Grade 3
Art
- uses crayons and chalk to draw pictures derived from experiences, fantasy, and book
- designs paper masks and discusses uses of masks in various cultures
- designs sock puppets and writes dialogue for the puppets in different languages
Communication Arts and Reading
- summarizes orally presented information
- interprets poetry with choral speaking
- begins to appreciate literature that reflects our multicultural society
- distinguishes between fact and opinion
- expands vocabulary in all content areas
- keeps personal journals and learning logs
Health and Physical Education
- participates in climbing, supporting, and balancing activities on gym equipment
- continues to take part in physical fitness activities for flexibility, muscular strength, a healthy heart, and good circulation
- understands that germs are found in air, in drinking water, in food, on animals' bodies, and on the human body
- understands that everyone at some time wins and at some time loses
Mathematics
- uses graphs and charts to organize information and find patterns
- adds and subtracts, including the use of decimals (tenths, hundredths)
- multiplies and divides by any counting number from 1 through 10
- explains the meaning of fractions and mixed numerals
Science
- classifies plants by their physical characteristics and observes the life cycle of plants
- solves scientific problems by observing, classifying, measuring, predicting, recording, and interpreting data
- understands variations within the following vertebrae groups: mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and fish
- gathers information on a variety of invertebrate groups (shells and insects)
- observes, recite, and explains the changes of weather from season to season and in different parts of the world
- recognizes and understands the properties of light
Social Studies
- explores a variety of urban, suburban, and rural communities around the world: (e.g. in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, South Africa, Canada, the Caribbean, and Western Europe)
- investigates social, political, economic, geographic, and historic elements in urban, suburban, and rural communities around the world
- understands the celebration of our nation's heritage and celebrations in other communities around the world
- uses maps and globes for learning about world communities
- understands people in all communities as producers and consumers of goods and services
Computer Education
- uses appropriate software to reinforce leanings in subject areas, and develop basic, problem-exploration, and critical-thinking skills
- uses a simple word processing program to develop language and writing skills
- uses a simple desktop publishing program to develop language and writing skills
- uses appropriate interactive technologies (e.g. CD-ROM) to learn basic research skills
- names, saves, and prints documents using word processing, desktop publishing and graphic software
Library Skills
- understands publication date and/or copyright date
- uses guide words to pinpoint subtopics of entries in encyclopedias and dictionaries
- uses the card catalog (automated, where available) and understands the differences among the three types of catalog entries