Grade 3

Curriculum

Mathematics Units

• Problem Solving
• Number Sense and Numeration
• Operations on Whole Numbers
• Patterns and Functions
• Fractions/Decimals/Money
• Measurement/Time
• Graphing, Data Collection, Analysis
• Probability
• Geometry

Social Studies

Communities Around the World: Learning About People and Places

• Students learn about communities that reflect the diversity of the world’s peoples and cultures
• Students begin to learn about historic chronology by placing important events on timelines
• Students locate world communities
• Students learn how different communities meet their basic needs and wants

Science

Science as Inquiry

• Students will learn how to plan and conduct simple investigations
• Students will learn how to use simple equipment and tools to gather data
• Students will learn how to use data to construct reasonable explanations
• Students will learn how to effectively communicate the results of the investigations and give explanations