Third Grade


With our smaller class size and a twelve to one max student to teacher ratio, our dedicated staff is able to provide not only an accelerated curriculum for our students, but also more individualized instruction that benefits students who need additional help and support in an academic skill.

Our absolute commitment to daily experiences in music, art, foreign languages, and physical education, including yoga, distinguishes us from other schools, including other private schools. The indispensability of these learning opportunities is central to our educational philosophy of developing the whole child. It is our sincere belief that, along with highly responsive instructional practices in core academic subjects, cultural growth begets social and inner growth, and brings out the absolute best in each student.

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THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM

Reading

Class Book 3

Short stories and poetry about insects, birds and animals

Graduation Book 3

Hans Christian Anderson stories

Spelling

Forty new words weekly

Carden controls

Pitches of different vowels

Vowel Chart

Dictations

Twenty word spelling tests

English and Composition

Sentence structure – nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns

Punctuation and usage

The Writing Process

How to write:

Stories

Instructions

Letters

Research Reports

Literature

The Wizard of Oz

Charlotte’s Web

Matilda

Charlie and the Chocolate factory

Little House on the Prairie

Math

Addition/Subtraction

Even and odd numbers

Time

Money

Measurement

Word problems

Probability

Area and perimeter

Multiplication/Division

Expanded notation

Geometric figures

Fractions

Science

Our Solar System

Where plants and animals live

Change in matter

Light

History and Geography

Native American tribes

Early American history

Government

Map skills

Basic Geography:

Oceans

Continents

People around the world