3rd grade Instructional Guide

GRADE3 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 2: Life Cycles and Traits

Module: Animals

Lesson 1: Animal Life Cycles Lesson 2: Animal Traits Lesson 3: Animal Group Survival

Concepts graphic organizer: Cause and Effect in the online materials. (EM 18)

Explain: Close Reading: Inherited Physical and Behavioral Traits

30 Min Learning Intention:

Computers for simulation

70-71

I am learning about behavioral and physical traits, so I can observe and explain physical and behavioral traits. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can explain behavioral and/or physical traits of the galegos primate. *Consider completing the McGraw Hill simulation Choose Traits for Survival in addition to the close read. (in the lesson library digital platform) I am learning about learned and environmental traits, so I can explain traits that are infuenced by outside factors that aid in survival. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can explain and give examples of learned traits and environmental traits. *Consider showing students pictures of learned vs. environmental traits and make a game of it. I am learning to use information from activities and readings to make a claim about inherited traits, so I can explain why kittens look different from each other

● Learned vs. Environmen tal Traits Game

Explain: Learned and Environmental Traits

30 Min Learning Intention:

72-73

Evaluate: Lesson Review

15 Min Learning Intention:

76-77