Third Grade

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Language Arts

Third graders read one story a week with phonics, grammar, and literacy skills developed within each study. Readings include a variety of classic and contemporary works, including realistic fiction, folktales, informational nonfiction, biography and autobiography, plays, and poems. Students are encouraged to use a Biblical frame of reference when studying characters and their traits. Third graders work on oral language development, word identification skills, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing through our literacy program. Students present a biography book report during the year and participate in various novel units. To develop writing skills, students write daily in a journal. Cursive writing is taught throughout the year. Grammar skills are practiced every morning with a Daily Oral Language review. Workbooks are utilized to practice grammar usage and spelling tests are given weekly.  

Math

Students learn addition and subtraction, money and time, number sense, multiplication and division facts, data, graphing and probability, geometry, fractions and decimals, measurement: customary and metric, and multiplying and dividing by one digit. Over the course of the year, students memorize their multiplication facts. Students are taught the absolute consistency of mathematical principles and that God is the creator of them.

Science

Third graders learn about weather, rocks and minerals, landforms and volcanoes, oceans and the solar system. A field trip to Mammoth Cave is part of the geology unit and a trip to the Weather Center is made during the study of weather. Within all science units, students are taught to marvel at the wonder of God's creation.

Social Studies

Third graders learn about communities and various aspects of government as part of their social studies curriculum.  Map and globe skills are integrated into each unit. Special emphasis is given to the study of Nashville history. Students take a walking tour of Nashville which includes a visit to Fort Nashboro. Students memorize the states and capitals during the year.