1. 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
Preplanning- 8/1-4/17
District Professional Learning- 8/1/17
First Day of School-8/7/17
PreUnit: Nature of Science
In this unit students will focus on…….
Scientific Method
Graphing
Metric Measures
Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals, Soils and Fossils   
1     2 3 4 7
Rituals and Routines 8 9
Set Up Lab Notebook 10
Lab Safety
Nature of Science 11 14
Class Science Fair Projects 15 16 17
18 
Rocks Mineral Soil
Pretest 
21         
   Introduction to Rocks
                 S3E1a. 
         
22           
Introduction to Rocks
             S3E1a. 
Physical Attributes
of  Rocks
                   S3E1a. 
Physical Attributes of 
                  Rocks 25
Physical Attributes of
Rocks
                 S3E1a
28 
Minerals
                S3E1a.  29
              S3E1a. 
30    
       Rocks & Minerals
 Similarities & differences
31   
Rocks & Minerals
     
    
District Professional Learning
Pre-Planning
PreUnit: Nature of Science
Nature of Science /Science Fair Projects
Revised June 2017
Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals & Soil
Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals & Soil

2. 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2016-2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
Labor Day(School Closed)-9/4/17
Progress Reports-9/6/17
Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals, Soils and Fossils
In this unit students will focus on……. 1
Rocks Kindness
Project
SE31A    4 5
Introduction of Soil 
S3E1b. 6
Properties of Soil 
          S3E1b.
7  
          S3E1b.
8   11
Weathering & Erosion
               S3E1c. 12
13  14 15 18
Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product
   
19     . 20 21 22 25
Fossil Formation
  S3E2a. 26
  S3E2a 27
      Fossil Formation 28
Evidence of Past 
Engaging Argument 
S3E2a. 29
Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals & Soil
Unit 1: Weathering and Erosion
Revised June 2017
Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product
Unit 1: B Fossils

3. 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
District Professional Learning(Student Holiday)-10/6/17
Columbus Day(School Closed)-10/9/17
End of 1st Nine Weeks-10/11/17
Beginning 2nd Nine Weeks-10/12/17
ES Early Release /18-19,2017
Report Cards-10/19/17
1st Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-10/19/17
Unit 1: Rocks, Minerals, Soil and Fossils
In this unit students will focus on…….
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia 2
Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 3 4 5 6 9 10
Buffer Week 11 12 13 16
Habitats of Georgia Pretest S3L1a. 17
Habitats of Georgia
S3L1 a. 18
Regions of Georgia Habitats
S3L1a. 19
S3L1a 20
Sorting Habitats of Georgia Sort 23 24
Geographic Regions External Features and Adaptations
S3L1b. 25 26 27
Georgia Regions
Similarities and
Differences
District Professional Learning
Unit 1: Fossils- Final 3D Student Assessment Product
Unit 1: Buffer Week
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Revised June 2017
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia

4. 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
Progress Report-11/1/17
Veteran’s Day(School Closed)-11/10/17
Thanksgiving(School Closed)-11/20-24,2017
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia 
In this unit students will focus…….
Georgia Regions
Similarities and
Differences
S3L1a.
Georgia Regions Similarities and Differences
Constructing an
Explanation
Class Habitat Project/
Gallery Walk
S3L1c.
8 Constructing an
9 Constructing an 10
14 Constructing an
S3L1c 14
Introduction
to Pollution
S3L2a. 15
Effects of pollution 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28
Pollution and Conservation
S3L2b 29
Conservation of Resources and Recycling 30
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Revised June 2017
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia

5. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3rd Grade
Pacing Guide
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
End of 2nd Nine Weeks-12/21/17
Christmas/Winter Break(School Closed)-12/22/17-1/8/18
1st Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-12/21/17
Unit 2 Habitats of Georgia 
In this unit students will focus…….
1. Conservation of
Resources and
Recycling
S3L2b 4
Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 5 6 7 8 11
Buffer Week 12 13 14 15 18
Science Fair
Investigation 19
Science Fair Investigation 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Unit 2: Habitats of Georgia
Unit 2: Buffer Week
Science Fair Class Projects
Revised June 2017

6. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3rd Grade
Pacing Guide
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
School Based Professional Learing-1/8/18
Beginning of 3rd Nine Weeks-1/9/18
Report Cards-1/2/18
In this unit students will focus……. 1 2 3 4 5 8 9
Playground Temperatures
S3P1 10 11 12
Measuring Heat
Fun in the Sun Lab
S3P1b 15 16 17 18 19 22
Sources of Heat
S3P1a 23 24 25 26
29 Materials That affect heat 
Test of Temperature
30 Materials That affect heat 
31 Materials That affect heat 
Unit3: Heat Energy
School Based Professional Learning
Unit3: Heat Energy
Unit3: Heat Energy
Unit3: Heat Energy
Revised June 2017
Unit3: Heat Energy

7. Buffer Week 3- Acceleration, Enrichment and Remediation
3rd Grade
Pacing Guide
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
President’s Day Holiday(School Closed)-2/19/18
District Professional Learning Day(Student Holiday)-2/20/18
Unit 4: Electricity and Magnetism
In this unit students will focus…….
 Unit 4: Pollution
Materials That
affect heat 
Test of Temperature
S3P1
2 Materials That affect
heat Test of Temperature 5
 Constructing a Device to increase/Decrease warming affect
S3P1c 6
Constructing a Device to increase/Decrease warming affect 7 8 9 12
 Test Device 13
Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 14 15 16 19 20 21
Buffer Week 22 23 26
Impacts of Pollution
S3L2. a 27 28
Unit3: Heat Energy
Unit3: Heat Energy
Unit3: Heat Energy
District Professional Learning
Buffer Week 3- Acceleration, Enrichment and Remediation
Revised June, 2017
Unit 4- Pollution

8. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3rd Grade
Pacing Guide
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
End of 3rd Nine Weeks-3/15/18
Beginning of 4th Nine Weeks-3/16/18
ES Early Release-3/21-22/18
Report Cards-3/22/18
3rd Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-3/22/18
Easter Holiday(School Closed)-3/30/18
 Unit 4: Pollution
In this unit students will focus……. 1
Investigating Effects of Pollution
S3L2. a 2 5 6 7
Exploring Pollution Solutions
S3L2. b 8 9 12
Exploring Pollution. 13 14 15
16 Pollution Labs
(Explore, Research and Communicate )
S3L2. a, b
19 Pollution Labs
20 Pollution Labs
21 Pollution Labs
22 Pollution Labs
23 Pollution Labs 26
Final Assessment 3D Student Assessment Product 27 28 29 30
Unit 4- Pollution
Unit 4- Pollution
Unit 4- Pollution
Revised June 2017
Unit 4- Pollution
Unit 4- Pollution

9. 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
Spring Break(School Closed)-4/2-4/9/18
Progress Reports-4/24/18   
Lab Review-GA Milestones
In this unit students will focus…….
Acceleration Unit: Rocks and Minerals 2 3 4 5 6 9 10
Buffer Week 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 30
Unit 4- Buffer Week
Lab Review for Milestones
Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals
Revised June 2017
Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals

10. 3rd Grade Pacing Guide 2017-2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Dates to Remember:
4th Nine Weeks Lab Documentation Due-5/18/18
Exams-5/21-24/18
Last Day for High School-5/25/18
Last Day for ES and MS-5/29/18
Post Planing-5/30-6/1/18
Acceleration Unit: Rocks and Minerals
In this unit students will focus……. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31
Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals
Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals
Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals
LAST DAY HS
Acceleration Unit-Rocks and Minerals
Revised June 2017
LAST DAY ES/MS
Post Planning