Third Grade
Year at a Glance 2025-2026
Writing - Lucy Calkins Units of Study
Unit 1: Once Upon a Time: Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales
Unit 2: Crafting True Stories
Unit 3: The Art of Information
Unit 4: Changing the World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials
Additional Content:
Handwriting
Cursive
Word Study
Reading - Lucy Calkins Units of Study
Unit 1: Developing a Reading Life
Unit 2: Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structures
Unit 3: Character Studies
Math - Bridges in Mathematics; Illustrative Mathematics
Unit 1: Addition and Subtraction Practice
Unit 2: Introduction to Multiplication
Unit 3: Fractions
Unit 4: Multi-Digit Addition and Subtraction
Unit 5: Multiplication, Division, and Area
Unit 6: Geometry
Social Sciences
Unit 1: Animal Adventures
Unit 2: Forces, Motion, and Magnets
Unit 3: Weather and Climate
Sense of Place
Charlotte is My Town (Mapping)
Garden Projects
Shelburne Farms Forest Ecology field trip
Audubon field trip
SecondStep
Unit 1: Skills for Learning
Unit 2: Empathy
Unit 3: Emotion Management
Unit 4: Problem Solving