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3rd Grade Curriculum Map 2011-2012

August September October

Reading “A Fine, Fine School” • Multiple-Meaning Words • Story Structure • Summarize • Fluency: Accuracy

“The Trial of Cardigan Jones” • Compound Words • Conclusions • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Phrasing

“Destiny’s Gift” • Antonyms • Understanding Characters • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Accuracy “Pop’s Bridge” • Compare and Contrast • Infer/Predict • Understanding Characters • Fluency: Expression • Base Words and Endings –s, -es,

-ed, -ing “Roberto Clemente” • Cause and Effect • Visualize • Fluency: Intonation • Prefix -mis

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • Story Elements (Setting,

Characters, Problem, Solution, Main Idea)

• Compare and Contrast • Analyze/Evaluate • Infer/Predict • Summarize

Spelling/

Grammar

• Subjects and Predicates • Short Vowel Sounds • Kinds of Sentences • V-C-e Spellings

• Sentence Fragments and Run-ons • More Long a and Long e Spellings • Common and Proper Nouns • More Long o Spellings • Plural Nouns with –s and -es • Spelling Long i

• Silent Beginning Sounds • Compound Words • Prefixes dis, un, mid, pre

Phonics • Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u • Words with the VCCV Pattern • Long Vowels a, e, i, o, u • Words with the VCe Pattern

• Common Vowel Pairs ai, ay, ee, ea • Long o Spelled oa, ow • Long i Spelled i, ie, igh

English

• Goal Setting • Good Study Habits (Organizing,

Listening)

Chapter 1 • Capitalization Rules • Punctuation Rules • Analyze Synonyms/Antonyms • Word Analogies

• Adjective • Article Adjective • Four Kinds of Sentences • Complete Subject/Predicate


English con’t Chapter 2 • Subject Noun • Verb • Adverb

Chapter 3 • Singular/Plural Nouns • Common/Proper Nouns • Simple Subject/Predicate

Math

Lessons 1-8 • Graphing Data on a Bar Graph • Reading a Graph • Identifying Digits & Writing 2-

Digit Numbers • Telling & Showing Time to the

Half Hour • Estimating Time to the Nearest

Half Hour • Identifying Addends, Sums, &

the Commutative Property of Addition

• Addition Facts: Adding 0, 1, and Doubles

• Identifying a Missing Addend • Estimating Length to the

Nearest Inch • Measuring & Drawing Line

Segments to the Nearest Inch • Drawing Congruent Line

Segments • Identifying the Properties of a

Rectangle • Identifying & Measuring the

Length & Width of a Rectangle • Ordering 2-Digit Numbers

Lessons 9-17 • Identifying Even and Odd

Numbers • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 0

and 1; Differences of 0 and 1 • Using Logical Reasoning to Solve a

Problem • Making an Organized List to Solve

a Problem • Identifying the Relative Value of

Pattern Blocks • Covering Designs With Pattern

Blocks • Identifying and Describing a

Rhombus • Identifying, Acting Out, Drawing

Pictures, and Writing Number Sentences for “Some, Some More” and “Some, Some Went Away” Story Problems

• Dividing Squares into Two and Four Equal Parts

• Identifying Congruent Shapes • Counting Dimes and Nickels • Comparing the Values of Sets of

Coins • Adding 10 to a Two-Digit Number

& Subtracting 10 from a Two-Digit Number Using Mental

Lessons 18-30:1 • Reading a Thermometer to the

Nearest 10 Degrees Fahrenheit • Rounding Numbers to the Nearest

Ten • Addition Facts: Adding 2 • Writing Addition and Subtraction

Fact Families • Using Logical Reasoning to Solve a

Problem • Working Backward to Solve a

Problem • Naming and Drawing Polygons • Dividing a Square into Three

Equal Parts • Identifying and Shading Thirds • Rewriting Numbers by Regrouping

Tens and Ones • Trading Dimes and Pennies • Making an Organized List • Counting Dimes, Nickels, and

Pennies • Writing Fractions Using the

Fraction Bar • Addition Facts: Adding 9 • Writing Fraction Number

Sentences that Equal 1 • Identifying Dozen and Half Dozen • Writing a Fraction to Show a Part


