3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: Preplanning- 8/1-4/17 District Professional Learning- 8/1/17 First Day of School-8/7/17 PreUnit: Nature of Science In this unit students will focus on……. Scientific Method Graphing Metric Measures Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals, Soils and Fossils    1     2 3 4 7 Rituals and Routines 8 9 Set Up Lab Notebook 10 Lab Safety Nature of Science 11 14 Class Science Fair Projects 15 16 17 18  Rocks Mineral Soil Pretest  21             Introduction to Rocks                  S3E1a.            22            Introduction to Rocks              S3E1a.  Physical Attributes of  Rocks                    S3E1a.  Physical Attributes of                    Rocks 25 Physical Attributes of Rocks                  S3E1a 28  Minerals                 S3E1a.  29               S3E1a.  30            Rocks & Minerals  Similarities & differences 31    Rocks & Minerals            District Professional Learning Pre-Planning PreUnit: Nature of Science Nature of Science /Science Fair Projects Revised June 2017 Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals & Soil Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals & Soil

3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2016-2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: Labor Day(School Closed)-9/4/17 Progress Reports-9/6/17 Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals, Soils and Fossils In this unit students will focus on……. 1 Rocks Kindness Project SE31A    4 5 Introduction of Soil  S3E1b. 6 Properties of Soil            S3E1b. 7             S3E1b.   8   11 Weathering & Erosion                S3E1c. 12 13  14 15 18 Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product     19     . 20 21 22 25 Fossil Formation   S3E2a. 26   S3E2a 27       Fossil Formation 28 Evidence of Past  Engaging Argument  S3E2a. 29 Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals & Soil Unit 1: Weathering and Erosion Revised June 2017 Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product Unit 1: B Fossils

3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: District Professional Learning(Student Holiday)-10/6/17 Columbus Day(School Closed)-10/9/17 End of 1st Nine Weeks-10/11/17 Beginning 2nd Nine Weeks-10/12/17 ES Early Release- 10/18-19,2017 Report Cards-10/19/17 1st Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-10/19/17 Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals, Soil and Fossils In this unit students will focus on……. Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia 2 Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 3 4 5 6 9 10 Buffer Week 11 12 13 16 Habitats of Georgia Pretest S3L1a. 17 Habitats of Georgia S3L1 a. 18 Regions of Georgia Habitats S3L1a. 19 S3L1a 20 Sorting Habitats of Georgia Sort 23 24 Geographic Regions External Features and Adaptations S3L1b. 25 26 27 Georgia Regions Similarities and Differences District Professional Learning Unit 1: Fossils- Final 3D Student Assessment Product Unit 1: Buffer Week Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Revised June 2017 Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia

3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: Progress Report-11/1/17 Veteran’s Day(School Closed)-11/10/17 Thanksgiving(School Closed)-11/20-24,2017   Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia  In this unit students will focus……. Georgia Regions Similarities and Differences S3L1a. 3 Georgia Regions Similarities and Differences Constructing an Explanation Class Habitat Project/ Gallery Walk S3L1c. 8 Constructing an 9 Constructing an 10 14 Constructing an S3L1c 14 Introduction to Pollution S3L2a. 15 Effects of pollution 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 Pollution and Conservation S3L2b 29 Conservation of Resources and Recycling 30 Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Revised June 2017 Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: End of 2nd Nine Weeks-12/21/17 Christmas/Winter Break(School Closed)-12/22/17-1/8/18 1st Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-12/21/17 Unit 2 Habitats of Georgia  In this unit students will focus……. 1. Conservation of Resources and Recycling S3L2b 4 Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 5 6 7 8 11 Buffer Week 12 13 14 15 18 Science Fair Investigation 19 Science Fair Investigation 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia Unit 2: Buffer Week Science Fair Class Projects Revised June 2017

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: School Based Professional Learing-1/8/18 Beginning of 3rd Nine Weeks-1/9/18 Report Cards-1/2/18 In this unit students will focus……. 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 Playground Temperatures S3P1 10 11 12 Measuring Heat Fun in the Sun Lab S3P1b 15 16 17 18 19 22 Sources of Heat S3P1a 23 24 25 26 29 Materials That affect heat  Test of Temperature 30 Materials That affect heat  31 Materials That affect heat  Unit3: Heat Energy School Based Professional Learning Unit3: Heat Energy Unit3: Heat Energy Unit3: Heat Energy Revised June 2017 Unit3: Heat Energy

Buffer Week 3- Acceleration, Enrichment and Remediation 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: President’s Day Holiday(School Closed)-2/19/18 District Professional Learning Day(Student Holiday)-2/20/18 Unit 4: Electricity and Magnetism In this unit students will focus…….    Unit 4: Pollution Materials That affect heat  Test of Temperature S3P1 2 Materials That affect heat Test of Temperature 5  Constructing a Device to increase/Decrease warming affect S3P1c 6 Constructing a Device to increase/Decrease warming affect 7 8 9 12  Test Device 13 Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 14 15 16 19 20 21 Buffer Week 22 23 26 Impacts of Pollution S3L2. a 27 28 Unit3: Heat Energy Unit3: Heat Energy Unit3: Heat Energy District Professional Learning Buffer Week 3- Acceleration, Enrichment and Remediation Revised June, 2017 Unit 4- Pollution

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: End of 3rd Nine Weeks-3/15/18 Beginning of 4th Nine Weeks-3/16/18 ES Early Release-3/21-22/18 Report Cards-3/22/18 3rd Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-3/22/18 Easter Holiday(School Closed)-3/30/18    Unit 4: Pollution In this unit students will focus……. 1 Investigating Effects of Pollution S3L2. a 2 5 6 7 Exploring Pollution Solutions S3L2. b 8 9 12 Exploring Pollution. 13 14 15 16 Pollution Labs (Explore, Research and Communicate ) S3L2. a, b 19 Pollution Labs 20 Pollution Labs 21 Pollution Labs 22 Pollution Labs 23 Pollution Labs 26 Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 27 28 29 30 Unit 4- Pollution Unit 4- Pollution Unit 4- Pollution Revised June 2017 Unit 4- Pollution Unit 4- Pollution

3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: Spring Break(School Closed)-4/2-4/9/18 Progress Reports-4/24/18      Lab Review-GA Milestones In this unit students will focus……. Acceleration Unit: Rocks and Minerals 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 Buffer Week 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 30 Unit 4- Buffer Week Lab Review for Milestones Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals Revised June 2017 Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals

3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dates to Remember: 4th Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-5/18/18 Exams-5/21-24/18 Last Day for High School-5/25/18 Last Day for ES and MS-5/29/18 Post Planing-5/30-6/1/18   Acceleration Unit: Rocks and Minerals In this unit students will focus……. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals LAST DAY HS Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals Revised June 2017 LAST DAY ES/MS Post Planning