Third Grade Overview

Big Question: How do communities change over time?
Culminating Project: Interview a local community member- what can we learn from past generations about communities?

Core Classes

  • Social Studies: Students in third grade explore continuity and change within communities in the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Latin America. We take a look at the cultural aspects of different communities around the world and how these communities have changed over time. More...
  • Language Arts: The fiction and nonfiction novels our students read in third grade are tightly integrated with our Social Studies curriculum and focus on different historical figures who influenced the communities in which they live. More...
  • Math: Students spend the beginning of the year examining how numbers are the international language. They explore how number systems evolved in ancient communities... More...
  • Science: Students in third grade experience science through engaging activities, experiments, and investigations. In Science, students explore the world’s major communities, biomes. More:

Enrichment Classes

  • Spanish: Third graders continue to learn Spanish through music, games, and interactive learning. More...
  • Music: Third graders learn how to play the recorder while learning the music alphabet... More...
  • Visual Arts: The third grade Art curriculum focuses on helping students develop basic art skills, techniques, and terminology. More...
  • Life Skills: Life Skills is an enrichment course that covers real-life topics that are age-appropriate and prepares students on how to handle themselves during challenging situations that may occur on a day-to-day basis. More...
  • Life Sports: Life Sports teaches the value of healthy living and its impact on the quality of life through physical activity, appraisal of personal health, fitness and injury prevention, game skills, and the promotion of sportsmanship and self-confidence. More...
  • Service Learning: Service Learning provides the students with monthly opportunities to be active members of the community. Third graders focus their service at The Haven in Huntersville. More...


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