Math con’t

Computation • Addition Facts: Sums of 10 • Identifying the Relative Value of

Pattern Blocks • Making a Design with a Given

Value Using Pattern Blocks • Writing the Date Using Digits • Dividing Squares into Two, Four,

and Eight Equal Parts • Identifying & Shading Halves,

Fourths, and Eighths • Multiplying by 0 and 1 (FFF)

of a Set • Reading and Writing Numbers to

1,000 Using Digits • Writing Money Amounts Using

Dollar Signs and Cent Symbols • Reading and Shading a

Thermometer to the Nearest 2 Degrees Fahrenheit

• Addition Facts: Adding 3 and 4 • Using Guess and Check to Solve a

Problem • Solving a Problem by Acting it

Out • Multiplying by 2 and 10 (FFF)

Science

Exploring Our Solar System • Describing What Scientists Do • Identifying Objects in Our Solar

System • Describing Characteristics of the

Sun • Showing Earth’s Movement on its

Axis • Identifying the Cause of Day and

Night on Earth • Describing and Showing the

Earth’s Movement Around the Sun

• Identifying the Causes of the Earth’s Seasons

Exploring Our Solar System • Describing and Showing the

Moon’s Movement Around Earth • Describing the Characteristics of

the Moon • Identifying Characteristics of the

Moon • Identifying the Role of

Astronauts in Our Space Exploration

• Identifying and Describing a New and Full Moon

• Identifying the Phases of the Moon

Exploring Our Solar System • Identifying and Describing the

Plants in Our Solar System • Comparing the Number of Moons

of Each Planet • Comparing the Amount of Time it

Takes Each Planet to Rotate Once • Identifying the Inner and Outer

Planets • Describing Asteroids and the

Asteroid Belt • Describing the Relative Distances

of the Planets from the Sun • Identifying Characteristics of

Terrestrial Planets and Gas Giants

• Comparing Terrestrial Planets and Gas Giants

• Comparing the Amount of Time it


Science con’t

Takes Each Planet to Orbit the Sun

• Identifying Characteristics of Comets

• Identifying the Characteristics of Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites

• Identifying the Effects of Meteors on Earth

Social

Studies

Communities and Their Histories • Compare people, places, events,

and developments in communities within the United States.

• Describe the exploration of the Americas by describing the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, Hernado de Soto, Juan Ponce de León, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain.

• Develop map skills by locating the regions in the Americas explored by Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de León.

• Explain how the natural environment influenced the way Native Americans dressed, built houses, and obtained food.

• Obtain historical and geographic information about the community using print and computer sources.

• Locate and use a variety of information resources, such as libraries.

Communities and Their Histories • Describe the accomplishments of

Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de León.

• Explain why the community of St. Augustine was established and identify founders and early settlers.

• Identify and compare people, places, and events in communities within the United States.

• Describe why and how the community of Cádiz, Spain, was established.

• Describe the role of Cádiz, Spain, in the development of its region.

• Compare significant people, places, events, and developments in St. Augustine, Florida, with those in Cádiz, Spain.

• Identify and use symbols to locate places on maps.

• Describe the exploration of the Americas by Jacques Cartier.

Communities and Their Histories • Describe the accomplishments of

Christopher Newport (Jamestown, Virginia).

• Compare early European settlements, such as Jamestown, in terms of why they were founded, who contributed to their founding, and how they changed over time.

• Identify reasons people formed communities.

• Describe how Pocahontas changed a community.


Social

Studies

con’t

• Locate regions explored by Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain.

• Compare the changes brought about by explorers, such as Jacques Cartier.

• Identify different points of view of characters in historical events.

• Describe how individuals contributed to the expansion or creation of communities.

Religion Chapter 1 • God the Son became one of us. • Jesus grew up in Nazareth. • Jesus begins his work.

Chapter 1 • Jesus shows us how to live as his

followers. Chapter 2 • Jesus tells us how much God loves

us. • Jesus teaches about the Kingdom

of God. • Jesus teaches about the gift of

faith. • Jesus dies and rises to save us.

Chapter 3 • Jesus has power over life and

death. • Jesus will come again. • When Jesus comes again, he will

judge all people. • Jesus teaches us to love others. Chapter 4 • Jesus promises to send the Holy

Spirit. • The Holy Spirit comes to the

disciples.


