Third Grade Curriculum

Science

September - November:

  • Matter

December - February:

  • Energy

March – April:

  • Simple Machines

May - June:

  • Plant and Animal Adaptations

Social Studies

September – October:

  • Introduction to World Geography and World Communities: Why does geography matter?

November – June:

  • Case Studies of different communities from around the world: How do culture, geography, and history shape a community? How are world communities the same? How are they different?

Math – Go Math/Engage NY

September - October:

  • Addition and subtraction within 1,000

October – November:

  • Represent and interpret Data

November – December:

  • Understand Multiplication

December – January:

  • Multiplication Facts and Strategies

January – February:

  • Use Multiplication Facts

February - March:

  • Understand Division

March – April:

  • Division Facts and strategies

April - May:

  • Understanding Fractions

May – June:

  • Compare Fractions

ELA – Ready Gen

September – November:

  • Readers will be able to identify comparisons, contrasts, and changes over time closely reading sentences, paragraphs, and text features across texts about the same topic.
  • Writers will be able to use research-based facts and text features to convey main ideas and details about a topic that changes over time.

November – December:

  • Readers will be able to show how character’s motivations affect the sequence of events of a story.
  • Writers will be able to use characters’ dialogue, feelings, and sensory details to explain the sequence of events in a story and lead to a solution.

December - January:

  • Readers will use evidence to identify the main idea and key details of a text.
  • Writers will write informative texts to examine a topic and express ideas and information clearly.

January - February:

  • Readers will use text based evidence to draw conclusions about the characters in literary texts.
  • Writers will use dialogue and action to create a narrative with a central message.

February - March:

  • Readers will ask and answer questions about a topic, and determine main ideas and details that describe scientific concepts, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause and effect.
  • Writers will write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas to share information.

March – April:

  • Readers will recount stories including character actions and how they contribute to the sequence.
  • Writers will support a point of view with reasons and evidence.

April - May:

  • Readers will use details in the text to determine the main idea.
  • Writers will examine different sources to conduct short research.

May - June:

  • Readers will analyze the characters, theme, setting, and plot in stories they read. Writers will examine character, plot, and setting to develop an understanding of theme, becoming an active citizen.