Adventist International Mission School

SCOPE & SEQUENCE: BIBLE

Grade 3, School Year 2023 - 2024
Prepared By: Carmen Mutya
FIRST QUARTER SECOND QUARTER THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER
Aug.15– Oct. 12, 2023 Oct. 16- Dec.15, 2023 Jan.8-Mar.15, 2024 Mar. 18 - May 31, 2024
My God is Loving and Generous My Jesus – Loving and Generous Friend Big-Hearted Friends
Our God showed He is amazingly caring and abundantly generous by continually Our Jesus showed His love and care for God’s friends change to be more like
looking after His special people and give them a land of Promise. people by connecting meaningfully with Jesus. They grow to show…
people of all ages.
3.1 Salvation 3.13 Generosity
[Let’s Celebrate!] [Big-hearted Friends]
Our God is generous. He gives us so many 3.5 Era of the Judges 3.9 Jesus The widow’s offering
gifts. He is worthy of our praise. Let’s have a [Hardship in the Homeland] [Friend of Children] King David and Mephibosheth
party and celebrate Him! Joshua’s Speech to Israel Jesus blesses the children. Elisha and the jars of oil
Israel disobeys 1 Corinthians 13
3.2 Wilderness Gideon 3.14 The Bible
[Preparing for the Homeland] Israel’s see-saw experience 3.10 Jesus [Generous Gift to Me]
Spying out the land [Friend to the Friendless] Every person can find truth, meaning
Israel wanders for 40 more years *3.6 Christmas Zacchaeus and help in God’s Word. It doesn’t
The bronze serpent [Meaningful Gifts] The lame man of Bethesda healed change. The Bible answers every
Moses strikes rock, the death of Moses An exploration of the meaning in the The man with Leprosy healed single need; every situation.
Aaron’s budding rod gifts of the Wise men. 1 Corinthians 13
Balaam
3.7 Ruth *3.11 Easter
3.3 Jericho [Harvest in the Homeland] [God gives Everything]
[Entering the Homeland] Naomi and Ruth
Crossing the Jordan River Ruth gleans in the fields 3.12 Jesus
Rahab and the spies Ruth and Boaz [A Special Friend]
The fall of Jericho Mary, Martha and Jesus
3.8 Samuel Mary washes Jesus’ feet
3.4 Canaan [Connection in the Homeland] The raising of Lazarus
[Settling in the Homeland] Hannah’s prayer for a son 1 Corinthians 13
The ceremony of recommitment Samuel’s tabernacle work
The Gibeonite Treaty Samuel’s call from God
Working together to settle the land  Eli’s work as a priest Grading System:
Tithing Homework/ Recitation/Participation 15%
Cities of Refuge Alternative/Performance Assessment 40%
Topic Assessment 15%
Summative Assessment 30%
Total 100%
Exam Date Exam Date Exam Date Exam Date
October 9 – 12, 2023 December 9 – 15, 2023 Mar. 11 – 14, 2024 May 24 – 30, 2024
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SCOPE & SEQUENCE: SCIENCE
Grade 3, School Year 2023 - 2024
Prepared By: Carmen M. Mutya
FIRST QUARTER SECOND QUARTER THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER
Aug.15– Oct. 12, 2023 Oct. 16- Dec.15, 2023 Jan.8-Mar.15, 2024 Mar. 18 - May 31, 2024
3-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and 3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and 3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and 3-ESS2 Earth's Systems
Interactions Variation of Traits Diversity 3-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

Unit 1: Forces Around Us

MODULE 1: FORCES AND MOTION
Lesson 1: Motion
Lesson 2: Forces Can Change Motion
MODULE 2: ELECTRICITY AND
MAGNETISM
Lesson 1: Electricity and Designing Solutions
Lesson 2: Magnetism and Designing Solutions
Unit 2: Life Cycles and Traits
MODULE 1: PLANTS
Lesson 1: Plant Life Cycle
Lesson 2: Plants Traits
MODULE 2: ANIMALS
Lesson 1: Animal Lice Cycles
Lesson 2: Animal Traits
Lesson 3: Animal Group Survival
Unit 3: Different Environments Unit 4: Observing Weather
MODULE 1: SURVIVE THE MODULE 1: WEATHER
ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 1: Weather Patterns
Lesson 1: Survival of Organisms
Lesson 2: Weather and Seasons
Lesson 2: Adaptations and
Variations Lesson 3: Natural Hazards and the
Environment
MODULE 2: CHANGE OF
ENVIRONMENTS Lesson 4: Prepare for Natural
Hazards
Lesson 1: Fossil
Lesson 2: Changes Affects Organism

