3rd Grade Curriculum

​Reading

  • Building a Reading Life
  • Mystery: Foundational Skills in Disguise
  • Series Book Clubs
  • Reading to Learn (Nonfiction Texts)
  • Character Studies
  • Poetry and Fairy Tales Immersion
  • Social Issues Book Clubs across Fiction and Nonfiction
  • Research Clubs: Elephants, Penguins, and Frogs, Oh My!

Writing

  • Crafting True Stories
  • Changing the World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials
  • The Art of Information Writing (Nonfiction Writing)
  • Baby Literary Essay
  • Once Upon a Time: Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales
  • Writing About Research

Math

  • Time, Tools, and Multiplication (Unit 1)
  • Number Stories and Arrays (Unit 2)
  • Operations (Unit 3)
  • Measurement and Geometry (Unit 4)
  • Fractions and Multiplication Strategies (Unit 5)
  • More Operations (Unit 6)
  • Fractions (Unit 7)
  • Multiplication and Division (Unit 8)
  • Multidigit Operations (Unit 9)

Social Studies

  • ​Introduction to World Geography and World Communities
  • People's Republic of China: Case Study
  • Egypt: Case Study
  • Peru: Case Study

Science

  • Motion and Matter
  • Water and Climate
  • Structures of Life
  • Measurement

Enrichment

  • Salvadori (Planning and Building Skyscrapers)
  • National Dance Institute (NDI)
  • ​Chess