Grade+Three+Curriculum

**Grade Three Curriculum Guide **

**Language Arts for Grades K-6**
**Language Arts** (Note: The standards listed below are consistent from Kindergarten through eighth grade. Expectations are adjusted based on each grade level.)
 * Students read, understand and respond to a variety of materials.
 * Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience.
 * Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
 * Students write and speak using formal grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
 * Students apply critical thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.
 * Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.
 * Students use appropriate technologies to extend comprehension and communication skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.

**Math for Grades K-6 **

 * Mathematics** (Note: The standards listed below are consistent from Kindergarten through eighth grade. Expectations are adjusted based on each grade level.)
 * Numerical and Proportional Reasoning - Students learn to express numerically quantitative relationships in multiple ways in order to make connections and simplify calculations using a variety of strategies, tools, and technologies.
 * Algebraic Reasoning: Patterns and Functions - Students represent and analyze patterns and functional relationships using a variety of strategies, tools, and technologies.
 * Geometry and Measurement - Students analyze, visualize, measure and transform shapes and structures using a variety of strategies, tools, and technologies.
 * Working with Data: Probability and Statistics - Students collect, display, analyze, compare, and interpret data to make informed decisions using a variety of strategies, tools, and technologies.

**Social Studies for Grade 3 **

 * Regions of the United States**
 * The student will understand how to define and characterize the Census regions of the United States.
 * The students will demonstrate an understanding of essential geographic skills.

**Science for Grade 3**

 * Properties of Matter - Materials have properties that can be identified and described through the use of simple tests. Heating and cooling cause changes in some of the properties of materials.
 * Adaptations (Heredity and Evolution) - Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs. Plants and animals have structures and behaviors that help them survive in different environments.
 * Rocks and Minerals (The Changing Earth) - Earth materials have different physical and chemical properties. Rocks and minerals have properties that may be identified through observation and testing; these properties determine how earth materials are used.
 * Conservation and Recycling (Science and Technology in Society) - Earth materials provide resources for all living things, but these resources are limited and should be conserved. Decisions made by individuals can affect the global supply of many resources.

**Grades 3-6**
Your student will also receive specific instruction in the following areas: Students will explore, understand, select, and apply media, techniques and processes unique to visual thinking. Students will explore, understand, and apply elements and organizational principles of visual language. Students will apply a range of visual thinking and problem solving processes to inspire their ideas and work. Students will understand visual thinking in relation to the development and success of humanity. Students will reflect upon, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate their own and other work individually and in groups. Students will make connections between visual arts, visual art careers, and daily life. Students meet in music class for thirty**-**six classes a year. Key: F = Fall, W = Winter, S = Spring Grade Three students participate weekly in library classes and lessons. Students learn to select and enjoy fiction and nonfiction materials**.** Teachers introduce many new books and genres. Students practice and apply previously learned library skills and they develop new skills and attitudes that they apply to their class work. At the end of third grade, most students should:
 * Art : Kindergarten through Grade 3**
 * Differentiate between a variety of media, techniques, and processes (examples include drawing, painting, sculpture, clay, and printmaking processes)
 * Use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, feelings, and experiences
 * Use art media and tools in a safe, clean, and responsible manner (Examples include: control a paintbrush, mix a palette of colors, hold scissors and paper for cutting, apply glue appropriately)
 * Explore the elements of visual language
 * Use the elements of visual language to communicate ideas (Examples of elements of visual language include: line, shape, texture, pattern, value, and color)
 * Art content explored through own experiences and teacher directed sources
 * Explore and select art content to communicate meaning (Examples of content include: personal experiences, imagination, environment, music, storytelling, literature, poetry, cultural and historical context)
 * Explore concept that visual thinking has a history and a variety of cultural purposes and meanings
 * Explore works of art belonging to particular styles, cultures, times, or places
 * Create art work that demonstrates understanding of how history or culture can influence visual thinking
 * Explore various purposes for creating works of art
 * Explore visual characteristics of works of art using visual thinking terminology to understand that there are different responses to works of art
 * Describe their personal responses to specific works of art
 * Identify possible improvements in the process of creating their own artwork
 * Explore connections between visual arts and daily life
 * Explore connections between visual arts and other curriculum areas
 * Explore various careers that are available to the visual thinkers
 * Music**
 * Listen and respond to various musical elements
 * Identify and describe ways in which skills and knowledge in music are related to skills and knowledge in other disciplines
 * Continue to develop singing voice, unison and 2-parts
 * Continue to develop music reading skills
 * Introduce and identify symbols and traditional terms
 * Perform a varied repertoire of music representing diverse genres and styles
 * Physical Education**
 * Foot-eye coordination development [Soccer striking skills (dribbling, passing, kicking, etc.)] - F
 * Cooperative/Team building skills - F
 * Health related fitness - F,W,S
 * Throwing and catching (activities may include: basketball, handball, softball, frisbee, etc.) - F,W,S
 * Striking with an implement (short or long-handle) - F,W,S
 * Hand-eye coordination development - F,W,S
 * Jump rope skills - W,S
 * Gymnastics (tumbling skills, fundamental apparatus skills, static and dynamic balance, climbing, and creative movement) - W,S
 * World Languages**
 * Library/Media**
 * Answer research questions using print resources
 * Understand that the electronic catalog is the index to the library
 * Locate materials on the shelf using the call numbers
 * Understand the Dewey Decimal System on an introductory level
 * Locate reference areas in the library
 * Locate information in a general encyclopedia with assistance
 * Recognize and use periodicals as a source of information and recreational reading
 * Develop an appreciation for the process and craftsmanship in writing, illustrating, and publishing a book
 * Understand there are many literary forms and genres in fiction and nonfiction