Exam Date Exam Date Exam Date Exam Date

October 9 – 12, 2023 December 9 – 15, 2023 Mar. 11 – 14, 2024 May 24 – 30, 2024
Grading System:
Homework/ Recitation/Participation 15%
Alternative/Performance Assessment 40%
Topic Assessment 15%
Summative Assessment 30%
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SCOPE & SEQUENCE: SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 3, School Year 2023 - 2024
Prepared By: Carmen M. Mutya
FIRST QUARTER SECOND QUARTER Oct. 16- THIRD QUARTER Jan.8- FOURTH QUARTER
Aug.15– Oct. 12, 2023 Dec.15, 2023 Mar.15, 2024 Mar. 18 - May 31, 2024

Being A Citizen Perspectives and Diversity in Our World Diversity and Culture: Using Evidence to The Way We Live in Our Community
What makes a community? Learn About our Past How do our needs and resources affect how we live?
Why is it important to be an active participant in the How do our communities and the people who
communities to which I belong? live in them change over time?  3 Types of Resources
 What is a community?  Supply and Demand
 Types of Community  Places in My Community and Services  Culture in My Community  Roles of Technology in our Community
- Urban  Background: Customs and 2 weeks/ 4 periods
- Suburban  People in My Community: Jobs Traditions
- Rural  Types of Houses The Impact of Geography in My Community
3 weeks/ 6 periods  Natural Resources How do weather/climate and geographical location affect how
3 weeks/ 6 periods 3 weeks/ 6 periods people in my community live?
Citizenship in the Community
Why is it important to learn to work with others? Why Using Evidence to Connect People’s Impact
 The 5 Basic Institutions in Our on the Past and Present  People, Then and Now
do we need rules?
Community How do the actions of people in the past  Sources of Income in My Community
 What Makes a Good Community? influence us today?
- Family
 Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities 1 weeks/ 2 periods
a. Members of the Family  What Makes My Community
b. Types of Family  Rules and Consequences in My
Changed The Role of Geography
Community?
 The Environment’s Effect on What do maps tell us about the communities we belong to?
- School Human Activities
- Religious Institutions  Human’s Impact to the
- Health Institutions  The 4 Main Directions
3 weeks/ 6 periods Environment  Basic Map Reading
- Law Making and Law Enforcing
Institutions  Following Directions
3 weeks/ 6 periods
3 weeks/ 6 periods 3 weeks/ 6 periods
Completion of Projects Completion of Projects Completion of Projects
1 weeks/ 2 periods 1 weeks/ 2 periods 1 weeks/ 2 periods Culmination
Exam Date Exam Date Exam Date Exam Date
October 9 – 12, 2023 December 9 – 15, 2023 Mar. 11 – 14, 2024 May 24 – 30, 2024

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Adventist International Mission School

 SCOPE & SEQUENCE: LANGUAGE ARTS / READING
Grade 3, School Year 2023 - 2024
Prepared By: Carmen M. Mutya

QUARTER/DATES READING LANGUAGE ARTS

UNIT 1: GROWING AND LEARNING UNIT 1
FIRST QUARTER
Aug.15– Oct. 12, 2023  Story time: What can stories teach you?  Story Time
Genre: Fantasy  Writing: Narrative
 Vocabulary: Synonyms  Grammar: Sentences and Fragments
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Visualize, Story Structure  Spelling: Short Vowels a and i
 Phonics: Short vowels a and i, Word Families
 Traditions: What can traditions teach you about cultures?  Traditions
Genre: Realistic Fiction  Writing: Narrative
 Vocabulary: Context Clues  Grammar: Commands and
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Visualize, Story Structure, Sequence Exclamations
 Phonics: Short vowels e, o, and u; Inflectional Endings  Spelling: Short Vowels e, o, and u
 Communities: How do people from different cultures contribute to a
community?  Communities
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction  Writing: Informative
 Vocabulary: Compound Words  Grammar: Subjects
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask & Answer Questions, Text Structure,  Spelling: Final e
Sequence
 Phonics: Final e; Inflectional Endings, Drop Final e  Inventions
 Inventions: How can problem-solving lead to new ideas?  Writing: Informative
Genre: Biography  Grammar: Predicates
 Vocabulary: Metaphors  Spelling: Long a
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask & Answer Questions, Text Structure,
Cause & Effect  Landmarks
 Phonics: Long a. Plurals –s and –es.  Writing: Opinion
 Landmarks: How do landmarks help us understand our country’s story?  Grammar: Simple and Compound
Genre: Expository Text Sentences
 Vocabulary: Multiple-Meaning Words  Spelling: Long o
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask & Answer Questions, Main Idea and key
Details  Assessment (See Reading Column)
 Phonics: Long o. Compound Words
 Unit 1 Review and Assessment
UNIT 2
UNIT 2: FIGURE IT OUT
 Cooperation
 Cooperation: Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?  Writing: Narrative
 Genre: Folktale  Grammar: Kinds of Nouns
 Vocabulary: Antonyms  Spelling: Long I and long u
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions;
Theme  Immigration
 Phonics: Long i and long u, Plural words with y to i.  Writing: Opinion
 Immigration: Why do people immigrate to new places?  Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns
Genre: Historical Fiction  Spelling: Long e
 Vocabulary: Similes
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Visualize, Make, Confirm, and Revise  Government
Predictions; Theme  Writing: Opinion
 Phonics: Long e; Inflectional Endings  Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns and
 Government: How do people make government work? Collective Nouns
Genre: Expository Text  Spelling: Words with Silent Letters
 Vocabulary: Prefixes
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Reread, Author’s point of view
Exam Date  Phonics: Words with Silent letters, Singular and Plural Possessives
October 9 – 12, 2023

