SOCIAL STUDIES

Units covered include: Native Americans, the Movement West, and an introduction to our government and its constitutions.

RELIGION

Emphasis will be on the Seven Sacraments and the parts of the Mass while learning the prayers in the back of the book.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Focus will be on increasing children’s comprehension and vocabulary skills. Children spend five to ten minutes each morning explicating and memorizing poetry. Children will master the parts of speech while developing their writing skills.

COMPUTER LAB

Children visit the lab twice a week. Each period is for fifty minutes. Children are introduced to Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word as well as learning to use the computer for research and improving their keyboarding skills.

A Day in the Life of a Third Grader

7:55-8:05
8:05-8:35
8:35-9:40
9:40-10:30
10:30-10:50 Recess
10:50-11:40
11:40-12:30
12:30-1:10
1:10-1:40
1:10-2:10
2:10-2:50
2:45-3:00

Ask a third grader to recite this poem for you

"The Swing"

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

By: Robert Louis Stevenson