Third Grade Curriculum Guide

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading

  • Alphabetical order
  • Development of stories and poems
  • Reference and research materials
  • Book reports
  • Oral reports
  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • Make, confirm, revise predictions
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Draw conclusions
  • Oral reading
  • Identify main ideas and supporting details
  • Reading for comprehension
  • Story Elements - setting, plot, characters, theme, cause and effect, and author’s purpose

Writing

  • Ability to write neatly and legibly
  • Use the writing process for a variety of purposes
  • Creative, descriptive, persuasive and narrative writing.
  • Writing a letter
  • Use correct grammar, capitalization and punctuation
  • Transition from manuscript to cursive according to the Zaner-Bloser system

English

  • Types of sentences
  • Sentence structure- punctuation & capitalization
  • Types of speech: common and proper nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions
  • Compound words

MATHEMATICS

  • Place value of 5 and 6 digit numbers.
  • Count by 5’s, 10’s, 20’s, 50’s and 100’s
  • Read and write numbers to 10,000
  • Basic Addition and Subtraction
  • Multiplication Facts 0-10
  • Division Facts 0-10
  • Round numbers to the nearest 1000’s place.
  • Telling time.
  • Use calendar and schedules.
  • Data and Measurement
  • Solve elapsed time problems
  • Combine and count various amounts of money to $1.00
  • Algebraic equations- solving for variables.
  • Geometry
  • Fractions and Decimals

RELIGION

  • God’s love and forgiveness
  • The life and teachings of Jesus Christ
  • The Holy Spirit
  • Sacraments
  • Church family
  • Holy Family, Blessed Trinity
  • Weekly participation of the Mass
  • Character and moral development
  • Community outreach

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Maps and symbols and intermediate directions, time lines
  • Landforms and bodies of water
  • American history and holidays
  • Communities and neighborhoods
  • Election and government
  • Building citizenship

SCIENCE

  • Scientific Process Skills
  • Interaction of living things
  • Forms of energy and motion
  • Properties of matter
  • Health and safety
  • Plant life
  • Sun Moon and Earth

ART

  • Creativity-based art program
  • Students work with basic art materials: marker, crayon, charcoal, pastels, paint, scissors, clay, etc.
  • Students work both individually and collaboratively to develop confidence in the creative process which translates into other academic areas
  • Individual and group projects
  • School participation in various art shows and contests in the community and at school

SPANISH

  • Conversation and phrases
  • Vocabulary and pronunciation
  • Songs and games
  • Customs and holidays

LIBRARY

  • Introduce students to a diverse collection of Children’s Literature and authors
  • Foster working knowledge of library resources
  • Experience a variety of media

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

  • Focus on cooperative learning, enhanced fitness and refinement of basic movement
  • Knows various techniques for throwing, catching, and striking different objects
  • Understands that games consist of people, boundaries, equipment, purpose, and rules

COMPUTER

  • Keyboarding skills
  • Mouse and CD_ROM operations
  • Beginning word processing
  • Cross curricular games including math, language arts and science. Software examples include Jump Start, Kid Keys, Clifford, and School Zone.

MUSIC

  • Students participate in weekly classes covering liturgical music and seasonal favorites