Icahn Charter School 6
1701 Fulton Avenue
Bronx, New York 10457
Telephone: 718-294-1706
Fax: 718-583-6194
www.icahncharterschool6.org
Brian Geelan, Principal
Jon-Christopher Hogg, Guidance Counselor
Alison Fliegel-Gunn, Assistant Principal
Yashira Castillo, Administrative Assistant
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December 2016 Syllabus
Third Grade
Language and Literacy:
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The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Anderson)
The Impossible Pet Show
The Talented Clementine
A Natural Beauty
A Mountain History
Strategies
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Main Idea & Key Details (Between Sentences and Paragraphs)
Text Features
W riting:
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Expository Writing
Short & Extended Responses
Grammar
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Possessive Nouns
Combing Sentences
Prefixes & Suffixes
Music
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Listening and understanding the Orchestra
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Elements of art space in artwork
Art
Sayings and Phrases: Core Knowledge
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“A feather in your cap”
“Last Straw”
Mathematics:
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Multiplication and Division with Factors 0, 1, 6-9, and Multiples of 10
Science:
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Classifying Invertebrates
Arthropods
Cnidarians
Echinoderms
Molluscs
Worms
Sponges
Social Studies:
Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times before the Revolution
Geography: The Thirteen colonies by Region:
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New England, Middle Atlantic, Southern
Differences in climate from North to South: corresponding differences in agriculture
(subsistence farming in New England; gradual development of large plantation in the South)
Important cities in the development of trade and government: Philadelphia; Boston; New York;
Charleston
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Icahn Charter School 6 is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute and is a
result of the collaborative efforts of the Foundation for A Greater Opportunity and the Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association.
The Icahn Charter School is a public school open to all children on a space available basis, by lottery.