Explore God through the Bible and Apostolic Tradition
Analyze Old Testament figures and God's promise of a savior
Comprehend the Ten Commandments
Celebrate the Advent and Lenten seasons
Develop an understanding of the parts of the Holy Mass
Text and Materials
Our Life with Jesus, Faith and Life series (Ignatius Press)
Reading
Curricular Goals
Students in 3rd Grade will:
Build a clear understanding of fiction story elements, including character, plot, mood, setting, and theme
Introduce literary analysis through compare and contrast, cause and effect, inferring, visualizing, sequencing, and drawing conclusions
Analyze non-fiction through categorizing information, determining steps in a process, identifying the main idea and supporting details, summarizing the text, and exploring the author's purpose
Read a selection of poetry to discuss meaning and draw conclusions through context clues
Introduce and develop close reading strategies
Text and Materials
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
HMH Reading Program
Amira
English
Curricular Goals
Students in 3rd Grade will:
Reinforce concepts of spelling
Introduce cursive alphabet (uppercase and lowercase)
Develop knowledge of parts-of-speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions
Expand vocabulary
Build complex sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization
Text and Materials
Spelling Connections (Zaner-Bloser)
Writing Our Catholic Faith (cursive)
Simple Solutions English Grammar and Writing Mechanics (Bright Ideas Press, LLC)
Mathematics
Curricular Goals
Students in 3rd Grade will:
Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1000 using place value knowledge
Practice telling time to the hour, half hour, and nearest minute
Master addition and subtraction strategies within tens, hundreds, and thousands
Develop an understanding of multiplication and division
Introduce the concept of fractions
Explore area and perimeter
Identify two-dimensional shapes, three-dimensional solids, and their attributes
