Grade 3 – Trimester 2, 2018-2019

Grade 3 Trimester 2
Religion

Creed

• We are God’s People
• The Church respects all people
• Men and women are created to live in union with God in this life and in Heaven forever
• We are disciples

The Mass

• Roles of the perticipants of the Mass
• Mass responses

The Church

• The Church has four marks
• Roles of the Parish and the Church

The Church Seasons

• Advent
• Christmas
• Ordinary Time
• Holy days of obligation

Sacraments

• Penance
• Eucharist
• Understanding of all sacraments

Science

Energy

• Energy exists in a variety of forms
• Energy transformations
• Describe forms of energy

Simple Machines

• Observe and describe the ease and difficulty of the movement of objects in the world
• Manipulation of simple machines
• Relationship between force and motion
• The effects of common forces (pushes and pulls) of objects

Social Studies

• Places where communities start
• History of communities
• Various cultures

Math

Place value and problem solving with units (continued)

• Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred
• Two and three-digit measurement, addition and subtraction using the standard algorithm

Multiplication and Division with units of 0, 1, 6-9

• The properties of multiplication and division
• Analysis of patterns and problem solving

Multiplication and Area

• Foundations for understanding area

Fractions as numbers on the number line

• Understanding fractions
• Equivalent fractions
• Comparing fractions

Reading

Grammar

• prefixes, suffixes
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Antecedents
• Contractions
• Plural nouns
• subject/verb agreement
• tenses

Comprehension

• inference/prediction
• Main idea
• cause/effect

Genres

• Biography
• Poetry
• Informational text
• Folktales
• Realistic fiction
• legends

Phonics

• 3-letter clusters
• Silent letters
• Vowel dipthongs

Writing

• Narrative
• Opinion paragraph
• Explanatory writing
• Persuasive writing
• How to
• Biography