This article describes nine phases of curriculum-development activities conducted by the Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), the end result of which was to arrive at a research-based supplemental curriculum that could be used by teachers of English-speaking or bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children in prekindergarten and…

Describes how a group of third-grade teachers engaged in meaningful and useful curriculum development in the language arts, starting with a belief statement, and moving to program outcomes, integrated topics, specific objectives, and student exhibitions and portfolios. (SR)

A practicum project was undertaken to develop and implement a career education program that would introduce third graders to career opportunities. The setting for the project was an industrial city in the Midwest. The goals addressed in the set of structured activities developed were to: (1) increase third graders' awareness of career…

Writing samples from third grade classrooms in one site of the National Head Start/Public School Transition Demonstration Project were examined using a process scoring scheme providing holistic, text-level, and sentence-level writing scores. The children in the Demonstration third grade classrooms (both Transition study and non-study children)…

Based on common curriculum goals outlined by the Oregon Department of Education, this curriculum map is designed to assist third grade teachers in evaluating and revising their current curriculum. Instructions describe how teachers can effectively use the material provided to gather information and tally and analyze results. The map consists of…

Examines acquisition, maintenance, and transfer of a questioning strategy in second- and third-grade students using a multiple-baseline design. Indicates that knowledge of text structure increased and that students could reliably differentiate text structure. Describes the establishment of a 4-week procedure for integrating the questioning…

Describes the "Structures" mathematics program, designed to help primary teachers learn mathematics through play and to achieve goals of the Mathematics strand within Canada's Common Curriculum. Presents grade 3 learning outcomes that are cross-referenced to each mathematics learning strand, patterning and algebra, geometry and spatial…

Discusses the methodology, materials, and results of teaching critical thinking to 20 third graders. (RL)

A pilot of the third grade "Math Their Way" program was conducted in eight classrooms in five Portland (OR) elementary schools during the 1983-84 school year. The eight teachers selected by principals expressed interest in participating in the pilot. The pilot teachers were supported by year-long inservice training conducted by the…

This study describes a 12-week program developed with the intent of improving the spelling of high frequency words using centers that will activate each of the eight multiple intelligences. The targeted population consists of second and third graders in a suburban community in northeast Illinois. Parent surveys, teacher interviews, observations,…

A program was developed for improving the spelling of high frequency words in daily writing across the curriculum through the use of multiple intelligences. The targeted population consisted of second and third grade students in a middle class community in central Illinois. The problem was documented by parent surveys; teacher interviews,…

Provided as a framework for use in curriculum development are Arkansas' course content guides for the primary grades one, two, and three. At each grade level, language arts, mathematics, and reading skills have been identified at three instructional levels: basic, developmental, and extensional. Basic skills are those which all students must…

Five science reading booklets were developed to foster the development of communication, observation, and experimentation skills in Uganda elementary school students. Topics selected, resulting from interviews with teachers and students, included: 1) rain; 2) round worms; 3) caterpillars; 4) butterflies; and 5) insects in the school ground.…

These 12 lesson plans for third graders feature key questions that examine various social and cultural aspects of life in Israel and Jordan. For example, in Lesson No. 2, the key question is: What is it like to live in a kibbutz?; in Lesson No. 10, the key question is: What are the messages that Arab tales teach children? Each lesson provides…

Seeking to foster in children a love of books and reading, this 3-week curriculum module is designed to encourage third graders to read independently and to develop an awareness of the intrinsic value of reading by helping students acquire those library skills necessary to access literature, setting up strategies for students to use to assess…