Third Grade

BIBLE
Bible time includes the pledges to the flags and Bible, songs, memory verses, prayer and Bible lessons.  The Bible lessons motivate the students towards obedience and love for God’s Word.  Scripture memorization is a vital part of the course.  Students also attend weekly chapel services.

 
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
History is taught in a biographical format that has been arranged chronologically in order to teach a time line of important dates and events.  Studies of individuals from American heritage give the students heroes for role models.  Map studies are also included in the study of history.

LANGUAGE
Students begin their formal study of English as an academic subject in third grade.  Students learn the basics of capitalization, punctuation, forming plurals, noun and verb usage, etc.  Students are introduced to dictionary skills as well as letter writing and creative writing.

MATH
Students learn the fundamentals of traditional math.  The greatest emphasis is on mastering multiplication and division facts, story problems up to four steps, Roman Numerals, averaging numbers, equations, adding, subtracting and reducing fractions.  The classes include daily speed drills and weekly tests.

READING
In the Reading course students read as a class rather than in reading circles.  Students read three novels as well as books that offer exciting stories from a Christian perspective.  They are given reading quizzes on material they have read as homework.  Read and Think booklets provide reading comprehension skills.

SPELLING
Students learn one spelling lesson of twenty-eight words each week, including three vocabulary words with definitions.  Weekly tests are given on each word list.  A variety of good poetry is introduced for classroom recitation and memorization.

SCIENCE
In the Science course, students begin with God’s creation of man.  Third graders learn about the human body, with an emphasis on the sense organs and how they work.  Students explore the plant world and the world of animals, emphasizing vertebrates and invertebrates and how to classify them.  Students also learn about the ocean, pond, forest and fields, as well as weather.  After learning to classify vertebrates and invertebrates, the students create an animal notebook.

WRITING
Third graders continue instruction and practice of cursive penmanship skills.  A thorough review of letter formation with emphasis on correct slant, spacing and proportion is included.