Grade 3

English Language Arts

EL Education is the provider of the OUSD ELA curriculum for grades K-5,.* The curriculum is standards-based, and relies heavily on fiction and nonfiction trade books. This curriculum is open access, and full materials are available to view and at the EL Education website

* OUSD Dual Language schools use the Benchmark Education curriculum for language instruction.

Module 1

Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far

Why are education, books, and reading important? How can I overcome learning challenges?


Module 2

Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs

How does an author engage the reader in a narrative? How do experts build knowledge and share expertise about a topic? How do frogs survive?


Module 3

Exploring Literary Classics


How do writers capture a reader's imagination?  What can we learn from reading literary classics?



Module 4

Water Around the World


Why are the world's freshwater sources threatened? Due to rainfall, freshwater is not distributed equally around the world. How do people persuade others to take action to contribute to a better world?


Math

Eureka Math2 (Eureka Math "Squared")   is the adopted OUSD curriculum for elementary schools.  The curriculum is aligned to California Common Core standards, which describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade.

Fall

Module 1

Multiplication and Division

with Units of 2, 3, 4, 5, and

10

English | Spanish



Module 2

Place Value Concepts

Through Metric

Measurements

English | Spanish


Winter

Module 3

Multiplication and Division 

with Units of 0, 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 

English | Spanish



Module 4

Multiplication and Area

English | Spanish


Spring

Module 5

Fractions as Numbers

English | Spanish




Module 6

Geometry, Measurement, and Data 

English | Spanish


Science

For elementary science instruction, OUSD uses FOSS (Full Option Science System), a research-based science curriculum developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. This curriculum emphasizes hands-on activities and is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Each grade's curriculum spans three modules - physical science, earth science, and life science. The order of the three modules varies from school to school, depending on the rotation of physical science kits at each school site.

Physical Science

Family Resource: Motion and Matter

What causes objects to move?

How can we use tools to measure the mass of materials in mixtures?


Investigations: 

Earth Science

Family Resource: Water and Climate

How do Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact to create a sustainable environment for life?


Investigations:

Life Science

Family Resource: Structures of Life

Where do organisms come from?

How do they survive?

How are all the different kinds of plants and animals able to continue to exist on earth?


Investigations: