Third Grade

Third Grade Teachers

(Look up email addresses)

  • Maria "Gabriela" Camacho

  • Kevin Cornell

  • Ian Davis-Huie

  • Lori Flores  

  • Pamela Gordon

  • Ashley Hill

  • Ruth Martinez

  • Maria Seas

Third grade is a time for your child to become independent and responsible learners. Parents can foster this by stepping back and keeping an eye on your child’s progress as they are gaining independence. Students are held accountable to mastery of skills, and progress is scored using the 10-point grading scale.

K-8 Quick Reference NC Curriculum Guides (Third Grade)

See our Speas Global IB Programme of Inquiry Here and check out the 6 Units of Inquiry we will be working on during the school year. Approximate dates are included, but may be adjusted as the year goes along. 

Over the summer, students should READ, READ, READ!!!  

Here are some other things you can encourage them to do:

  • Fluently add and subtract

  • Keep a journal using complete sentences / paragraphs.

  • Spelling of high frequency words

  • Concept of time - hour, half-hour, quarter-hour

  • Practice legible manuscript writing on wide-ruled notebook paper recognizing margins

     

Below is an overview of what you can expect your child to learn in third grade:

Reading

  • Nonfiction and Fiction Texts

  • Informational Text

  • Answer questions using evidence from the text

     

Mathematics

  • Multiplication

  • Division

  • Graphing

  • Fractions

  • Addition and Subtraction (Please practice regrouping)

  • Mass and Volume (liquid)

  • Telling time and elapsed time

    • Time to one minute, five minutes, half-hour, quarter-hour

  • Multi-step Word Problems

  • Area and Perimeter

  • Geometry

    • Quadrilaterals

Writing

  • Narrative Writing

  • Opinion/Persuasive Writing

  • Explanatory Writing

Science

  • Human Body Systems

    • Skin

    • Muscles

    • Bones

  • Solar System

  • Plants and Seeds

  • Force and Motion

  • Matter

 Social Studies

  • Communities

  • How communities change over time

  • Economics

  • Local government

  • Five themes of geography

Testing - Third grade begins more serious testing.

  •  BOG (beginning of grade) test using third grade standards given the first ten days of school. Third graders need a score of 439 and/or a level P in TRC to achieve promotion to fourth grade. New to third grade will be end of quarter testing.

  • Read more about the 3rd Grade "Read to Achieve" Legislation here.

Links to Parent Road Maps in Spanish (See English below) 

Guía Para Los Padres: Apoyando A Su Hijo En Tercer Grado, Artes Del Lenguaje En Inglés

Guía Para Los Padres: Apoyando A Su Hijo En Tercer Grado, Matemáticas

Parent Roadmap: Supporting Your Child in Grade Three, English Language Arts

Parent Roadmap: Supporting Your Child in Grade Three, Mathematics