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ACADEMY
Third Grade
At Carden Academy of Whittier, we consider nothing more important than to help each student learn and grow at their best pace. We have constructed our third grade program with the benefit of all of our students in mind. Our small class sizes allow our dedicated teachers to provide an accelerated curriculum and individualized instruction that benefits all of our students. Our teachers are able to provide additional support in academic areas to foster the learning pace and needs of our students through daily small group work sessions.
When you choose Carden Academy of Whittier, you ensure that your child will be exposed to a wide and varied curriculum filled with all of the skill sets necessary to help guide their development thoroughly. We offer instruction in classical literature, math, physical education, music, foreign languages, art, and advanced academic programs such as STEM. We believe a child’s development is not just cognitive, but also social, creative, and physical. We are committed to supporting the development of the whole child at every grade level.​
Third Grade At A Glance...
Objectives
To Give Each Child​
Security in learning, the ability to think, self-reliance, understanding of what he/she is learning, and knowledge of the purpose of that learning; good study habits, love of reading and math, a pleasurable learning experience.
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Reading
Class Book III Workbook, Comprehension Techniques, Graduation Book.
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Spelling
Vowel chart plus dictionary marks and examples; word groups; homonyms.
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Geography
Continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and seas (Looking at the World); maps of the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Language Mechanics
Questions answered: why, by whom; by what; Parts of speech: proper noun; adverb; article; personal pronoun; the street; parts of the sentence; adverb and adjective phrases; beginning work with adverb and adjective clauses; verbs; present perfect, past perfect, future tenses, regular and progressive forms, conjugation of to be in five tenses, singular and plural conjugations punctuation: apostrophe; (using sentence analysis, dictation and recall).
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Drama
Playlets
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Composition
Paragraph pattern, book reports, summaries, outlining.
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French
Phonetics; complex vowel sounds, simple grammatical rules, plurals.
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Math
Addition with carrying, working in ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands house and addition of decimals; subtraction using the pairs, re-grouping to subtract, with borrowing; mastery of multiplication two's through 12's with carrying and two-digit multipliers; division with one digit divisor; quotients with remainders; understanding division as a fraction.; fractions used in division; story problems using all math patterns in solving; creating story problems with all four processes as well as number needed and the difference between; money: dollars and cents used in math problems; time: adding minutes and hours; geometry: study of terms and angles; math signs and terms; measurements of basic standard and metric; Add and subtract fractions; multiples, improper to proper fractions and simple reducing of fractions.
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History
Early man, Native American tribes, holidays, animals
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Science
Solar system, fossils, water, food, heat; Discovery Works, Learning to Live, experiments, Constellations.
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Music
Sight signing; part singing; choir.
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Work Habits
Work independently on assigned work; complete assignments in a given time; write neatly and arrange the material in an attractive way; concentrate, have a satisfactory attention span; follow directions.
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Social Studies
Developing knowledge and skill in history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government. We also focus on people and their interaction with others and the world in which they live. Our students gain a better understanding of their country and its regions.
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Attitude Development
We discuss Standards of Living and help students to be confident and comfortable in the presence of adults and classmates. Our students practice patterns of acceptable behavior and have a sense of security in learning. Our students are taught to maintain strong values and show appreciation for all that is good.