UNIT 2: FIGURE IT OUT CONTINUED UNIT 2 CONTINUED

 Survival: How can people help animals survive?  Survival

SECOND QUARTER Genre: Expository Text  Writing: Informative
 Vocabulary: suffixes  Grammar: combining Sentences
Oct. 16- Dec.15, 2023  Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Reread; Author’s Point of View  Spelling: Three-Letter Blends
 Phonics: Three-Letter Blends, Closed Syllables
 Figure It Out: How do people figure things out?  Landmarks
Genre: Limerick and Free verse  Writing: Narrative
 Vocabulary: Similes  Grammar: Possessive Nouns
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Point of View; Literary Elements: Alliteration  Spelling: Digraphs
& Rhyme
 Phonics: Digraphs, Open Syllables  Assessment (See Reading Column)
 Unit 2 Review and Assess

UNIT 3
UNIT 3: ONE OF A KIND
 Be Unique
 Be Unique: What makes different animals unique?  Writing: Narrative
Genre: Folk Tale  Grammar: Action Verbs
 Vocabulary: Synonyms  Spelling: r Controlled Vowels
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Visualize; Problem and Solution
 Phonics: r Controlled Vowels, Contractions  Leadership
 Leadership: How can one person change the way you think?  Writing: Narrative
 Genre: Historical Fiction  Grammar: Present-tense Verbs and
 Vocabulary: Idioms Subject-Verb Agreement
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Visualize, Character, Setting, Plot, Cause and  Spelling: : r Controlled Vowels /ar/
Effect and /or/
 Phonics: r Controlled Vowels /ar/ and /or/ Prefixes un-, re-, and pre-
 Discoveries: What do we know about Earth and its neighbors?  Discoveries
Genre: Expository Text  Writing: Informative
 Vocabulary: Suffixes  Grammar: Past-Tense Verbs
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Summarize, Main Idea and Key Details  Spelling: r Controlled Vowels /ar/ and
 Phonics: r Controlled Vowels /ar/ and /ir/ Suffixes –y and -ly /ir/
 New Ideas: What ideas can we get from nature?
Genre: Expository Text  Inventions
 Vocabulary: Root Words  Writing: Informative
Exam Date  Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Summarize, Main Idea and Key Details  Grammar: Future-Tense Verbs
December 9 – 15, 2023  Phonics: Prefixes pre-, dis-, mis-, Final e Syllables  Spelling: Prefixes pre-, dis-, mis-

UNIT 3: ONE OF A KIND CONTINUED UNIT 3 CONTINUED

THIRD QUARTER  Value the Past: How is each event in history unique?  Value the Past
Jan.8-Mar.15, 2024 Genre: Expository Text  Writing: Opinion
 Vocabulary: Suffixes  Grammar: Combining Sentences with
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Summarize, Sequence Verbs
 Phonics: Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/, Prefixes un-, non-, dis-  Spelling: Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/
 Unit 3 Review and Assessment
 Assessment (See Reading Column)

UNIT 4
UNIT 4: MEET THE CHALLENGE
 Choices
A. Choices: What choices are good for us?  Writing: Opinion
Genre: Folk Tale  Grammar: Linking Verbs
 Vocabulary: Root Words  Spelling: Variant Vowels
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask and Answer Questions; point of View
 Phonics: Roots in Related Words  Skills and Talents
B. Skills and Talents: How can you use what you know to help others?  Writing: Opinion
Genre: Realistic Fiction  Grammar: Contractions with Not
 Vocabulary: Prefixes  Spelling: Plural Words
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask and Answer Questions; point of View
 Phonics: Plural Words, Vowel Team Syllables  Adaptation
 C. Adaptation: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?  Writing: Informative
Genre: Expository Text  Grammar: main and Helping Verbs
 Vocabulary: Sentence Clues  Spelling: Variant Vowel
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Reread; Text Structure: Compare and
Contrast  Inventions
 Phonics Variant Vowel long o; Greek and Latin roots  Writing: Informative
D. Flight: How are people able to fly?  Grammar: Complex Sentences
Genre: Expository Text  Spelling: Homophones
 Vocabulary: Context Clues
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Reread, Text Structure: Cause and Effect  Inspiration
 Phonics: Homophones; r Controlled Vowel Syllables
Exam Date E. Inspiration: How can others inspire us?  Writing: Narrative
Mar. 11 – 14, 2024 Genre: Narrative and Free Verse  Grammar: Irregular Verbs
 Vocabulary: Metaphor  Spelling: Soft c and g
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Theme, Literary Elements: Repetition and
Rhyme  Assessment (See Reading Column)
 Phonics: Soft c and g, Words with –er and -est
F. Unit 4 Review and Assess

