SEPTEMBER/             *Salmon /Water Cycle/Watersheds

OCTOBER                   *Salmon Dissection with Kate Poaster

                                      *Cedar River Presentation

                                      *Cedar River Watershed Field Trip-Oct. 12^th 

                                      *Health-Self Concept and Relationship Skills

*Geography, Mapping Skills (Map Champs)

*Reading Books–

        The Kid In The Red Jacket (Fiction)

        Come Back Salmon (Non-fiction)

* "How To" Oral Reports

REPORT 1 ---    *Book Report on a Chapter Book (Storyboard)

*Math:  Number Grids, Number Patterns, Data   
 Tables, Graphing, Addition/Subtraction with    
 Multiples of 10 and 100  

                                       (Timed Tests Begin)

*Writing Workshop:  Narrative and Expository

*Writing Traits:  Ideas and Organization

*Free Verse Poetry and Diamante Poems

                                       *Salmon Art with Pam Svore

NOVEMBER/                *Northwest Native Americans

DECEMBER                 *Ronn Wilson Present. & Potlatch-Nov. 19^th & 20th

                                       *Social Studies Unit-Citizenship and Democracy

*Science Kit - Changes/Chemistry

*Health:  Diseases (Asthma and Gingivitis)

                                       *Reading Books–

                                              Legends of Native Americans
 
                                              Non-fiction: Pacific Northwest Indians 

        REPORT 2 ---    *Book Report - Mystery Novel

                                    *Fall Poetry (Leaves)

                                    *Persuasive Turkey Writing/Art Project

                                     *Math:  Linear Measures, Area, Perimeter

                                      (Continued Timed Tests on Add., Sub. & Mult.)

                                    *Writing Workshop:  Expository, Narrative
                                     and Persuasive Stories

                                    *Writing Traits:  Sentence Fluency/Word Choice

        *Winter Art with Pam Svore

JANUARY,                *Science – Light and Eye

FEBRUARY              *Exploring Light:  Kate Poster Lab

                                   *Social Studies:  Communities

                                   *Stanford Achievement Test

                                   *Reading Books-

Harriet Tubman
 
          Nonfiction Text: Light & the Human Eye

          Reading WASL Prep

                                *Science Kit - Electricity

        REPORT 3 ---*Book Report - Biography (Poster)

                                *Math:  Place Value, Decimals, Geometry

                                *Writing Workshop:  Descriptive Writing

                                *Writing Traits:  Word Choice and Voice

                                *Self Portrait Art and Poetry with Pam Svore

                                *Drama

 MARCH                 *Pioneer Studies:  Begin With Oregon Trail

                                *Social Studies:  Issaquah History

                                *Health:  Personal and Physical Safety

                                 *Reading Books–

Sarah, Plain & Tall, Going West,

                                      Trouble For Lucy,

                                       If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon

                                *Science Kit:  Rocks and Minerals

                                 *Fossil Lab with Kate Poaster

                                 *Science Related Reading:

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

If You Dig A Hole To The Other Side Of The Earth

        REPORT 4 ---  *Interview Project/Report – Story Quilt

                                  *Math:  Multiplication, Division and Fractions

                                  *Writing Workshop: Descriptive

(Diaries and Brochures)

                                  *Writing Traits:  Voice and Word Choice

                                  *Art with Pam Svore

   APRIL                    *3^rd Grade WASL MATH & READING Tests

                                        (April 14^th -May 2^nd)

                                  *Reading Books– Continued

Sarah, Plain & Tall, Going West,

                                                 Trouble for Lucy,

                                                 If You Traveled West in a Covered

                                                 Wagon

                                   *Apple Valley School Classroom Simulation

                                   *Math – Mult. and Div. with Multiples of 10,

                                    100,1000

                                   *Writing Workshop:  All Forms Used

                                   *Writing Traits:  All Traits Reviewed

 MAY/JUNE              *Ethnobotany Lab with Kate Poaster

                         *Tide Pool (In School Research Project)

                         *Alki Beach Field Trip w/Kate Poaster 

                          *Reading Books–

Pagoo the Hermit Crab (Realistic Fiction)

Nonfiction Text: Tide Pools

Research Materials

                                  *Writing Workshop:  

                                                 Publication of Stories
                                   
                                                 Autobiographies “About the Author”

                                  *Math: Volume, Capacity and Probability

                                  *Writing Traits:  All Traits Reviewed

                                  *Tide Pool Art with Pam Svore

*Money, Telling Time and Timed Tests Throughout the Year