Academics
3rd Grade Core Knowledge Sequence Curriculum
LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH
- Reading and Writing
- Grammar and Spelling
- Handwriting
- Poetry
- Fiction (Stories, Norse Myths,
Greek and Roman Myths)
- Sayings and Phrases
- Read Alouds
- Daily Language Review
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
- World Geography (Spatial Sense, Canada,
Important Rivers)
- Ancient Rome (Geography of
Mediterranean Region, Roman Empire:
“Decline and Fall”)
- The Vikings
- The Earliest Americans
- Early Exploration of North America
- The 13 Colonies: Life and Times
Before the Revolution
VISUAL ARTS
- Elements of Art
- American Indian Art
- Art of Ancient Rome and
Byzantine Civilization
MUSIC
- Elements of Music
- Listening and Understanding
(Orchestra and Composers)
- Songs
MATHEMATICS
- Numbers and Number Sense
- Fractions and Decimals
- Money
- Time
- Computation
- Measurement
- Geometry
SCIENCE
- Introduction to Classification
of Animals
- Human Body (Muscular, Skeletal and
Nervous Systems; Vision and Hearing)
- Light and Optics
- Sound
- Ecology
- Astronomy
- Science Biographies
SPANISH
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Conversation
- Reading and Writing
- Culture
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
