<p> 3rd Grade Curriculum Timeline First Quarter</p><p>Communication Skills</p><p> Reading Comprehension Skills: Sequence, drawing conclusions, cause and effect, author’s purpose, main idea and supporting details, character, graphic sources, realism/fantasy, context clues, fact and opinion  Word Study: Short vowels, double consonants, long a, e, i, o, u, compound words, vowel diagraph oo, ou, ow, diphthong ou, consonants j and g /j/  Writing/Grammar and Usage: Sentences, narrative paragraph, subjects and predicates, statements and questions, commands, and exclamations, clear and interesting subject, nouns (in sentences, singular/plural, possessive)</p><p>Math</p><p>Graphing Properties of Addition Patterns Probability Problem solving Permutations and Combinations Numeration Addition (2 & 3 digit) Subtraction (2& 3 digit) Number Sense and Place Value to 9,999</p><p>Social Studies: Communities  Introduction to maps and globes  Citizenship  Compare and contrast individuals, families, communities</p><p>Science  Plants  Muscles and Bones 3rd Grade Curriculum Timeline Second Quarter</p><p>Communication Skills</p><p> Reading Comprehension Skills: Fact and opinion, main idea and supporting details, steps in a process, summarizing, text structure, visualizing, generalizing  Word Study: Consonants j and g /j/, digraph ow, dipthong ow, silent letters wr, kn, st,gn, mb, controlled vowels, base words, suffixes –ness, -ly, -ful, -ous, digraph th, ph, sh, ch  Writing/Grammar and Usage: Sentence structure, narrative and descriptive paragraphs, possessive nouns, verbs, verbs in sentences, verb tenses: present, past, and future, forms of regular verbs, parts and forms of irregular verbs</p><p>Math</p><p>Patterns Division (0-6) Graphing Properties of Multiplication Problem Solving Measurement Number Sentences - Time and elapsed time - Calendar - Temperature - Length Multiplication (0-6) </p><p>Social Studies: Communities  Study of government  Compare and contrast individuals, families, communities  Citizenship</p><p>Science  Soil  Introduction to scientific method to prepare for Science Fair 3rd Grade Curriculum Timeline Third Quarter</p><p>Communication Skills</p><p> Reading Comprehension Skills: theme, setting, cause and effect, compare and contrast, predicting, making judegments, fact and opinion, author’s purpose  Word Study: Words with dr, sc,ft, st,fr, vowel sounds in boy, moon, contractions, r- controlled vowels, -s/-es ending, /s/ and /k/, prefixes un- and re-, -ed/-ing endings  Writing/Grammar and Usage: adjectives (comparative/superlative), adverbs, capitalization, contractions, pronouns (possessive/subject and object), prepositions</p><p>Math</p><p>Patterns Graphing Problem Solving Fractions Multiplication (7-12) Division (7-12) Number Sentences Measurement - Length- with fractional parts - Mass - Capacity </p><p>Social Studies: Communities  Study of economics  Citizenship  Compare and contrast individuals, families, communities</p><p>Science  Soil  Scientific method: Science Fair 3rd Grade Curriculum Timeline Fourth Quarter</p><p>Communication Skills</p><p> Reading Comprehension Skills: author’s purpose, plot, steps in a process, setting visualizing, realism vs. fantasy, and other skills to prepare for End of Grade testing  Word Study: Words with w and wh, schwa sound, vowels in final syllables, syllabication, inflected endings, digraphs au, aw,ui,ew, and affixes  Writing/Grammar and Usage: sentences, narrative paragraph, subjects and predicates, organizing writing, writing letters, commas, quotations, and subject-verb agreement</p><p>Math</p><p>Patterns Graphing Problem Solving Multiplication Fluency Division Fluency Symmetry and Congruence Geometry 2 & 3 dimensional Order of Operations Equivalent Measurement Prepare for End of Grade Testing</p><p>Social Studies: Communities  Study of communities  Citizenship  Compare and contrast individuals, families, communities</p><p>Science  Plants  Sun, Earth, and Phases of the Moon</p>