Some Major Concepts Covered in the Third Grade

Religion: 

The third grade program presents the main truths Catholics believe and express in the Creed. Students are helped to develop a clear deeper faith in their study of God as revealed in creation and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Reading: 

Students will be introduced to various genres of literature, as well as reading fiction and nonfiction literature. Students will be taught reading strategies such as sequencing, comparing and contrasting, determining cause and effect, drawing conclusions, using context clues, making predictions and visualizing.

Writing: 

Students will write on a variety of topics and across all the subject areas.
They will learn the writing process: pre-writing, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing. Other forms of writing will include poetry, letters, book reports, and subject area reports.

Spelling: 

Students will be assigned a unit weekly which will include independent homework assignments. There will be a unit test at the end of every week.

Social Studies: 

Students will learn early United States and local history. They will gain insight into their communities while making connections to the larger world. Students will also learn about the geographic, social, and economic aspects of their world.

Math: 

Students will learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Topics studied will include place value, time and money, data graphs, fractions, decimals, and measurement. They will learn the mathematical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for one, two, and three digit numbers.

Science: 

Topics of study this year will include the solar system, living things, rocks and minerals, and physics (energy and force). In January the students will participate in their first science fair, learning the scientific method and demonstrating their understanding through their own experiment.