Third Grade Yearly Overview

Subject Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Trimester 3

Notes Looking Up Looking In Looking Out

September: 3.3 weeks (09/06 first day)
Whole Brain, Rick Morris Signs,
Procedures, SLOs/Class Rules
October: 4.2 weeks
Testing, Culture Project
November: 4.2 weeks (1 week off,
11/10)
Gratitude
Collect Faith/Writing Sample
December: 2.4 weeks March: 4.2 weeks (no school 03/12,
Cultures/Holidays 03/30)
January: 3.3 weeks (1 week off; 01/15) April: 3 weeks (1 week off)
February: 4 weeks (no school 02/19) May: 4.5 weeks (no school 05/28)
Testing Testing
Art Fair June: 1.1 week (06/13 last day)
Collect Faith/Writing Sample Reviews and Wrap Up
Collect Faith/Writing Sample

Devotion September: December: March:

Bible Replay Books of the B
ible Memory Passage 6-8 Passage 16-18
RightNow Media *Activity: Buddies Chapel
*Activity: Holiday ABCs. Holiday Memories
*Activity: The Human Knot- teaching April:
about holding onto God and our family January: Passage 19-21
connection as we untangle questions we Passage 9-12
have about God and His Word
*Activity: Different ways to pray May:
October: Passage 22-24
Finish Books of the Bible Memory February:
Begin Bible RePlay Luther Bio June:
Passage 13-15 RightNow Media
*Activity: Family Web: We are all
connected to create something uniquely *Activity: Valentines Abroad- sharing our love
beautiful with a peer not in our classroom

November:
Passages 2-5

*Activity: Gratitude Pictionary
Word Study Units 1-10 Units 11-22 Units 23-34
Weekly Schedule: Weekly Schedule: Weekly Schedule:
M-introduce spelling words M-introduce spelling words M-introduce spelling words
T-Buddy Define/Spell Activity T-Buddy Define/Spell Activity T-Buddy Define/Spell Activity
W- Worksheet W- Worksheet W- Worksheet
Th- Game- Musical Spelling, Sparkle... Th- Game- Musical Spelling, Sparkle... Th- Game- Musical Spelling, Sparkle...
F Test F Test F Test

Vocab: Vocab: Vocab:
Add in Subject Matter vocab when Add in Subject Matter vocab when Add in Subject Matter vocab when
appropriate appropriate appropriate
Great Books Vocab from Great Books Vocab from Great Books Vocab from
Theme 1 Relationships Theme 2 Kindness Theme 3 Confidence

History Newspaper a week Newspaper a week Newspaper a week

Each city/region bullets added to
interactive CA map
1. Palo Alto, Anne Hutchinson
2. The Natural Landscape-
Geography landforms of CA
3. Landforms, Monterey
4. Bodies of Water, San Fran
5. Deserts and Valleys, San Diego
6. Adapting to the Environment
7. Changing Landscape, Major
earthquake faults in CA, Fresno
8. Ca Indian Groups, Long Beach,
Pocahontas
9. Ca Indians: How they Lived,
Irvine, Captain Jack
10. Ca Indians: Culture, Harriet
Tubman
11. Primary Sources, Santa Monica
12. Explorers, San Mateo, Juan
Batista de Anza
Each city/region bullets added to interactive Each city/region bullets added to
CA map
13. Settlers, John Sutter, Napa
14. Economy and Government, San Jose
15. Relationships- between settlers and
Ca Indians, Father Junipero Serra
16. Trade Begins- between settlers and
American Indians, Carlsbad
17. Immigration- Los Angeles, California
communities
18. Cultural Traditions, community of
Vallejo, Benjamin Franklin
19. A Change Begins, Berkley community,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
20. Laws and Rules, Santa Clara, Thomas
Jefferson
21. Government, Fullerton, Abraham
Lincoln
22. Citizenship, Santa Cruz, Neil
Armstrong
23. Rights and Responsibilities, Lake
Tahoe, Louis Zamperini
24. Needs and Wants, Rosa Parks, Eureka
interactive CA map
25. National Landmarks, Simi
Valley, Paul Revere
26. Heroes, Santa Barbara, Sally
Ride, Caesar Chavez, George
Hale, Steve Jobs
27. California Symbols, San Luis
Obispo, Wright Brothers
28. Local Government, Chico, Todd
Beamer
29. American indian Government,
Sonoma
30. Producers and Consumers,
Bakersfield
31. Resources, Palm Springs
32. Benefits and Costs, Burbank
33. Industry, Anaheim
34. Evolving Resources, Oceanside
35. Students Jobs- Community
Issues, Rocklin
36. Looking to the Future, Petaluma
Language Grammar: Voyager Grammar: Voyager Grammar: Voyager
Arts Part 1: Sections 1-2 Part 1: Sections 3-5 Part 1:Sections 6-8
Part 2: Sections 1-2: Part 2: Sections 3-5 Part 2: Sections 6-8
Narrative Writing Descriptions Persuasive Writing
How to Articles (Discuss culture Personal Letters Realistic Fiction
foods with Holidays) Book Reports Research Reports (Combine
with Solar System Research)
Great Books Theme 1: Relationships Great Books Theme 2: Kindness
Introduce concept: Socratic Great Books Theme 3: Confidence
Method/Shared Inquiry
December March
September The Family Under the Bridge (9 chp) The Cricket in Times Square
Polacco Author Study: SWBST Studying Theme: Family
Chicken Sunday (Polacco) *Matchbook Chapter Summaries* April
Thank you Mr. Falker by Polacco Finish The Cricket in Times Square
The Bee Tree (Polacco) January
Great Books Theme 2 Great Books Theme 3 (After Spring
October Break)
Pink and Say (Polacco) February
The Keeping Quilt (Polacco) Biography Reports May
Junkyard Wonders (Polacco) Finish Great Books Theme 3
Begin Great Books Theme 1
Charlottes Web
November
Diorama Chp Book Reports
Great Books Theme 1

