Third Grade Pacing

Third Grade Pacing

Date / Unit/Theme
Content / Spelling / Tested Vocabulary / Reading Strategy / Writing Genre / Writing/Grammar
Strategy-Skill / Math Topic
July16-17 J / Getting to Know 3rd grade
July 20-24 / U1T1- Week 1
People and Places - Community Spirit
Content – principles of democracy; / Short Vowels: heavy; insist; inspect; jungle; listen; object; picture; planet; rumble; topic / protect / Make connections / 1st 20 days; Journaling / Writing Process;
Common / proper NOUNS;
* Resource Guide 13 & 14 / 1-Exploring Mathematics
July 27-31 / U1T1- Week 2
People and Places - Community Spirit
Content – rights and responsibilities of citizens / Initial Consonants b,d,f,m,v: balloon; belong; dairy; dolphin; finger; fixture; marble; morning; violin; visitor / arrive; appeal; / Make Connections / 1st 20 days; Journaling / Writing Process;
ADJECTIVES
* Resource Guide 21 / 2- Working with Addition and Subtraction
Aug. 3-7 / U1T2-Week 1
People and Places – Life in Many Places
Content – relationships within places / Consonant Blends cr-,dr-, gr-, pr-, -st: credit; crumble; detest; dragon; drizzle; grand; grease; problem; prove; quest / anxiously; location; / Ask Questions / 1st 20 days; Journaling / Writing Process;
Action and linking VERBS
* Resource Guide 25 / 2 - Working with Addition and Subtraction
Aug. 10-14 J / U1T2-Week 2
People and Places – Life in Many Places
Content – relationships within places / Using word families –ap, -at, -et, -en, -ig, -it, -op, -ot, -ug, -un: bottom; copy; figure; ketchup; nugget; pantry; pity; punish; snapper; tender / landform; coast; / Ask Questions / Narrative; Journaling / Writing Process;
Main and helping VERBS
*Resource Guide 26 / 3 –Investigating numbers to 1,000
Aug. 17-21 / U2T3-Week 1
Thinking like a scientist – What is Light?
Content – Scientific Inquiry; Forms of energy - LIGHT / Long vowels (VCe): alone; arrive; behave; entire; polite; quote; scrape; space; surprise; type / function; pattern; / Infer / Narrative; Journaling / Writing Process; Strong Introduction sentences (Beginning);
ADVERBS
*Resource Guide 31 / 4 – Investigating Length
Aug. 24-28 / U2T3-Week 2
Thinking like a scientist – What is Light?
Content – States of Matter / /ch/, /sh/, /th/, /wh/: branch; children; flesh; purchase; shadow; south; thaw; wharf; whisper; whistle / filament / Infer / Narrative; Journaling / Writing Process; detailed sentences (Middle);
subject / predicates
* Resource Guide 1 / 5 – Adding 2-and 3-digit numbers
Aug. 31-Sept. 4 J / U2T4-Week 1
Thinking like a scientist – How does electricity work?
Content – Earth, Sun, and Moon / ai, ay, ea, ee: afraid; agree; crayon; eaten; eerie; explain; freeze; layer; season; strait / power; benefits; alternative; / Synthesize / Narrative; Journaling / Writing Process; Concluding sentences (End);
subject-verb agreement
* Resource Guide 2 / 6 - analyzing shapes
Sept. 8-11 JJJ / U2T4-Week 2
Thinking like a scientist – How does electricity work?
Content – Scientific Inquiry / ei, igh, oa, ow: borrow; coast; delight; flown; lie; moan; oath; owner; thigh; untie / glistening; / Synthesize / Narrative; Journaling / Writing Process; Using classroom resources to edit (Dictionary etc…) / 6 - analyzing shapes
Sept. 14-18 / End-of Quarter Benchmark and Summative Assessments / Author Share and Celebrations / review
Cycle Break
Cycle Break
Cycle Break
Oct. 12-16 / U3T5-Week 1 and 2 Then and Now – Times Have Changed
Content – contributions of former members of our society / ou, ow, oi, oy: allow; flower; proud; scout; towel; choice; destroy; oily; royal; point / neighboring; settlement; territory; shift / Monitor Understanding / Expository (persuasive); Journaling / Writing process; Audience and purpose;
