Text: Bible Truths

As a Christian school, not only is Bible a separate class, but our teachers integrate Biblical truths in every subject. In third grade, students are introduced to Bible truths that will enable them to understand God’s Word and be motivated toward obedience from the heart.

Text: Our American Heritage

In this course, third graders will study American history in a biographical format that has been arranged chronologically to help students remember important dates and events. The students will be introduced to individuals of our American Heritage who are the right kind of heroes and valuable models of good character.

Text: SRA Real Math

Math concepts taught in first and second grades are thoroughly reviewed to provide a foundation for the new material learned in third grade. Students work extensively in multiplication and division; story problems up to four steps; Roman numerals; averaging numbers; standard measures; equations; and adding, subtracting, and reducing fractions.

Text: English 3

Students begin their formal study in English as an academic subject in this class, developing their ability to think and to express their thoughts correctly. Capitalization, punctuation, word usage, and recognition of nouns and verbs are emphasized.

Reading

Students build vocabulary and reading comprehension skills in various novel studies including Charlotte’s Web, Chocolate Fever and many more.

Science

Text: Purposeful Design Science Level 3

Students study health, properties of matter, ecosystems, plants, magnetism, rocks mineral and soil, geology and the solar system.

Text: Spelling 3

Weekly spelling lists are arranged phonetically so students can identify the sounds they hear with the patterns they see. They build dictionary and syllabication skills, and work with rhyming words, synonyms, and homonyms.