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3rd Grade - Second 9 Week Resources
Language Arts Skills: Use knowledge of all common vowel patterns; Preview and use text formats; Identify the author's purpose; Organize information and events logically. Identify the author's purpose-fiction and nonfiction; Ask and answer questions about what is read; Organize information and events logically; Group related ideas; Organize information according to the type of writing; Use complete and varied sentences; Use simple abbreviations.
 
Math skills: Recognize and use inverse relationships between addition and subtraction; Solve problems using addition/subtraction of numbers up to 9,999 with/without regrouping; Recognize and use inverse relationships between multiplication and division; Recall the multiplication and division facts through the nines table; Represent multiplication and diviision using area and set models; Create and solve problems that involve multiplication of two whole numbers, one factor 99 or less and the second factor of 5 or less.
Scientific Investigation
3.1     The student will plan and conduct investigations in which
k) natural events are sequenced chronologically ( with phases of the moon, water cycle and tidal changes)
Earth’s Patterns, Cycles and Change
3.8     The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include:
a. patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides);
b. and animal and plant life cycle
3.9     The student will investigate and understand the water cycle and its relationship to life on Earth. Key concepts include..
a. the energy from the sun drives the water cycle;
b. processes involved in the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation);
c. water is essential for living things; and
d. water supply and water conservation.   


Phases of the Moon

KidPix Animation Water Cycle
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Social Studies:Ancient Greece, Rome & Mali
3.1       The student will explain how the contributions of ancient Greece and Rome have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, government (direct and representative democracy), and sports.
3.2       The student will study the early East African empire of Mali by descibing its oral tradition (storytelling), government (kings), and economic development (trade).
3.4       The student will develop map skills by
a)  locating Greece, Rome, and West Africa;
b)  describing the physical and human characteristics of Greece, Rome, and West Africa;
c)  explaining how the people of Greece, Rome, and West Africa adapted to and/or changed their environment to meet their needs
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