Month 1 of 10 · Weeks 1–4
September: Welcome / Community & Maps
We set up routines, read longer words syllable by syllable, find the main idea, use place value to round, add and subtract within 1,000, explore pushes and pulls, and map our school and town.
Goals this month
Reading & writing
Routines, main idea and key details, multisyllabic words, asking questions with evidence
RF.3.3, RF.3.3c, RF.3.4, RL.3.1, RI.3.1, RI.3.2, W.3.3, L.3.4b
Math
Place value to 1,000, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, adding and subtracting within 1,000
3.NBT.1, 3.NBT.2
Science
Forces: pushes and pulls, balanced and unbalanced forces
3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2
Social studies
Our school community, local maps with a grid, scale and compass rose
C3 D2.Civ.2.3-5, D2.Civ.3.3-5, D2.Geo.1.3-5, D2.Geo.2.3-5
Weeks
- Week1Welcome to Third GradeClosed and open syllables · Place value to 1,000: hundreds, tens and ones · 5 day plans
- Week2Our Classroom CommunitySilent e and vowel team syllables · Round to the nearest 10 and 100 · 5 day plans
- Week3Mapping Our TownPrefixes un-, re-, dis-, mis- · Add within 1,000 using place value · 5 day plans
- Week4Where We LiveSuffixes -ful, -less, -ness, -ment · Subtract within 1,000 using place value · 5 day plans
Student games this month
Syllable Splitter Place Value to 1,000 Pushes and Pulls Map Explorer Rounding Roller Coaster Main Idea Table Community Roles Prefix Power Add and Subtract to 1,000 Suffix Switch