Curriculum

2024-2025 3rd Grade Curriculum

At Trinity, we utilize the Core Knowledge Curriculum.  This curriculum is comprehensive and rigorous.  It is content rich and gives students an amazing opportunity to learn about history, science, and the world around them.  Many of our units are cross-curricular- we read nonfiction texts in Social Studies  or Science that relate to our fiction texts in Reading.  This allows students to become fully immersed in their learning! For more information on the research behind Core Knowledge: The Case for Content-Rich Curriculum. 

Christian Studies

Enduring Faith

70 Lessons that emphasize biblical themes exploring elements of the six chief parts of Christian doctrine. 

Mathematics Eureka Squared

1. Number Sense

2. Fractions and Decimals

3. Money

4. Computation
   A. Addition/Subtraction
   B. Multiplication/Division
   C. Problem Solving

5. Measurement
   A. Linear Measure
   B. Weight
   C. Capacity (Volume) 

D. Temperature
E. Time

6. Geometry

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Science

I. Investigating Forces

II. Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations

III. Habitats and Change

IV. Weather and Climate

Literature

1. Poetry

2. Novels

1. Whole Group Selections

2. Read Alouds

3. Literary Terms

1. Biography/Autobiography

2. Fiction/ Nonfiction

4. Myths and Mythical 

1. Norse Mythology

2. Myths/Legends of Ancient Greece/ Rome

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Social Studies

• World Rivers

• Ancient Rome

• The Vikings

• The Earliest Americans

• Canada

• Exploration of North America

• The Thirteen Colonies

Writing

Writing Projects:

• Stories

• Reports

• Poems

• Letters

• Descriptions

Grammar / Usage Practice: 

• Capitalization

• Punctuations

• Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs

Vocabulary and Spelling