November December January

Reading “Max’s Words” • Sequence of Events • Fluency: Matching Rate to Text • Connect to Poetry • Suffixes –er, -or “What Do Illustrators Do?” • Text and Graphic Features • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Read with Expression • Connect to Traditional Tales • Synonyms

“The Harvest Birds” • Conclusions • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Stress • Multiple-Meaning Words

“Kamishibai Man” • Cause and Effect • Monitor/Clarify • Fluency: Introduction • Dictionary/Glossary Entry

“Young Thomas Edison” • Main Idea and Details • Summarize • Fluency: Accuracy • Categorize and Classify

“Jump!” • Fact and Opinion • Question • Fluency: Phrasing – Natural Pauses • Suffixes –y, -ful, -ous

“The Science Fair” • Story Structure • Visualize • Fluency: Stress • Connect to Poetry • Idioms

“Yonder Mountain” • Compare and Contrast • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Rate • Homophones/Homographs

Spelling/

Grammar

• What is a Verb? • More Short and Long Vowels • Verb Tenses • Three-Letter Clusters

• Commas in a Series • Unexpected Consonant Spellings • Simple Subjects and Predicates • Vowel Sound in town

• Pronouns • Vowel Sound in talk • More Plural Nouns • Vowel Sound in joy • More Proper Nouns • Homophones • Subject-Verb Agreement • Contractions

Phonics • Words with the VCV Pattern • Three-Letter Clusters

• Silent Letters kn, wr • Vowel Diphthongs ow, ou

• Words with au, aw, al, o • Vowel Diphthongs oi, oy


Phonics con’t • Homophones • Words Ending in –er and –le • Contractions with n’t, ‘d, ‘ve

English Six Traits of Writing • Idea

• Narrow the Topic • ABC Detail Machine • Pump-Up the Details • Revising Ideas

• Organization • Grocery List Pre-Writing • Tie Beginning and End

Six Traits of Writing • Organization

• Develop the Middle • Transition Sentences

• Voice • Hearing Voice

Six Traits of Writing • Voice

- Finding Voice - Test Lady Audience

• Word Choice - Purple Words - Shades of Words - Taboo Words

Math

Lessons 30:2- 43 • Collecting Data • Tallying • Adding Multiples of 10 Using

Mental Computation • Estimating the Sum of Two Two-

Digit Numbers • Estimating, Measuring, and

Drawing Line Segments Using Centimeters

• Adding a Multiple of 10 to a Number Using Mental Computation

• Ordering Three-Digit Numbers • Listing Combinations • Addition Facts: Adding 5 and 6 • Writing Number Sentences for

“Some, Some More” and “Some, Some Went Away” Stories

• Writing Story Problems for Addition and Subtraction Number Sentences

Lessons 44-52 • Identifying a Missing Digit in an

Addition Problem • Multiplying by 1 and 10 • Identifying Factors and Products • Estimating and Finding the

Capacity of Containers • Ordering Containers by Capacity • Identifying 1-Cup Liquid Measure • Identifying Pint, Quart, Half-

Gallon, and Liter Containers • Reading a Thermometer to the

Nearest Degree Fahrenheit • Identifying the Freezing and

Boiling Points of Water and Normal Body Temperature on the Fahrenheit Scale

• Estimating a Reasonable Temperature

• Using Comparison Symbols (>, <, =) • Identifying Horizontal, Vertical,

Lessons 53-66 • Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using

the Addition Algorithm (Part 2) • Using Estimation to Verify the

Reasonableness of Calculated Results

• Drawing and Measuring Line Segments to the Nearest Half Inch

• Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 7

• Locating and Naming Points on a Number Line with a Scale of 10

• Estimating Capacity • Drawing a Bar Graph Using a

Scale of 10 • Acting Out, Drawing Pictures, and

Writing Number Sentences for “Equal-Groups” Stories

• Drawing Pictures and Writing Number Sentences for “Equal-


Math con’t

• Counting Quarters • Identifying Equivalent Fractions • Finding Half of Set of Objects • Adding Three or More Single-

Digit Numbers • Telling and Showing Time to Five-

Minute Intervals • Identifying a.m. and p.m. • Identifying the Number of

Minutes in an Hour and the Number or Hours in a Day

• Addition Facts: Adding 7 and 8 • Drawing a Picture to Solve a

Problem • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • Conducting a Survey • Drawing and Reading a Pictograph • Identifying Place Value to

Hundreds • Writing Three-Digit Numbers in

Expanded Form • Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using

Mental Computation • Naming Line Segments • Identifying and Making Scalene,

Isosceles, and Equilateral Triangles

• Multiplying by 5 and 11 (FFF)

and Oblique Lines and Line Segments

• Finding Perimeter • Finding an Unknown Side Length • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting a

