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Third grade continues with a strong emphasis on reading comprehension and the parts of speech, sentence structure, and vocabulary. This is a big year for math as the students strengthen their multiplication and division skills, continue to master math facts, and get some exposure to geometric concepts. Social studies moves beyond the community and uses several activities to help the students better understand the concepts. Science continues to provide hands-on investigations, learning about energy and matter (physical), earth and sky (earth science), and structures of life (life science).
Religion continues with the sacramental life, along with Bible stories and the lives of the Saints.
Third grade auxiliary classes also include art, music, physical education, library, Spanish, and computer. The students traditionally visit St. Mary’s Seminary each year.
A listing of the textbooks used is below:Subject Title Publisher Copyright Grade(s) E/LA Into Reading Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020 K-5 Religion Finding God: Our Response to God's Gifts (TE-1) Loyola Press 2013 3 Religion Family Life RCL Benzinger 2011 1-5 Mathematics Progress in Math Sadlier/Oxford 2014 1-5 Science Into Science Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2024 1-5 Social Studies Social Studies Alive: My Community and Beyond Teacher's Curriculum Institute 2010 3 Cursive Handwiring Learning Without Tears 2018 3 Spanish QTalk 1-4