Question: For this assignment, expand your pacing guide from Topic 2 toinclude a one semester (18-week) curriculum map. Add the following to your pacing guide: Daily
For this assignment, expand your pacing guide from Topic 2 toinclude a one semester (18-week) curriculum map. Add the following to your pacing guide:
- Daily learning objective from aligned district and state standards.
- Essential questions for each unit.
- Description of unit activities - One activity for each unit should be inquiry-based. Include at least one suggestion for technology integration where appropriate.
- Description of assessments - At least one weekly summative, daily formative (minimum of 12 different types), and one authentic assessment per unit for the 18-weeks. Include at least one suggestion for technology integration where appropriate.
This is the pacing guide I created
3rd Grade Math
| Quarter 1- Foundational Skills and Number Operations | |||
Unit 1- Number Sense and Place Value Duration: 3 weeks | Readiness Skills: Counting, basic place value understanding (2nd grade) Key Skills: Understanding numbers up to 1,000, comparing and ordering numbers End Goals: Prepare for multiplication and division concepts (4th grade) | Standards: Common Core State Standards (CCSS) 3.NBT.1 | Dates: August 21 - September 8 Holidays/Breaks: Labor Day (September 4) |
Unit 2- Addition and Subtraction within 1,000 Duration: 4 weeks | Readiness Skills: Basic addition and subtraction (2nd grade) Key Skills: Use of strategies and properties to add/subtract End Goals: Advance to multiplying/dividing larger numbers (4th grade) | Standards: CCSS 3.NBT.2 | Dates: September 11 - October 6 |
Unit 3- Introduction to Multiplication and Division Duration: 3 weeks | Readiness Skills: Repeated addition, basic skip counting Key Skills: Understanding multiplication concepts, basics of division End Goals: Develop fluency in multiplication tables (4th grade) | Standards: CCSS 3.OA.1, 3.OA.2 | Dates: October 9 - October 27 |
| Quarter 2- Operations and Fractions | |||
Unit 4- Understanding Fractions Duration: 4 weeks | Readiness Skills: Fractional concepts with shapes (2nd grade) Key Skills: Representing fractions, equivalence, and comparison End Goals: Extend fraction understanding to decimals (4th grade) | Standards: CCSS 3.NF.1, 3.NF.2 | Dates: October 30 - November 22 Holidays/Breaks: Thanksgiving Break (November 23-24) |
Unit 5- Multiplication and Division within 100 Duration: 4 weeks | Readiness Skills: Basic multiplication/division knowledge (Unit 3) Key Skills: Fluency with basic facts, understanding multiplication/division properties End Goals: Multiplying larger numbers, understanding area (4th grade) | Standards: CCSS 3.OA.3, 3.OA.4 | Dates: November 27 - December 22 Holidays/Breaks: Winter Break begins December 25 |
| Quarter 3: Measurement, Data, and Geometry | ||
Unit 6: Measurement and Data Duration: 4 weeks | Readiness Skills: Basic measurement knowledge (2nd grade) Key Skills: Solving measurement problems, understanding time, and volume End Goals: Building on measurement with decimals (4th grade) Standards: CCSS 3.MD.1, 3.MD.2 | Dates: January 8 - February 2 Holidays/Breaks: MLK Day (January 15) |
Unit 7: Data Interpretation Duration: 3 weeks | Readiness Skills: Simple graphing and data gathering Key Skills: Representing and interpreting data with graphs End Goals: More advanced data interpretation (4th grade) Standards: CCSS 3.MD.3, 3.MD.4 | Dates: February 5 - February 23 Holidays/Breaks: Presidents' Day (February 19) |
Unit 8: Geometry
| Readiness Skills: Basic shapes and spatial awareness Key Skills: Understanding properties of shapes, area, and perimeter End Goals: Deeper exploration of geometric concepts (4th grade) Standards: CCSS 3.G.1, 3.G.2 |
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| Quarter 4: Advanced Concepts and Review | |||
Unit 9: Advanced Multiplication and Division Duration: 3 weeks | Readiness Skills: Multiplication/division fluency (Units 3 & 5) Key Skills: Solving two-step word problems End Goals: Prepare for advanced operations (4th grade) | Standards: CCSS 3.OA.8 | Dates: March 19 - April 6 Holidays/Breaks: Spring Break (April 9-13) |
Unit 10: Mixed Review and State Test Preparation Duration: 3 weeks | Focus: Review and reinforce all key concepts, practice test-taking strategies | Dates: April 16 - May 4 Testing: State tests scheduled for first week of May | |
Unit 11: Enrichment Projects and Expansion Duration: 4 weeks | Activities: Math projects, exploratory problem-solving | Dates: May 7 - May 31 Special Days: Field Day, last week celebrations |
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