English 3   Course # ENG03
Third Grade Language Arts integrates reading, writing, and oral/visual communication. Students develop skills to decode words and build vocabulary. They use dictionaries, context clues, prefixes, suffixes, and root words. They read informational and literary texts and make a visit to the library. Students develop skills in distinguishing fact and opinion, comparison and contrast, and sequence of events. Using the writing process, they write sentences, letters, and paragraphs. All academic content standards and indicators are included in the third grade curriculum except Standard 8-1, cursive writing, and Standard 10-6, 7, using clear diction and tone, adjusting volume, and adjusting speaking content to academic needs.

Math 3   Course # MATH03
In third grade math, students will use place value to read, write, represent and compare whole numbers and decimals; use a variety of methods and tools for computing with whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers and decimals; and demonstrate fluency in multiplication facts through 10 and corresponding division facts. Students will analyze and solve multi-step problems; count money and make change using coins and dollars up through ten dollars; and develop common references for units of measure and tell time to the nearest minute. In the geometry standard, students will classify, sketch, and describe attributes of two-dimensional figures and intersecting, parallel, and perpendicular lines; identify and model three-dimensional figures; and investigate rotational symmetry and transformations. Students will develop patterns and relationships using objects, pictures, tables, and variables to solve and explain mathematical statements and make predictions; engage in surveys and experiments for data gathering, organization, and analysis; and identify, describe, and predict simple probability and outcomes through physical models, pictures, diagrams, and lists.

Social Studies 3   Course # SS03
The local community serves as the focal point for third grade as students begin to understand how their community has changed over time and to make comparisons with communities in other places. The study of local history comes alive through the use of artifacts and documents. They also learn how communities are governed and how the local economy is organized.

Science 3   Course # SCI03
The scientific skills of observation, measuring and classification serve as focal points for the third grade. Students learn to read and interpret simple tables and graphs, conduct safe investigations in which they collect and analyze data, and communicate the results. Third-graders explore the properties and composition of rocks and soils and the interaction of forces and motion. They also compare the life cycles of animals, classifications of animals according to their characteristics, descriptions of their habitat and adaptations to their environment. Students examine results of technology and explore careers in science, as well as scientific contributions from a diversity of cultures.

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