Third Grade

Below you will find educational materials for third grade teachers exploring agriculture in the classroom. All lesson plans were created based on Mississippi’s 2018 College-and-Career Readiness Standards in Math, Science, and Social Studies as well as the National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes, and the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s recognized commodities.

This curriculum was developed by the Mississippi State University School of Human Science for the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag in the Classroom Program.

English Language Arts

Wheat: SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs.

Science

Poultry: L.3.1.1 Identify traits and describe how traits are passed from parent organism(s) to offspring in plants and animals.

Soybeans: L.3.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of internal and external structures in plants and animals and how they relate to their growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction within an environment.

Cotton: L.3.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of internal and external structures in plants and animals and how they relate to their growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction within an environment.

Swine: L.3.1.1 Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and external structures of animals (e.g., heart, stomach, bone, lung, brain, skin, ears, appendages) function to support survival, growth, and behavior.

Dairy: L.3.1.1 Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and external structures of animals (e.g., heart, stomach, bone, lung, brain, skin, ears, appendages) function to support survival, growth, and behavior.

Equine: L.3.1.1 Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and external structures of animals (e.g., heart, stomach, bone, lung, brain, skin, ears, appendages) function to support survival, growth, and behavior.

Sweet Potatoes: L.3.1.2 Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and external structures of plant (e.g., thorns, leaves, stems, roots, or colored petals) function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Honey: L.3.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding that through reproduction, the survival and physical features of plants and animals are inherited from parent organisms but can also be influenced by the environment.

Beef: L.3.2.1 Identify traits and describe how traits are passed from parent organism(s) to offspring in plants and animals.

L.3.2.3 Describe and provide examples of offspring from two parent organisms as containing a combination of inherited traits from both parent organisms.

Aquaculture: L.3.2.3 Describe and provide examples of offspring from two parent organisms as containing a combination of inherited traits from both parent organisms.

Corn: L.3.2.3 Describe and provide examples of offspring from two parent organisms as containing a combination of inherited traits from both parent organisms.

Horticulture: L.3.2.4 Obtain and communicate data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from both parent organisms and that variations of these traits exist in groups of similar organisms (e.g., flower colors in pea plants or fur color and pattern in animal offspring).

Forage: L.3.2.5 Research to justify the concept that traits can be influenced by the environment (e.g., stunted growth in normally tall plants due to insufficient water, changes in an arctic foxes fur color due to light and/or temperature, or flamingo plumage).

Soil: E.3.7B.1 Obtain and evaluate scientific information (e.g. using technology) to describe the four major layers of Earth and the varying compositions of each layer.

Social Studies

Peanuts: CI.3.3 Compare and contrast how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in local government and portray good citizenship. 1. Categorize the way Americans feel about their rights and responsibilities, e.g. individual rights and freedoms, the common good, and respecting the law. 2. Argue the characteristics of a responsible citizen.

Cotton: E.3.3 Explain how people earn income. Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services. Evaluate the impact of skills and knowledge on an individual’s income. Explain how economic development determines where people can choose to live.

Forestry: G.3.1 Identify ways humans have altered the physical environment. 1. Explain how various industries, such as farming, fishing, timber, etc.have altered the physical environment. 2. Utilize vocabulary associated with human influence on the environment.

Mathematics

Rice: 3.MD.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). 6 Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one- step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.

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