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1st Nine Weeks: August 17 - October 14 = 42 Days

August 2016 Harmony Public Schools - Pacing Calendar: Science, Grade 3

Syllabus/Expectations

Safe Practices, Tools Measurement, & Graphing,

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 [17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 Teacher PD Days /

Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates.

Expectations & Safety Notebook Setup

Safety, Tools, & Measurement skills are introduced here, at the beginning of the year, but should be practiced with every unit throughout the year.

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Wk. 3

Wk. 2 3.2ABCDEF & 3.4A: Scientific Process Skills, Measurement & Graphing, Tools

3.5AB: Classifying Matter

AIMS: Time & Temperature AIMS: Getting into gasses

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September 2016 1st Nine Weeks: August 17 - October 14 = 42 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5

No School

Labor Day

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 Teacher PD Days /

Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates.

MAP/ NWEA

Fall Testing

Window:

September

6-23

Wk. 5

Wk. 4

Wk. 6

Wk. 7

Wk. 3

3.5AB: Classifying Matter

3.5D: Mixtures

3.5D: Mixtures

3.5C: Changes from Heat

MAP / NWEA

3.5AB: Classifying Matter

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MAP / NWEA

Assess 3.5ABD

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October 2016 1st Nine Weeks: August 17 - October 14 = 42 Days 2nd Nine Weeks: October 17 - December 16 = 40 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14] 15

16 [17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 Teacher PD Days /

Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates.

End of quarter

Extend, Review, Assess, Re-teach

DA Testing Window: October

3-14 (expected

test duration 45 min.)

Wk. 12

Wk. 8

Wk. 9

Wk. 7

Wk. 10

Wk. 11

3.6A: Forms of Energy

3.6A Engineering Connections - Forms of Energy

3.6B: Forces and Motion

3.6C: Magnetism and Gravity

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Assess 3.5C 3.6ABC

Assign CER or

Writing in Science

prompts for stu-

dents to practice

writing (See

TELPAS samples)

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November 2016 2nd Nine Weeks: October 17 - December 16 = 40 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21

No School

Thanksgiving

Break

22

No School

Thanksgiving

Break

23

No School

Thanksgiving

Break

24

No School

Thanksgiving

Break

25

No School

Thanksgiving

Break

26

27 28 29 30 Teacher PD Days / Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates. Wk. 16

Wk. 15

Wk. 14

Wk. 13

Wk. 12 3.7B: Earth’s Forces

3.7C: Earth’s Landforms

3.7C: Earth’s Landforms

3.7A: Formation of Soil

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Re-visit proper-ties of matter and

measurement with the activities for Formation of

Soil

Assign CER or

Writing in Science

prompts for stu-

dents to practice

writing (See

TELPAS samples)

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December 2016 2nd Nine Weeks: October 17 - December 16 = 40 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16] 17

18 19

No School

Winter Break

20

No School

Winter Break

21

No School

Winter Break

22

No School

Winter Break

23

No School

Winter Break

24

25 26

No School

Winter Break

27

No School

Winter Break

28

No School

Winter Break

29

No School

Winter Break

30

No School

Winter Break

31 Teacher PD Days / Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates. Wk. 20

Wk. 19

Wk. 18

Wk. 17

Wk. 16

End of quarter

Review, Assess, Reteach, Extend

3.7A: Formation of Soil

3.7A: AIMS Radishes Rock

3.7A: Formation of Soil

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DA / Semester

Finals Testing

Window:

December

12th -16th

Assess 3.7ABC

Re-visit proper-ties of matter and measure-ment with the

activities for For-mation of Soil

Start the radish seeds lab so that they have started to germinate by next week

Assign CER or

Writing in Science

prompts for stu-

dents to practice

writing (See

TELPAS samples)

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3rd Nine Weeks: January 2 —March 10 = 48 Days

January 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 [2

Teacher PD Day

Student Holiday

3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16

No School

MLK JR. Day

17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 Teacher PD Days / Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates.

MAP/ NWEA

Winter

Testing

Window:

January 23 –

February 3

Wk. 25

Wk. 23

Wk. 22

Wk. 21

Wk. 24

3.7D: Resources / 3.1B: Conservation

3.8B: The Sun and Water Cycle

3.8A: Weather

3.7D: Resources — Project Based Learning (under Acceleration tab)

or Engineering Connections (under Elaborate tab)

MAP / NWEA

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3.8B: The Sun and Water Cycle

Assign CER or

Writing in Science

prompts for stu-

dents to practice

writing (See

TELPAS samples)

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February 2017 3rd Nine Weeks: January 2 —March 10 = 48 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 Teacher PD Days / Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates. Wk. 29

Wk. 28

Wk. 27

Wk. 26

Wk. 25

Practice STAAR

Testing

Window:

February

20th — 24th

MAP/ NWEA

Testing

Window:

Jan. 23—Feb. 3

3.8CD: Finish Engineering Con-

nection activity (If needed)

3.8CD: Space

Review, Assess, Reteach

3.8A: Weather

3.8A: Weather

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Assess 3.8ABCD

3.8CD: Engineering Connection — Space (solar system model)

TELPAS Practice Writing Sample

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March 2017 3rd Nine Weeks: January 2 —March 10 = 48 Days 4th Nine Weeks: March 20 - May 25 = 48 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10] 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 [20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31 Teacher PD Days /

Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates.

End of quarter

STAAR Writing 4th & 7th, Reading & Math 5th, 8th

*Spring Break (Varies by Cluster)

Wk. 33

Wk. 32

Wk. 31

Wk. 30

Wk. 29

*Spring Break (Varies by Cluster)

DA Testing

Window:

February 27th-

March 17th

(expected

test duration

35 min.)

3.9AC: Environments

3.9AC: Environments

3.9AC: Environments

3.9B: Food Chains

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3.9B: Food Chains

Assess 3.9ABC

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April 2017 4th Nine Weeks: March 20 - May 25 = 48 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14

No School

Spring Holiday

15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 Teacher PD Days / Student Holidays vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates. Wk. 38

Wk. 36

Wk. 35

Wk. 34

Wk. 33

Wk. 37

3.10A: Adaptations

3.10B: Inherited Traits

3.10C: Life Cycles

3.10C: Life Cycles

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Assess 3.10ABC

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May 2017 4th Nine Weeks: March 20 - May 25 = 48 Days

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26]

Early

Release

27

28 29

Holiday Memorial Day

30 31 Teacher PD Days /

Student Holidays

vary for each Clus-

ter. Check your

Cluster’s calendar

for those dates.

Review, Assess, Reteach

STAAR Science — 5th & 8th, Social Studies — 8th, Reading & Math — 3rd, 4th, 6th,7th

End of quarter

Independent Investigation

3.10C: Life Cycles — Project Based Learning (Life Cycles 3D Models)

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Wk. 40

Wk. 39

Wk. 38 Review, Assess, Reteach

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Optional 4th DA

for Math/

Reading:

May 15—26