Third Grade (Grade-3) Curriculum

It is time, again, to celebrate with some achievement - the release of Third Grade Curriculum from HeroesMart Academy (HHA). The Heroesmart Academy Team has worked tirelessly to produce and release Godly Learners Third Grade (Grade-3) Curriculum as promised.

This Curriculum package was created with the same academic rigor and biblically moral fundamentals as previous grade years, while remaining age-appropriate with the use of vivid colors and tones to keep your child engaged. Our goal is to make private education attainable to the average family seeking shelter from the unknowns of public education and the high price tags of traditional private schools. At Heroesmart, you will find that you (the parent) are free to educate your student at your own leisure, on your own schedule, and at an affordable price.

This Bible-based curriculum is designed for students between ages 9-10 years old. Subjects covered at this level are as follows: Mathematics, English/Language Arts, Bible Reading, Science & Technology, Social Studies, and Piano. Classes are 5-days a week over the course of 36 weeks (or 180 traditional school days). Remember, examinations are available to test your student’s knowledge at 9-week intervals (optional). Exit examinations are accessible for those wishing to test out of a grade level and receive a certificate of completion once all work is completed.

We invite you to reference the Grade-3 Go-Live article to review multiple options through which you may utilize the HHA model to homeschool your children.

Below you will see the end of year objectives for this grade year. Register your child today, and grow with us!

Mathematics

Number and Numeration
- Hundreds of Thousands, Tens of Thousands, Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Units
- Place value and number sequence up to 999,999
- Learn about Decimals: Tenths, Hundredths, Thousands
- Order numbers up to 999,999
- Learn about Fractions: Proper and Improper Fractions, Mixed Numbers
- Many word problems and personal application exercises and so much more!
Basic Operations
- Perform 4, 5 and 6-digit addition and subtraction operations
- Learn about squares and square roots
- Learn how to estimate to the nearest 10 and 100
- Learn multiplication facts to x12
- Multiply and Division of 4, 5 and 6-digit numbers without carrying
- Multiply and Division of 4, 5 and 6-digit numbers with carrying
- Learn about LCM and HCF
- Grow knowledge in Multiplication and Division of Decimals
- Grow knowledge in Multiplication problems and everyday application
- Calculate Profits and Losses
Algebraic Process
- Understand inverse relationships to solve open sentence problems
- Develop fundamental skills of Algebraic processes
- Apply knowledge of Algebra to real life problems
Mensuration and Geometry
- U.S. Currency as money
  - Review U.S. coins and bills
  - Apply basic operations to Money problems
  - Understand the concept of change
- Measurements
  - Learn about Lengths and Weights standards
  - Apply knowledge to everyday problems
  - Explore perimeters of shapes, such as for a rectangle
- Telling the time
  - Review calendar
    - Years, Leap Years, Months, fortnights, weeks, and days
    - Dates and Time in A.M and P.M
  - Review analog clock
  - Advance skill to accurately read analog time to the minute
  - Advance knowledge of Learn time language
  - Explore practical everyday application
- Geometry
  - Learn about lines and angles
  - Learn about compass directions
  - Learn about different types of triangles
  - Learn properties of 2D and 3D shapes
  - Review symmetrical shapes
  - Practice how to draw and make shapes
Everyday Statistics
- Recognize and read bar charts
- Learn how to interpret bar charts
- Identify the properties of bar charts
- Review how to recognize and read pictograms
- Review what pictograms represent
- Explore practical everyday applications

English Language

Reading & Comprehension
- Read short narratives, demonstrate comprehension by answering questions, and grow vocabulary through the vocabulary builder section.
- Develop confidence in reading and comprehension with hypothetical situations that teach Biblical Morality in Unit I.
- Strengthen reading and comprehension skills with topical stories that will pique young thinkers’ interests to learn in Unit II.
- Improve confidence in reading and comprehension with invention stories that introduce young scholars to memorable historical facts in Unit III.
- Master grade level reading and comprehension with dramatized stories that teach Biblical Morals for your Godly learner in Unit IV.
Orthography
- Unit I lessons (Speech Fundamentals, Speech Clusters, Vowel Sounds)
- Unit II lessons (Singulars and Plurals, Homophones and Homographs, Synonyms and Antonyms, Sound Patterns)
- Unit III lessons (More Sound Patterns, Suffixation)
- Unit IV lessons (Forming compound words, Internal double consonants, Portmanteau words, Review Sound Patterns, Suffixes and Prefixes)
Grammar
- Unit I lesson (Verb tenses – Simple Past, Present and Future, Continuous Past, Present and Future, Perfect Past, Present, Future, Perfect Continuous Past, Present and Future, Comparatives and Superlatives, Uses of Can vs. Could, Must vs. have to, ought to)
- Unit II lessons (Adverbs – regular and irregular, Nouns and Articles – definite and indefinite, Determiners)
- Unit III lessons (Reflexive and relative pronouns, Question forms and punctuation, Adjectives)
- Unit IV lessons (Similes and Metaphors, First and Second Conditional Clauses, Contractions, Poetry, Active and Passive voices)
Composition
- Practice composition skills through paraphrasing (see video).
- Learn research fundamentals.
- Writing exercises to build handwriting proficiency
- Writing exercises to develop critical thinking skills
- Writing exercises to nurture creativity
Listening and Verbal Training
- Pronunciation and enunciation training
- Practice listening skills through speech cadence training (see video)
- Listen to Scripture Read-aloud
- Memorize Scripture Read-aloud
- Recite Scripture Read-aloud