Simple/compound sentence
* Resource Guide 3 / 7 – Understanding Fractions
Oct. 19-23 J / U3T6-Week 1 and 2 Then and Now – Roads to Travel On
Content – read, construct, and interpret maps; transportation and communication changes / h in hour and ghost, wh in whole, mb in lamb; gh in right, bt in debt, gn in sign: comb; ghost; honest; limb; whole; bright; doubt; gnat; sign; sleigh / transit; adventure; agriculture / Create Images / Expository (persuasive); Journaling / Writing process;
compound subjects and predicates
* Resource Guide 4 / 8 – Developing Multiplication Concepts
Oct. 26-30 / U4T7-Week 1
Forces of Nature – On Moving Ground
Content – Investigating States of Matter; / synonyms, antonyms: aim; empty; female; furnish; loss; male; profit; purpose; provide; vacant / demolish / Use Fix-up Strategies / Expository (persuasive); Journaling / Writing Process; word choice;
review sentence structure
* Resource Guide 5 / 9 – Developing the Concept of Division
Nov. 2-5 JJJ / U4T7-Week 2
Forces of Nature – On Moving Ground
Content - Scientific Inquiry; water and the water cycle / Multiple-meaning words: bank; bowl; jerky; palm; prune; roll; spring; stern; tire; toast / favorite; surface / Use Fix-up Strategies / Expository (persuasive); Journaling / Writing Process;
sentence types: review declarative / review interrogative; imperative / exclamatory
* Resource Guide 6, 7, & 8 / 9 - Developing the Concept of Division
Nov. 9-13 / U4T8-Week 1
Forces of Nature –Predicting Nature’s Hazards
Content – Investigating States of Matter / Homonyms: hair; hare; mall; maul; paws; pause; raise; rays; see; sea / warning; / Determine Importance / Expository (Report); Journaling / Writing Process;
Sentence Structure – join simple and compound sentences
*Resource Guide 9 / 10 – Collecting and analyzing data
Nov. 16-20 / U4T8-Week 2
Forces of Nature –Predicting Nature’s Hazards
Content – Scientific Inquiry; Water and the water cycle / Inflected ending –ed, -ing, and plural –s: buzzes; grabbed; jumped; keys; pages; patches; pushing; radios; smiling; toasted / advantage; aid; / Determine Importance / Expository (Report); Journaling / Writing Process;
sentence combining (short and choppy); compound sentences using but, or, so
* Resource Guide 10 / 11 – Investigating 4-digit numbers
Nov. 23-24 JJ / Communication Arts Holiday Activities / Expository (Report); Journaling / Writing Process;
sentence combining (fragment / run-on / rambling)
* Resource Guide 11 / 12 – Subtracting 2- and 3- digit numbers
Nov. 30- Dec. 4 J / End of Quarter Benchmark and Summative Assessments / Expository (Report); Journaling / Writing Process; Using classroom resources to edit (Dictionary etc…)
Continue Sentence combining
* Resource Guide 11 / 12 - Subtracting 2- and 3- digit numbers
Dec. 7-11 J / Author Share and Celebrations / review
Cycle Break
Cycle Break
Cycle Break
Jan. 5 – 8 J / U5T9- Week 1 and 2 Taking Care of Business – From Factory to You
Content – Economic Principles / Nouns: airport; bamboo; cavern; cloud; clown; cluster; fable; giant; person; sponge / scarcity; halt; / Make Connections: Compare / Contrast Information / Friendly Letters; journaling
(descriptive) / Writing Process; audience and purpose
sentence combining; compound sentences using but, or, so
* Resource Guide 12 / 13 – Analyzing 3D shapes
Jan. 11-15 / U5T9-10-Week 2 and 1 Taking Care of Business – From Factory to You/ Money Matters
Content – Economic Principles / Proper Nouns: Africa; Mississippi River; Asia; New Melle; Mr. Armour; June; Missouri; Daniel Boone; Edward; Tuesday / abundant / Make Connections: Compare / Contrast Information / Friendly Letters; journaling
