Seoul International School Grade 3 Curriculum 2011-2012

Subject

First Trimester
August/September/October/November
Uses reading skills and strategies: choose appropriate-level books, recognize high frequency words, build vocabulary, predict and infer, read fluently and clearly Understands and interprets literary texts: retell stories using story elements and sequence, answer questions Understands and interprets informational texts: identify features of nonfiction text, use and create definitions Uses the general skills of the writing process: support writing with illustrations; create journal entries, personal recounts, friendly letters; Voice, Organization, brainstorming Ideas Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing: develop Sentence Fluency and Word Choice Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions: apply Conventions and Presentation: capitals, periods, nouns, proper nouns, and attempted spelling; use a dictionary Gathers and uses information for research: identify landforms and support with definitions & illustrations Uses listening and speaking strategies: listen to instructions, stories, and classmates; express needs; discuss basic story elements; contribute to class discussions; use appropriate greetings

Second Trimester
November/December/January/February
Uses reading skills and strategies: infer, predict, retell, sequence Understands and interprets literary texts: identify story elements Understands and interprets informational texts: use a table of contents, index, and glossary; read for directions; read nonfiction texts for animal research Uses the general skills of the writing process: generate Ideas independently, develop Voice, explore fiction stories, poetry, and fairy tales Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing: include more descriptive details (Word Choice) Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions: apply Conventions and Presentation: use blends and digraphs, verbs, adjectives, pronouns and conjunctions, exclamation and question marks, spell high-frequency words Gathers and uses information for research: research animals using a variety of sources, create a report and presentation Uses listening and speaking strategies: respond to adults, question to clarify, discuss literature, contribute to discussions, give and listen to oral presentations Using viewing skills and strategies for visual media: Advertising Project: understand messages in visual media, learn basic elements of advertising, and apply techniques for expressing messages

Third Trimester
March/April/May/June
Uses reading skills and strategies: infer, predict, retell, sequence, read unconventional words, decode subjectspecific vocabulary Understands and interprets literary texts: compare texts Understands and interprets informational texts: identify the main idea and supporting details, use a variety of sources to research Korean culture Uses the general skills of the writing process: write sequentially; develop Voice, Ideas, and Organization; create book reports, research reports, and biographies Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing: demonstrate Sentence Fluency, expand descriptive language (Word Choice) Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions: apply Conventions and Presentation: use commas, apostrophes and contractions, compound sentences, paragraphs, verb tenses Gathers and uses information for research: research famous individuals Uses listening and speaking strategies: explain procedures, use expression and voice inflection during presentations, respond thoughtfully to peers presentations

Reading

S.I.S. uses the 6+1 Traits to describe and assess the qualities of strong writing.

Language Arts

Writing

Communications

Math

Content: Numbers, Computation, Data Analysis, Probability, Nature And Uses Of Math Skills: Identifying place value; calculating monetary change; adding and subtracting 4-digit numbers; estimating values; interpreting graphs; predicting of outcomes; finding range, median, mode, and mean Content: People, Places and Environment Skills: identifying directions, finding locations, and measuring distances on a map; describing physical features, climate, and natural resources of communities, identifying types of communities Content: Earth Science (The Water Cycle, Weather) Skills: observing and noting physical changes; forming hypotheses; performing careful experiments; measuring, recording and interpreting collected data CHARACTER & SAFETY The Tiger Traits identify 6 character traits that make successful students and citizens. Safety: learn about street and fire safety, kitchen and home-alone safety

Content: Numbers, Computation, Problem Solving Skills: Memorizing multiplication and division facts to 10, applying multiplication and division properties, using strategies to solve story problems, naming parts of a whole with decimals and fractions Content: Economics Skills: explaining supply and demand, analyzing trade (local and global)

Content: Measurement, Geometry, Nature And Uses Of Math Skills: Telling time to the minute, calculating and comparing temperatures, using different units of measurement, applying properties of geometry Content: Culture Skills: identifying cultural diversity, comparing and contrasting features of cultures, interpreting artifacts

Social Studies

Science

Content: Life Science (5 Kingdoms, Life Cycles) Skills: sorting according to characteristics of living organisms, forming hypotheses, distinguishing between opinion and evidence BODY SYSTEMS Our body systems have specific jobs and work together to keep us healthy. Choices we make affect our body systems. Body Systems: Nervous, Respiratory, Skeletal, Digestive

Content: Earth Science (Earth, The Solar System and The Universe) Skills: using inquiry to form the basis of the scientific method, using questions to lead to scientific discovery NUTRITION Nutritious foods keep our bodies healthy. Body Systems: Circulatory, Muscular, Brain; focus on Nutrition

Health