Our class structures curriculum around the TEKS objectives. Some examples for third grade are:

1. READING:  The student uses a variety of word identification strategies; reads with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate levels; reads widely for different purposes in varied sources; uses a variety of strategies to comprehend selections read aloud & selections read independently; responds to various texts; analyzes the characteristics of various types of texts; generates questions and conducts research using information from various sources.
2. READING & WRITING: The student listens and speaks to gain knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others and the common elements of culture; communicates clearly by putting thoughts and feelings into spoken words; writes for a variety of audiences and purposes, and in various forms; composes original texts using the conventions of written language such as capitalization, etc.; spells proficiently; composes meaningful texts applying knowledge of grammar & usage; selects & uses writing processes for self-initiated & assigned writing; evaluates his/her own writing and that of others.
3. MATH: The student uses place value to communicate about increasingly large numbers in verbal and written form, including money; uses fraction names & symbols to describe fractional parts of whole objects or sets of objects; adds & subtracts to solve meaningful problems involving whole numbers; recognizes and solves problems using multiplication & division; uses patterns to solve problems; uses formal geometric vocabulary; recognizes congruence & symmetry; recognizes that numbers can be represented by points on a line; selects & uses appropriate units & procedures to measure length & area; solves problems by collecting, organizing, displaying & interpreting sets of data.
4. SCIENCE: The student knows that information, critical thinking, & scientific problem solving are used in making decisions; knows that systems exist in the world; that forces cause change; knows that matter has physical properties & that living organisms need food, water, light and air; that species have different adaptations that help them survive and reproduce in their enviornment; knows that the natural world includes earth materials and objects in the sky.
5. SOCIAL STUDIES: The student understands how individuals, events & ideas have influenced the history of various communities; understands the common characteristics of these and present communities; the concepts of location, distance & direction on maps and globes; understands the basic structures and functions of local government; ethnic and cultural celebrations of the U.S. and other nations; the role of mythical heroes in shaping the culture of communities, states and nations; also understands how individuals have created new technology and affected life in communities around the world; and applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology.
6. HEALTH: The student explains ways to enhance & maintain health throughout the life span; recognizes and performs behaviors that reduce health risks throughout the life span; knows and engages in behaviors that prevent disease and speed recovery from illness and names structures and functions of the human body and explains how they relate to personal health throughout the life span.