3N - Ms. Nunes
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