Third Grade
Patterns and cause and effect remain the key focus of grade three, with students using patterns as evidence that there must be a specific cause and effect relationship. The explanations that students construct are still largely descriptions of what happened (evidence-based accounts), rather than descriptions of the invisible mechanisms that cause things to happen (which begins in grades four and five).
Patterns and cause and effect remain the key focus of grade three, with students using patterns as evidence that there must be a specific cause and effect relationship. The explanations that students construct are still largely descriptions of what happened (evidence-based accounts), rather than descriptions of the invisible mechanisms that cause things to happen (which begins in grades four and five).
(CA-NGSS Framework, Chapter 4, 2016)
(CA-NGSS Framework, Chapter 4, 2016)
NGSS-Interactive-Read-Alouds (1).pdfi. 3rd SAMPLE SCOPE and Sequence.pdfThird Grade Sample Scope and Sequence
Third Grade Sample Scope and Sequence
IS 3.4 Weather Impacts CA NGSS (1).pdf3.4 Weather Impacts narrative from the CA NGSS Framework (2016)
3.4 Weather Impacts narrative from the CA NGSS Framework (2016)
Students record patterns in weather over the school year and then analyze their data. They learn about weather patterns around the world and design solutions to reduce the impacts of weather hazards right in their own schoolyard.
Students record patterns in weather over the school year and then analyze their data. They learn about weather patterns around the world and design solutions to reduce the impacts of weather hazards right in their own schoolyard.