Number from 10 • Making an Organized List to Solve

a Problem • Making a Shape for a Given

Perimeter • Constructing a Number Line • Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using

the Addition Algorithm (Part 1) • Using Estimation to Verify the

Reasonableness of Calculated Results

• Multiplying by 3 and 4 (FFF)

Groups” Stories • Identifying and Drawing Lines of

Symmetry • Writing Division Problems in

Three Ways • Dividing by 10, by 7, and by 1 • Identifying Quotients • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 2;

Differences of 2 • Using Guess and Check to Solve a

Problem • Solving a Problem by Making it

Simpler • Measuring with Cups,

Tablespoons, and Teaspoons • Reading a Recipe • Writing a Part of a Set as a

Fraction • Subtracting a Multiple of 10 from

a Number Using Mental Computation

• Estimating Differences of Two Two-Digit Numbers

• Squaring Numbers • Identifying Perfect Squares • Finding the Area of a Square • Simplifying Expressions with

Exponents of 2 • Showing Three- and Four-Digit

Numbers Using Base Ten Blocks • Writing Three- and Four-Digit

Numbers for a Model or a Picture • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 3


Math con’t

and 4; Differences of 3 and 4 • Following a Recipe • Setting a Dial and Determining

Elapsed Time • Identifying the Missing Addend in

a “Some, Some More” Story • Multiplying by 6, 7, 8, and 9

Science Investigating Elements and Compounds • Identifying the Building Blocks of

the Universe: Elements • Locating Information on the

Periodic Table of Elements • Classifying Elements on the

Periodic Table of Elements as Solids, Liquids, or Gases

• Identifying Elements Our Bodies Require to be Healthy

• Identifying Mineral Nutrients in Packaged Foods and Drinks

• Identifying the Seven Most Common Elements in the Universe

• Identifying the Characteristics of a Compound

• Identifying the Elements that Combine to Make a Compound

• Identifying the Characteristics of Atoms and Molecules

• Identifying the Number of Atoms of Each Element in a Compound

• Observing How Heat Creates a Chemical Change

Observing Physical Changes • Observing and Comparing Physical

and Chemical Changes • Describing the Characteristics of

Matter • Measuring the Mass of Solids • Measuring the Volume of Solids

and Liquids • Describing Physical Properties of

Matter • Describing the Characteristics of

Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Observing Physical Changes • Describing and Demonstrating the

Movement of Molecules in Solids, Liquids, and Gases

• Measuring Temperature Using a Thermometer

• Observing and Measuring the Changes in Temperatures of Hot Water and Ice Water Over Time

• Making a Line Graph to Record Data

• Drawing Conclusions from Data Shown on a Line Graph

• Exploring the Equalization of Temperatures

• Observing and Describing a Physical Change: Melting and Freezing

• Observing and Describing a Physical Change: Vaporization

• Conducting an Evaporation Experiment

• Observing and Describing a Physical Change: Condensation


Social

Studies

Making Choices • Identify ways of earning,

spending, and saving money. • Analyze a simple budget that

allocates money for spending and saving.

• Explain the difference between needs and wants.

• List the characteristics of money and give examples of the way money is used.

• Identify ways of earning, spending, and saving money.

• Identify characteristics of good citizenship such as responsibility for the common good.

• Identify Roberto C. Goizueta as a person who helped others improve their lives through education.

• Identify ways an individual has contributed to a community.

• Identify an example of making an economic choice.

• Explain how people make choices about goods and services.

• Explain how people make choices about goods and services.

• Explain the idea of opportunity cost.

• Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information,

Making Goods • Explain how producers use natural

resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods.

• Describe how the cost of production affects profits.

• Sequence the steps in the process of producing a bat.

• Identify specialists in the production of goods.

• Interpret visuals including illustrations.

• Sequence information using a cutaway diagram.

• Identify historic figures such as Henry Ford who have started new businesses.

• Interpret visuals including line graphs.

Making Goods • Define and identify examples of

scarcity. • Explain the impact of scarcity on

the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

• Explain the impact of scarcity on interdependence within and among communities.

• Sequence the production, distribution, and consumption or lumber.

• Describe the effects of modern communication and transportation on trade.

• Explain that people benefit from voluntary trade with each other.

• Explain how people in ancient Greece and Rome depended on others in the production of goods.

• Explain the concept of a free market.

• Compare ways countries ship goods to world markets.

