Houghton-Mifflin Go Math Curriculum

Key Concepts: place value to 1,000, regrouping in addition and subtraction, multiplying and dividing within 100, understanding the relationship and properties of multiplication and division, measuring geometrical shapes, representing and interpreting data, and understanding fractions as numbers

Hands on: partner, group, and individual math games and projects to extend key concepts and connect to real life experiences

Weekly check-ins with Exit Ticket, Mid-Chapter assessments, End of Chapter assessments

Writer's Workshop: practice pre-writing, drafting, editing, producing a final copy, publishing, and presenting final products

Units of Study: Narrative, Information, and Opinion Writing

Home and School Journal each Thursday

By the end of third grade, students will be able to write well-developed paragraphs.

Practice writing complete answers: Restate the question, answer all parts of the question, cite evidence, explain evidence to support answer, and sum it up with a summary sentence

Reader's Workshop: fiction and informational texts

Reading to glean information from nonfiction texts including science and social studies.

Students will be taught how to keep track of their thinking and practice different reading comprehension strategies using reader’s notebooks. Students will learn to analyze a text based on genre, story elements, and text supports such as headings or sidebars.

Foss Science Program: FOSS is a research-based science curriculum for grades K–8 developed at University of California at Berkeley.

Research is guided by how kids think

Students will: make predictions, form hypotheses, record observations, and form logical conclusions

Fall: Sun Moon and Stars

Winter: Matter and Energy

Spring : Structures of Life

Areas of study: basic structure of the U.S. government, how rules and laws are established, American symbols and traditions, Ohlone tribe, geography skills

History-Social Science for California Our Communities by Scott Foresman

Communities Over Time

Project: Wax Museum