Third Grade

	PULASKI ASSESSMENT OF READING/ SKILLS	LANGUAGE ARTS	MATH	SOCIAL STUDIES	SCIENCE	PRACTICAL LIVING/ ARTS & HUMANITIES	WRITING
WEEK 1	Draws conclusions Discussion Predicts outcomes Description of personal experiences Storytelling Sequence Short vowels Inflectional endings Tall Tales Parts of a book *Unfamiliar words	2.0.9 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on what is read. POS- Students will use predictions and confirming predictions to make sense of text. Students will use pictures to tell stories.	Data, Graphs, and Facts 3.1.3 The process of using data to answer questions 3.2.1 Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data 3.2.2 Collect, organize, and display data 3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data POS- Students will display data on a pictograph. Students will read data displayed on pictographs. Students will Collect and display data.	1.1.2 The purpose of a government’s rules and laws is to establish and maintain order. 1.3.1 Rights and responsibilities of the individual are determined by specific roles within various groups. POS- Students will recognize and understand the need for rules within the home and school setting. Students will understand and begin to apply rights and responsibilities in relation to the community.	Healthy eating and Manners	Rules and Manners Second Step Lesson 1: Introduction to Empathy Training Character Trait - Courage	Self Description POS- Students will use principles of directionality for placement of text and pictures. Students will use words to form simple sentences. Students will produce pictures, marks, and signs that represent print.
WEEK 2	Identifies cause and effect Synonyms Retelling Conversation Double Consonants Long a,i Listening Subject and predicate *Reference materials	POS- Students will employ concepts of print including book handling and directionality.	Data, Graphs, and Facts cont. 3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data. 3.1.3 The process of using data to answer questions 3.3.3 How the type of display is related to data 3.2.1 Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data 3.3.1 How data are used to draw conclusions 3.2.5 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on data 3.3.2 Collect, organize, and describe data POS- Students will display data using line plots. Students will read data displayed on concrete graph. Students will display data on student invented representations. Students will read and compare data on student invented graphs. Students will read, compare, and interpret student collected data. Students will draw simple conclusions based on student investigations. Students will pose questions; collect, organize, and display data.	2.4.2 Compromise and cooperation are tools for social interaction. POS- Students will understand how human needs are met through social groups and institutions.	Food Pyramid Magic School Bus for Lunch	Rules and Manners Second Step Lesson 2: Identifying Feelings	Narrative Paragraph POS- Students will label pictures and drawings.
WEEK 3	Author’s Purpose Main idea Supporting details Long e Double consonants Statements and questions Point of view Story Maps Main idea Supporting details *Giving directions	4.06 Locate and apply information for authentic purposes. POS- Students will read a variety of materials to accomplish authentic purposes, including reading for enjoyment, to locate information, and to complete tasks.	Place value and Time Introduce Multiplication (0,1,2) 1.1.1 Whole numbers (0 to 100,000,000), fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals through thousandths 1.2.1 Read, write, and rename whole numbers 1.3.3 How the base 10 number system relates to place value 1.1.4 Place value, expanded form, number magnitude to 100,000,000 and decimals through thousandths POS- Students will read, write, count, and model whole numbers, 0-5. Students will read, write, and model whole numbers, 0-1,000, understanding place value for thousands. Students will read, write, and model whole numbers, 0-10,000, developing value for ten thousands. Students will understand the relative magnitude of whole numbers from 0-1,000. Students will read, write, count, and model whole numbers, 0-20, developing place value for ones and tens. Students will read, write, count, and model whole numbers, 0-100, developing place value for hundreds.	2.3.1 Various human needs are met through interaction in and among social groups POS- Students will understand how human needs are met through social groups and institutions.	1.1.1 Objects have many observable properties such as size, mass, shape, color, temperature, magnetism, and the ability to react with other substances. Some properties can be measured using tools such as metric rulers, balances, and thermometers. 1.1.2 Objects are made of one or more materials such as paper, wood, and metal. Objects can be described by the properties of the materials from which they are made. Those properties can be used to separate or classify objects or materials. POS- Students will understand that properties of materials can be measured and used to describe, separate, or sort objects.	Rules and Manners Second Step Lesson 3: Looking for more Clues in Empathy	Story Outline Students will form sentences with complex ideas and/or structures
WEEK 4	Identifies/writes contractions Restates questions Drama Cause/effect Draw conclusions Multiple Meanings Long a,e,o Commas, exclamation *Locate and collect information	1.0.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues. 2.0.10 Connect the content of a passage to students’ lives and/or real world issues. POS- Students will develop concept of self as reader through using experience, memorization, pictures, and imagination to make meaning from reading materials.	Place value and Time 1.2.9 Order and compare (>,<,=) whole numbers and fractions 1.1.4 Place value, expanded form, number magnitude to 100,000,000 and decimals through thousandths POS- Students will order groups of objects according to quantity. Students will order and compare numbers from 0-10, using physical models. . Students will order and compare numbers from 0-20, using physical models. Students will order and compare numbers from 0-100, introducing the symbols (<,>,=).Students will order and compare numbers from 0-1,000. Students will order and compare numbers from 0-10,000.	2.4.1 As cultures emerge and develop, conflict and competition may occur POS- Students will examine concepts of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination.	Chemical Reactions Magic School Bus Ready Set Dough	Rules and Manners Second Step Lesson 4: Similarities and Differences	Personal Narrative 1.2 Personal writing focuses on the life experiences of the writer. POS- Students will produce, through drawing, symbols, and letters, writing which has meaning to the student.
