Third Grade
Ms. Allard
Ms. Askea
Ms. Walker

Fairfax County's Third Grade Curriculum

Math

  • Place value up to six digits
  • Rounding to nearest ten, hundred, and thousand
  • Comparing, adding, and subtracting fractions
  • Reading and writing decimals as tenths & hundredths
  • Multiplication & division facts through the nines table
  • Counting, comparing, and making change to $5.00
  • Customary & Metric units to measure length, volume, weight/mass
  • Time to the nearest minute
  • Temperature - reading Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers
  • Geometry - identify 2 & 3 dimensional figures and their properties
  • Interpret data in line, bar, and pictographs
  • Probability
  • Identify, extend, and create patterns

Social Studies

  • Ancient Greece
  • Ancient Rome
  • Ancient West Africa
  • Early explorers
  • Geography - four hemispheres, equator, and prime meridian
  • Economics
  • Basic civics
  • Holidays - Veteran's Day & Memorial Day
  • Famous Americans - Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Science

  • Simple machines
  • Life processes - animal behavioral & physical adaptations
  • Living systems - food chains, environments, and interdependency
  • Soil
  • Water cycle
  • Patterns and cycles in nature (moon phases & tides)
  • Energy sources
  • Butterflies

Language Arts

  • Word endings, contractions, homophones and compound words
  • Context and meaning to learn new vocabulary
  • Variety of informational texts & fiction for comprehension
  • Organize and revise writing in logical sequence
  • Edit for capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling
  • Write interrogative, declarative, and exclamatory sentences
  • Form compound sentences
  • Nouns, verb tenses, adjectives, and pronouns
  • Write in cursive
  • Use technology to acquire and share information
  • Discuss content of reading, including opinions, comparisons, and inferences

 

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