Curriculum
What Will You Learn in Third Grade?
Math Science Social Studies
- multiplication - force / motion - communities
- division - solar system - government
- fractions - plants - geography (maps)
- geometry - bones, muscles, skin - economics
- graphing (picto/ bar)
- measurement (customary units)
- place value ( thousands)
- estimation
- word problems
- area/ perimeter
Reading/ Language Arts
- genres (fables, folktales, myths, fairytales, non-fiction, poetry, drama)
- ask and answer questions (using text evidence)
- text features (bold print, diagrams, captions, glossary)
- text structure (cause/ effect, problem/ solution, sequence, compare/ contrast)
- main idea/ central message
- characters (describe, discuss their actions, motives, changes)
- vocabulary (context clues, figurative language)
- point of view
- grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives, subject/ verb agreement)
- suffixes/ prefixes
- writing (narratives, research, opinions)