Third Grade

Language Arts: Scott Foresman Series

Overview: While analyzing both fiction and nonfiction, your child will focus on the following skills:

• sequencing
• drawing conclusions
• author’s purpose
• cause & effect
• character traits
• inferencing
• using context clues
• vocabulary
• paragraph structure

Links:   www.sfreading.com
www.spellcity.com
www.studyisland.com
www.internet4classrooms.com
www.academicskillbuilder.com

Math:  Scott Foresman Textbook

Overview:
This year will be an exciting year as your children explore the following concepts:

• Place value
• Money
• Addition and subtraction
• Telling time
• Data and graphs
• Multiplication
• Division
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Fractions
• Probability

Links:

• www.scottforesman.com
• www.aaamath.com
• www.aplusmath.com
• www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
• www.mathmagician.com
• www.studyisland.com
• www.rainforestmaths.com

Science: Science Matters Kits & McGraw-Hill Series

Overview: Third graders will enjoy being scientists as they explore the world around us in the following units:

• Rocks & Minerals – Science Matters Kit
• Chemical Testing – Science Matters Kit
• Solar System, including a NASA e-mission
• Weather

Links:   www.mhscience02.com
www.nasa.gov

Social Studies:  Harcourt Series

Overview:  The students will become well-rounded global citizens as they engage in the following units:

• World community
• Geography
• Branches of government

Links:

• www.geocities.com/enchantedforest/tower/1217/third5.html
• www.socialstudiesforkids.com
• www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids