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Third Grade Curriculum

CompassLearning
This online alternative provides interactive, virtual classes with complete curriculum in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies, plus critical thinking – all correlated to the latest national and state education standards. Lessons incorporate engaging graphics at all levels and lively auditory support at lower grade levels. In addition, more than 100 thematic, interdisciplinary project-based units are offered for the intermediate grades that combine computer-based instruction, research, and offline resources. Lesson plans are provided to parents online to guide them through the curriculum. Workbooks in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies are also provided to each student for supplemental needs, along with high-quality literature geared to the student's grade level.

Visit the CompassLearning Web site to learn more about the curriculum and to view sample CompassLearning lessons.

Language Arts - Reading comprehension and strategies; cause and effect relationships in literary texts; genres of literature; clear and concise writing; mechanics, and usage; speaking and listening skills; spelling; technology in communication; thematic units in literature including folk tales, fairy tales, and tall tales; handwriting

Mathematics - Number theory; understanding operations (+,-,×,÷) and how they relate; representing fractional and decimal numbers; patterns relations, and functions; representation and analysis using algebraic symbols; properties of shapes; coordinate geometry; transformation and symmetry; time, customary and metric systems; perimeter and area; displaying and interpreting data; basic probability concepts

Social Studies - World in spatial terms; Vikings; Alaskan Inuit; concepts of economics; characteristics of citizenship; role of state and local government; exploration of the Americas; North American colonization; timelines; geography and map skills

Science - Process of scientific investigation; nature of matter; energy, force, and motion; processes that shape the Earth; ecology; living organisms and how they interact with the environment; light and sound; astronomy

Electives - Brain buzzers; thematic units

Technology - Weekly activities using Internet Resources