California Common Core State Standards
California Next Generation Science Standards
The third grade program will include (but is not limited to) the following:
MATH (*critical areas)
Houghton Mifflin Math Expressions
TECHNOLOGY
Chromebooks
-General care & use
-Using educational websites and apps
-Google suite apps
Authentic Keyboarding Skills & Typing Club
-Benchmark: 12 WPM, 85% accuracy
Google Docs
-Type multiple paragraphs
-Edit/revise using tools
-Import graphics
Other Google Apps
Internet and Browsing Skills
-Internet Safety
-Search Engines
Coding
SOCIAL STUDIES
"Piperville"
-3rd Grade Community Simulation
Teacher's Curriculum Institute (TCI) and CA Community Studies Newspapers
-Ohlone
-Local American Indian groups
-Early Settlers
-Early Cities
-Life 100 Years Ago
LANGUAGE ARTS
Grammar Skills
Cursive
Spelling
Reader's Workshop
-Building a Reading Life (fiction)
-Reading to Learn (non-fiction)
-Character Studies (fiction)
-Research Clubs (non-fiction)
-Mysteries
-Biographies
-Poetry
-Fairy Tales
Writer's Workshop
-Personal Narratives
-Information Books
-Opinion and Persuasive Writing
-Poetry
-Fairy Tales
-The Writing Process (collect, plan, draft, revise, edit, publish, celebrate)
-Editing (C.U.P.S.) - Capitalization, Understanding, Punctuation, Spelling
-Revising (A.R.M.S.) - Add, Remove, Move, Substitute
SCIENCE
twig Science
-"The Ultimate Playground" (Playground Forces)
-"Welcome to the Biodome" (Life Cycles for Survival)
-"How to Survive an Ice Age" (Surviving in Different Environments)
-"Weather Warning HQ" (Weather Impacts)
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities
Design Thinking
HEALTH
“The Great Body Shop” with monthly magazine readers
PE
Footsteps, GrooveFit, and Grade Level PE
MUSIC
TBD