3rd Grade
Year at a Glance


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Yearly Plan
Yarbrough Elementary School
Revised 6/28/07

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                First Quarter   Second Quarter   Third Quarter   Fourth Quarter
First Quarter
    Reading Author Study Comprehension Math Science Social Studies Grammar/Writing
(Narrative Writing Focus)
Phonics
  Week 1   Tomie DePaola Characters Place Value Plants   What is a sentence? Short Vowels
  Week 2     Main Idea Place Value Plants   Types of Sentences Long Vowels
  Week 3     Predicting Addition Plants
Measurement
  Punctuation Long Vowels
  Week 4     Reference Sources Addition Plants
Measurement
  Commas Compound words
  Week 5     Story Map Subtraction Plants   Nouns and Pronouns Double Consonants
  Week 6     Compare and Contrast Subtraction Plants   Narrative/Letter Writing oo
  Week 7     Point of View Subtraction   Citizenship
Map Skills
Narrative/Letter Writing ou
  Week 8 Fairy Tales Grimm Brothers Sequencing Multiplication   Citizenship
Map Skills
Narrative/Letter Writing consonant blends
  Week 9     Review and Assess Multiplication   Citizenship
Map Skills
Narrative/Letter Writing review
Speakers: Mr. Cosgrove (Plants), Julia Manciagli (Human Body)        
Field Trips: Forest Ecology Preserve, Jan Dempsy, Play (?)        
Second Quarter
    Reading Author Study Comprehension Math Science Social Studies Grammar/Writing
(Expository Writing Focus)
Phonics
  Week 1     Main Idea
w/chapters
Multiplication Human Body   Expository Writing r-controlled vowels
  Week 2     Summarizing Multiplication Human Body   Verbs r-controlled vowels
  Week 3     Predicting Multiplication Human Body
Severe  Weather
  Verbs vowel variant au, aw
  Week 4     Theme/Plot Multiplication Human Body
Severe  Weather
  Irregular Verbs dipthong oi, oy
  Week 5 Legends   Drawing
Conclusions
Multiplication Human Body
Severe  Weather
Native Americans Contractions dipthong/ digraph ow
  Week 6     Drawing Conclusions Money   Native Americans Possessives silent letters mb, gn, kn
  Week 7   Patricia Polacco Context Clues Money   Native Americans Possessives silent letters dge, wr, tle
  Week 8     Review/Assess Money   Native Americans Expository Writing silent letters gh, ght, pn
  Week 9     Review/Assess Money   Native Americans Expository Writing review
Events: Fairy Tale Ball              
                   
Third Quarter
    Reading Author Study Comprehension Math Science Social Studies Grammar/Writing
(Descriptive Writing Focus)
Phonics
  Week 1 Expository Text Andrew Clements Graphic Sources Division   Oregon Trail Adjectives schwa
  Week 2     Making Inferences Division   Oregon Trail Adjectives hard/soft g/c
  Week 3     Author's Purpose Division Simple Machines Oregon Trail Adverbs word endings -s, -es
  Week 4     Fact/Opinion