Third Grade Scope and Sequence

Third Grade Scope and Sequence
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$math.jpg (13944 bytes)$ MATH		Number recognition, counting and writing 1-1000 Greater / lesser than Column addition, four digit addition with carrying Equivalent sets of tens and hundreds Number lines Column subtraction, four digit borrowing with borrowing of tens and hundreds Fraction of 1/2 Ordinal numbers--first through tenth Duplicate horizontal problems to vertical problems Coins and money value, adding cents Graphs and charts Measurement--length, weight, liquid, volume, time Counting order Shapes--square, circle, triangle, rectangle

ENGLISH		Language Writing sentences and paragraphs Phonics review Writing letters Review of vowels, consonants, blends Poems, rhyming words Reading comprehension Addressing letters Cursive Writing Grammar and mechanics Cursive lower and upper case letters Nouns--common, proper, singular, plural Cursive capital letters Pronouns Cursive proper names Adjectives Cursive sentences and paragraphs Verbs--acting, state of being Writing Antonyms, synonyms, homonyms Punctuation--ending, quotation marks, commas, apostrophe Prepositions Confusing pairs and words Spelling

SOCIAL STUDIES		Methods of communication World history--Middle East, Spain Conservation Christopher Columbus Communities--family, farm, town, city American History Common businesses Colonization Farming, types of farms, farm products Slavery Natural resources Government Maps and globes George Washington Carver Continents

SCIENCE		Sky, air, clouds The flood, and geological changes thereafter Wind and temperature Jungles and hot lands Oceans, tides Tundra and cold lands Solar system--earth’s rotation and movements Volcanoes and earthquakes, fire rock, water rock Galileo and Telescopes Time--past, present and future, measuring time with sundials, hourglasses, candles, and clocks Astronauts Animals, plants, fish, birds, reptiles Calendars, measuring minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years

HEALTH		Birth and birthdays Parts of the body (integrated in the core subjects)

BIBLE		Bible doctrine, memory verses Creation--man in God’s image, free will Character traits Moses and the ten commandments God’s faithfulness Noah, the flood, the ark, and the rainbow Sin and punishment (integrated in the core subjects)