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

*Consider using the PhET simulation Balloons and static Electricity found in McGraw Hill Lesson Library

Explain: Close Reading Electric Current Can be done in ELAblock

30 Min Learning Intention:

58-59

I am learning to critically read a text so that I can write a summary. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can summarize the text. I am learning to use information from activities and readings to make a claim and explain how the balloon attracts hair. Success Criteria: I’ll know I’m successful when I can make a claim and support it with evidence from the texts and activities. *Use the CER model as a scaffold for the writing prompt.

Evaluate: Lesson Review

15 Min Learning Intention:

65-66

POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS Explain: Thomas Edison

60-61

What Does an Electrical Engineer Do?

62

Elaborate: Eliminate Static Electricity

63