Academics
Lower School

Third Grade Curriculum

Our Curriculum

List of 4 items.

  • Language Arts


    • Literature-based approach to reading with emphasis on strategies to comprehend and interpret
    • Grammar Workshop - Sadlier Oxford
    • One Stop Weekly Language Review
    • Zaner Bloser Spelling Connections 
    • Zaner Bloser Handwriting: focus on cursive writing
    • Scholastic News
    • Accelerated Reader program
    • Writing skills include narrative, descriptive, persuasive, and expository texts
    • Introduction to research skills 
    • iPad apps and web-based programs
  • Mathematics

    • Dimensions Math - Singapore Math curriculum 
    • Tang Math
    • ST Math - self-paced computer program focusing on spatial-temporal reasoning
    • Place value
    • Multiplication and division
    • Math facts fluency
    • Graphing
    • Measurement
    • Fractions
    • Probability
    • Geometry
    • Web-based programs for additional practice
  • Science

    • Discovery Education Science Curriculum
    • Life Science - types of animals and adaptations, how plants grow
    • Earth Science -  water cycle, earth resources, forces that shape land
    • Physical Science - properties of matter, changes in matter, forces in motion
    • Animal habitats
    • Science labs
    • Scholastic News Science Spin
     
     
  • Social Studies

    • Studies Weekly - Social Studies - print and online curriculum
    • Communities, government structures
    • Timelines, Heroes
    • Map, Globe, Graphs and Charts skills
    • Scholastic News

Enrichment Curriculum

List of 6 items.

  • Foreign Language Curriculum (Spanish)

    • Development of all language skills through spoken and written word
    • Emphasis on oral expression with proper pronunciation
    • Continuation of enrichment activities and cultural awareness
  • Art

    • Continuation of the care of tools, various media, design principals and art history
    • Use of clay, painting, and various media
    • Introduction of: drawing principals
  • Music

    • Continuation of music curriculum
    • Performance Opportunities include singing in chapel, Christmas Pageant, and spring program 
  • Physical Education

    • Lead-Up games
    • Skatetime
    • Square Dancing
  • Library

    • Book Reviews
    • Research skills
    • Makerspace activities
    • Green screen studio
  • Technology

    • Curriculum Integration
    • Basic Computer Skills
    • Keyboarding
    • Apple and Google  Apps
    • Coding
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