WEEK 5	Major/minor characters Character traits Identify/write abbreviations Prior knowledge Cause/effect Synonyms Long i,u Short bowels Clear subject Onomatopoeia	1.0.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues. POS- Students will use prior experiences to make sense of stories.	Place value, Time, and Ordering numbers 2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of rectangular prisms, liquid capacity, money, time, and temperature POS- Students will relate time to daily activities. Students will tell time to the hour. Students will tell time to the hour and half-hour. Students will tell time to the quarter hour. Students will tell time to the nearest 5 minutes and distinguish between a.m. and p.m. Students will tell time to the nearest minute and determine elapsed time.	4.1.4 After looking at spatial factors, decisions are made about where to locate human activities on Earth’s surface. POS- Students will visualize where things are located. Students will recognize physical and human characteristics of places and regions. Students will recognize that people depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment to meet basic needs.	1.3.4 Magnets attract and repel each other, and magnets attract certain kinds of other materials POS- Students will understand that magnets attract and repel each other as well as certain kinds of other materials.	Getting Along with Others Second Step Lesson 5: Feelings Change Character Trait- Initiative	Personal Narrative 1.2 Personal writing focuses on the life experiences of the writer. POS- Students will produce through drawings, symbols, and letters, writing which has meaning that remains constant.
WEEK 6	Review Unit 1 test	1.0.7 Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. POS- Students will choose and read a variety of materials to gain understanding of the world around them and of the nature of texts, including literary materials and transactive materials. Students will respond to rhythmic and patterned /predictable reading materials while listening.	Adding whole numbers 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. POS- Students will understand addition and develop concept of subtraction using concrete materials.	1.1.1 Democratic governments function according to the needs and wants of the citizens and provide for society’s needs. POS- Students will begin to understand the basic purpose of government and how citizen participation can affect government.	1.2.1 The position of an object can be described by locating it relative to another object or the background. 1.2.2 An object’s motion can be described by measuring its change in position over time such as rolling different objects POS- Students will understand that the position and motion of an object can be described by comparing it to another object or background.	Getting Along with Others Second Step Lesson 6: Predicting Feelings	Personal Narrative POS- Students will construct writing which contains sequence supported by details.
WEEK 7	Choral reading Poetry Rhyme Riddles Graphic sources Main idea Supporting details Unfamiliar words Compound words Long i,u Nouns Study strategies	2.0.10 Connect the content of a passage to students’ lives and/or real world issues. POS- Students will choose and read a variety of materials to gain understanding of the world around them and of the nature of texts, including literary materials and transactive materials	Adding whole numbers 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 1.2.2 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers using a variety of methods POS- Students will explore addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers with manipulatives. Students will solve tow-digit problems using addition and subtraction with manipulatives and symbols.	4.1.1 Simple physical, political, and thematic maps, globes, charts, photographs. aerial photography, and graphs can be used to find and explain location and display information POS- Students will use tools to understand surroundings.	1.2.3 The position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling. The amount of change in position and motion is related to the strength of the push or pull. POS- Students will understand that the position and motion of an object can be changed by pushing or pulling.	Getting Along with Others Second Step Lesson 7: Communicating Feelings	Social Studies Open Response (Factory)
WEEK 8	Realism/fantasy Sequence Antonyms Vowel digraphs Compound words ABC order Semantic maps Science fiction	1.0.6 Explain the meaning of a passage taken from appropriate texts.	Subtract whole numbers 1.2.4 Skip-count forward and backward POS- Students will count backwards by ones.	Kentucky Regions 4.2.1 Every place is unique and can be described by its human and physical characteristics. POS- Students will recognize physical and human characteristics of places and regions.	Magic School Bus gets Lost in Space , Out of this World (Video), Midnight on the Moon, Compass Point, The Solar System Book 2.2.2 Objects in the sky have properties, locations, and real or apparent movements that can be observed and described. POS- Students will understand that common objects in the sky have properties, locations, and movements that can be observed and described.	Getting Along with Others Second Step Lesson 8: Skill Review	Science Open Response (Playground) Students will write pieces with introduction, body, and conclusion.
WEEK 9	Context clues Identifies/writes plurals Graphic source Synonyms Digraphs Homophones *Expository	x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages. POS- Students will employ sight word vocabulary to make sense of text.	Subtracting whole numbers 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division POS- Students will develop meaning of addition and subtraction using physical objects. Students will understand concepts of subtraction.	Kentucky Symbols, Nickname, Basic facts, and Famous people 5.2.5 Symbols, slogans, monuments/buildings, patriotic songs, poems, and selected readings are used to describe or illustrate important ideas and events in Kentucky and American history. POS- Students will describe and illustrate historical concepts or events through symbols, slogans, songs, poems, and passages.		Drugs Second Step Lesson9: Preferences Character Trait- Loyalty	Descriptions (Joke books) POS- Students will use details, explanations, and examples to support ideas for specific audiences and purposes.