Math
Third grade students will learn fact families, patterns, problem solving, properties of addition, place value up to the millionths, adding and subtracting with and without regrouping up to 6 digits, graphing, ordered pairs, subtraction across zeros, money – counting coins and bills and also making change, multiplication facts and strategies, multiplying 2 digit and 3 digit numbers, telling time up to the minute, elapsed time, division strategies, basic division, perimeter and area, polygons, plane shapes, angles, solid shapes, fractions, long division, capacity, measurement, symmetry, congruent and similar, slides, flips, fractions, and decimals.
Language Arts
Our 3rd graders focus on nouns, adjectives, verbs, decoding long words, narrative elements, elements of nonfiction, summaries, author’s purpose, word relationships, long and short vowels, parts of a sentence – subject and predicate, homophones, sequencing, syllables, consonant blends, novel studies – Mouse and Motorcycle, Winn Dixie, and Charlotte’s Web, making predictions, finding facts in nonfiction books, abc order, researching penguins and making life size penguins, punctuation, parts of a letter, proofreading, paragraphs, prefixes and suffixes, narrative elements, r-controlled vowels, digraphs, researching famous Americans, pronouns, adverbs, dictionary skills, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, poetry, compare and contrast, fact and opinion, schwa sounds, diphthongs, main idea and details, cause and effect, and researching a country for World Tour Project.
Social Studies
The 3rd graders will learn about continents and oceans, compass rose, landforms, map skills, 3 types of communities, natural resources in communities, landforms in communities, Native Americans and First Thanksgiving, problem solving steps, Martin Luther King Jr., using a map scale, using a landform map, reading bar graphs and line graphs, world communities – Japan, Early Communities in America – Jamestown, Native Americans (Pocahontas, Powhatan’s, Pueblo, Iroquois, and Mesa Verde,) the 13 colonies, Daniel Boone, pioneers, Merriweather Lewis and William Clark, Sacagawea, transcontinental railroad, using and making timelines, immigrants and communities, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, great migration, inventors who changed communities and medicine/technology, needs and wants, taxes, goods and services, community zones, economy, and the 3 branches of government.
Science
Third grade students will focus on living things, plants, seeds, animal classification, animal life cycles, and animal adaptations.
Religion
Our 3rd graders will focus on how the Holy Spirit guides us to love as Christians, Sacraments of Initiation, showing love for one another, how Jesus teaches us to pray, how Jesus shows us how to forgive and heal, celebrating Reconciliation and healing, how Jesus teaches us to love, Holy Trinity, Great Commandment, Advent, Nativity, how Catholics are open to all, gathering for Mass, serving others, Circle of Grace unit, Lent, Stations of the Cross, Apostle’s Creed, Easter, Mary, how we pray for others, how Jesus saves us through sin, how we receive the gift of Jesus, how we carry on the work of Jesus, how we pray like Jesus, Rosary, and Saints.
