ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS / EL
R.I. 3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text
R.I. 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea
R.I 3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases
R.L 3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers
R.L 3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson or moral
R.L 3.3 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
R.L. 3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
R.I 3.10; R.L. 3.10
W.3.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly
MATHEMATICS
Unit 1 (8/26-10/07)
Introduction to Multiplication
NC.3.MD.3 I can represent and interpret scaled Picture and Bar Graphs.
NC.3.OA.1 I can Interpret the factors as representing the number of equal
groups and the number of objects in each group.
I can Illustrate and explain strategies including arrays, repeated addition, decomposing a factor, and applying the commutative and associative properties.
NC.3.OA.3 I can use what I know about multiplication and division to solve one-step real-world story problems.
NC.3.OA.6 I can Solve an unknown-factor problem, by using division strategies and/or changing it to a multiplication problem.
NC.3.NBT.3 I can Use concrete and pictorial models, based on place value and the properties of operations, to find the product of a one-digit whole number by a multiple of 10 in the range 10–90.
Unit 2 (10/8-10/29)
Area and Multiplication
NC.3. MD.5 I can find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling without gaps or overlaps and counting unit squares.
NC.3.MD.7 I can relate area to operations of multiplication and addition.
NC.3.OA.1 I can Interpret the factors as representing the number of equal
groups and the number of objects in each group.
I can Illustrate and explain strategies including arrays, repeated addition, decomposing a factor, and applying the commutative and associative properties.
NC.3.NBT.3 I can use concrete and pictorial models, based on place value and the properties of operations, to find the product of a one-digit whole number by a multiple of 10 in the range 10–90.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Unit 1: Geography: Development of Regions and Communities (9/2—9/22)
3.G.1 Understand how geography impacts the development of regions and communities.
3.G.1.1 Explain how the absolute and relative location of places impacts the development of communities.
3.G.1.2 Explain how climate and physical characteristics affect the ways in which people live in a place or region.
3.G.1.3 Explain how movement of goods, people, and ideas is impacted by the geography of a place or region.
Unit 2: Civics & Government: State, Local, and Tribal Governments (9/24-10/14)
3.C&G.1 Understand the structure and function of state and local government.
3.C&G.1.1 Compare the structure and function of both state and local government.
3.C&G.1.2 Classify the roles and responsibilities of leaders in state and local government.
3.C&G.1.3 Compare how state, local, and tribal governments help solve problems within communities.
SCIENCE
PS.3.1.3 Engage in argument from evidence to explain observable changes to the properties of matter when heated or cooled.
PS.3.3.1 Ask questions to explain how heat is created by friction.
PS.3.3.2 Carry out investigations to explain how energy can be transferred from a warmer object to a cooler one by contact or at a distance.