Grade Three Curriculum Outline
Mrs. Lindsay & Miss Cummings
MATHEMATICS
1. Number concepts (counting and writing numbers in figures and words)
2. Rounding of numbers
3. Number sentences
4. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication (regrouping)
5. Division
6. Identifying least and greatest
7. Word problems
8. Greater and less than
9. Metric system
10. Area and perimeter (regular and irregular shape)
11. Fractions
12. Geometry (path, point, line segment, simple path, closed path, polygon, square corner, ray, angles)
13. Algebra (addend, sum, product and the “if” and “then” sentences
14. Statistics (read and interpret graph, read vertical and horizontal graphs, collect and record data
LANGUAGE ARTS
1. Parts of speech (noun, verb, pronoun, adjective)
2. Conjunction
3. Study skills
4. Masculine and feminine
5. Singular and plural
6. Antonyms
7. Synonyms
8. Homophones
9. Similes
10. Contractions
Phonics and reading
– Use consonant blends, consonant diagraphs, clusters
– Using consonant doubling
– Applying appropriate sounds e.g. c-cane, c-city
– Prefixes, suffixes, compound words, syllabication
– Spelling words and dropping final ‘e’ and adding ‘ing’
INTEGRATED STUDIES
Term 1
THEME: My body
Focus questions:
1. What is the importance of the teeth, stomach and lungs?
2. Why and how should I take care of different parts of my body?
3. How does food help to make my body healthy?
THEME: Satisfying needs
Focus questions:
1. What is the difference between basic needs and other needs?
2. How do we satisfy other needs?
3. Does satisfying other needs make a difference to life?
Term 2
THEME: Providers of goods and services
Focus questions:
1. Who are the providers of goods and services that we need?
2. How do workers contribute to the development of my community?
3. How do rules help workers at the workplace?
THEME: Relating to others outside of Jamaica
Focus questions:
1. What type of relationship do we have with people of other countries?
2. Why is it important that we relate to other countries of the world?
3. In what way are we alike or different from the people with whom we relate outside ofJamaica?
4. How can we ensure thatJamaicamaintains good relations with other countries?
THEME: Aspects of Jamaican culture
Focus questions:
1. What is culture?
2. How did the Jamaican culture emerge?
3. How does it continue to evolve?
4. Why is our culture valuable?
Term 3
THEME: Living and non-living things in my environment
Focus questions:
1. How can I tell if something in my environment is living?
2. Why do living things need special habitats?
3. How are living and non-living things affected by changes in the environment?
4. In what ways are non-living and living things interdependent?
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