3rd Grade Course Description

Mathematics

• Number, Operation and Quantitative Reasoning
• Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking
• Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
• Measurement
• Probability and Statistics
• Problem Solving

English Language Arts and Reading

• Listening and Speaking
• Reading
• Writing

Science

• Field and Laboratory
• Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
• Tools and Models
• Systems
• Forces Cause Change
• Physical Properties
• Needs of Living Organisms
• Inherited Traits and Learned Characteristics
• Processes of the Natural World

Social Studies

• History
• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• Citizenship
• Culture
• Science, Technology and Society
• Social Studies Skills