Curriculum Map

Grade Level/Strand: 3-5

Month/Subject Focus

Social Studies
Timelines -complete a timeline of important dates in your life Friends in Different Places: -Basic understanding of cultural differences of people and ways we are alike Modifying the environment - positive and negative consequences of modifying the environment and tools used to modify the environment. Ohio History -important dates and places in Ohio and different groups of people that settled in Ohio in the past. Alike and Different -Identify the similarities and differences between holidays celebrated around the world This Is Our Government: -Basic understanding of our government system, including people and events that contribute to our government

Language Arts
Writing -describing ourselves and writing autobiographys

Science
Day/Night

Math Addition

August (All About Me)

Character/Setting/Event Solar System Fiction Focus

Subtraction

September (History)

Sequencing/Retelling

October (Earth and Space Science)

Seasons of the Earth: -Basic understanding of the seasonal changes in relation to weather and the environment

Place Value -ex: rounding, decomposing multi digit numbers, expanded form

Authors Purpose

November (Scientific Inquiry)

Compare/Contrast

December (Different Types of Holidays)

Intermediate Science Fair: -A basic scientific process with simple projects related to Intermediate Earth, Life and Physical Science targets Pitch and Sound -properties that effect pitch, match tools and instruments to various types of pitches and sounds Environmental Changes

Multiplication

Comparing Numbers Ordering Numbers

January (History and Government)

Vocabulary/ Context clues -Introduction to alliterations, similes, and metaphors

One step and multi-step story problems involving addition subtraction and multiplication

February (Geography)

Land and Water: -Basic understanding of land and water forms on a map; Study of climate and temperature on a map

Non Fiction (locating text features e.g. table of contents, glossary, index, chapter headings) Books about landforms, geography, maps, and directions Writing Conventions/Grammar

Earth and Space Science -(Landforms) Endangered Animals

Measurement & Time

March (Physical Science)

Transportation - Types of transportation for products and people

April (Economics)

May (Life Science)

Where Can I Buy It?: -Basic understanding of community stores and businesses where we can buy specific things; Study of banking Graphs and Charts -Creating graphs and charts and analyzing information in graphs and charts

Writing Paragraphs and Sentences

Make It Move: -Basic identification of the movement of objects, including position, speed; Forces that make movement (push, pull) Energy -Forms of energy and experiments testing different forms of energy

Geometry

Working with 5s and 10s (ten frame) Money

Oral Presentations

Life Cycles of Plants and Animals: Basic understanding of the life cycles of plants and animals, including people

Geometry