What We're Learning in Third Grade
Wit & Wisdom Topics
- The Sea
- Space
- Immigration
- Art
Third Grade Math Skills
- Multiplication & Division 1-10
- Fact families with multiplication
- Making a ten and mental math strategies
- Even and odd numbers
- Adding using arrays
- One-step and two-step word problems
- Adding and subtracting using two-digit numbers
- Adding and subtracting using three-digit numbers
- Word problems including adding and subtracting with two and three-digit numbers
- Comparing numbers
- General understanding of place value
- Understanding units of measurement
- Comparing, adding, and subtracting lengths
- Tell and write the time
- Reading, drawing, and using data from line plots, bar graphs, and picture graphs
- Solve word problems involving money
- Recognize and draw shapes
- Understand the terms halves, thirds, and fourths
- Understand rectangles
Our math curriculum is Envision. We have a digital component to Envision that allows each student to work at their own pace and their own level. Students are expected to complete two lessons on Envision per week, which equals to approximately 30 minutes on the program.
Grammar & Word Study
We continue to work on phonics, fluency, and basic reading skills in 3rd grade, however we move at a much brisker pace compared to 2nd grade. We practice grammar skills daily using mentor sentences, and incorporate language skills in with our Wit & Wisdom curriculum.
In addition to our daily skills lessons, students also have a digital component to our reading program. It is called Lexia Core 5. Students are given a benchmark assessment three times a year. The program places each student on their own individual learning level based on these benchmark results. Students must complete multiple units and meet a time limit on Lexia each week. In second grade, the average amount of time students spend working on Lexia per week is 60 mintutes. They should be able to complete approximately 12 Lexia units in this time period.