Third Grade Social Science
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First Quarter
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CONTENT (General)
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CONTENT (Specific)
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ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Communities and mapping skills |
Community, laws, citizens, map keys, compass rose, map titles |
Chapter Test |
14C 17A |
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Kinds of Communities |
Population, urban, suburban, rural, geography, citizenship, culture |
Mapping skills Chapter test |
17A |
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Inventor Unit |
What is an inventor and an invention? A-Z alphabet of Inventions |
Brainstorm page Of inventions |
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How to research |
Explained how to use encyclopedias, internet and resource books to find information |
Discussion Hands on researching |
5.A.1b |
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Inventor/Invention |
-picked and inventor to research and filled out research guide -wrote paragraph and found picture |
-research guide |
5B1a 5A1b 3A2 5C1a |
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Inventor presentations |
-presented inventor paragraph to class |
Written paragraph on inventor |
4B2a 4B2b |
Second Quarter
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CONTENT (General)
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CONTENT (Specific)
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ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Christmas Around The World |
Italian and Mexican Customs -mapping -flag -facts -Read The Legend of the Poinsettia -Art –poinsettias -Read La Befana -Art- Noodle Angel Ornament -journal writing -Research -picked groups to research a different country -internet, resource books, interviews -constructed power point presentations of research |
-journal entries -maps -research guides -power point presentation (final project) |
5A2a 5A2b 5C2a 5C2b 3C2a 18A2 17A2b |
Third Quarter
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CONTENT (General)
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CONTENT (Specific)
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ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Jr. Achievement
Our Land and Resources |
-City Planning -economics
-Lesson 1-Earth’s Land and Water -landforms -climate -bodies of water -erosion -Lesson 2- Our Country’s Geography -coast -desert -regions -recycling -protecting natural resources -Lesson 3- Communities and Resources -using a map grid -conserving natural resources -Mexico City |
- Designing activity - Restaurant project
- mapping activities - study guides - chapter tests - Weekly Readers |
14C, 14D, 15A, 15B, 15D
17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 18A, 18B, 18C |
Fourth Quarter
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CONTENT (General)
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CONTENT (Specific)
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ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Chapter 7- Being an Active Citizen
Little House in the Big Woods-Unit |
Lesson 1- Citizens Make a Difference -almanac -Write paragraph on being a good citizen activity #3 -Read play “Saving Soccer” pages 206-209 -resolving conflicts pages 210-214 -rights and responsibilities pages 212-215
-Read and discuss each chapter -Chapter glossaries and vocabulary -activities-dioramas, stitching samplers, making butter, sampling maple sugar cakes, making pancake men and lemonade, playing “old-fashioned” outdoor games, reenacting a day in the late 1800s.
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-paragraph writing -study guides -chapter test -Weekly Readers
-Little House Unit folder -Chapter test- Christmas -samplers -dioramas |
14A, 14B, 14C,
1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 16A, 16C, 17D, 18A,
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