• Identify ways countries earn money.

• Explain the impact of scarcity on the consumption of goods around the world.

• Explain the impact of scarcity on interdependence within


Social

Studies con’t

identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.

• Explain how supply and demand affect the price of a good or a service.

• Explain how the cost of production and selling price affect profits.

• Give examples of how a simple business operates.

• Identify Madam C.J. Walker as a historic figure who started a new business.

communities. African American Culture

• Discuss folktales with classmates. • Compare and Contrast common

folktales with African folktales.

Religion

Chapter 4 • The Church begins on Pentecost. • The early Church grows. Roman Missal • Introductory Rites • Liturgy of the Word • Liturgy of the Eucharist • Communion Rite Jesse Tree/Advent • Root of Jesse • Creation • Adam and Eve

Roman Missal • Concluding Rites Jesse Tree • Noah • Abraham • Isaac • Joseph • Moses • Ruth • David • King David • Zechariah • John the Baptist • Joseph (Carpenter) • Mary • Jesus

Chapter 5 • The Apostles led the Church. • The disciples of Jesus share the

Good News. • The followers of Jesus stood up

for their faith. • Many of our ancestors in faith

are examples of holiness. Family Life

• The Human Family: Learn that human families are different from animal families and all families are important to God.

• Family Living: Learn that family life means sharing and receiving and understand that as part of God’s family we live Christian attitudes called virtues.

• Learning to Choose: Learn about


Religion con’t how the senses can help people to think, wonder, and choose and understand that God gives the gift of conscience to help persons make good choices.


February March April

Reading “Aero and Officer Mike” • Author’s Purpose • Summarize • Fluency: Accuracy – Words in

Connected Text • Prefixes in-, im- (meaning “not”)

“The Extra-good Sunday” • Understanding Characters • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Expression • Using a Thesaurus

“A Mr. Rubbish Mood” • Author’s Purpose • Monitor/Clarify • Fluency: Intonation • Context Clues

“The Albertosaurus Mystery” • Conclusions • Visualize • Fluency: Stress • Suffix -ly

“A Tree is Growing” • Text and Graphic Features • Question • Fluency: Expression • Connect to Poetry • Categorize and Classify

“Dogzilla” • Cause and Effect • Summarize • Fluency: Adjust Rate to Purpose • Prefixes pre-, re-, bi-

“Life on the Ice” • Main Ideas and Details • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Phrasing – Natural Pauses • Connect to Traditional Tales • Dictionary/Glossary

“Two Bad Ants” • Story Structure • Monitor/Clarify • Fluency: Intonation • Connect to Poetry • Base Words and Prefix non-

“The Journey: Stories of Migration” • Compare and Contrast • Visualize • Fluency: Phrasing – Attention to

Punctuation • Connect to Traditional Tales • Prefixes in-, im-

“The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman” • Sequence of Events • Analyze/Evaluate • Fluency: Rate • Suffixes –er and –est

“Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves” • Author’s Purpose • Question • Fluency: Accuracy – Words in

Connected Text • Words from Other Languages

“Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest” • Text and Graphic Features • Infer/Predict • Fluency: Expression • Connect to Plays • Analogies

Spelling/ • Pronouns and Verbs • Vowel + r Sounds

• Using the Verb be and Helping Verbs

• Abbreviations • Suffixes –ful, -ly, and –er


Grammar • Forming the Past Tense • Vowel + /r/ Sounds in nurse • What is an Adjective? • Vowel + /r/ Sounds in air and fear • Adjectives and Articles • Words with /j/ and /s/

• Spelling the /k/ and /kw/ Sounds • Irregular Verbs • Vowel Sounds in spoon and wood • Contractions • Compound Words • Possessive Nouns • Words with –ed and –ing

• Using Proper Nouns • Changing Final y to i

• What is an Adverb? • Prefixes re- and un- • What is a Preposition? • Suffixes –less and -ness

Phonics • Words with ar, or, ore • Words with er, ir, ur, or • Words with air, ear, are • Vowel + r: air, bear, care, near • Words with /j/ and /s/ • Words with the VCCCV Pattern

• Words with /k/ and /kw/ • Vowel Sounds in spoon and wood • Compound Words • Base Words and –ed, -ing • Spelling Changes: -s, -es, -ed, -ing • Less Common Plurals

