3rd Grade Objectives 2007
Reading - Language - Spelling
1st Quarter:
Making inferences
Main idea & details
Prefixes & suffixes
Parts of a book
Cause & effect
Context clues
Sentences: kinds, parts & punctuation
Proper & common nouns
Possessives
Short vowel words;ou,oi,ew,oo words;
vowel-consonant-e words; long a & e words

2nd Quarter:
Making inferences
Main idea & details
Cause & effect
Context clues & Summarizing
Verbs: past, present, future tenses,
-irregular & agreement
Nouns: common, proper, plural, possessive
Abbreviations & Commas
Friendly letter
Long vowel sounds i, igh, & o, ow, oa
Consonant blends & j or g / s or c
Schwa sound
Digraphs, clusters

3rd Quarter:
Facts & opinions
Basic plots of fairytales, folktales & myths
Forms of texts: poems, plays & stories
Group ideas for writing
Select best title for text
Choose a topic sentence
Recognize word usage errors
R- controlled vowel (or,ur,ar)
Homophones
Double consonants
Adding -ing, -ed
4th Quarter:
Rhyming
Contractions
Vocabulary within context
Synonyms & Antonyms
Multiple meaning words
Sequence of events
Story elements
Writing process & organization
Math
1st Quarter:
Addition & subtraction facts
Measurement- length
Bar graphs & tables
Intro to multiplication
Problem solving
Whole numbers: reading, writing, comparing,
ordering & rounding
Money
2nd Quarter:
Addition/Subtraction- regrouping, estimation,
& addition properties
Measurement -length Intro to Multiplication
Skip counting, repeated addition
3rd Quarter:
Multiplication facts
Data & probability
Time & temperature
Geometry
Fractions & decimals
4th Quarter:
Fractions
Decimals
Multiplication
Division
Measurement
Science - Health
1st Quarter:
Plant growth
Animal growth
Living things
2nd Quarter:
Relationships between living things
Ecosystems
3rd Quarter:
Earth's resources
Work & machines
4th Quarter:
Earth Science- enviroment, space, weather
Physical Science- energy, matter
Social Studies
1st Quarter:
Landforms & Geography
Map skills, charts and graphs
Communities
2nd Quarter:
Our Nation's Government
Our Nation's History
Local Communitities
Map skills, landforms
Multicultural Holidays
3rd Quarter:
Economics: making & selling products
Being a thoughtful consumer
4th Quarter:
Culture & populations
Global concerns