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Grade 3 — Year Plan
Goal by June: Multiply/divide fluency basics; fractions on number line; multiparagraph writing; independent chapter reading; US regions & government basics
Year outcomes
Literacy
- - Advanced phonics leftovers + morphology (
un-, re-, -ful, -less)
- - Fluency + comprehension (main idea, cause/effect, inference with text evidence)
- - Opinion & informative paragraphs
- - Dictionary / glossary skills
- - Cursive intro optional (print mastery first)
Math
- - × and ÷ within 100 (progressive fluency)
- - Place value to 1,000+
- - Fractions: unit fractions, equivalence intro, compare
- - Area/perimeter
- - Elapsed time; scaled graphs
Science
- - Forces; electricity basics (safe demos); plant adaptations; earth materials; scientific method steps
STEM (included)
- - Science: forces, safe electricity demos, plant adaptations, method steps
- - Technology: tables, scaled graphs, debug a broken sequence
- - Engineering: first notebook (sketch → test → change one variable)
History / Geography
- - US regions; State / regional history highlights (timeline)
- - Constitution intro: what a constitution is; branches of government (simple)
- - World map: major countries; latitude/longitude intro
Life Skills
- - Plan a weekly chore chart; compare unit prices; basic first aid (cuts); digital manners
36-week overview
| Weeks | Literacy | Math |
|-------|----------|------|
| 1–4 | Morphology un-/re-; fluency | Multiplication meaning |
| 5–8 | Informational reading | × facts 0–5 |
| 9–12 | Opinion writing | × facts 6–9; arrays |
| 13–16 | Cause/effect | Division as unknown factor |
| 17–20 | Research mini-report | Fractions unit → number line |
| 21–24 | Literature discussion | Equivalent fractions intro |
| 25–28 | Grammar: sentences | Area & perimeter |
| 29–32 | Spelling morphology | Time & data |
| 33–36 | Portfolio | Mastery |
Sample — Week 5 Day 3 (× facts with real life)
Math: 4×6 using 4 bags of 6 apples (draw then equation)
Literacy: Read short article on regional US agriculture (citrus or local crop); underline 3 facts
Life skills: At grocery (or ads), find price of one fruit; calculate cost of 4
Full week scripts
Open weeks/week-01 — week-01.md through week-36.md (index in weeks/README.md).
Regenerate: python3 tools/generate_grades_1_5_weeks.py