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3rd Grade Curriculum Full Year

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3rd Grade Curriculum Full Year is a full-year printable curriculum of 815 pages for 3rd grade (ages 8–9). It covers September: Growing as Learners, October: Forces & Motion, November: Communities & Citizens, December: Weather & Climate and January: Inventors & Ideas, plus 5 more sections. US Letter and A4 sizes are both included, as an instant download from our Etsy shop.

A complete third grade year, planned for you: 815 printable pages organized month by month and week by week. Every week opens with a week at a glance and a daily lesson plan (morning meeting, word study and spelling, reading, writing, grammar and cursive, math, science and social studies) that tells you exactly which pages to use each day.

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At a glance

  • 815 pages
  • 748 activity and planning pages
  • 11 sections with colored tabs
  • start guide
  • progress chart
  • certificate
  • answer keys

Look inside

8 real pages from this bundle, each showing a different kind of activity. The previews are watermarked and low resolution. The files you buy are clean, full-quality PDFs.

What's included (815 pages)

  • Start Here12 pagesHow the year works, year at a glance, scope and sequence, a list of every week's reading passage, writing piece and science reading, homeschool and classroom schedules, morning meeting and 36 songs and chants, supply list, a kids' writing checklist, a reusable spelling test page, blank weekly and monthly planners.
  • September: Growing as Learners78 pagesMonth overview + family letter, then 4 weeks (Welcome to Third Grade, Goals & Growth Mindset, Our Amazing Brains, Being a Good Teammate), each with a week at a glance, a daily lesson plan and 17 pages: 2 word study, a 12-word spelling list, vocabulary, grammar, a reading passage with a question page, writing, cursive, 7 math and a science or social studies reading.
  • October: Forces & Motion78 pagesPushes & Pulls, Balanced & Unbalanced Forces, Magnets, Patterns of Motion; word study: r-controlled vowels, ou, oi, oo and au; math: adding and subtracting within 1,000, meaning of multiplication.
  • November: Communities & Citizens78 pagesMaps & Globes, Rules, Laws & Government, Being a Good Citizen, Goods, Services & Money; word study: plurals, soft c and g; math: multiplication facts 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 6.
  • December: Weather & Climate78 pagesWeather Tools & Data, Climates Around the World, Wild Weather & Staying Safe, Winter Traditions Around the World; word study: silent letters, doubling, drop e and y to i, compound words; math: facts 7, 8 and 9 and multiplication strategies.
  • January: Inventors & Ideas78 pagesSimple Machines, Inventors Who Changed the World, Design Thinking, Light & Sound; word study: contractions, homophones; math: division.
  • February: Life Cycles & Traits78 pagesPlant Life Cycles, Animal Life Cycles, Traits, Kindness & Friendship; word study: prefixes un-, re-, dis-, mis-, non-, pre-, over-, under- and suffixes; math: multiply and divide, fractions.
  • March: Fossils & Our Changing Earth78 pagesFossils Tell Stories, Changing Environments, Rocks, Soil & Erosion, Water on Earth; word study: suffixes -ly, -y, -er, -est, -ness, -ment, -able; math: fractions, area and perimeter.
  • April: Ecosystems & Survival78 pagesHabitats & Ecosystems, Food Chains, Adaptations, Caring for Our Planet; word study: syllable types, -tion and -sion; math: time to the minute, elapsed time, liquid volume, measuring and graphs.
  • May: Our World & Ready for 4th Grade78 pagesContinents & Oceans, Cultures Around the World, Explorers & Adventures, Ready for Fourth Grade; word study: Greek and Latin word parts, ph and gh, review; math: two-step word problems and review.
  • Assessments & Records34 pagesSkills checklists for 4 quarters, point-and-say word study and multiplication facts, 8 quarterly assessment pages and 4 multiplication and division fact checks with keys, reading fluency, spelling, math facts and word study records, reading log and goals, portfolio pages, progress report, family conference notes and a ready-for-fourth-grade checklist.
  • Answer keys (in the back)
  • Cover, "How to use this bundle" guide and contents with page numbers
  • Section dividers with colored edge tabs, so every section is easy to find in a binder
  • Progress / sticker chart and a certificate of completion (type the name in free Adobe Acrobat Reader)

How to use it

  1. Print one week
  2. Follow the daily lesson plan
  3. Color the progress chart
  4. Celebrate with the certificate

What Your Child Learns

  • Word study and spelling: vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, plurals, endings and spelling rules, silent letters, compound words, contractions, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, syllable types, -tion and -sion, Greek and Latin word parts, with a 12-word spelling list every week
  • Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms, context clues, words with two meanings, idioms, similes, dictionary guide words, ABC order and word parts
  • Grammar: sentences and fragments, subjects and predicates, nouns (common, proper, abstract, possessive), pronouns, verbs and tenses, irregular verbs, adjectives and adverbs that compare, conjunctions, compound and complex sentences, capitals in titles, commas and quotation marks
  • Reading: 36 third grade passages (fiction and nonfiction), each with a question page and a skill focus
  • Writing: 36 planned pieces (opinion, informative, narrative and letters) and a cursive page every week (strokes, lowercase letters, capitals, sentences)
  • Math: place value and rounding, adding and subtracting within 1,000, multiplication and division facts and strategies, fractions on a number line, equivalent and comparing fractions, area and perimeter, shapes, time to the minute, elapsed time, liquid volume, measuring, graphs and two-step word problems
  • Science and social studies: 36 reading pages with questions on forces and magnets, weather and climate, life cycles and traits, fossils, ecosystems, maps, government, citizenship, money, inventors, continents and cultures

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Clean black line art with a soft watercolor touch, so the pages print beautifully in color or grayscale and use little ink. Every worksheet has a name line. Answers are checked.

Questions and answers

Who is 3rd Grade Curriculum Full Year for?

Third grade at home, homeschool, third grade classrooms, tutoring and summer catch-up (ages 8–9).

How many pages are in 3rd Grade Curriculum Full Year?

815 printable pages, organised into 11 sections. The full list is under "What's included" on this page.

Does it come in US Letter and A4?

Yes. Both sizes are included in the one purchase, with the same pages in each. Print at 100% ("actual size").

How do I get the files?

This is a digital download sold through our Etsy shop. After you pay on Etsy the PDF files are available straight away from your Etsy purchases page, and Etsy emails you a download link. Nothing is posted.

Can I use it in my classroom or with all my children?

For personal, family and single-classroom use. Please don't share or resell the files.

Does it use a lot of ink?

Clean black line art with a soft watercolor touch, so the pages print beautifully in color or grayscale and use little ink. Every worksheet has a name line. Answers are checked.

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