Third Grade Syllabus printable pdf download

2015-16

Chesterfield County

Third-Grade

• third grading period

Public Schools

Learning Outcomes

This publication is designed to accompany

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third-grade report cards.

Third-Grade Information

• Compare and contrast the characteristics of biographies

and autobiographies

This publication describes what was taught during the

• Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

third nine weeks of school. It is designed to help parents

throughout the reading process

better understand report card categories. Students are

• Identify new information gained from reading

evaluated on each item listed under language arts, math,

• Read with fluency and accuracy

science and social studies.

Demonstrates comprehension of information

In addition to the skills and concepts listed here, teachers

from a variety of print and electronic resources

may choose to review previously taught standards or may

• Use encyclopedia and other reference books, including

adjust the order of what is taught in order to incorporate

online reference materials

project-based learning or other multidisciplinary activities.

• Use table of contents, indices and charts

Report cards may include categories that are marked

Language Arts • Writing

NA because those skills or concepts were not assessed

Writes for a variety of purposes (mode —

during this grading period. NA categories are not

nonfiction explanations and directions)

included in this publication.

• Identify the intended audience

Language Arts • Reading

• Use a variety of prewriting strategies

Applies word-analysis skills

• Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea

• Decode multisyllabic words

• Write a paragraph on the same topic

Expands vocabulary

• Use strategies for organization of information and

• Use knowledge of homophones

elaboration according to the type of writing

• Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms and antonyms

• Include details that elaborate the main idea

• Apply meaning clues, language structure, phonetic

• Revise writing for clarity of content using

strategies and knowledge of text structure

specific vocabulary and information

• Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words

Edits writing for correct grammar,

• Discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary by

capitalization, punctuation and spelling

listening and reading a variety of texts

• Use transition words to vary sentence structure

• Use vocabulary from other context areas

• Use past and present verb tense

• Use word reference resources including the glossary,

• Use singular possessives

dictionary and thesaurus

• Use apostrophes in contractions with pronouns

Demonstrates comprehension

and in possessives

of fictional texts and poetry

• Use correct spelling for frequently used sight words,

• Compare and contrast settings, characters and events

including irregular plurals

• Identify author’s purpose

Writes short reports

• Draw conclusions about text

• Construct questions about the topic

• Identify the main idea

• Identify appropriate resources

• Identify supporting details

• Collect and organize information about the topic

• Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

into a short report

throughout the reading process

• Understand the difference between plagiarism and

• Read with fluency and accuracy

using own words

Demonstrates comprehension

Demonstrates growth in word study knowledge

of nonfiction texts

and applies it to writing

• Draw conclusions based on text

Mathematics

• Summarize major points found in nonfiction texts

Number and Number Sense

• Identify the main idea

• Name and write fractions (including mixed numbers)

• Identify supporting details

represented by a model

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Third Grade Syllabus

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