3rd Grade

Third Grade Curriculum Overview

English/Language Arts - Hominy Valley Elementary uses Wit & Wisdom, which is a comprehensive K-8 English Language Arts curriculum crafted to help students build the knowledge and skills they need to be successful readers, exceptional writers, and effective communicators. Students build knowledge of topics such as the sea, outer space, the immigrant's journey, and the work and lives of artists.

Mathematics - The mathematics curriculum is organized into five strands: (1) number and operations; (2) measurement; (3) geometry; (4) data analysis and probability; and, (5) algebra. Problem-solving strategies are embedded into each of the five strands.

Expectations are that third grade students are very actively engaged in doing mathematics. They can describe their ideas and thinking both orally and in writing. Proficient third graders relate manipulatives with ideas. They explain and record the mathematical concepts using precise vocabulary and symbols.

Social Studies - Third graders increase their understanding about community life in a variety of contexts. Comparisons are made as children compare their familiar communities with other cultures and times. An awareness of relationships among ways of living, the physical environment, and human traditions are developed.

Science - Our grade 3 science delves deep into concepts in life sciences, earth sciences, and physical sciences. The focus for third grade students is on identifying systems (water, solar system, etc) and their patterns. Science Concepts: force and motion, earth/moon/sun system, and human body.