Grade 3 Curriculum
Students move from being concrete thinkers to becoming more open to abstract concepts. They will learn multiplication and will begin writing in organized paragraphs.
Goals for a Grade 3 Student
- Continue building a strong academic foundation and study routine
- Practice social skills by interacting with family members, teachers, and classmates
- Expand on previous knowledge and apply newly-learned information
English 3 Curriculum
• Use personal stories and experiences to make meaning
• Recognize and use different forms of text (oral, written, visual)
• Read medium-level chapter books with expression
• Read independently for up to 30 minutes
• Summarize a story’s plot, setting and characters
Practice writing in complete sentences and with a central idea
Revise work by adding description and detail, and editing work for punctuation, spelling and grammar
Introduce writing strategies with clear beginning, middle and end
Read, summarize and analyze student’s writing
Math 3 Curriculum
• Understand place value into the thousands
• Multiply up to three-digit numbers and divide by two digits
• Create and solve fractions and decimals
• Divide objects into equal parts using fractions
• Measure using weight, temperature, length and perimeter
Make real life connections to numbers and counting
Practice visualizing math concepts for a realistic understanding
Challenge student to justify mathematical ideas and decisions
Develop mental math strategies
Introduce algebra