• Suffixes –ful, -y, -ous, -ly, -er

• Prefixes un-, pre-, re-, bi • Suffixes –less, -ness, -able

English Six Traits of Writing • Word Choice

- Dead Verbs • Sentence Fluency

- Hearing Punctuation - Slinky Sentences - Sentence Length for Impact

• Conventions - Punctuation Walkabout - Read Up, Write Down

Expository Writing

Chapter 4 • Prepositions • Object of the Preposition • Adverbs • Prepositional Phrases • Subject-Verb Agreement • A and an • Transitional Words • Expository Writing: Creative

Expressions • Different Writing Forms

Chapter 5 • Pronouns and Subject Pronouns • Understood Subject Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns • Conjunctions • Simple Sentences, Coordinate

Conjunctions, Compound Parts • Sentence Fragments and Run-on

Sentences • Expository Writing: Cream

Expressions • Three-Paragraph Expository

Essay

Math

Lessons 67-80:1 • Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers • Writing Numbers to 1,000 Using

Words • Adding and Subtracting Multiples

Lessons 80:2-94 • Making Reasonable Predictions by

Collecting and Analyzing Data • Finding Square Roots of Perfect

Squares

Lessons 95-104 • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying

by 3 • Identifying Units of Weight and

Mass: Ounces, Pounds, Tons,


Math con’t

of 100 • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying

by 2 • Looking for a Pattern to Solve a

Problem • Drawing a Picture to Solve a

Problem • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • Drawing and Reading a Line Graph • Telling and Showing Time to the

Minute • Rounding a Number to the

Nearest Hundred • Estimating Sums and Differences

of Three-Digit Numbers • Comparing Fractions with

Denominators of 2, 3, and 6 Using Pattern Blocks (Part 1)

• Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Denominators of 2, 3, and 6 Using Pattern Blocks (Part 2)

• Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 5 and 6; Differences of 5 and 6

• Reading and Writing Roman Numerals to 31

• Adding Three-Digit Numbers • Identifying Ordinal Position • Reading and Writing Money

Amounts to $1,000 • Writing Money Amounts Using

Fractions and Decimals • Writing Checks • Selecting Coins for a Given

• Finding Length of the Side of a Square Given the Area

• Adding Money Amounts (Decimals) • Reading and Showing the

Temperature on the Celsius Scale • Identifying the Number of Days

in each Month • Identifying the Number of Days

in a Year • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying

by 0; Multiplying by 5 • Identifying the Commutative

Property of Multiplication • Estimating and Measuring

Distance Using Feet, Yards, and Meters

• Identifying the Number of Inches in a Foot and in a Yard, Feet in a Yard, and Centimeters in a Meter

• Identifying and Solving “Larger-Smaller-Difference” Problems

• Making and Drawing Arrays • Writing Number Sentences for

Arrays • Estimating and Finding the Area

of a Rectangle • Solving Area Problems • Finding the Sum of Three

Addends • Division Facts: Dividing by 2 and

by 5 • Working Backward to Solve a

Problem

Grams, and Kilograms • Estimating the Mass of an Object • Using Addition, Subtraction,

Multiplication, and Division to Solve Measurement Problems

• Subtracting Money Amounts (Decimals)

• Subtracting Across Zeros • Telling and Showing Time to the

Quarter Hour • Showing Fractional Amounts

Greater Than 1 • Writing Mixed Numbers • Measuring and Drawing Line

Segments to the Nearest Quarter Inch

• Showing Measurement Data on a Line Plot

• Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 4

• Making an Organized List to Solve a Problem

• Identifying Parallel Lines and Line Segments

• Identifying the Properties of Quadrilaterals

• Finding the Missing Addend for a Sum of 100

• Making Change from $1.00 • Reading and Writing Six-Digit

Numbers • Multiplying by 100 and by 1,000 • Writing a Four-Digit Number in


Math con’t

Amount • Subtraction Facts: Subtracting 7,

8 and 9 • Solving a Problem by Making it

Simpler • Drawing a Picture to Solve a

Problem • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • Looking for a Pattern to Solve a

Problem • Multiply by 12 (FFF)

• Determining the Likelihood of an Event

• Determining the Fairness of a Game

• Subtracting Two- and Three-Digit Numbers (Part 1)

• Subtracting Two- and Three-Digit Numbers (Part 2)

• Comparing and Ordering Unit Fractions with Denominators of 2, 3, 4, and 8 Using Fraction Strips

• Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators of 2, 3, 4, and 8 Using Fraction Strips

