Dear Parents, I’m happy to say that our school is continuing with the Core Knowledge curriculum.  This program stems from the idea that knowledge builds upon knowledge, and that there is a shared knowledge that all citizens need in order to be culturally literate.  The curriculum has been sequenced to help children make secure progress in learning; each grade presents knowledge in which later grades will build upon.                                                                                       Mr. Brent LaFay

Third Grade                                                                        Language Arts/English Reading and Writing Poetry Fiction (Stories; Norse Myths; Greek and Roman Myths) Sayings and Phrases   History and Geography World: World Geography (spatial Sense; Canada; Important Rivers) Ancient Rome (Geography of Mediterranean Region; Roman Empire) The Vikings     American: The Earliest Americans Early Exploration of North America The Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times Before the Revolution     Visual Arts Elements of Art American Indian Art Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine civilization     Music Elements of Music Listening and Understanding (Orchestra; Composers) Songs     Mathematics Numbers and Numbering Sense Fractions and Decimals Money Computation Measurement Geometry     Science Introduction to Classification of Animals Human Body (Muscular, Skeletal, and Nervous Systems) Light and Optics Sound Ecology Astronomy Science Biographies

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