THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Bible
- Old and New Testament themes: Choices of Biblical figures, Jesus and the early church
- Weekly Scripture memory
- Integration of Biblical worldview in all subjects
Language Arts
- Listening and speaking, including oral presentation
- Orton-Gillingham phonics instruction and spelling of phonetic and non-phonetic words:
- Vocabulary, including Latin root words and derivatives
- Reading fluency and comprehension of fiction and nonfiction selections
- Literary elements, including story structure and figurative language
- Writing: Paragraph development; forms including reflections, narratives, poems, letters, reports, essays, stories
- Grammar, including sentence structure, parts of speech, and conventions
- Reference skills: Location, selection, and organization of information
Math
- Numbers and operations, including mastery of multiplication and division facts; regrouping
- Fractions and decimals
- Measurement: Time, money, length, weight, temperature, capacity, area, and perimeter; metrics
- Graphs and data interpretation
- Geometry: Plane and solid figures; angles; congruence, symmetry
- Estimation: Rounding; estimation of products, quotients, sums, differences
- Algebraic reasoning: Analysis and extension of patterns; equality; unknowns; commutative property of addition and multiplication
- Problem solving strategies
Social Studies
- Civics: Federal, state, and local government
- Economics: Goods, property, pricing, ownership
- Geography: 50 states; Physical features of the United States
- History: Roots of democracy; Ancient Greece
Science: Three science lab classes per week
- Life science: Life processes, plant functions, structure and function of organs, body systems; dissection
- Earth science: Rocks and minerals, renewable resources, weather measurement, movement and phases of planets, sun, moon
- Physical science: Machines, properties of matter, physical and chemical change, heat and light
Technology: One class per week
- Intermediate functions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; computer programming
- Research: location, selection, and evaluation of information; plagiarism
Foreign Language: One class per week
- Survey of conversational Spanish and Spanish culture
Physical Education: Two classes per week
- Personal fitness, team games, positions, and rules; weekly mile run, sportsmanship
Art: One class per week
- Elements of visual arts, media techniques and processes, awareness of art in history and culture
Music: Two classes per week
- Exploration of rhythm, melody, harmony, pitch, music theory, and music appreciation