Students will typically develop skills and learn about concepts not addressed on this page. This resource provides one insight into broad aspects of core curriculum.

• Over the course of a school year, students learn much more than can be depicted in one resource.
• Core curriculum is stated as general expectations for all students.
• This page describes what students must know and be able to do at the end of their school year.
• In all cases, instruction must fit each student’s needs.
• Classroom teachers are the best resource for parents wishing to learn more about their children’s education.
• For more information on materials and approaches used in classrooms, contact the building principal.

Third grade students will....

• Third grade students will....
• place major events in the development of their local community and Michigan in chronological order
• use narratives and data to compare the past and present
• locate and describe cultures and compare the similarities and differences among the roles of women, men and families
• explain basic ecosystem concepts and processes
• explain how various people and cultures have adopted to and modified the environment
• identify major United States regions and land forms
• give examples of authority
• explain responsibilities citizens have to uphold government
• explain how prices are determined in a market economy
• learn and apply map skills

 

Third grade students will....

• understand and identify author’s purpose
• apply and synthesize information gained through reading 
• use reading, writing, speaking, listening to make connections
• identify and use parts of speech
• identify and create complete sentences and paragraphs
• use appropriate punctuation and capitalization
• examine word structure and phonetics
• prepare and present information using a variety of strategies
• understand and use word structure to spell words correctly
• understand and apply a variety of study and test taking strategies
• create original writing pieces
• compile a variety of writing samples
• distinguish between fact and opinion
• identify story’s main idea and draw conclusions

Third grade students will....

• generate reasonable questions about the world
• observe and record evidence of science in their world
• conduct experiments, record and discuss results
• use simple measurement devices
• construct charts and graphs
• develop an awareness of and sensitivity to the natural world
• explain common patterns of interdependence and interrelationships of living things
• describe the basic requirements for all living things
• classify common objects and substances according to observable attributes

Third grade students will....

• multiply facts through ten
• divide two digit divisors without remainders
• add and subtract decimals
• make change using coins
• interpret, analyze, compare and construct graphs
• define place value through 1000
• use calculators to solve word problems
• use various hands-on materials to learn mathematical concepts
• compare geometric shapes