Third Grade Overview

This year is a big year for your child. They are now known as one of the "big kids" of the school! Your child will learn a wealth of knowledge this year. Take a look below to see an overview of what your child will be learning in each subject this year.

English Language Arts

  • main idea and key details

  • character traits

  • text features

  • comprehension of literature and informational text

  • central message

  • fables, myths and fairy tales

  • sequencing and cause & effect with historical and scientific text

  • Vocabulary and context clues

  • point of view

  • comparing and contrasting stories and text

  • writing to explain ideas and opinions

  • grammar

  • parts of a sentence

Math

  • Multiplication

  • Division

  • inverse operation strategies

  • Addition to the thousands

  • Subtraction to the thousands

  • rounding and estimation

  • elapsed time

  • area

  • perimeter

  • attributes of quadrilaterals and other polygons

  • bargraphs and picturegraphs

  • fractions- basic, equivalent and on a numberline

  • measurement

  • multistep and single step word problems using all operations

Science & Social Studies

  • functions of the human body

  • landforms

  • solar system

  • shadows and moon cycles

  • soils

  • plant cycle

  • energy and matter

  • changes in our community over time

  • influence of events and people of history

  • 5 themes of geography

  • entrepreneurship