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RELIGION |
We
Believe, We Are
the Church 3, Sadlier Publishing Company.
The third grade religion focus is primarily on the church.
The students begin by learning about Jesus and how the church began. They
then learn of the early church, the four marks of the church, and about how
a local parish is structured. Sacraments are an important part of the third
grade curriculum, as well as the celebration of the Eucharist. Finally, the
students are taught about discipleship and how they can continue the work of
Jesus today. |
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MATHEMATICS |
Connections,
Heath Mathematics.
The students become
proficient in counting, ordering, money and time. They are given practice
in problem solving strategies as well as deciphering word problems and
patterns. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts, as
well as computation skills are emphasized. Work with collecting and
organizing data, fractions, patterns, measurement, decimals, and geometry is
developed significantly. |
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SCIENCE |
Science Horizons,
Silver Burdett Ginn.
Third grade science focuses on providing students with
learning experiences that relate science to their world through various
hands-on experiments, in addition to activities and knowledge provided by
the text. The students study units throughout the year that include the
plant and animal world, matter, simple machines, sound and light, the solar
system, and weather. |
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LANGUAGE
ARTS
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Imagine That! and Picture
This!, Scott
Foresman Reading
The reading series used by the third graders begins with
Finding My Place. The theme then develops into The Whole Wide World,
Getting the Job Done, From Past to Present, Are We There Yet? and finally
Imagination. kids. The many skills learned by the third grade students
include drawing conclusions, sequence, graphic sources, realism and fantasy,
summarizing, generalizing, visualizing and predicting. The students learn
the difference between fact and opinion, as well as comparing and
contrasting, and using context clues when reading. They begin to identify
story elements, theme, main idea, setting, and plot.
Grammar and Spelling are each a part of the reading series.
The Spelling each week is based on phonetic words used within each story.
Practice is given to prefixes, suffixes, contractions, compounds, various
vowel sounds, homophones, blends, and capitalization and punctuation.
Grammar is another part of the Scott Foresman series. The
students are given much practice in nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs. Understanding sentence and phrases, kinds of sentences, subjects
and predicates, capitalization, and quotations are also emphasized. The
students master each concept through practice in the workbook provided by
the publisher.
Handwriting- Let’s Learn
to Write 3,
Peterson Handwriting. The students improve the overall appearance of their
cursive writing by practicing spacing, neatness, slant and rhythmic letter
formation and connections. |
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SOCIAL STUDIES |
Social Studies
Communities,
Scott Foresman.
Third grade social studies compare the various communities
of the world including rural, suburban, and urban. People are also a topic
of this curriculum. The focus is on the movement of people, their
celebrations, environment, where communities begin, as well as the rights
and responsibilities of citizens in the United States. History of
communities and resources are also taught this year, along with the
importance of map skills. |