Quarter 3 Concepts
Reading
Text: McGraw-Hill Wonders Units 3 & 4
Phonics & Reading Comprehension
Writing
Write From the Beginning & Beyond; Thinking Maps
Speaking & Listening
Language
Math
Text: Origo Stepping Stones Modules 6 - 8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)
Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
Measurement and Data (MD)
Geometry (G)
Science
Life and Environmental Sciences
Social Studies
History
Health
Text: McGraw-Hill Wonders Units 3 & 4
Phonics & Reading Comprehension
- Sequence
- Point-of-view (who is telling the story)
- Cause and effect
- Main idea/details
Writing
Write From the Beginning & Beyond; Thinking Maps
- Expository writing: informational (report information)
- Developed paragraphs using thinking maps (bubble map, tree map, flow map) to organize ideas
- Use proper spelling, grammar, and mechanics
Speaking & Listening
- In class participation
- Speaker Showcase
Language
- Spelling
- Word Order
- Types of sentences
- Capitalization & punctuation
- Plural nouns
- Common and proper nouns
- Verbs
- Reviewed long vowels
- Using a dictionary
- Categorizing words
- Oral vocabulary
Math
Text: Origo Stepping Stones Modules 6 - 8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)
- Solved word problems involving addition and subtraction
- Represent subtraction as an unknown addend problem
- Use a strategy (think addition) for subtraction facts
- Calculate the unknown amount in addition and subtraction equations
- Use a strategy (count-on and count back) for addition and subtraction facts
- Make 10 strategy
- Commutative Property: Turn around facts (e.g. 2+3=5, 3+2=5)
- Fact Families
- Reviewed addition strategies: doubles, doubles plus 1, doubles plus 2, count on
- Skip counting
Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
- Decomposed numbers to add & subtract across 10
- Identified tens and ones
- Represented two-digit numbers & compared them
- Terms "greater than" and "less than"
Measurement and Data (MD)
- Identified time half past the hour on an analog clock and a digital clock
Geometry (G)
- Identified one-half of a number and one-half of a shape
Science
Life and Environmental Sciences
- Plants and Animals Unit
Social Studies
History
- Important Americans Unit
- Chinese & American New Year Unit
Health
- My Plate
- Identified and described the five food groups and the benefits of exercise