(descriptive) / Writing Process:
singular and plural nouns
* Resource Guide 15 / 14 – Developing Multiplication and Division Facts
Jan. 19-22 JJ / U5T10-Week 2
Taking Care of Business – Money Matters
Content – Economic Principles / verbs – action: carry; dance; define; earn; offer; remember; scream; shuffle; touch; trade / fee; errand; borrow / Ask Questions: Author’s Purpose / Friendly Letters; journaling
(descriptive) / Writing Process;
singular possessive nouns
* Resource Guide 16 / 15 - Working with Length and Exploring Perimeter
Jan. 25-29 J / Review, Re-teach, and MAP Preparation / 15 - Working with Length and Exploring Perimeter
Feb. 1-5 / U6T11-Week 1
Shoot for the Stars – Our Solar System
Content – Earth, Sun, and Moon / Adjectives: awful; crowded; drowsy; famous; hazy; loud; lucky; salty; sharp; tiny / perceive; speck / Infer: Conclusions / Stories / narrative; Journaling / Writing Process;
Pronouns and antecedents (the word the pronoun refers to)
* Resource Guide 18 / 16 – Using Data and Making Predictions
Feb. 8-12 / U6T11-Week 2
Shoot for the Stars – Our Solar System
Content - Scientific Inquiry / Prefix un-: unable; unbuckle; uncover; uneasy; unfold; unhappy; unkind; untold; unwilling; unwind / telescope; / Infer: Conclusions / Stories/ narrative; Journaling / Writing Process: Clear Controlling idea;
singular and plural pronouns
* Resource Guide 19 / 17 – Exploring Fraction Relationships
Feb. 16-19 JJ / U6T12-Week 1
Shoot for the Stars – Explorers in Space
Content – Science, Technology, and Human Activity / Prefixes non-, in-, and dis-: discover; dishonor; dislike; distrust; indifferent; insane; nonfat; nonliving; nonprofit / avoid / Synthesize: Classify and Categorize Information / Stories/ narrative; Journaling / Writing Process: adding relevant details;
comparative and superlative adjectives (largest, smallest, etc.)
* Resource Guide 21 / 18 – Working With Time
Feb. 22-26 J / U6T12-Week 2
hoot for the Stars – Explorers in Space
Content – Science, Technology, and Human Activity / Prefixes re-, pre-: preheat; prepay; preteen; pretest; prewash; rebuild; redo; rejoin; remove; retell / astronomy; astronaut / Synthesize: Classify and Categorize Information / Stories/ narrative Journaling / Writing Process:
Articles (especially a/an usage)
* Resource Guide 23 / 18 – Working With Time
March 1-5 / End of Quarter Benchmark testing and Summative Assessments / Authors’ Share and Celebrations / review
Cycle Break
Cycle Break
Cycle Break
March 29- April 1JJJ / Welcome Back! MAP preparation and housekeeping / review
April 6-9 JJ / U7T13-Week 1
We, the People –Making Laws
Content – Law, rules, and ordinances; rights and responsibilities of citizens; / Contractions / Review:-DO NOT TEST (MAP) eyes; I’d; it’s; let’s; mother; paste; queen; she’ll; sleepy; we’re
Pronouns / review: - DO NOT TEST (MAP) cookies; danger; goes; half; he; himself; join; them; who; whoever / justice; govern; candidate / Review Strategies as Needed / Friendly letters / journaling / Writing Process; showing awareness of audience;
Present, past, and future tense VERBS
* Resource Guide 27 & 28 / 19 – Working with Money, Capacity and Weight
April 12-16 / U7T13-Week 2
We, the People - Making Laws
Content – Purpose of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Constitution / Adverbs DO NOT TEST (MAP) ahead; badly; enough; far; gladly; neatly; outside; soon; together; worse / encourage; approximate / Review Strategies as Needed / Friendly letters / journaling / Writing Process: Word choice;
Irregular VERBS: go, do, eat, fall, forget, get, fly
* Resource Guide 29 / 19– Working with Money, Capacity and Weight
