DAIS - Third Grade - Trimester 2 Overview

Language Arts

Reading-Nonfiction

Choosing just-right books.

Tracking books read in reading logs.

Taking notes using a variety of techniques (boxes and bullets, lists, webs, timelines, etc).

Becoming experts on topics and teaching them to our classmates.

Summarizing text and stating the main idea and key details that support it.

By the end of trimester 2, students should be able to read at or above DRA level 34.

Reading-Poetry

Read a variety of poetry and prose to gain appreciation of the genre.

Compare and contrast elements of poetry and dramas.

Read poetry orally using appropriate expression.

Writing-Informational

Sentence Fluency (6+1) correctly constructed sentences that begin in different ways and
have varied length.

Word Choice (6+1) use precise, academic language to explain about a topic.

Writing-Poetry

Word Choice (6 + 1) specific words and verbs that add energy and help the reader paint a
picture.

Word Study

Individualized spelling and vocabulary

instruction.

Parts of speech

Synonyms/antonyms

Assessment through weekly tests.

Handwriting

Transitioning from print to cursive.

Lowercase and uppercase letters.

Speaking

Participate in one-on-one, small and

whole group discussions.

Paraphrase text.

Give a report in relation to Science Fair

Social Studies

Understand different political systems and

how they are organized.

Identify government officials and world

leaders.

Identify and discuss community and societal

issues.

Explain basic economic principles like supply

and demand and how it effects the price of

goods and services.

Understand how economic activities like

trade, transportation and communication
have changed Kazakhstan.

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Interpret infographics to learn more about

Kazakhstan.

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Science

In Science we will be conducting investigations

and engaging in Engineering Design Projects in:

Force and Motion (continued)

Electrical and Magnetic Forces

Ask questions to determine cause and effect

relationships of electric or magnetic
interactions between two objects not in
contact with each other.

Define a simple design problem that can be

solved by applying scientific ideas about
magnets.

Define a simple design problem reflecting a

need or a want that includes specified
criteria for success and constraints on
materials, time, or cost.

Traits

Analyze and interpret data to provide

evidence that plants and animals have traits
inherited from parents and that variation of
these traits exists in a group of similar
organisms.

Use evidence to support the explanation

that traits can be influenced by the
environment.

Math

Summary of Year

Third Grade mathematics is about (1) developing

understanding of multiplication and division and
strategies for multiplication and division within
100; (2) developing understanding of fractions,
especially unit fractions (fractions with
numerator 1); (3) developing understanding of
the structure of rectangular arrays and of
area; and (4) describing and analyzing twodimensional shapes.

Trimester 2

Module 3: Multiplication and Division with Units

of 0,1, 6-9 and Multiples of 10

Module 4: Multiplication and Area

Also, we will be naming our problem to be

solved/constructing our hypothesis for the
Science Fair.

Mathematical Practices (Ongoing)

Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them.

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others.

Model with mathematics.

Use appropriate tools strategically.

Attend to precision.

Look for and make use of structure.

Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning.

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