Religion
Students in Third Grade learn about virtues in the Finding God program by Loyola Press and Family Life by RCL Benziger.. Students learn about how God calls us to faith and how Jesus is with us. Students attend Mass every other Wednesday and on all Holy Days. During this time, students are nourishing their faith with prayer and the sacraments. Throughout the year students take part in preparing liturgies for daily Mass and for a Parish-wide, Sunday Mass.
Language Arts and Literature
Third grade students build their writing skills by studying narrative and informational writing. The students use Step Up to Writing to help learn and develop their writing voice.
All reading, vocabulary, and grammar skills are enchanted through the Wonders 2020 edition by McGraw Hill.
Mathematics
In Third Grade, students use the Go Math program for a hands-on approach to math. Students continue to build on the foundational skills learned previously. They begin to solve problems using multiplication and division, while understanding place values so that they can do multi-digit arithmetic. Students are introduced to fractions and learn the concept of area.
Social Studies
Third Graders learn about community and state and national branches of government. They learn about the California Native Ohlone Indians. They are able to identify map elements and can understand geographic terms.
Science
As a class, students in Third Grade participate in the school-wide Science Fair. They use scientific methods to help prepare their project. In addition, students learn about mammals, bats and insects, fish, sharks, and sea mammals. They learn the difference between solids, liquids, and gases. Much of their focus is on life science, astronomy, and space. Students use the Mystery Science program to discover the scientific world around them.
Physical Education
In Third Grade, students work on refinement of basic stability, locomotor and manipulative skills. Students begin to show and interest in skill development. Instruction includes refinement of the activities and concepts introduced in second grade. Students participate in P.E. three times a week for 30 minutes.
Spanish
Students in Third Grade participate in Spanish class twice a week.
Music
Third Grade students master reading standard music notation and begin reading the letter names of notes to indicate pitch in treble clef. They study the components of the staff, measures, and time signatures, and learn to draw notes and rests that appropriately complete measures in simple time signatures.
Technology
Our technology is integrated at the classroom level and part of the curriculum. Third grade students may use the iPads to work on vocabulary or work on Math problems, among other activities. Third grade students are assigned their own iPad for use during the school year. Each iPad includes a keyboard.