Third Grade

• Compute accurately
• Work with estimation
• Make and use graphs
• Think mathematically
• Write a number sentence
• Join and separate groups
• Subtract on a number line
• Count back; Add 9; Group 10's
• Count by 2's, 5's, and 10's
• Add more than 2 addends
• Order numbers to 100
• Work with money
• Understand time
• Work with shapes and measurements
• Add and subtract 3-digit numbers
• Explore 3-digit numbers
• Learn multiplication and division
• Place values and decimals
• Measure and work with solid figures
• Fractions

reading

• Decoding and Phonics Skills

• Prefixes

• Consonants and clusters (initial, medial and final)

• Short and long vowels)

• Inflectional endings

• Continue Plurals (regular and irregular); Possessives

• Reinforce Spelling Patterns

• Comprehension

• Recall details

• Main ideas (title/description)

• Sequence events

• Compare and contrast

• Comprehensive Strategies

• Building background

• Predict and preview

• Form questions

• Form categories

• Reasonable conclusions

• Vocabulary

• Instructional

• Content

• Context clues

• Antonyms, Synonyms

• Record and journaling

• Study Skills

• Paragraph writing

• Follow directions

• Alphabetical order

• Parts of a book

• Organizing ideas

language and literature

• Language

• Listening skills

• Sentence structure and grammar

• Capitalization, punctuation

• Parts of speech

• Handwriting - continue cursive letters

• Composition

• Be able to write a story using creative thinking

• Literature

• Character, plot and theme development

• Identification of literary forms

• Creative writing

• Cross curricular stories

• Identify characters

• Motives and feelings

• Find main idea

science

• Science

• Develop an awareness of nature

• Learn the basic scientific laws through literature and hands-on experiment

• Learn to work by the scientific method

social studies

• Be aware of our world (how it is, how it was and how we can make it better)
• Celebrate our diversity while respecting our independence
• Be aware of current events
• Develop and process the use of many mediums
• Develop creative and emotional growth
• Extend cross curricular study

music

• Appreciation of many forms of music
• Develop dramatic interpretation and awareness of rhythm
• Develop basic recognition of notes and scale