Math - Students will learn to add and subtract within 20, including regrouping. They will learn to tell time and count money, and they will learn units of measurement. Students will also understand place value, be able to count to 120 by 2s, 5s, and 10s, and will compare numbers with greater than, less than, and equal to.  They will also be introduced to Geometry.

Science - Students will learn about plants, animals and their habitats, light and sound, space, sun, moon, and stars. They will make observations and gather information and will perform a variety of STEM activities.

Social Studies - Students will learn about past, present, and future. They will learn about land mass, bodies of water, rules, laws, good citizenship, goods and services, wants and needs, problem solving, and conflict resolution.  They will also create and read maps.

Religion - Students will attend weekly Mass and make their First Reconciliation.  They will learn that God knows and loves them.  Students will retell Bible narratives, listen to and retell parables and simple stories of saint’s lives, and will participate in daily prayers.  They will also learn about the seven Sacraments.

Language Arts - Students will learn long and short vowels, blends, proper grammar and punctuation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, and prepositions.  They will also practice comprehension and build and demonstrate writing skills by writing personal narratives, opinion writings and poetry.

Math: Students will build on place value, addition, subtraction, time, money, and measurement concepts. They will also work on story problem solving, rounding, patterns, fractions, graphs, and shapes. By the end of the year students will also begin learning multiplication.

Science: Students learn about states of matter and how matter changes, along with plants, animals, food chains and food webs.  They also learn about how changes on Earth happen slowly or quickly.

Social Studies: Students learn about maps, cardinal directions, communities, goods and services, trade, income, saving, spending, and scarcity.  They also learn about parts of government, laws, leaders, and services provided.

Religion – Students learn a variety of prayers and different ways to pray, along with bible stories. They also learn about Creation, the Seven Sacraments, the Ten Commandments, Advent, Lent, Easter, and Christmas. Students make their First Communion in second grade.

Language Arts – Students read and learn a variety of genres such as folktales, fiction, fables, biographies, realistic fiction, fantasy, drama, and expository nonfiction. They learn prefixes, suffixes, blends, digraphs, r-controlled words, diphthongs, word endings, contractions, compound words, homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms. Students also learn parts of speech and build and demonstrate writing skills and comprehension skills

Math - Students will continue to build on place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement, and time concepts and facts.  They will also learn about statistics, probability, geometry, fractions, and decimals.

Science - Third grade science topics include Life Science (living things and ecosystems), Earth and Space Science (Earth and its resources, weather, and space), and Physical Science (matter and forces and energy).

Social Studies - Students will learn about Michigan during most of the year and will finish the year learning about the United States government.

Religion - Students will attend mass weekly and will begin reading at Mass this year.

Language Arts - Students will work on comprehension by reading various stories about living and learning, smart solutions, and people and nature. They will have weekly writing prompts and will also learn to write in cursive.
 

Math - Students learn to solve problems using the four operations, recognize factors and multiples, analyze and generate patterns, understand place value for multi-digit while numbers and apply place value knowledge, use measuring skills to solve problems and represent data, and identify lines, angles, and shapes.  They will also gain an understanding of ordering and comparing fractions.

Science - Students learn to design a solution to a problem and test trials, understand the impact using natural resources has on our planet, analyze data on the patterns of the Earth’s features, analyze evidence of fossils and rock formation, and research plant and animal structures.  They will also learn to identify patterns in light and sound waves as well as participate and discuss how energy is transferred.

Social Studies - Students use historical thinking to understand the past. They will also use geographical representation to acquire, process, and report information from a special perspective. Students will learn about why people create governments, explain important rights and how, when, and where American citizens participate in Government. They will also learn about economic concepts and public policy.

Religion - Students learn to pray the rosary. They will learn about the Apostles, Cardinal Virtues, The Great Commandment and Divine Revelation.  They will also learn the ways that God communicates His love to us and that when you care for God’s creation and share your time and talent, you share in God’s plan and give Him glory.

Language Arts - Students learn to identify meanings within parts of text, connect with different types of text, and find evidence and reason within a text.  They also practice grade-level phonics skills, learn the meaning of unfamiliar words, and read with accuracy and fluency.  Students will complete a variety of writing pieces and collaborate on grade-level topics as well as present their work.

Math – Students will learn to solve and write expressions with symbols, follow rules to generate patterns, solve multi-digit problems, convert measurements, and classify 2D figures.  They will also apply knowledge of graphing coordinates to solve problems and understand the concept of volume when measuring.

Science -  Students will participate in the design process to solve real-world problems, discuss ways we can protect Earth’s resources, describe the movement of matter with plants and animals, discuss and explain gravitational force, and demonstrate how the Earth’s system interacts.  They will also create a model to show how energy within animals’ food was energy from the sun.

Social Studies – Students learn to use historical conceptual devices to organize and study the past, explain the basic features and differences between hunter-gatherer societies and pastoral nomads, use maps and other geographic tools to acquire and process information from a spatial perspective, and explain that human activities may be seen on Earth’s surface.

Religion – Students will understand that through prayer and worship God fills us with joy, strength, and hope, know that as members of the Church, we are all united in living out the mission of Christ, understand that through Sacraments, Christ unites his followers to his Paschal Mystery, and explain how Mary and the Saints provide the Church with models of heroic virtue.

Language Arts – Students compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics, determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in texts, write opinion, persuasive, and position pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information, and engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.