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(Updated 3/2008)
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THIRD GRADE
Ms. Amy Guillet
Miss Colleen Haugh
School Supplies
Religion
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- identify the sacraments of initiation, vocation, and commitment
- recognize that the Gospel is the written word of God
- understand taht the church is both a sacramental community and a servant community
- explore the celebration of the liturgy
- begin to understand the order of the Mass
- recognize and prepare for Holy Days and Feast Days
- experience preparation of and participation in prayer services and liturgies
Language Arts
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
In Reading:
- master basic story elements, draw conclusions, make inferences, and predict outcomes
- communicate ideas and information for a variety of purposes and to a specific audience
- create and orally present reports or projects based on readings
In Writing:
- use and apply the conventions of spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation across the curriculum
- revise and edit written work
- convey ideas and information from different genres of literature through written language activities, reports, and projects
- organize information into a paragraph that contains topic sentence, related details and closing sentence
In Grammar:
- write simple sentences
- identify and appropriately use four types of sentences
In Penmanship:
- apply appropriate letter formation in all printed writing
- use cursive writing for final writing assignments
Mathematics
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- master basic addition and subtraction facts with the ability to regroup
- demonstrate understanding of the concept and application of multiplication
- demonstrate understanding of the concept and application of division
- expand concept of time to understand a.m., p.m., and elapsed time
- apply skills for addition and subtraction of money
- understand basic measurement
- solve word problems using a variety of strategies
- understand place value to hundred thousands
Science
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- understand the needs and characteristics of various plants and animals
- investigate and understand the three states of matter
- understand the differences between physical and chemical changes in matter
- identify layers of the Earth
- describe changes and results of natural phenomena (earthquakes, floods, volcanoes) on the Earth's surface
- participate in scientific experiments and demonstrations
Social Studies
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- interpret and apply map skills
- locate and differentiate between community, state, and country
- research and report on individual states
- identify and locate seven continents and four major oceans
- locate various physical features and natural resources on a map
- distinguish between urban, suburban and rural communities
World Language - Chinese
By the end of Grade 3 (2nd year in the program), students will:
- socially greet with confidence
- identify common body parts
- be introduced to the concept of abacus, which enhances the Grade 1 Math learning
- identify common plants and animals
- continue learning phrases related to class activities and daily life
- be able to write simple characters
- understand some Chinese social customs
- be able to recite several ancient, but simple, Chinese poems and understand the
meaning of them
Computer Technology
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- identify uses of technology in the community and how it has changed peoples’ lives
- use a graphing program to enter data and graph results
- identify the physical components of a computer system as either output, input or processing
- demonstrate proper keyboarding techniques for upper and lowercase letters
- retrieve and edit a word-processed document
- create a multimedia project as a group/class activity
- use telecommunications to locate information as a class project
- create, save, and print a word-processed document
Music
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- demonstrate an understanding that music is often a reflection of the culture in which the music was created
- read and notate the beat, its subdivisions, and longer note values of rhythm
- be able to find and play a small range of notes in the treble clef or on Orff instruments
- learn to play musically simple songs on the recorder
- sing alone or in a section while others sing contrasting parts
Art
Progressively from Grade 3 through Grade 4, students will:
- use a variety of materials and media (e.g. crayons, chalk, paint, clay) and various kinds of papers, textures, and yarns and understand how to use them to produce different visual effects
- create artwork in a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media
- learn to use appropriate vocabulary related to methods, materials, and techniques
- learn to take care of materials and tools, and use them safely
- learn the elements and principles of design and be able to demonstrate knowledge of the following skills:
- for color: explore and experiment with the use of color in dry and wet media and
identify primary and secondary colors
- for line: explore the use of line in 2D and 3D works
- for texture: identify variety of textures in the environment and artwork
- for pattern and symmetry: explore the use of patterns and symmetrical shapes in 2-D and 3-D works
- for shape and form: explore the use of shapes and forms in 2-D and 3-D work
- for space and composition: explore composition by creating artwork with a center of interest, repetition, and/or balance and demonstrate an understanding of foreground, middle ground, and background
- create 2-D and 3-D works from memory or imagination to tell a story or embody a fantasy or idea
- select a work or works created during the year and explain how the work was made and why it was chosen
- select works for exhibition and work as a group to create a display
- develop and use criteria for informal classroom discussions about art
- explain strengths and weaknesses in their own work and share comments constructively and supportively within group
Physical Education
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- develop patterns and combinations of movements into repeatable sequences
- throw, catch, and kick using mature motor patterns
- demonstrate proficiency in the beginning fundamental skills of appropriate individual sports or recreational activities
- celebrate personal successes and achievements as well as achievements of others
- distinguish between compliance and non-compliance with game rules and fair play
Library
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- identify the parts of a book/glossary
- use table of contents and index to locate information
- know the location of science books in the library
- know the location of encyclopedias in the library
- find the title, author, publisher, place of publication on the title page
- tell what a folktale is
- locate a folktale in the library
- find a subject in an encyclopedia by using guide words
- use the index of a non-fiction book to locate facts
- use the table of contents to locate chapters/sections in a non-fiction book
- understand the concept of setting
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