Grade Level Concept Map

Campus:		Kerr Elementary			Grade:	3		School Year:		2008-2009
	1st Six Weeks		2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks			4th Six Weeks		5th Six Weeks		6th Six Weeks
Reading Skills	Listening to text read aloud, reading independently, vocabulary, references, compare/contrast, comprehension, classify, categorize, read across genres (fiction and nonfiction), summarization, character analysis, setting and plot, parts of book, responding to text, fluency, acting out/retelling		Comprehending text, retell & act out key events, determining fact and opinion, vocabulary, identifying setting and problem, decoding, characterization, main idea versus details, making graphic organizers, identifying theme, connecting texts, word meaning, prefixes/suffixes, dictionary skills, words with multiple meanings	Vocabulary, determining character feelings, context clues, comprehending text, drawing conclusions, making inferences, sequencing, author’s purpose, writing a character description, summarization, literary terms, researching with library books and electronic sources, cause and effect, genre variety and features, compare and contrast			Predicting, compare/contrast, identifying character feelings and emotions, identifying conflict, fluency in oral reading, word I.D., summarizing, comprehending text, cause and effect, responding to reading/ music/movement organizers, analyze genre features		Drawing conclusions, making inferences, comprehending text, interpreting information, sequencing events, cause and effect, main idea and details, context clues, vocabulary, evaluating a story and character actions, writing a summary, point of view, figurative language, poetry, respond to readings, fluency		Making inferences, drawing conclusions, compare across cultures, sequencing events, determining fact and opinion, comprehending text, parts of a book, connecting ideas and categorizing, text variety, using schema, myths and fables
Language Arts	Purpose for listening, write to record ideas and reflections, capitalization and punctuation, publish pieces of writing, topic knowledge		Dictionary skills, writing for different purposes, following the writing process, developing drafts, nouns and verbs, oral language	Writing about experiences to communicate, word processing for publishing, author’s purpose, accurate spelling, editing			Following steps of the writing process: editing, composing meaningful text, spelling proficiency, homophones		Writing for a variety of audiences, grammar, spelling, organizing writing with outlines, student evaluation of writing		Respond constructively to other’s writing, monitor own growth, continue writing process, proficient penmanship
Spelling	Multi-syllabic words, rules, synonyms and antonyms, ABC Order		Rules, words with: ar, ear, c and k, s and c, ck and k; learning Science and S.S. vocabulary	Words with: j and g, g and gu, ge and dge, ch and sh, ch and tch, contractions, homophones			Letters that make different sounds, oi and oy, or, vowel sounds, spelling in context		Consonant blends: l, r, s, th; months of the year, using noun-verb agree., orthographic patterns		Compound words, contractions, word endings (past, present, plural)
Math *UPS check in all 6 week periods	Using patterns, place value, using math tools, addition and subtraction facts, comparing and ordering numbers, problem solving, patterns, odd/even, fact families, number lines, reasonableness, choosing the correct operation, rounding		Money, addition and subtraction facts, problem solving, multiplication with pictorial models, rounding, telling time, using graphs, mathematical language and tools	Multiplication facts, beginning division, estimation, problem solving, patterns, making generalizations, fact families, geometry: area, constructing a table			Continuing multiplication facts, division, problem solving, reasonableness, symmetry and congruence, linear measurement, 2-D and 3-D figures, finding perimeter and area, fractions, temperature		Solving multi-step word problems, multiplication, division, explain observations (journals), probability, perimeter and area, finding mass and capacity and volume		Multiplication and division word problems, determining reasonableness, estimation, equivalent fractions, fourth grade preview
Social Studies	Communities, timelines, map skills, explorers		Citizenship, government	Pilgrim unit, cultural celebrations			Inventors, myths, folk tales		Inventors, map skills, landforms		Economics, Historical figures
Science	Lab safety, scientific process, matter, physical properties		Ecosystems, plants, and habitats, construct models	Life cycles: inherited traits, adaptations			Solar System		Earth science: natural resources, soil		Simple Systems: types, force and motion