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WCSS Curriculum
Grade Three
The Language Arts Curriculum is divided in three areas: Speaking/Listening, Reading/Liturature, Writing/Language. This curriculum is based upon state and national standards and recommendations for the Language Arts.
Language Arts Speaking/Listening
Display basic skills necessary for oral communication- Make formal introductions with clarity and courtesy
- Observe appropriate etiquette when expressing thanks and praise
- Use words that can accurately describe images, feelings, thoughts, and experiences
Participate effectively in classroom discussions- Respond responsibly and courteously to the remarks of others
- Summarize the main points of a discussion
- Establish eye contact when speaking and listening
- Begin to recognize factors that contribute to the success of a discussion, such as listening to the ideas of others
Demonstrate the skills of listening- Value listening for a range of purposes
- Follow three step directions given orally
- Learn to recall significant details and sequence accurately
- Begin to take notes from oral presentations
Practice critical thinking skills- Draw conclusions from the spoken message
- Ask for repetition or restatement of general explanation to clarify meaning
- Understands the importance of effective communication within a family
Language Arts Reading/Literature
Read the printed word to explore language and convey meaning- Demonstrate phonetic skills as an aid to pronouncing and understanding unfamiliar words
- Read aloud effectively by:
- Demonstrating fluency
- Exhibiting conprehension
- Using expression
- Adjusting reading rate when appropriate
- Read silently and independently without distraction
- Recognize several characteristics of words including:
- Contractions
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
Use effective strategies to achieve purpose in reading- Find context clues for unknown vocabulary
- Develop visual images and use graphic organizers.
- Activate prior knowledge before reading
- Reread to self-correct understandings
Interact with literacy texts to achieve deep meaning- Distinguish between different literary forms
- Use a wide range a reading materials to understand plot, make predictions, and related reading to prior experiences including:
- Fairy Tales
- Plays
- Mysteries
- Fables
- Monitor one's understanding of literature by:
- Identifying the main idea
- Retelling
- Self-questioning
- Evaluate the actions and feelings of characters
Language Arts Writing/Language
Write to communicate to different audiences for a variety of purposes- Write complete sentences using a subject and a predicate
- Develop paragraphs from unified topic sentences
- Move toward a unified essay, which contains an identifiable introduction and conclusion
Use elements of writing of language to improve written communication- Distinguish between statements, questions, exclamations, and commands
- Use appropriate punctuation marks
- Use conventional spelling in writing
- Understand the functions of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns
Plan, revise, edit and publish clear and effective writing- Use graphic organizers and other prewriting skills to organize writing
- Reflect on one's development as a writer
- Begin to participate in peer editing
Our Social Studies curriculum is based upon both state and national standards for Social Studies education.
Social Studies
History- Compare own community's past and present with other communities
- Understand cause, effect, and sequence of events
- Explore a variety of primary and secondary sources of history
Geography- Show the exact location of geographic features
- Describe the physical features of a place
- Describe the movement of people
Economics- Distinguish between goods and services
- Examine various methods of exchange
- Identify the impact a climate, job skills, and/or technology on production
Behavioral Science- Compare and appreciate various cultures in communities
- Expain how own community is connected to national and world events
- Identify the basic needs of people and how they are met
Political Science/Citizenship- Recognize the need for laws in society
- Understand the rights and responsibilities of citizens
- Develop an awareness of patriotic identity
Peace and Justice- Practice behaviors that help the poor
- Explain how the environment is God's creation and ours to respect
- Give examples for daily life of conserving the environment
Our Religion curriculum focuses on the four pillars of the Catholic Church: Creedal Church, Liturgy and Sacraments, Moral Life, and Christian Prayer.
Religion
Creedal Church - Describes God the Father as Creator, God the Son as Savior, God the Holy Spirit as Helper.
- Identifies the pope and bishops as leaders of the Catholic Church.
- Name Jesus' twelve apostles.
- Knows difference between Old and New Testament.
- Knows meaning of Ascension and that Jesus will come again.
Liturgy and Sacraments- Names and describes 7 sacraments as signs of Holy Spirit's work in us.
- Experiences Reconciliation as healing.
- Knows difference between Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of Eucharist.
- Explains seasons of the Liturgical Year
- Knows significance of God as "Abba".
Moral Life- Tells the difference between temptation, accident, and sin
- Learns how to respond to conflicts in a peaceful way.
- Knows and lives Two Great Commandments.
- Articulates simple meaning of each of the Ten Commandments.
- Knows that God calls us to care for all creation.
Christian Prayer- Prays daily and knows that prayer is vital to Christian Life.
- Prays prayers of praise, thankfulness, contrition, petition.
- Prays Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, Apostles' Creed, Act of Contrition, and Rosary.
- Knows that we pray with help of the Holy Spirit.
Our Math curriculum is based upon both state and national standards for Mathematics education.
Math
Number Operations and Relationships- Compare whole numbers using appropriate symbols to 1000. (<,>,=)
- Identify place value to the thousands
- Add and subract 3 digit numbers with regrouping.
- Use mental math to find sums of multiples of 10 and 100
- Use strategies to solve multiplication and division facts to 12.
- Compare addition and subtraction with money.
Probability and Statistics- Interpret various types of graphs
- Determine fair and unfair games based on probability
- Collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments.
Geometry- Identify plane and space figures
- Crate symmetrical figures
- Identify concepts of angles, intersecting, and parallel lines
Measurement- Use clocks to read, write, and translate time to one minute intervals and notations of A.M. and P.M.
- Estimate using appropriate unit of meansure.
- Find perimeter using measurement and addition
- Measure length to nearest yard, half-inch, meter, centimeter.
- Compare temperatures using C and F scales.
Algebraic Relationships- Identify and create patterns.
- Use patterns to solve problems
- Solve multi-step word problems. (+,-)
Our Science curriculum is based upon both state and national standards for Science education.
Science
Science Inquiry- Know that scientific investigations are made public and can be repeated by others.
Science and Technology- Recognize that math is a tool of science and technology.
History and Nature of Science- Recognize that science is a part of everyday life.
Catholic Social Teachings- Participate in service projects and identify these with the Christian community.
Physical Science - Discover that substances are soluable or insoluable in water.
- Identify the six simple machines.
Life Science- Know different ways living things can be grouped.
- Identify parts of a flower.
- Know that plants and animals progress through life cycles of birth, growth and development, reproduction, and death.
- Know that fossils can be compared to one another and to living organisms to observe their similarities and differences.
- Know that changes in the environment can have an impact on different organisms.
Earth and Space Science- Know that air is a substance that surrounds us, takes up space, and moves around as wind.
- Know that the Earth is part of a solar system consisting of a sun, several planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteors.
- Know that night and day are caused by the Earth's rotation of its axis.
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