordinates (A,1) to locate position on maps

·         Identify horizontal, vertical lines

Visualization of Geometric Shapes

·         Be able to flip side, turn using manipulatives

·         Determine whether two polygons are congruent

·         Create a polygon from other polygons

Use of Measurement Tools

·         Capacity, length, weight, money

·         Temperature

·         Weight

·         Money

·         Temperature

·         Time

·         Area, perimeter

·         Volume

·         Work with both metric and customary

·         Know relationship between units of length in metric (meter, centimeter, decimeter, kilometer)

·         Know capacity in metric (liter) and weight in metric (gram, kilogram)

·         Measure length of object to the nearest centimeter, meter, half-inch, foot, yard

·         Measure capacity using cups, quarts, pounds

·         Determine value of a combination of coins and bills that total $5.00 or less and write it with dollar sign and decimal point

·         Know number hours in a day, days in a year, weeks in a year

·         Read, tell, write time to quarter hour and less

·         Read, record thermometer

·         Estimate measure area and perimeter

·         Estimate volume

Understanding Decimals

·         Read, write, add, subtract decimals to the hundredth place

Concept of Probability

·         Collect organize data to predict probability

·         Make tables, graphs, charts

·         Use these organized collections of data to make predictions

·         Use terms "certain", "equally likely", impossible

 

Religion

Understanding the Core Catholic Beliefs

·         Discover that God speaks through the Bible and the Church

·         Reflect on meaning that God is holy and everlasting

·         Discus that Mary is the mother of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit

·         Retell that God sent His only Son to save all people from sin

·         Explain the Paschal Mystery (life, death, resurrection, ascension of Jesus)

·         Reflect that through faith and baptism they join with Jews and the Church and share in the mission of the Church

The Practice of Catholic Worship and the Sacraments

·         Read in text book

·         Receive sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist

·         Attend Mass with school student body

·         Know responses in Mass liturgy

·         Learn prayers (Apostles Creed, Acts of Faith, Hope, Love)

Church Has a Liturgical Calendar (Ordinary Time, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter Triduum, and Easter)

·         Learn how seasons of the Church calendar correspond with the life and teachings of Jesus

·         Obligation to attend Mass on Sundays, Holy Days

Attributes of God and Corresponding Virtues (goodness of God, power of God, wisdom of God, mercy of God, justice of God, love of God)

·         Introduction and lessons from virtues program