Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Grade 3Grade 3

Curriculum for 2005 - 2006Curriculum for 2005 - 2006

Language Arts

First Semester

Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies

Reading Response• Initial understanding• Personal Connections• Interpretive • Critical Thinking

Writing• Writing Process• Rhetoric

-Traits of Writing -Step Up To Writing

Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery

Second Semester (continue)

Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies

Reading Response• Initial understanding• Personal Connections• Interpretive • Critical Thinking

Writing• Writing Process• Rhetoric

-Traits of Writing - Step Up To Writing

Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery

Mathematics

First SemesterNumbers and Operations

• Place Value• Comparing• Addition & Subtraction• Estimating• Multiplication & Division

Measurement• Money• Perimeter• Area

Patterns, Functions and Algebra• Create and describe patterns• Problem solving

First Semester (cont.)

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

• Graphs and Tables• Interpreting data

Geometry and Spatial Sense• Maps• Shapes • Symmetry (reflectional and rotational)• Flips, Slides, Turns• Solids

Second Semester Numbers and Operations

• Fractions• Decimals• Multiplication & Division

Measurement• Length• Weight• Volume• Time

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

• Probability

Science

First Semester

Life Science• Plant Growth• Worms

Earth and Space Science• Weather/Climate• Rocks & Minerals

Second Semester

Physical Science• Wave Energy: Light & Sound• Simple Machines

Earth and Space Science• Astronomy

Social Studies

First SemesterPolitical Science

• Rules and laws • Citizenship

History • Causes and effects

Cultural Anthropology (Research)• Cultural Inquiry• Cultural values, beliefs, and practices

Geography• Map skills• Places and regions

Economics• Current events

- Limited resources and choice

Second SemesterPolitical Science

• Rights and responsibilities

History• Cause and effect• Different perspectives

Cultural Anthropology (Research)• Cultures change over time

Geography• Environment and society

Economics• Interdependence

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