Grade 3 News
Newsletter #1: How The World Works UOI
UOI 5: How The World Works
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
Central idea: Engineers innovate to solve problems.
Key concepts: causation, form, connection
Related concepts: patterns, cause & effect, cycles, engineering, inventions
Lines of inquiry
- The need for inventions (Causation)
- The design cycle (Form)
- The impact of design and technology on daily life (Connection)
UOI Field Trip - Six Flags America
Student will be going to Six Flags America for Math & Science Day on May 12. Students will perform experiments and calculations to answer assigned workbook questions.
Students will participate in hands-on educational activities coordinated by the National Society of Black Engineers, United States Air Force, The Department of Natural Resources, and the Association for the Advancement of the Sciences.
What Are We Learning This Unit?
Math
- I can define a unit fraction.
- I can recognize a unit fraction as part of a whole.
- I can identify and explain the parts of a written fraction.
- I can compare fractions using equal to, less than, and greater than one.
- I can define the interval from 0 to 1 on a number line as the whole.
- I can divide a whole on a number line into equal parts.
- I can recognize that the equal parts between 0 and 1 stand for a fraction.
- I can represent each equal part on a number line with a fraction.
- I can define the interval from 0 to 1 on a number line as the whole.
- I can divide a whole on a number line into equal parts.
- I can represent each equal part on a number line with a fraction.
- I can explain that the endpoint of each equal part represents the total number of equal parts.
- I can describe equivalent fractions.
- I can recognize simple equivalent fractions.
- I can compare fractions by their size to determine equivalence.
- I can use number lines, size, visual fraction models, etc. to find equivalent fractions.
- I can recognize whole numbers written in fractional parts on a number line.
- I can recognize the difference in a whole number and a fraction.
- I can express whole numbers as fractions.
- I can explain how a fraction is equivalent to a whole number.
- I can explain what a numerator means.
- I can explain what denominator means.
- I can recognize whether fractions refer to the same whole.
- I can decide if comparison of fractions can be made (if they refer to the same whole).
- I can explain why fractions are equivalent.
- I can compare two fractions with the same numerator by reasoning about their size.
- I can compare two fractions with the same denominator by reasoning about their size.
- I can record the results of comparisons using symbols >, =, or <.
English Language Arts
- I can find the answers to specific questions within the stories that I read.
- I can remember and retell different kinds of stories from many cultures.
- I can figure out the lessons or morals of the stories that I read and explain that message using details from the story.
- I can describe characters in stories and explain how their actions affect the story.
- I can figure out the meanings of words or groups of words in stories by thinking about how they are used.
- I can tell the difference between literal and nonliteral language when I read.
- I can write and talk about fiction by using the words for the different parts (e.g., chapter, scene, stanza).
- I can describe how new parts of fiction build on the parts that have already happened.
- I can tell the difference between what I think and what the author or characters might think in a story.
- I can explain how the author uses illustrations to help the meaning in a story.
- I can ask and answer questions to show that I understand the information that I am reading.
- I can describe how some scientific ideas are related.
- I can describe how the steps in a set of directions is related.
- I can figure out the meanings of words and phrases in science and social studies texts.
- I can use search tools on the computer to find information quickly.
- I can write organized stories that have lots of details.
- I can write stories from different points of view that have characters and a plot.
- I can use dialog between my characters and describe their actions & feelings to help others understand the plots of my stories.
- I can use temporal words (first, next, then, finally, etc.) to help others understand the order in my stories.
- I can write conclusions (endings) to my stories.
- I can write for different purposes, audiences, and topics.
- I can plan, revise and edit my writing with the help of peers and adults.
- I can use technology to create and publish my writing.
Science
- I can define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specific criteria for success or constraints on materials, time, or cost.
- I can generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- I can plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Arabic
Students will be exploring different traditional clothes, their color, texture, and how dress code changes over time. Students will learn to use vocabulary associated with the categories outlined above. In addition, students will learn how to tell time in Arabic, to count to 1000, and to use incomplete verbs ( (كان واخواتها in the past, present, and future tense.
ACTFL Standards:
Interpersonal communication:
1. I can talk about clothing, and things I wear.
Presentational Writing:
1. I can write about clothes I wear
2. I can write about clothes my classmate are wearing
Presentational Speaking:
1. I can talk about food based on a picture or a photo
2. I can state my favorite food and drinks and those I don’t like
Qur'an
Students will:
- Read and memorize Surat Al-A’ala and At-Tareq with fluency and Tajweed.
- Know the general meaning of Surat Al-A’ala and At-Tareq.
- Write the Surahs after the memorization.
- Review from Surat Al-Burooj to Surat An-Nas.
- Read Surat Al-Kahf with Tajweed.
Islamic Studies
Scope, objective and Goals
Technology is a great blessing and provides mankind with many things. Prayer is the primary way we connect to Allah and balance our lives. How should we view technology’s influence on worship and prayer? How has technology helped our prayer and how has the desire to worship led to innovation and technology?
Topics
Prayer-Sunnah, wajib, farid, what breaks the prayer, how can we concentrate in our prayer, why should we concentrate in.
Technology Benefits and harms of technology.
What is good technology and bad technology?
Art
Art experiences
Students will discover connections between Art and mechanical engineering.
Radial symmetry using tracing paper.
Creating Art machine using mechanical gears using Lego’s gears and axles, motor etc.
Targeted MSDE Standards
3.0 Creative Expression and Production: Students will demonstrate the ability to organize knowledge and ideas for expression in the production of art.
2. Investigate a variety of ways that artists develop ideas and organize the elements of art in response to what they see, know, and artworks
a. Identify sources for ideas and procedures used to create artworks
b. Identify color, line, shape, texture, form, space, and selected principles of design, such as pattern, repetition, and contrast in artworks that convey what they see, know, and feel
Grade 3 Team
- Ms. Ali - hali@tarbiyahacademy.org (Hmrm)
- Ms. Ibrahim - hibrahim@tarbiyahacademy.org (Quran)
- Ms. Taame - otaame@tarbiyahacademy.org (Art)
- Ms. Maher - smaher@tarbiyahacademy.org (Arabic)
- Imam Mikaeel - msmith@tarbiyahacademy.org (IS)
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