Academics - Third Grade

Language Arts

• Writing Process and portfolios
• Paragraph Structure
• Note Taking
• Parts of speech
• Types of sentences
• Spelling rules and strategies
• Oral communication
• Phonemic Awareness and phonics
• Word analysis
• Reading Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Reference materials
• Research skills

Mathematics

• Place value
• Basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
• Word problems using all number operations
• Fractions
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Probability
• Math Portfolios

Religion

• The Seven Sacraments
• Creed
• Trinity
• Holy Days
• Peace and Justice
• Adoration
• Stations of the Cross
• Rosary
• Saints
• Planning and participating in masses
• Archdiocesan Good Touch/Bad Touch program

Science

• Soil, rocks, natural resources
• Atmospheric measurements for GLOBE program
• Planets and moon
• Solid, liquid, gas
• Simple machines
• Electricity
• Nutrition

Social Studies

• How and why communities begin
• History of Louisville and communities
• Political process and government
• Economics
• Customs and cultures

Technology

• Keyboarding
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheet and graphing
• Database
• Web Research
• Internet Safety Program - I-Safe