Third Grade Scope and Sequence

Third Grade Language Arts Timeline

2007-2008

Unit 1 (6 weeks) Aug. 13^th- Oct. 5^th

Unit 2 (6 weeks) Oct. 8^th-Nov. 16^th

    ^10/8-10/12

    ^{Rg. - "Turtle Bay"}

    ^{Gr. - Nouns (Ch. 7)}

    ^{Sp. - List 7}

   ^10/15-10/19

    ^{Rg. - "Balto the Dog Who Saved Nome"}

    ^{Gr. - Singular and Plural Nouns (Ch. 8)}

    ^{Sp. - List 8}

    ^10/22-10/26

          Rg. - "Wild Shot’s They’re My Life"

      Gr. - Possessive Nouns (Ch. 10)

      Sp. - List 9

    10/29-11/2

    Rg. - "Little Grunt and the Big Green Egg"

    Gr. - Possessive Nouns (Ch. 10)

    Sp. - List 10

    11/5-11/9

    Rg. - "Rosie a Visiting Dog Story"

    Gr. - Action Verbs and the Verb Be (Ch. 11)   

    Sp. - List 11

    11/12-11/16

    *Unit 2 Performance Assessment

    *Response to Literature Writing

    (No story, grammar, or spelling)

Unit 3 (6 weeks) Nov. 26^th- Jan. 18^th

  Gr. - Main and Helping Verbs (Ch. 13)

Language Arts

Week of November 26

            Rocking and Rolling

            Main and Helping Verbs

            Spelling to go with story

Week of December 2

            Lon Po Po

            Present Tense Verbs

            Spelling to go with the story

Week of December 9

            Visitors from Space

            Past Tense and Future Tense Verbs

            Spelling to go with the story

            Harcourt Reading and Language Arts Skills Assessment

Week of January 7

            Expository Writing

            Erik Cork

            Write on NP

Week of January 13

            Mosquito (test)

            Irregular verbs

            Spelling to go with the story

Week of January 21

            Performance Assessment

            Mosquito Play  

Unit 4(6 weeks) Jan. 22nd-Feb. 29^th

January 28

            Leah’s Pony

            Pronouns- Ch. 19

            Spelling List 16

February 4

            Boomtown

            Subject and Object Pronouns- Ch. 20

            Spelling List 17

            Pass out book report

February 11

            Yippee Yay

            More About Pronouns- Ch. 22

            Spelling List 18

February 18

            Performance Assessment

            Adjectives- Ch. 23

Feb 25

            Persuasive Writing Assessment

            Grammar Review

            Early Release- Spectacular Science Day

            Field Trip - Feb. 29th

Unit 5 (6 weeks) March 3^rd-April 18^th

Unit 6 (6 weeks) April 28^th-May 23^rd

Science and Social Studies Timeline

August 20^th-September 7^th (3 weeks)

S.S. Communities – Unit 1

September 10^th –October 3^rd (3 and a half weeks)

Sci. Rocks and Minerals

October 4^th and 5^th

Health

October 8^th-October 19^th (2 weeks)

Sci. Fossils

October 22^nd-November 9^th (3 weeks)

S.S. Georgia

November 12^th-November 16^th

Health

November 26^th-December 19^th (3 and a half weeks)

Sci. GA Organisms

January 7^th-January 25^th (3 weeks)

S.S. Where People Start Communities – Unit 2

January 28^th-February 7^th (2 weeks)

Sci. Pollution

February 8^th

Health

February 11^th-February 29^th (3 weeks)

S.S.               Unit 4

March 3^rd-March 20^th (3 weeks)

Sci. Heat

March 21^st-March 28^th (6 days)

Sci. Magnets

March 31^st-May 2^nd (5 weeks)

S.S. Government – Unit 5

May 5^th-May 23^rd

Health