Serving Preschool Through 8th Grade in the San Francisco East Bay Since 1962
Developmentally, students grow and become more independent during third grade. We make sure to support them emotionally and academically through this process.

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Third Grade

The skills mastered through self-direction in second grade are expanded in third grade as students develop greater independence and responsibility. Peer collaboration and small group learning experiences add a new dimension to the learning process. Teachers guide their students through an engaging, rigorous, standards-based curriculum. Third grade students are active participants rather than passive recipients of knowledge, whether it is a science investigation, a math challenge driven by a real-world problem, or a re-enactment of the Western Expansion.

Third grade students become younger buddies to the 7th grade students this year. The buddy program helps to develop compassion, confidence, and friendships with older students.

Developmentally, students grow and become more independent during third grade. We make sure to support them emotionally and academically through this process and enjoy seeing them change as we prepare and challenge them throughout the year.

CURRICULUM

Language Arts
READING Units of Study:
  • Building a Reading Life
  • Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and Text
  • Structures
  • Character Studies
  • Research Clubs
WRITING Units of Study:
  • Crafting True Stories
  • The Art of Information Writing
  • Changing the World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials
  • Once Upon a Time: Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales
  • Opinion, information, and narrative writing
Math
  • Solving Multiplication and Division Problems
  • Collecting, Representing, Analyzing Data
  • Place Value and the Number System to 1,000
  • Adding and Subtracting 2-digit and 3-digit Numbers
  • Geometry and Linear Measurement
  • Fractions
Social Studies
  • Building Community
  • Geography and Mapping Skills
  • Walnut Creek History and Government
  • Native Americans and Cultural Regions
  • Westward Movement
Science
  • Carrying Out Investigations
  • Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
  • Supporting Scientific Arguments With Evidence
  • Life Science: Structures of Life
  • Physical Science: Matter and Motion
  • Earth Science: Water, Weather, and Climate Patterns