Cultural Program Goals and Objectives
Grade Level 3

About the Cultural Program
Social Studies and Science are often treated as separate subjects in school, but with our Cultural Program, we’ll combine social studies and science. During the habitat classes, students explore the Sound, Salt Marsh, Pond, Beach and Forest, and focus on human interaction with the habitats. We’ll explore the three groups of people to inhabit our area (African Americans, Europeans, and Native Americans) and find out how each group experimented with island plants, animals and other materials. Finally, we’ll explore how our current culture (that’s us!) uses plants, animals and materials native to our island habitat and how we can conserve and protect them. Because of the multi-disciplinary mix of social studies and science, we are offering these classes only to groups of students 6th grade and younger.

Main Curriculum Area: Social Studies
Other Curriculum Areas: Science, English, Math
Grade Level: 3

Primary Goals and Objectives:
These objectives will be covered during all Cultural Program classes. Some objectives are more specific to one habitat than another, so if your schedule does not allow you to take all offered classes, or if there are particular objectives that you want to make sure we cover, please let us know what your specific needs are.

Citizenship
Social Studies Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will exhibit good citizenship in the classroom, school, and community.

Objectives
1.1 Identify attributes of good citizenship

1.2 Cite skills of good citizenship.

History
Social Studies Competency
Goal 6		 The learner will evaluate change in different settings.

Objectives
6.1 Identify and analyze changes which have occurred in communities in different settings.

6.2 Assess the impact of change on the lives of people in communities studied.

Social Stuides Competency
Goal 7		 The learner will analyze religious and other cultural traditions in a variety of communities.


Objectives
7.3 Identify a variety of examples of cultural traditions.

Geography
Social Stuides Competency
Goal 8		 The learner will apply basic geographic concepts and terminology.

Objectives
8.2 Use correct terminology to describe landforms and bodies of water.

8.3 Apply understandings about climate and topography to communities studied.

Social Stuides Competency
Goal 9		 The learner will apply geographic themes to communities.

Objectives
9.1 Know absolute and/or relative locations of the local and other communities. 9.3 Identify example of human-environment interaction in the local and wider communities.

Economics
Social Stuides Competency
Goal 10		 The learner will apply basic economic concepts to communities studied.

Objectives
10.1 Draw relationships between unlimited wants and limited resources and cite examples from communities studied.

Science Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will build an understanding of soil concepts.

Objectives
2.02 Analyze the ability of soil to support the growth of many plants, including those in our food supply.

2.03 Identify various types of soil:

  • Sand.
  • Clay.
  • Humus.
2.04 Evaluate composting to show how plant and animal material can be broken down to form soil.

English Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.

Objectives
1.01 Apply phonics and structural analysis to decode words (e.g., roots, suffixes, prefixes, less common vowel patterns, syllable breaks).

1.02Apply meanings of common prefixes and suffixes to decode words in text to assist comprehension.

1.04 Increase sight vocabulary, reading vocabulary, and writing vocabulary through:

  • listening.
  • discussion.
  • viewing.
  • role play.
English Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.


Objectives
2.06 Summarize main idea(s) from written or spoken texts using succinct language.

2.08 Listen actively by:

  • facing the speaker.
  • making eye contact.
  • asking questions to clarify the message.
  • asking questions to gain additional information and ideas.
English Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objectives
4.02 Use oral and written language to:
  • present information in a sequenced, logical manner.
  • discuss.
  • sustain conversation on a topic.
  • share information and ideas.
  • recount or narrate.
  • answer open-ended questions.
  • report information on a topic.
  • explain own learning.
Data, Probability, and Statistics
Math Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will demonstrate an understanding of data collection, display, and interpretation.


Objectives
4.04 Read and interpret graphs and charts (bar, picture, circle, line and line plots) as sources of information; identify main idea, draw conclusions and make predictions.