Goals for
Third Grade
Religion Know the Act of
Contrition, Hail Holy
Queen, the Acts
of Faith, Hope and Love.
Know how to pray the Rosary and the
Apostles's Creed.
Understand God’s plan for the Church,
work, family
and us.
Know
the Blessed Trinity and understand what it means to act as
image of God. Know the Ten Connandments.
Know the
Sacraments.

Reading Strategies-
comprehension, cause and effect, make
inferencs, make
generalizations compare
and contrast,
sequence events, summarize point of view, fact and opinion, judgments
and
decisions, important and unimportant information.
Vocabulary Strategies-
synonyms and
antonyms,
multiple-meaning
words, context clues, compound words, figurative language.
Study
Skills- identify and use parts of a
book; use
reference sources, graphic aids, various texts.
 
Phonics/Spelling
Learn synonyms and antonyms, words with multiple meanings, Use
diagraphs, blends, dipthongs, syllables. Know root words, compound
words, contractions. Understand long and short vowels, plurals,
homophones and homographs. Handwriting DyNealian Cursive.

Grammar Sentences of
varying lengths and the
punctuation of
all types of sentences.
Nouns – common, proper, singular,
plural,
possessive.
Pronouns – Pronouns used as subjects and
objects,
pronoun –
agreement, possessive pronouns. Verbs –
subject-verb agreement, main and
helping
verbs;
past/future tense.
Adjectives – adjectives that compare,
tell how many, articles
Adverbs – to describe verbs, adjectives
and other
adverbs.
Mechanics – capitalization, punctuation,
quotations,
commas,
contractions and apostrophes. Nous-common,
proper, singular, plural and
possive. Pronouns used as subjects and objectives, pronoun agreement,
possessive pronouns. Verbs- subject-verb agreement, main and helping
verbs; past/ future tense. Acjectives-adjectives that compare, tell how
many, articles. Adverbs- describe verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs. Mechanics- capitalizations, punctuations, quotations, commas,
contractions and apostrophes.
Math
Estimate
numbers to
1,000,000,000.
Memorize addictions and subtractions facts, insert missing addends and
signs. Add and subtract two, three and four digit umbers with regrouping.
Write and
recite and learn multiple facts through 12. Understand and perform
basic division. Know and label, halves, thirds
and fourths.
Measure temperature using Celsius and
Fahrenheit.
Add, subtract and estimate the value of
money up to
$100. Be able
to tell time to the nearest minute
and solve
word problems.
Measure to the nearest foot, yard and
mile and solve
word problems.
Measure to the nearest meter, millimeter
and
centimeter and solve
word problems.
Measure liquids in cups, ounces, pints,
quarts,
gallons,
millimeters, liters and estimate volume.
Identify two and three
dimensional
shapes.
Science
Basic unsderstadking of the solar system. Describe cloud formations,
storms and various forms of weather. Understand
the water cycle. Identify
changes in the Earth's surface. Describe
materials found on the Earth. Relate how
matter changes. Understanding
energy and its uses in the environment. Make
predictions using hypothesis.

Social
Studies Describe Native
American Nations. Understand how the
Northeast and West
were settled. Describe the
beginning of prairie
towns. Know the
importance of taking care of
the land and
the importance
of conserving natural resources. Understand how
industries develope. Understand the
role of
government in our
nation, state, and
community. Understand
cultures from around the
world. Gain
understanding of map skills.
          
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