Third Grade

Mrs. Johnson

7:45 - 8:15 Morning Moments: Daily morning activity, Pledges, Prayer, Bible verse, Bible story, D.O.L. & Calendar

8:15- 9:15 Reading

9:15 - 9:30 Snack

9:30 - 10:30 Language/Social Sciences

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10:40-11:40 Reading

11:45-12:15 Lunch

12:15-12:40 P.E.

12:40-1:05 Computer/Spanish

1:05-2:05 Language/Social Sciences

2:05-2:15 Switch

2:15 Pack-up/Clean-up

I. READING - The Writing Road to Reading, Spalding Economy Co. Readers and Workbooks. Supplementary Readers-Houghton-Mifflin, Scott-Foresman

• Develop competence in basic aspects of the reading process
  • Recognize specific symbol-sound relationships
  • Perceive words with accuracy, speed, and meaning
  • Comprehend meaning of passages
• Engage in general learning functions
  • Identify purposes for reading
  • Organize ideas for retention and recall
    • Outline
    • Summarize
    • Take notes
• Apply reading skills
  • Develop effective study habits
    • Use of dictionary and glossary
    • Use of encyclopedia and other reference sources
  • Combine reading with other ways of learning
    • Field trips
    • Dramatization
    • Displays
• Related Language Arts
  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Writing - Informative and Creative
  • Oral Reading
• Cultivate interests through reading
  • Develop appreciation for literature
  • Develop the habit of reading as a worthwhile leisure activity
• Library
  • Daily Access
  • Individual help and encouragement in selection

II. WRITING - Spalding Method

• Improvement of manuscript
• Introduction of cursive
  • Legible and neat writing
  • Correct forms (paragraphs, letters)

III. MATHEMATICS - A Beka

• Recognize the place-value of numbers
• Know addition facts and be able to work and check addition problems with carrying
• Know subtraction facts and be able to work and check subtraction problems with borrowing
• Know 0-12 multiplication tables and be able to work multiplication problems with carrying
• Know how to show a multiplication fact six ways
• Know 2-12 division tables and be able to work and check a division problem. Division problems may have up to four digits in the dividend and up to two digits in the divisor. A remainder may be present.
• Know terminology for four processes
• Know selected English and metric measures
• Tell time
• Solve story problems with up to four steps
• Recognize and solve simple equations
• Convert measures and solve measurement equations
• Recognize and work with greater than (>) and less than (<)
• Count money and solve money problems using the decimal point correctly
• Solve problems containing parenthesis
• Know fraction terminology and have basic understanding of fractions. Recognize a mixed number. Add and subtract fractions with a common denominator. Make equivalent fractions and reduce fractions to lowest terms. Write a remainder as a fraction.
• Average numbers
• Read a thermometer
• Recognize selected geometric shapes

IV. ENGLISH - A Beka Book

• Kinds of Sentences
• Sentence Structure
  • Writing good sentences
  • Combining short sentences
  • Writing sentences in order
  • Two parts of a sentence
• Rules of Capitalization
• Punctuation
  • Period
  • Five rules for use of commas
  • Quotation marks
• Plurals
• Contractions
• Letter Writing and Addressing Envelopes
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Homonyms
• Nouns
  • Nouns and subjects
  • Nouns used as subject
• Verbs
  • Action verbs
  • State of being verbs
• Adjectives
• Alphabetical order
• Word Usage
  • A and And
  • May and Can
  • Teach and Learn
  • Sit, Sat, and Set
  • To, Too, and Two
  • Saw, Seen, Became, and Become
  • There, Their, and They're
  • Drank, Drunk, Ate, Eaten, Did, and Done
• Creative Writing

V. SOCIAL STUDIES - Our American Heritage, A Beka Book

• Christopher Columbus K. Noah Webster
• John Smith L. John G. Whittier
• Pocahontas M. Robert E. Lee
• Miles Standish N. Abraham Lincoln
• Squanto O. Clara Barton
• William Penn P. Ulysses S. Grant
• Benjamin Franklin Q. Louisa May Alcott
• George Washington R. Booker T. Washington
• Thomas Jefferson S. George W. Carver
• Daniel Boone T. Laura I. Wilder
• Maps and Globes

VI. SCIENCE - Exploring God's World, A Beka Book

• Wonderfully Made
• Exploring the Plant World
• Exploring the World of Vertebrates
• Exploring the World of Invertebrates
• Exploring the Desert
• Exploring the Ocean
• Exploring the Pond
• Exploring the Forest
• Exploring the Farmer's Field
• Exploring the Weather

VII. PHONICS - The Spalding Method-Seventy Common Phonograms

• Twenty-six letters
• Forty-four combinations

VIII. SPELLING-The Spalding Method

• Extended Ayres List
• Spelling rules as related to words taught

IX. CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS

• Bible Study
• Scripture memory
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Church Worship
• Beka Bible Curriculum

X. MUSIC

• Songs
• Listening and appreciation
• Rhythms

XI. ART

• Coloring, cutting, and pasting
• Clay
• Painting
• Illustrating by drawing

XII. PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Large motor skills
• Coordination
• Following directions
• Sportsmanship
• Basic games and team sports

XIII. CITIZENSHIP AND BEHAVIOR

• Patriotic activities
• Classroom behavior and attentiveness
• Work habits
• Respect for authority
• Respect for others
• Social maturity

XIV. SPANISH - Mi Cuaderno de Espanol - Houghton-Mifflin

• Vocabulary
• Greeting
• Simple sentences

XV. TESTING

• Economy Reading Tests
• Stanford Achievement Tests
• Morrison-McCall Spelling Scale

XVI. REPORTING

• Nine-week report cards
• Parent conferences
  • Mid-semester
  • End-of-year