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Star of the Sea Catholic School
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Third Grade

Religion

  • Weekly and monthly masses with the entire student body
  • Holy Days of Obligation mass when school is in session
  • Prayer Services
  • Reconciliation during Advent and Lent

1st trimester

  • God sends Us His Own Son
  • Jesus Teaches Us About God’s Love
  • Christ Will Come Again
  • The Church Begins/Early Church/Four Marks
  • The Rosary/The Apostles’ Creed

2nd Trimester

  • Church Teachings & Prayers
  • The Parish in our homes
  • God Calling us to Holiness
  • Advent
  • Christmas

3rd Trimester

  • Sacraments
  • The Eucharist
  • The Mass
  • Penance and Reconciliation
  • Praying for Healing
  • Continuing Jesus’ Work
  • The Church being World Wide
  • God’s Kingdom Continues to Grow
  • Lent
  • “Washing of the Feet” play
  • Easter

Math

1st trimester

  • Place Value to 6-digit numbers
  • Add & subtract 4- and 5- digit numbers with regrouping
  • Solve word problems
  • Multiplication facts

2nd trimester

  • Multiplication facts
  • Multiply bigger numbers
  • Division facts
  • Relate multiplication and division
  • Graphing – sorting and analyzing data
  • Probability Measurement – customary and metric
  • Solve word problems

3rd trimester

  • Multiply and divide larger numbers
  • Time and elapsed time
  • Plane and solid geometric figures
  • Identify points, lines, segments, angles, rays
  • Congruent and symmetrical figures
  • Area, perimeter, diameter and radius
  • Fraction and decimal concepts
  • Solve word problems

Reading

Throughout the Year:

Reading strategies:
Preview the text; set and monitor purpose for reading; activate and use prior knowledge; make, confirm and modify predictions; monitor comprehension and use fix-up strategies; use graphic organizers; answer questions; generate questions; recognize text structure; summarize text; visualize; make connections

Skills:
Author’s purpose; cause and effect; compare and contrast; draw conclusions; fact and opinion; follow directions; generalize; graphic sources; main idea and supporting details; realism/fantasy; sequence of events

Literary Elements:
Character; plot; setting; theme

Genres:
Expository nonfiction, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, plays, poems, songs, folk tales, biography

Spelling and Phonics

Application of spelling and phonics rules, to reading and writing across the curriculum

English/Writing

1st Trimester

  • Sentences / subject & predicate
  • Paragraphs
  • Nouns
  • Writing Process
  • Book reports
  • Personal Narrative
  • How – To paragraph
  • Design an advertisement

2nd Trimester

  • Verbs
  • Pronouns
  • Contractions
  • Prepositions
  • Writing Process
  • Compare and Contrast Essay
  • Writing a Story
  • Non-Fiction Book Report
  • Catholic Schools’ Week speeches

3rd Trimester

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Combining sentences
  • Commas, quotations
  • Writing Process
  • Oral report
  • Character book report
  • Research paper
  • Poetry
  • Persuasive Letter

Social Studies

1st Trimester

  • Ancient Rome & Greece (Integrate in Technology discussing creating Greek/Roman avatars for Wikis)
  • Government/Democracy
  • Women’s Rights
  • American History/ Historical Figures
  • Map skills

Reading Series: Economics, Personal responsibilities & choices, colonial settlements

2nd Trimester

  • Government Services
  • Human Rights
  • Economics
  • Justice System
  • Map skills

Reading Series: Ancient Civilizations & Native Americans, Citizenships, Consequences for Actions, and Geography

3rd Trimester

  • Diversity and Culture
  • Map skills
  • Democracies Around the World
  • Justice System
  • Laws

Reading Series: Different cultures & their clothing, festivals, economics, family life, food, housing, and entertainment

U.S. history, government history, symbols, communities, freedom of expression, and immigration

Science

1st Trimester
Life Science – Looking at plants and animals, Ecosystems, animal adaptations, food chains/webs
2nd Trimester
Earth Science – rocks, soil, landforms, caring for our planet, water cycle, weather; Space – How earth moves, moon phases, the sun and planets
3rd Trimester
Physical Science – simple machines, physical properties, force and motion, energy, matter

Children Participate in the Following Specials:

  • Art, Music, Computer, Spanish, PE/Health, ” Genius Hour” Electives

Curriculum

  • PreKindergarten
  • Kindergarten
  • First Grade
  • Second Grade
  • Third Grade
  • Fourth Grade
  • Fifth Grade
  • Sixth Grade
  • Seventh Grade
  • Eighth Grade
  • Art
  • Music
  • Physical Education & Health
  • Spanish Pre-K – Fifth Grade
  • Technology
  • Resource

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