3rd grade Instructional Guide

GRADE3 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 1: Forces Around Us

Motion & Forces

Electric & Magnetic Forces Lesson 1: Electricity Lesson 2: Magnets

Lesson 1: Motion Lesson 2: Forces Can Change Motion

Explain: Motion

30 Min Learning Intention:

12-13

I am learning to describe how to measure motion, so I can explain how objects move.

Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can write instructions on how to walk from my desk to a specifc place in the school and a classmate can follow it.

*Incorporate the Visual Literacy - Predicting Motion activity.

Explain: Visual Literacy

20 Min Learning Intention:

14

I am learning about how objects move, so I can describe their movement. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can correctly determine how each object will move. I am learning to use information from activities and readings to make a claim and explain how an amusement park ride will move. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can make a claim and support it with evidence from the texts and activities.

Evaluate: Lesson Review

20 Min Learning Intention:

18-19

*Use the CER model as a scaffold for the writing prompt.

POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS What Does a Statistician Do?

15

Inquiry Activity: Movement of a Wind-Up Toy

16-17