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Elementary School Parent Handbook
Curriculum - Third Grade Skills Emphasis
First
Grade Skills Emphasis | Second
Grade Skills Emphasis | Third
Grade Skills Emphasis | Fourth
Grade Skills Emphasis | Fifth
Grade Skills Emphasis
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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