Science
September January-March: April-May:
Science Unit A: Animals and Life Cycles Solar System
Changes- Solid, Liquid, Gas
October-December:
Unit Project Assign Early October June
Unit A: Plants Rocks and Minerals

Music 3rd Units 1-6 Units 7-12 Units 13-17
Composers: Composers: Composers:
Bach Beethoven Joplin
Scarlatti Chopin Rachmaninoff
Handel Schumann Rabel
Haydn Liszt Bartok
Clementi Brahms Kabalevsky
Mozart Debussy

The Baroque Period The Romantic Period The Impressionistic Period
The Contemporary Period
Instruments: Families of Orchestra
Sonatina vs Symphony Listening Pianoforte vs Harpsichord

Technology Programs introduced: Programs introduced: Programs introduced:

AR Google Classroom Part 2: Projects, Weebly
Typing Club Presentations Haiku (Creating Powerpoints)
Moby Max StoryBird
Google Classroom Part 1: Doc Peardeck April
IXL Kahoot
Reading Rewards May
September Weebly
Intro Equipment Procedures/Safety January Research Sites Part 1
Digital Citizenship MobyMax
Explore CLStudent Weebly June
Typing Club Research Sites Part 2
February
October
Studies Weekly
Moby Max Math/Language IXL March
Lexia Storybird

November
Google Classroom

December: Peardeck
Math September: January: April:
Unit 1 Place Value, Addition Review Mult/Division Concepts Unit 8: Measurement
Chp 1-3 (Go through Book Review Chp 5-8; and Unit Chp 23, Chp 24
Review 187)
October: Unit 6: Fractions and Decimals May:
Unit 2 Multiplication Concepts and Facts Chp 18-20 Unit 4: Geometry
Chp 4-6 (In May/start after Spring Break)
February: Chp 12-14
November: Unit 7: Data and Probability,
Multiplication/Division Money and Time June:
Chp 6-9 Chp 21-22 Review
*Testing Week Create Math Games
March:
December: Review Mult/Division Concepts
Unit 3: Division Concepts and Facts (Go through Book Review Chp 9-11, Unit
Chp 9-11 Review 260)
Unit 5
REVIEW Multiplication/Division Chp 15-17

Art Elements of Art: Elements of Art: Color Form Principles of Elements of Art: Texture Form
Color Line Shape Principles of Design: Balance Pattern Unity Variety Space (positive/negative) Principles of
Design: Unity Variety Proportion Proportion Criticism/Aesthetics Design Rhythm Form
Balance Criticism/Aesthetics Criticism/Aesthetics
December:
September: Native American Art March:
Magritte Shields (Multiple Week Project) Ocean Glue Art
Self Portrait OKeefe Wave Interpretations
Optical Illusions Stained Glass
April:
October: January: Spanish Mosaics
Still Life Aztec Calendars Aboriginal
Jungle Collage Venetian Gondolas
Pumpkins Asian Brush May:
African Sunsets South America Rain Sticks
February: Cloud Printing
November: Japanese Koi Bubble Prints
Native American Totems Chinese Dragons
Desert Art Oragami Radials June:
Northern Lights Pagodas Free Paint