What is this and how
does it help our school?
(Updated 3/2008)

Ms. Amy Guillet
Miss Colleen Haugh
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Religion
Students are drawn into a deeper awareness of the triune God. This year, students' study of the faith focuses on the community of the Church. Through a study of the Old and New Testament events, children will see God's saving love for people. Liturgical seasons, holy days, and prayer services are integrated into the curriculum.

Language Arts
By the end of Grade 3, students will:

• use and apply the conventions of spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation across the curriculum
• revise and edit written work
• master basic story elements, draw conclusions, make inferences, and predict outcomes
• convey ideas and information from different genres of literature though written language activities, reports, and projects
• create and orally present reports or projects
• communicate ideas and information for a variety of purposes to a specific audience
• organize information into a paragraph that contains topic sentence, related details and closing sentence
• identify types of sentences

Mathematics
By the end of Grade 3, students will:

• master basic addition and subtraction facts with the ability to regroup
• introduce the concept and application of multiplication
• introduce 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
• identify and locate seven continents and four major oceans
• locate various physical features and natural resources on a map
• research and report on individual states
• distinguish between urban, suburban and rural communities

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
• 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, 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