Math

Unit 3: Stories With Addition & Subtraction (continued)

Video Overview

•Place value strategies can be used to solve addition and subtraction problems less than or equal to 1,000.  (NC.3.NBT.2)

•Reasonableness of answers can be assessed by using estimation strategies. (NC.3.NBT.2)

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Unit 4: Making Sense of Multiplication and Division

Video Overview

•Decompose a factor as a strategy for solving a multiplication problem. (NC.3.OA.1)

•Demonstrate that the order of the factors do not matter when you are multiplying (or adding) numbers. (NC.3.OA.1)

•Use a variety of strategies, like arrays and repeated addition, to model multiplication. (NC.3.OA.1)

•Use repeated subtraction (measurement model) and/or fair share (partition model) when solving a division problem. (NC.3.OA.2)

•Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and

measurements quantities. (NC.3.OA.3)

•Use equal groups/equal shares as a strategy to solve multiplication and division word problems. (NC.3.OA.3)

•Use various representations to show an unknown. (NC.3.OA.3)

•Use multiplication and/or division to solve problems with an unknown factor. (NC.3.OA.6)

•Illustrate and explain using the relationship between multiplication and division. (NC.3.OA.7)

•Use addition, subtraction, and multiplication to solve two-step word problems. (NC.3.OA.8)

•Use concrete and pictorial place value models to find the product of a one-digit whole number by a multiple of 10. (NC.3.NBT.3)

 

Unit 5: Reasoning with Shapes & their Attributes

Video Overview

•Reason with two-dimensional shapes and their attributes. (NC.3.G.1)

•Investigate, describe and reason about composing triangles and quadrilaterals and decomposing quadrilaterals. (NC.3.G.1)

•Recognize and draw examples and non-examples of types of quadrilaterals including rhombuses, rectangles, squares, parallelograms,

and trapezoids. (NC.3.G.1)

•Compose and decompose quadrilaterals using triangles and quadrilaterals. (NC.3.G.1)

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Literacy

Module 2: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs

Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Learning to Become an Expert (about Frogs)

I can answer questions using specific details from the text. (RI.3.1)

I can determine the main idea of an informational text. (RI.3.2)

I can retell key ideas from an informational text. (RI.3.2)

I can describe how events, ideas, or concepts in an informational text are related. (RI.3.3)

I can use information from illustrations (maps, photographs) to understand informational texts. (RI.3.7)

I can use information from the words to understand informational texts. (RI.3.7)

I can document what I learn about a topic by taking notes. (W.3.8)

I can use what the sentence says to help me determine what a word or phrase means. (L.3.4)

I can write an informative/explanatory text that has a clear topic. (W.3.2)

I can develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details. (W.3.2)

I can construct a closure on the topic of an informative/explanatory text. (W.3.2)

I can express ideas using carefully chosen words. (L.3.3a)

I can accurately use third-grade-level academic vocabulary to express my ideas. (L.3.6)

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Unit 2: Case Study: Researching Freaky Frogs

I can answer questions using specific details from the text. (RI.3.1)

I can determine the main idea of an informational text. (RI.3.2)

I can retell key ideas from an informational text. (RI.3.2)

I can use information from illustrations (maps, photographs) to understand informational texts. (RI.3.7)

I can use information from the words to understand informational texts. (RI.3.7)

I can determine the meaning of unknown words in informational text. (L.3.4)

I can write an informative/explanatory text that has a clear topic. (W.3.2)

I can develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details. (W.3.2)

I can construct a closure on the topic of an informative/explanatory text. (W.3.2)

With support from adults, I can produce writing that is appropriate to task and purpose. (W.3.4)

I can express ideas using carefully chosen words. (L.3.3)

I can accurately use third-grade academic vocabulary to express my ideas. (L.3.6)

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Unit 3: Culminating Project: Freaky Frog Trading Cards

I can write an informative/explanatory text. (W.3.2)

I can craft narrative texts about real or imagined experiences or events. (W.3.3)

I can use the writing process to plan, revise, and edit my writing (with support). (W.3.5)

I can express ideas using carefully chosen words. (L.3.3)

I can write an informative text. (W.3.2)

I can craft narrative texts about real or imagined experiences or events. (W.3.3)

I can express ideas using carefully chosen words. (L.3.3)

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Science

Earth Sciences

3.E.1 Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the Earth/Moon/Sun system.

3.E.2 Compare the structures of the Earth’s surface using models or three-dimensional diagrams.

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Social Studies

Geography

3.C.1 - Understand how diverse cultures are visible in local & regional communities

3.G.1 - Understand the earth's patterns by using the 5 themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions.