3rd Grade Curriculum



3rd Grade Curriculum

1st Quarter

Religion

• Memorize the Apostle’s Creed

• Holy Trinity

• Creation

• Women of Faith

• Jesus

Reading

• The Raft – summer reading

• So You Want to Be President – summer reading

• Compare/contrast Cinderella stories from around the world

• Stories from basal readers

• Venn Diagrams

• Story elements

• Antonyms/Synonyms

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

Language

• Types of sentences

• Punctuation

• Subjects/Predicates

• Personal Narrative

• Nouns (singular, plural, common, proper)

• Capitalization

Math

• Place value

• Comparing numbers

• Ordering numbers

• Rounding

• Addition (with and without regrouping)

Spelling

• Short i

• Short a

• Double final f, l, s

• Final n,ng

• Short o

• Final k spelled ck

• Suffix “s”

Science

• Science Inquiry

• Changes in the Earth’s Surface

• 3 Layer of the Earth

• Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies

• Communities

• Graphs

• Map Skills

• Cardinal Directions

2nd Quarter

Religion

• Memorize Hail Holy Queen

• Communion of Saints

• Liturgical Year

• Advent

• Christmas

Reading

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

• Sequencing

• Idioms

• Inferencing

• Fluency/Intonation

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

Language

• Poetry

• Abbreviations

• Explanatory Paragraph

• Verbs (present, past, future)

• Subject/Verb Agreement

• Friendly Letter

Math

• Subtraction (with and without regrouping)

• Expressions/Number Sentences

• Multiplication

• Missing Factors

Spelling

• Short e

• Short u

• Final i spelled y

• Suffix “ing”

• Suffix “ed”

• Doubling Rule

• er spelled er

Science

• Bats

• Organisms and Habitats

• Endangerment and Extinction

Social Studies

• Election

• Communities

• Time Line

• Map Skills

• Intermediate Directions

3rd Quarter

Religion

• Memorize Memorare

• Sacraments

• Stations of the Cross

• Lent

• Sacred Vessels and Vestments

Reading

• Charlotte’s Web

• Identify 5 W’s in a story

• Cause and Effect

• Fact and Opinion

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

Language

• Persuasive Paragraph

• Contractions

• Apostrophes

• Suffixes

• Comparative Writing

• Pronouns (subject, object)

• Verbs (main, helping, linking, irregular)

Math

• Multiply 3 factors

• Division

• Graphs

• Geometry

Spelling

• er spelled ir

• er spelled ur

• Long a-consonant-e

• Long a spelled ai

• Long i-consonant-e

• Long o-consonant-e

• Long o spelled ow

• Long u-consonant-e

• Dropping Rule

Science

• Skeleton

• Planets

• Phases of the Moon/Seasons

• Constellations

Social Studies

• Citizenship

• U.S.A. (Southern and Western States)

• Branches of Government

4th Quarter

Religion

• Memorize Prayer to St. Francis

• Holy Week

• Easter

• Mary Pentecost

• Ten Commandments

Reading

• Stone Fox

• Biographies

• Time Line

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

Language

• Encyclopedia

• Homophones

• Outline

• Expository Paragraph

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Thesaurus

• Pronouns (I and me, pronoun verb agreement, possessive)

Math

• Division

• Fractions

• Decimals

Spelling

• Long 3 spelled ee

• Long e spelled ea

• Long o spelled oa

• Final ch spelled ch/tch

• Long o spelled ou/ow

• Long a

• Long i

• Long o

Science

• Plants

• Changes in Matter

• Water Cycle

Social Studies

• Community Governments

• U.S.A. (Midwestern and Northeastern States)

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