UNIT 5: TAKE ACTION UNIT 5

FOURTH QUARTER  Let’s Trade: How do we get what we need?  Let’s Trade
Mar. 18 - May 31, 2024 Genre: Fairy Tale  Writing: Narrative
 Vocabulary: Root Words  Grammar: Singular and Plural
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Summarize; Point of View Pronouns
 Phonics: Compound Words, Consonant + le syllables  Spelling: Compound Words
 Reuse and Recycle: How can we reuse what we already have?
Genre: Realistic Fiction  Reuse and Recycle
 Vocabulary: Homographs  Writing: Narrative
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Summarize, Point of View  Grammar: Subject and Object
 Phonics: Inflectional Endings, Suffixes Pronouns
 Teaming Up: How do teams work together?  Spelling: Inflectional Endings –ed, -ing,
Genre: Expository Text -es
 Vocabulary: Context Clues
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask & Answer Questions, Author’s Point of  Teaming Up
View  Writing: Informative
 Phonics: Closed Syllables; roots in Related Words  Grammar: Pronoun-Verb Agreement
 Good Citizens: What do good citizens do?  Spelling: Closed Syllables
Genre: Biography
 Vocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes  Good Citizens
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask & Answer Questions, Author’s Point of  Writing: Informative
View  Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
 Phonics: Inflectional Endings y to i, Suffixes –ful, -ness, -less  Spelling: Inflectional Endings y to i
  Energy: What are different kinds of energy?
Genre: Expository Text  Energy
 Vocabulary: Homophones  Writing: Opinion
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Ask & Answer Questions, Cause and Effect  Grammar: Pronoun-Verb Contractions
 Phonics: Open Syllables; Prefixes and Suffixes  Spelling: Open Syllables
 Unit 5 Review and Assess
 Assessment (See Reading Column)
UNIT 6: THINK IT OVER
UNIT 6
 Treasures: How do you decide what’s important?
Genre: Myth/Drama A. Treasures
 Vocabulary: Root Words  Writing: Opinion
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions  Grammar: Adjectives and Articles
 Phonics: Prefixes, Roots in related Words  Spelling: Prefixes
 Weather: How can weather affect us?
Genre: Historical Fiction B. Weather
 Vocabulary: Idioms  Writing: Narrative
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions;  Grammar: Adjectives that Compare
Theme  Spelling: Consonant + le Syllables
 Phonics: Consonant + le Syllable; Latin Suffixes
 Learning to Succeed: Why are goals important? C. Learning to Succeed
Genre: Biography  Writing: Informative
 Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Roots  Grammar: Adverbs
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: reread; Text Structure: Problem and Solution  Spelling: Vowel-Team Syllables
 Phonics: Vowel-Team Syllables, Greek and Latin Roots D. Animals and You
 Writing: Informative
 Animals and You: How can learning about animals help you respect them?  Grammar: Adverbs that Compare
Genre: Expository Text  Spelling: r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
 Vocabulary: Paragraph Clues
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Reread; Text Structure: Compare and E. Funny Times
Contrast  Writing: Narrative
 Phonics: r-Controlled Vowel Syllables, Latin Suffixes  Grammar: Prepositions
 Funny Times: What makes you laugh?  Spelling: Suffixes –ful, -less. –ly
Genre: Narrative Poem
 Vocabulary: Idioms F. Assessment (See Reading Column)
 Comprehension Strategy & Skills: Point of View; Literary Elements: Rhythm
and rhyme
 Phonics: Suffixes –ful, -less. –ly; Frequently Misspelled Words
 Unit 6 Review and Assess
Exam Date
May 24 – 30, 2024
Language Arts Grading System:

Homework/ Recitation/Participation 15%

Alternative/Performance Assessment 40%

 Reading Grading System:

Reading Speed and Articulation 20%

Word Recognition, Spelling, & Vocabulary 20%

Comprehension (Word, Sentence, Story 40%

Summative 20%

Total 100%

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