Third Grade
Mrs. Busteed
Miss Steinert
Curriculum
Reading 
Text: Treasures. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2011
Primary Units: Consonant;, vowels; plural nouns; possessives; ed, ing, est, er, s endings; contractions; compound words; spelling changes; suffixes/prefixes; synonyms/antonyms; main idea/details; sequence
Skills taught: getting information from text; constructing and organizing meaning; metacognition; story structure; genres; author’s craft; vocabulary phonics; structural analysis; context clues; learning from graphic aids; dictionary
Teaching methods and resources used: novels; class discussion; computer resources; art projects; charts; maps; peer tutoring; writing projects; Accelerated Reader Program.
Language Arts
Text: Treasures. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2011
Primary Units: grammar; parts of speech; usage; mechanics; punctuation; spelling; handwriting; vocabulary; speaking; literature; listening; study skills; thinking skills
Skills taught: Creative writing; poetry; literature circles; Accelerated Readers assigned by points and reading level
Teaching methods and resources used: Dictionaries; Thesaurus; letter writing; group work; games; workbooks; computers; journals; resource books
Spelling
Text: Treasures. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2011
Primary Units: Consonants; hard and soft c and g; short vowel sounds; consonant blends; y as a vowel; vowels with r; suffixes added to root words; regular plurals; irregular plurals; double o; silent consonants; consonant clusters; consonant digraphs, prefixes un- and dis-; prefix re-; contractions; homonyms
Skills taught: Spelling list words pointed out across the curriculum
Teaching methods and resources used: Teacher generated materials, group activities, workbook, games, magazines, dictation sentences, and newspapers.
Mathematics
Text: Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Mathematics
Primary Units: Adding and subtracting using facts; place value; developing number sense; adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers; adding and subtracting; time and money; understanding multiplication; division: using facts; geometry; measurement; fraction and decimals; multiplying and dividing by 1 digit numbers
Skills taught: Peer learning; working in groups; critical and abstract thinking
Teaching methods and resources used: base ten blocks; lecture, student participation at whiteboard; worksheets; math games; counters; peer tutoring; computers; teacher generated materials
Social Studies
Text: Our Communities
Primary Units: People working together; Living together in a community, state, nation; Communities over time; Communities grow and change; People working in a community; What is a community?; Learning about communities; Where people start communities; Citizenship and government; Many people of a community; Communities are everywhere
Skills taught: Current events; maps; time lines; critical thinking; citizenship; vocabulary; charts; graphs; tables
Teaching methods and resources used: teacher generated material;, maps; globes; peer learning; visuals; workbooks; computers,; lecture; class discussions; group projects; charts
Science
Text: MacMillan McGraw Hill Science 2005
Primary Units: Life Science: Looking at Plants and Animals; Life Science: Where Plants and Animals Live; Earth Science: Our Earth; Earth Science: Cycles on Earth and in Space; Physical Science: Forces and Motion; Physical Science: Looking at Matter and Energy
Skills taught: Hands on experiments; scientific method; peer learning; writing skills and team work skills; caring for live animals and plants.
Teaching methods and resources used: lecture; class discussion; guest speakers; videos; maps; charts; other books
Religion
Text: Faith First Legacy Edition RCL Benziger: 2010.
Primary units: The Church is one; The Church is holy; The Church is Catholic; The Church is apostolic; The Church has a mission to the world
