BIBLE
- study Bible stories from creation to Ruth
- believe that the Bible is God’s Word
- understand basic Bible themes
- remember the overall story of the Bible as God’s plan of salvation
- respond appropriately to Bible stories
- retell Bible stories
- recite Bible passages
- read the Bible
- use judgment based on the Bible
- desire to serve God
- desire to be close to God
- ask questions about the Bible and Christianity
- relate the Bible to daily life
- witness to others
- accept the Bible’s call for repentance, faith, discipleship, and praise
- love God, others, self
MEMORY WORK
- Ten Commandments
- Psalm 135:1-9
- Old and New Testament Books
- Psalm 37:23-25
- Genesis 1:27-28
- Joshua 24:14-15
- I Peter 2:9-12
READING, LANGUAGE, PHONICS, SPELLING, HANDWRITING, WRITING PROCESS
- understand that language is a gift from God
- interpret books from a Christian world and life view
- develop appreciation for quality literature
- use homophones, contractions, possessives, synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms properly
- use prefixes, suffixes, and syllabication to decode words
- recognize and apply grade level vocabulary
- demonstrate the use of prior knowledge and prediction to increase comprehension
- show understanding of what is read through recognition of main idea, details, inference, cause and effect, and logical conclusion
- identify story sequence
- alphabetize word to the third letter and use a dictionary
- apply reading skills to obtain information from sources such as newspapers, game directions, charts, graphs
- use table of contents, index, and glossary
- know sentence parts: subjects and predicates
- know specific parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns
- develop fluency and expression in oral reading
- participate in class discussions
- follow multiple-step oral directions
- generate and organize ideas during pre-writing activities
- expand sentences with descriptive words/phrases
- increase written and oral vocabulary
- write fluently and organize thoughts into paragraphs
- write compositions which adhere to a single topic
- write for a variety of purposes and audiences - journals, letters, narratives, imaginative compositions
- apply spelling concepts appropriate to third grade
- maintain legible manuscript and develop cursive handwriting
- refine previously learned phonics skills
MATH
- understand God’s world as orderly and precise
- increase mathematical language and relate math to daily life
- investigate and practice problem solving process
- estimate quantities and measurement
- use mental math strategies
- develop an understanding of numeration through thousands
- master addition and subtraction facts
- compute four digit addition and subtraction
- memorize multiplication facts
- skip count basic number patterns
- read and write simple fractions and decimals
- identify fact families
- measure length, volume, and weight in standard and metric units
- tell time to the minute
- make change over one dollar
- identify basic geometric figures and concepts
- interpret graphs, tables, and charts
- round numbers to the nearest hundredth
- divide by numbers 1-9
SCIENCE
- recognize God as creator of the universe
- identify themselves as caretakers of God’s creation
- develop a positive attitude and excitement about learning science
- recognize that science and technology affect the way we live
- identify major body systems and their functions
- describe animal habitats
- identify plants and their uses
- in-depth unit of one biome (desert, grassland, tropical rain forest, temperate deciduous forest, taiga, or tundra)
- identify and classify foods by the food groups
- describe a balanced and healthful diet
- describe the ways in which weathering occurs
- describe how erosion can change the shape of the land
- describe the cause of earthquakes and volcanoes
- exhibit an understanding of the solar system
- compare the properties of the different states of matter and mass
SOCIAL STUDIES
- recognize God as Creator and Lord of all cultures and communities
- describe the basic characteristics of communities
- compare and contrast a variety of communities
- describe the community in which the student lives
- describe the role of technology in the development of communities
- develop an understanding of interpreting maps and globes
- define government as a group of people who make laws and see that they are obeyed
- compare local, federal and state governments
- describe why communities provide services
- compare communities past and present
- in-depth unit on Pilgrims
- in-depth unit on Ancient Egypt (this integrates with Bible and Science)