Third Grade Curriculum

Reading :

A.     Celebrate Reading (Scott Foresman Pub.)

B.     Reader’s Workshop

C.     Literature Circles

D.     Independent Reading (DEAR) and Accelerated Reading Program

E.     Readers' Theater

Writing:

A.     Six-Trait Writing Program (Ideas and Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions)

B.     Step Up To Writing Program

C.     Writer’s Workshop

D.     Writing Prompts integrated with the Celebrate Reading Series

E.     Write on Track

Spelling:

            A.  Rebecca Sitton Individualized Spelling

Math:

A.     Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Text

B.     Mathematical Investigations:

-         Things That Come in Groups

-         Landmarks in the 100s

-         Up and Down the Number Line

-          Combining and Comparing

-          Fair Shares

-          Flips, Turns, and Area

-         Solids and Boxes

Social Studies:

A.     Puget Sound Communities

B.     Africa

C.      Asia

Science Kits: (In learning order)

A.     Plant Lifecycle

B.     Sound

C.     Rocks and Minerals

Computer:

A.     Publisher

B.     Encarta

C.     PowerPoint

D.     Word

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