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Curriculum - Third Grade Skills Emphasis
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Language Arts

Shurley Language
Strong emphasis on sentence structure including identifying parts of sentence (subject, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunctions, interjections, etc.) Capitalization and punctuation
Verbs and irregular verbs
Dictionary skills
Writing: journal writing, expository writing, persuasive writing, writing process, narrative writing, story elements

History & Geography (ABeka):


Continents and oceans of the world
Study of world geography
States of the United States
Study of American Heritage through the lives of great people

Science (ABeka):
Exploring The Plant World
Exploring the World of Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Exploring the Ocean
Exploring the Weather
Exploring the Desert, the Ocean, the Pond, and the Forest

Mathematics:
Review and master all skills introduced in K5-2nd grade
Count by 6's, 7's, 8's, 9's, and 12's
Count by 1/2 and 1/4
Read and write numbers to 100,000
Identify ordinal position to the twentieth
Identify prime and composite numbers
Identify perfect squares and square roots
Locate integers on a number line
Use the order of operations to simplify expressions
Identify missing addends for sums of 100
Add and subtract multiples of 10 to a two or three digit number
Multiply multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000 by one- or two- digit numbers
Multiply a multi-digit by a single or two-digit number
Multiply three or more factors
Simplify expressions with exponents
Master basic division facts
Divide up to three-digit dividends by one-digit divisors with or without remainders
Check answers using multiplication
Find a fractional part of a set
Compare and order unit fractions
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with common denominators
Write hundredths in common and decimal fraction form
Add and subtract decimal fractions
Add positive and negative numbers
Write checks
Draw congruent line segments
Identify length and width
Identify acute and obtuse angles
Measure and draw line segments to the nearest 1/2 inch and millimeter
Identify and reference distance in miles and kilometers
Identify freezing point, boiling point, and normal body temperature
Locate information on a chart or map


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