THIRD GRADE


​Language Arts​

Phonics and Reading
  • Review of all phonics rules
  • Oral Reading
  • Reading Comprehension

Cursive Writing
  • Review of cursive writing formation
  • ¾ space high
  • Creative writing

Spelling and Poetry
  • Weekly word list with vocabulary
  • Sentence dictation using spelling words
  • Reinforcement activities
  • Eight poems committed to memory​
Language: Writing Process
  • Writing complete sentences
  • Creative writing, friendly letters
  • Punctuation and capitalization rules
  • Recognition of simple nouns, subjects, verbs, and adjectives
  • Word usage
  • Forming of plurals and common contractions
  • Recognition of antonyms, homonyms, synonyms
  • Dictionary skills


History and Geography

Continents and Oceans of the world

Study of World Geography

States of the United States of America
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Study of our American Heritage through lives of great people
Columbus, John Smith, Pocahontas, Miles Standish, Squanto, William Penn, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone, Noah Webster, John Greenleaf Whittier, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, U.S. Grant, Louisa May Alcott, Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Billy Sunday, Martin Luther King, Jr.


Science

Plants
  • Exploring the Plant World
Animals
  • Exploring the World of Vertebrates
  • Exploring the World of Invertebrates
Health and Human Biology
  • Wonderfully Made
Earth and Space
  • Exploring the Ocean
  • Exploring the Weather
Conservation
  • Exploring the Desert, the Ocean, the Pond, the Forest, and the Farmer’s Field


Arithmetic

  • Recognition of the place value of numbers
  • Addition facts and checking addition problems with carrying
  • Subtraction facts and checking subtraction problems with borrowing
  • Multiplication tables 0 – 12 and multiplication problems with carrying
  • How to show a multiplication fact six ways
  • Division tables 1-12 and working and checking a division problem
  • Terminology for four processes
  • English and metric measures
  • Telling time
  • Roman numerals 1-1,000
  • Using a ruler
  • Solving story problems with up to four steps
  • Recognizing and solving number sentences
  • Converting measures and solving measurement equations
  • Recognizing and working with greater than (>) and less than (<)
  • Counting money and solving money problems using the decimal point correctly
  • Solving problems containing parentheses
  • Fraction terminology and basic understanding of fractions
  • Averaging numbers
  • Reading a thermometer
  • Recognizing geometric shapes
  • Finding the unknown number in an equation


Health, Safety AND Manners

Health
  • Posture and Exercise
  • Nutrition and Diet
  • Cleanliness
  • Fighting Disease
Safety
  • Fire, Water safety
  • Home, Play safety
  • Street safety
  • First Aid 

Manners
  • Hospitality
  • Proper Introductions
  • Telephone Manners
  • Courtesy and Respect


Bible

Growing With God 
Psalm 1 speaks of our lives as a tree growing by a river. Students will learn that as they allow God to work in their lives, they too will grow, developing strong character and prospering in whatever they do. Personal applications of Biblical principles are made through studying the lives of Joseph and Daniel.


​Computer

All students will have the advantage of learning, using computers not only in the classroom but also in our state of the art Computer Lab. They play typing, spelling games, sight word bingo, counting, graphing, addition, subtraction, money games, creating Word Search puzzles & Crossword puzzles utilizing sight words. Introduction to letter writing and printing. 


​Spanish

Introduction to reading. 

Art​

Music​

Physical Education​