Third Grade - Scope & Sequence

Flow of The Year

Assumptions

1. Maintaining the suggested pacing and flow across all content areas supports students across SFUSD to have a similar, coherent, and transferable learning experience that prepares them for the next grade level. 

 

2. This pacing is approximate and takes school breaks, family conferences, and other changes to the regular classroom schedule and routine into consideration. 

Guidance

1. While your pacing may be slightly different, the expectation is that you honor the general flow articulated below.

 

2. No unit should be skipped. 

  • Each unit supports students in meeting grade-level standards and expected learning targets. Units are designed to build upon each other - building upon knowledge, skills, and routines learned in previous units.

 

3. If your pacing or flow is out of sync with the suggested year-at-a-glance, collaborate with your grade-level team, coaches, and/or administrators to ensure students will have the necessary instruction and support for a rich, developmentally appropriate kindergarten experience that well prepares them for success in first grade.

Schedule

  AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY
Spanish Language Arts
(Each phonics and reading unit is 3 weeks)
Launch: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading Launch: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading

Unit 1: Características de los animales
 
Unit 1: Características de los animales

Unit 2: Los personajes dan forma a sus historias
 
Unit 3: La voz del pueblo
 
Unit 4: Diferentes perspectivas, diferentes puntos de vista Unit 5: Adelantos en la tecnología
 
Unit 6: Decisiones, decisiones

Unit 7: Las comunidades antes y ahora
Unit 7: Las comunidades antes y ahora

Unit 8: La superficie de la tierra
Unit 8: La superficie de la tierra

Unit 9: Tiempo, dinero y valores
Unit 10: Acciones, reaciones e interacciones
Cantonese Characters 1-15

Unit 1: Geographical features on a map
Characters 16-40

Unit 2: American Indian Nations
 
Characters 41-55

Unit 3: Sequence of major historical events in local history
Characters 56-80

Unit 4: Role of rules and laws and the basic structure of the U.S. government
Characters 81-100

Unit 5: Economy of the local region

 
English Language Development Launch Unit:
Week 1: Self
Week 2 Family and Friends
Unit 1: Growing and Learning (4 weeks)
 
Unit 1: Growing and Learning (1 week)

Unit 2: Figure it Out (3 weeks)
Unit 2: Figure it Out (2 weeks)

Review and Assessments (1 week)
Unit 3: One of a Kind (2 Weeks)
 
Unit 3: One of Kind (3 weeks)

Unit 4: Meet the Challenge (1 week)
Unit 4: Meet the Challenge (4 weeks)
 
Unit 5: Take Action (4 weeks)
 
Unit 5: Take Action (1 week)

Unit 6: Think it Over (3 weeks)
Unit 6: Think it Over (2 weeks)

Review and Assessments (2 weeks)
English Language Arts Launch Unit Spiral 1 Narrative: Exploring Our Literacy Journeys as a Community Spiral 2 Informative/Explanatory: Learning about Our World as a Community Spiral 3 Opinion/Persuasive: Impacting Change and SBAC Key Skills Spiral 4 Research: Climate's Impact on Animal Survival
Math Unit 0: Introduction

Unit 1: Mastering Basic Numbers and Calculations
Unit 1: Playing with Shapes

Unit 2: Time
Unit 2: Time
Unit 3: Exploring Multiplication

Unit 4: 2-D Figures
Unit 4: 2-D Figures
Unit 5: Expanding Multiplication
Unit 5: Expanding Multiplication Unit 5: Expanding Multiplication
Unit 6: Extending Multiplication

Unit 7: Division
Unit 7: Division

Unit 8: Fractions
Unit 8: Fractions

Unit 9: Area Measurement
Unit 9: Area Measurement
Unit 10: Data Graph

Unit 11: Volume and Weight
Unit 11: Volume and Weight. Unit 12: Word Problems and Unknowns
Science   Launch Unit 0: I Am a Scientist
(5 lessons)

Unit 1: Balancing Forces
(22 lessons)

Unit 2a: Inheritance & Traits
(22 lessons)

  Unit 2b: Environments & Survival
(22 lessons)
  Unit 3: Weather & Climate
(22 lessons)
History/Social Science Unit 0 Launch

California Indian Unit and more
(4-5 weeks)
  Landforms, Resources, and Development
(4-5 weeks)
  Important Issues in Our Community
(4-5 weeks)
 
Physical Education Unit Zero 2.0 Establishing the Environment (Unit I) Establishing the Environment /Cooperative activities (Unit I) & Jumping Rope Movement Concepts (Unit 3) & Jumping Rope Movement Concepts (Unit 3), & Dribbles while Changing Directions Health-Related Fitness: Muscle Groups (Unit 2) & Dribbles while Changing Directions Re-Establish the Environment & Health-Related Fitness: Muscle Groups (Unit 2) Health-Related Fitness: Muscle Groups & Flex (Unit 2) & Throwing/Catching (Unit 5 & 13) Health-Related Fitness: Flexibility (Unit 2) & Throwing/Catching (Units 5 & 13) Health-Related Fitness: Flexibility (Unit 2) & Throwing/Catching (Units 5 & 13) Unit of Your Choice & Field Day
Health Personal & Community Health Substance Abuse Prevention Violence Prevention Growing Bodies and Active Consent Nutrition and Physical Activity LGBTQ & Advocacy Summer Safety and Environmental Health
Arts For 30 min/1x a week of Visual Arts and 30 min/1x a week of Performing Arts, please choose lessons a la carte, either a lesson that relates to and supports the content you are teaching that week (arts integration) or a stand-alone lesson that would offer a creative break/protected "arts moment" for students. Enjoy!
Digital Learning Digital Agency (DA): My Digital Life Launch Technology: Getting Started Guide
DA: Digital Footprint
DA: Digital Agency Month DA: Media Balance DA: Privacy & Security DA: Media Literacy DA: Relationships & Communications DA: Digital Kindness DA: Digital for Good DA: My Digital Life
Computer Science Launch Unit Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4

ESCS is designed to be taught once a week for 45-50 minutes for half of the school year.

       

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This page was last updated on August 31, 2023