Third Grade Curriculum
Religion
Text: Blest Are We by Silver Burdett-Ginn
Focus on The Church, feasts and seasons, formal prayers, and service projects
Liturgy Planning-4 masses this year: October 14, January 6, March 2, May 18
Family Life
Text: Family Life by Benzinger
Reading
Text: Houghton Mifflin
Literature stories with emphasis on comprehension skills, reading strategies,
spelling, vocabulary, study skills
Oral reading, book reports, and literature based research projects
Selected literature novels-Little House in the Big Woods, James and the Giant Peach
English
Text: Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar and writing skills covering creative, narrative, persuasive, descriptive, letter,
how-to’s, summaries, opinions, and compare and contrast styles
Write Source Writing program
Paragraph-A-Week program
Poetry Unit
Children’s stories written by students
Spelling & Vocabulary
Spelling pulled form Reading text
Text: Vocabulary Workshop by Sadlier-Oxford
Math
Text: Progress in Mathematics by Sadlier-Oxford
Place value, multiplication, division, money, time, measurement, geometry, probability, graphing, fractions, decimals, problem solving
Social Studies
Text: Houghton Mifflin History-Social Science
Community, geography, Native Americans, early settlements, immigration, government, economic choices, culture
Scholastic News and current events
Indian Project, Black History Wax Museum, Apple Valley Pioneer Simulation
Indian Hills Camp all-day fieldtrip
Science
Text: Science by Scott Foresman
Life Science-plants, animals, environments
Earth Science-water, weather, rocks and soil, changes on Earth
Physical Science-matter, forces, machines, work, energy, sound
Hands-on labs every 2 weeks
Marine Science Floating Lab fieldtrip
Handwriting
Text: Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
All work is expected to be done in cursive beginning in January
Art
Arts Attack Program
Library Skills: Mrs. Kwasniewski
Computer Skills: Mr. Powell
Music: Mrs. Oldham
P.E.: Coach Bohman
Spanish: Sing & Speak Spanish-Mrs. Miriam Snyder