Bible Reading

Learn how to read passages from the Bible.
Read, with video instructions, chapters of the book of Matthew.
Sectionalize passages into themes to aid study and comprehension.
Each worksheet has a built-in review which comes with questions to reinforce and solidify pupil’s understanding of the lesson’s content.
TOS (The Overcomer’s Secret) Knowledge
- Spiritual laws that govern creation, such as attitudes that attract God’s favor:
  - Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus vs. Law of sin and death
  - Attitudes to activate God's favors (Grace and Mercy): Honesty, Humility, and Faith
  - God’s Ways vs. Actions
  - Introduction to the Life of God
  - Introduction to some natural laws, such as Law of Gravity, Law of Electricity
- How to get inside the Messiah
- The Law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus
- How to carry on with good attitudes

Science & Technology

Unit I: You and Your Environment
- Changes in Nature
  - Define and distinguish between temporary & permanent changes
  - Learn how plants and animals change in life cycles
  - Learn about how animals are classified based on birthing methods
  - Learn how weather changes and its factors
  - Learn about weather instruments and create some of your own!
- Measurement
  - Measure liquids in volume with measuring tools
  - Measure length and breadth with rulers
  - Learn how calculate the area of common objects
  - Measure time using analog clocks and watches
Unit II: Living and Non-Living Things
- Growing of Plants
  - Discover what crops are
  - Learn what ideal conditions are for growing crops
  - Prepare soil for planting crops
  - Identify and name some weeds
  - Identify and describe crop pests
  - Identify and describe certain crop diseases
Unit III: Feeding System, Food, Soil Constituents...
- Feeding System
  - Learn about the human body feeding system: alimentary system
  - Identify all parts of the feeding system
  - Discover the purpose of food for the body
- Food
  - Define and classify food
  - Group foods according to their uses
  - Classify food based on the nutrients they supply
  - Understand a balanced human diet and its components
  - Identify harmful foods and how to avoid them
  - Recognize and avoid bad eating habits
- Soil Constituents
  - Identify and name constituents of soil: inorganic and organic matter
  - Learn the importance of soil constituents
  - Learn how soil is formed and cultivated
  - Identify and label soil profile
- Water
  - Learn about water and its benefits
  - Understand the water evaporation process: water as a liquid change to steam/gas with heat
  - Understand the water condensation process: water as a gas change to water when cooled)
  - Learn how and why to purify contaminated water
Unit IV: Technology and Its Uses
- Importance of Technology and its Uses
  - Learn what technology is and its different forms
  - Name some products of technology
  - State the significance of technology in our world
- Uses of ICT Gadgets
  - Identify and classify ICT gadgets
  - Determine when to use a certain ICT gadget
  - Learn the varying uses of ICT gadgets
  - Discover practical everyday applications of knowledge
- Shape Construction
  - Review 2-D and 3-D shapes and their names
  - Learn materials required to construct shapes
  - Learn cutting tools required for constructing shapes
  - Hands on activity to reinforce learning
- Identification of Buildings
  - Explore different buildings and their materials
  - Identify equipment used for building structures
- Forms of Energy
  - Explain the concept of energy
  - Identify and articulate the many forms of energy
  - Identify and articulate the many sources of energy
  -  State the uses of energy

Social Studies

Geography
- Understand key components of the physical environment
- Variations and Adaptations in the physical environment
- Physical and Human processes
- Introduction to Latitudes and Longitudes
- Learn how to locate places using a grid system.
- Lear how to determine distances.
- Learn how to use maps, compass to determine direction.
History (Introduction to Early American History and impact on present)
- Learn about how individuals have influenced the history of communities in the United States.
- Learn national anthems, patriotic songs and the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
- Learn about common characteristics of communities, identify why people form communities and how people meet their needs.
- Understand the concept of time and chronology through:
  - American Chronology
  - Historical events
  - Colonial American History
- And much more!
Government and Civics
- Discover the principles of American Democracy.
- Define Government.
- Understand System of Government.
- Learn about the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens and Residents.
- Identify important Symbols and Landmarks.
- Learn about National Holidays.
Economics
- Learn about money skills.
- Discover the principles of Free Enterprise.
- Business Operations in the United States
- Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Economics
- Culture and Society
- Develop Social Study skills through Research Fundamentals, Areas and Examples.

Music

Music Theory
- Playing the piano to a time signature and rhythm
- Learn the fundamentals of sight-reading
- Review fundamentals of Notes, Stave, Clefs
- Understand uses Ledger Lines, Note Duration and Components
- Beaming, Time Signature, Tones vs. Semi-Tones
- Sharps, Flats and Naturals
- Harmony, Voice Parts
Exercises from Virtues for Me songs
- While playing the piano, develop sight-reading skills.
- Learn how to play to a rhythm.
- Practice musical composition.
- Reinforce Tonic Sol-Fa knowledge.
- Reinforce Biblical values with music.

Shalom and Blessing Regards!

HeroesMart Team

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