April 19-23 / U7T14-Week 1 and 2 We, the People – Every Vote Counts
Content – Purpose of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Constitution / Suffixes –ful, -able, and –less careless; cheerful; durable; heartless; helpful; mouthful; sleepless; tireless; painless; washable / crowd / Review Strategies as Needed / Friendly letters / journaling / Writing Process; Word Choice
comparative and superlative ADVERBS (-er/ more, -est/most)
*Resource Guide N/A / 20 – More multiplication and division facts
April 26-30 / U8T15-Week 1
Our Valuable Earth –Precious Resources (week 1)
Content - Plants / suffixes –-ness, -ment, and –ion/-tion : action;addition; agreement; darkness; goodness; movement; payment; opinion; vacation; weakness / adequate; / Use Fix-Up Strategies: Decoding and Word Analysis / Friendly letters / journaling / Writing Process; using sensory detail
contractions: I’m, didn’t, I’ll, haven’t, isn’t, don’t, didn’t, etc,
* Resource Guide 17 / 21 – Investigating Area and Volume
May 3-7 J / U8T15-Week 2
Our Valuable Earth – Precious Resources
Content – Scientific Inquiry / suffixes –ly and –fully : carefully; clearly; closely; daily; fatherly; fearfully; happily; joyfully; lately; softly / preserve; irrigation / Use Fix-Up Strategies: Decoding and Word Analysis / Friendly letters / journaling / Writing Process: using sensory detail
dialogue with assistance
* Resource Guide N/A / 22 – Investigating decimals
May 10-14 / U8T16- Week 1
Our Valuable Earth – Recycle and Renew
Content – Food Chains / Consonant doubling : bigger; bragger; dimmed; dropping; hugging; ripped; splitting; strumming; tripped; wetter / Litter; assortment; enormous / Determine Importance :Purpose For Reading / Friendly letters / journaling / Writing Process; Using classroom resources to edit (dictionary etc…)
paragraphing
*Resource Guide N/A / 23 – Multiplying 2-and 3-digit numbers
May 17-21 / U8T16- Week 2
Our Valuable Earth –Recycle and renew
Content – Scientific Inquiry / Syllabication: basket; elephant; history; idea; music; napkin; sofa; student; tractor; window / Determine Importance :Purpose For Reading / Authors’ Share and celebrations / 24 – Dividing 2-digit numbers
May 24-28 / End of Quarter Benchmark Testing and Summative Assessments / review
June 1-4 JJJ / End of Year Culminating Activities

J - shortened week due to Early Release / JJ - shortened week due to Holiday / JJJ - Shortened week due to Early Release AND Holiday

Enrichment activities will be used as needed.

Grammar Scope and sequence uses LBD – Writing Resource Guide

Content resources found in appendix of pacing guide.

Third Grade Science Objectives

/ LBD Unit and Theme / Science Correlation / Science Scope and Sequence / Lesson Ideas for Integration
Thinking Like a Scientist: Theme 3 – What is light? / Investigating States of Matter
HOW?
Use of the vocabulary word “absorption” in reference to liquids / Compare the observable physical properties of solids, liquids, or gases (air) (i.e., visible vs. invisible, changes in shape, changes in the amount of space occupied) / §  Brain POP (States of Matter) http://www.brainpop.com/science/matterandchemistry/statesofmatter/
§  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_matter
§  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
§  http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/whatismatter.html
§  http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/statesofmatter.html
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Identify everyday objects/ substances as solid, liquid, or gas (e.g., air, water) / §  Brain POP Jr. (Solids, Liquids, and Gases)