DCC Third Grade Curriculum Overview

Reading

  • Compare and Contrast
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Main Idea
  • Supporting Details
  • Cause and Effect
  • Time-Order Words
  • Generalization
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Fact and Opinion
  • Outlining and Summarizing
  • Sequence

English

  • Subject/Predicate
  • Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences
  • Declarative and Interrogative Sentences
  • Singular and Plural Nouns
  • Irregular Plural Nouns
  • Action and Linking Verbs
  • Main and Helping Verbs
  • Singular and Plural Pronouns
  • Subject and Object Pronouns
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Prepositions
  • Adjectives and Articles
  • Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
  • Adverbs

Math

  • Addition & Subtraction up to 1,000
  • Representing & Interpreting Data
  • Multiplication
  • Division
  • Fractions
  • Time, Length, Liquid Volume, and Mass
  • Perimeter & Area
  • Two-Dimensional Shapes

Religion

  • The Faith Professed
    • Doctrine
    • Scripture
  • Sacraments & Liturgical Life
    • Sacraments
      • Baptism
      • Reconciliation
      • Eucharist (3rd graders receive their First Holy Communion this year)
      • Matrimony
      • Holy Orders
      • Anointing of the Sick
      • Sacramentals
  • Liturgical Life
    • Liturgical Calendar
    • Eucharistic Liturgy
    • Liturgical Gestures & Para-Liturgical Celebrations
  • Church: The Body of Christ
    • Church in Heaven
    • Church in Purgatory
    • Church on Earth
  • Christians in the World
    • Catholic Social Teaching
    • Evangelization
  • Theology of the Body

Science

  • Physical Sciences
    • Matter
    • Forces & Energy
  • Earth Sciences
    • Earth & Its Resources
    • Weather & Space
  • Life Sciences
    • Living Things
    • Changes in Ecosystems

Social Studies

  • Community
  • Land and Resources
  • Explorers Arrive
  • Citizenship
  • Our Government
  • Economics
  • Trade
  • Culture
  • Holidays and Heroes

Spelling

  • Weekly spelling words align with our reading series.
  • Also introduced each week are Bonus Words, Vocabulary Words and Amazing Words

Handwriting

  • Cursive Writing

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