• Comparing and Ordering Fractions with Denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 Using Pictures

• Identifying Fractions that Equal ½ Using Pictures

• Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10

• Comparing Fractions

Expanded Form

Science

Investigating Changes In Our Atmosphere • Identifying What Meteorologists

Do • Identifying the Composition of

the Planets’ Atmospheres • Identifying the Layers of the

Earth’s Atmosphere and the Characteristics of Each Layer

• Describing the Water Cycle

• Describing the Characteristics of Tornadoes

• Describing the Characteristics of Hurricanes and Typhoons

• Identifying Sources of Water and Air Pollution

• Identifying Ways to Avoid Polluting the Environment

Exploring the Earth’s Structure • Identifying the Characteristics of

Exploring the Earth’s Structure • Identifying the Causes and

Effects of Earthquakes • Identifying the Causes and

Effects of Volcanoes • Identifying how Igneous,

Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks are Formed

• Describing and Identifying Igneous, Sedimentary, and


Science con’t

• Identifying and Describing Types of Clouds

• Identifying Wind Direction • Estimating Wind Speed • Collecting and Recording Weather

Data

the Earth’s Surface • Identifying and Describing the

Layers of Earth • Exploring the Theory of Plate

Tectonics • Describing How Tectonic Plates

Move • Identifying Tectonic Plates and

Their Movements

Metamorphic Rocks • Identifying the Effects of

Weathering and Erosion • Describing and Identifying Clay,

Silt, and Sand

Social

Studies

African American Culture • Create an Underground Railroad

map using quilt blocks. • Discuss the life of Ruby Bridges. • Compare and Contrast Kwanzaa

and Christmas. • Demonstrate and learn the

African game Yan-Koloba. • Demonstrate segregation by

participating in “Segregation Day.”

• Recall what it is like to be segregated by writing a reflection.

• Collect information on a famous African American using various resources.

• Develop a PowerPoint Presentation using the researched information.

Rights and Responsibility • Identify how people formed

communities to gain security and to live under fair laws.

• Compare the architecture of ancient Greece to that in Washington, D.C.

• Compare ways that people in communities around the world meet their needs for government.

• Explain the importance of the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact.

• Identify different points of view. • Describe how individuals have

changed communities. • Explain the importance of the

Declaration of Independence. • Explain the importance of the

United States Constitution. • Identify the rights guaranteed in

the Bill of Rights. • Identify Pierre-Charles L’Enfant

as an individual who helped shape

Your Local and State Governments • Identify services commonly

provided by local governments. • Identify ways people in the local

community meet their needs for education.

• Identify ways people in the local community meet their needs for transportation.

• Identify ways people in the local community meet their needs for recreation.

• Explain how local government services are financed.

• Use latitude and longitude to locate places on maps and globes.

• Identify the basic structure of local government.

• Identify local government officials and explain how they are chosen.

• Explain the importance of consent of the governed.

• Identify the characteristics of


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a community. • Identify how ideas have changed

communities over time. • Identify characteristics of good

citizenship such as a belief in justice, truth, and equality.

• Compare the architecture of ancient Rome to that in Washington, D.C.

• Identify historic figures who have exemplified good citizenship and explain the importance of good citizenship.

• Identify contributions by historic American leaders to the United States government.

• Identify individuals who have influenced historic events.

• Understand the benefits of the developments of government.

• Explain that in 1787, a group of American leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in order to form a new government.

• Identify personal traits exhibited by the seven Virginia delegates that made them good citizens.

• Identify characteristics of good citizenship such as a responsibility for the common good.

• Identify important acts of civic responsibility such as obeying laws

good citizenship, such as a belief in truth.


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and voting. • Explain important acts of civic

responsibility such as obeying laws and voting.

• Identify actions individuals can take to improve their community.

• Explain why government is important in the school and classroom.

Religion Family Life • Having Good Sense: Learn how

having good health habits is one of best ways to care for God's gift of life and to love oneself.

• Plant Life: Learn that plants are useful to people, animals, and the earth and that God calls Christians to care for them.

• Animal Life: Learn that animals are part of God’s Kingdom and Christians are called to protect them.

• Being Alive: Learn that all living things grow, develop and make new life and understand that all creation is a sign of God’s love.

• Life Goes On: Learn that life is handed on from one generation to the next and that people need to respect and protect the living signs of God’s love.

