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3rd Grade Curriculum

Here is an overview of Grade 3 Curriculum

 

Math:

Further study of:

Addition/subtraction facts to 100,000 place

Place value

Time & Money

Multiplication

Division

Fractions

Geometry: lines, line segments, rays, naming shapes and their attributes

 

Social Studies:

Colonial America: Trading, Causes & Effects

Events Leading to the American Revolution

Massachusetts Geography

 

 

Science:

Structures of Life: Study of Plants and Animals

Weather & Climate

Magnets & Force

 

Literacy:

Identifying and using nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs.

Identifying and creating different types of sentences

Punctuation

Identifying and creating the beginning, middle and end of a story

Identifying the main idea

Exposure to fables, fairy tales, myths Writing:

 

Writer's Workshop:

narrative, persuasive and informative pieces

Text-Based Essays: Learning how to include text details to support answers

 

Massachusetts Department of Education - homepage with helpful links for parents about MCAS, sample questions, etc. http://www.doe.mass.edu

 

Here's a list of what your third grader will need to learn this year in literacy, math, science, and social studies. http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html

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