Family Life • Feelings: Learn that having

feelings is one of God’s gifts and that it is important to think before acting on feelings.

• Community Life: Learn that God created people to live in community and that the family is the first community a person lives in.

Chapter 8 • Jesus chose the Apostles to lead

the Church. • The pope and bishops are the

successors of the Apostles. • The Church is one and holy. • The Church is catholic and

apostolic. Holy Week

• Palm Sunday • Holy Thursday • Good Friday • Holy Saturday • Easter Sunday

Chapter 9 • The Church is the Body of Christ

and the People of God. • We profess our faith through the

Apostles’ Creed. • The Holy Spirit guides the

Church. • The Church continues to teach

the true message of Jesus. Chapter 10

• Jesus teaches his followers how to pray.

• We can pray with others or by ourselves.

• There are different kinds of prayer.

• The Church prays at all times.


May

Reading “The Girl Who Loved Spiders” • Story Structure/Visualize

“Web Wise” • Fluency: Expression

“The Frog in the Milk Pail” • Main Idea/Supporting Details • Question

“Amphibian Alert!” • Fluency: Phrasing – Punctuation

“Museums: Worlds of Wonder” • Fact and Opinion • Monitor/Clarify

“Making the Most from Trash” • Fluency: Rate

“Save Timber Woods!” • Understanding Characters • Infer/Predict

“Following Muir: A Persuasive Essay” • Fluency: Phrasing - Pauses

Spelling/

Grammar

• Final Schwa + /r/ Sound • Making Comparisons with –er and –est • Making Comparisons with more and most • Making Comparisons with good and bad • Final Schwa + /l/ Sound • Comparing with Adverbs • Three-Syllable Words • Possessive Pronouns • Words with Silent Consonants • Using I and me • Right Pronoun


Phonics • Final Syllables • Stress in Multisyllable Words • Silent Consonants

English Chapter 6 • Helping Verbs • Natural and Inverted Word Order • Coordinate Conjunctions • Compound Sentence • Editing a Paragraph • Three-paragraph Expository Essay

Math

Lessons 105:1-115:2 • Division Facts: Dividing by 3 and 4 • Writing Multiplication and Division Fact Families • Finding an Unknown Number in a Multiplication or Division Equation • Identifying Perpendicular Lines and Line Segments • Adding Money Amounts to $99,999.99 • Writing Checks for Money Amounts to $99,999.99 • Acting Out, Drawing Pictures, and Writing Number Sentences for Division Story Problems • Writing Number Sentences for Division Story Problems • Multiplying a Multiple of 10, 100, or 1,000 by a Single-Digit Number • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 9 • Solving a Problem by Making it Simpler • Making a Table to Solve a Problem • Identifying Transformations: Translations, Rotations, and Reflections • Identifying a Fractional Part of a Set • Determining Age • Multiplying a One-Digit Number and a Two-Digit Number Using Mental Computation • Using Area Models to Represent the Distributive Property • Identifying Right, Obtuse, and Acute Angles • Naming Triangles by Angle Size • Measuring Line Segments Using Millimeters • Multiplication Facts: Multiplying by 6 • Identifying Geometric Solids


• Identifying Faces, Vertices, and Edges of a Geometric Solid • Constructing a Cube

Science • Observing and Demonstrating how Water Moves Through Sand and Silt • Identifying and Describing Characteristics of Soil • Identifying the Layers of Soil on the Earth’s Surface Examining the Structure and Function of Parts of Seed Plants • Identifying what Seeds Need to Germinate • Classifying Plants • Describing the Function of Parts of Plants • Dissecting a Bean Seed • Observing the Embryo of a Bean Seed • Describing how Plants Make Their Own Food by Photosynthesis • Observing the Germination of Grass Seed • Analyzing Data and Writing Conclusions for a One-Variable Experiment

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Your Local and State Governments • Understand the difference between making laws, carrying out laws, and determining if laws have been violated. • Identify the governmental bodies that perform these functions at the local, state, and national levels. • Understand how violations of the law produce consequences. • Distinguish among city, county, and state governments. • Identify individuals who have displayed the characteristics of good citizenship. • Identify examples of how a nonprofit organization can serve the common good.

Religion Chapter 11 • We belong to a parish. • Many people serve our parish. • Our parish worships together. • Our parish cares for others.

Chapter 12 • God calls each of us. • God calls everyone to be holy. • God calls some men to be priests or deacons. • God calls some people to religious life.

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