Complete 3rd Grade Curriculum at Home
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Complete 3rd Grade Curriculum at Home
36 weeks of reading, word study, grammar, writing and math — planned for you
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A complete third-grade year: a longer nonfiction article or story every week — thunderstorms, the Wright brothers, octopuses, the Statue of Liberty — with thinking questions, word study with prefixes, suffixes and roots, grammar, opinion and narrative writing, and third-grade math: multiplication and division, fractions, area and perimeter, rounding and time to the minute.
What's inside
- ✓36 weekly plans — open the week and go
- ✓Nonfiction, biographies and fables with thinking questions
- ✓Word study: patterns, prefixes, suffixes and roots
- ✓Math: multiply & divide, fractions, area, rounding, time
- ✓Includes a 19-page Parents' Guide and a 79-page Answer Key
- ✓Colour + Black & White editions · US Letter & A4
Page by page: 144 math pages · 108 spelling pages · 108 reading pages · 72 vocabulary pages · 36 weekly plan pages · 36 phonics pages · 36 grammar pages · 36 writing pages · 31 read-aloud fact pages, plus a how-to page and a certificate.
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About this book
Complete 3rd Grade Curriculum at Home
This 3rd grade homeschool curriculum is a complete, planned year for 8 and 9 year olds: 36 weeks of reading, word study, grammar, writing and math.
The weekly passages are longer now and lean toward nonfiction. Your child reads about thunderstorms, the Wright brothers, octopuses, the Statue of Liberty, ant colonies and life on the International Space Station, alongside a fable or two like The Lion and the Mouse. Each passage comes with thinking questions that ask for more than recall.
Word study moves from vowel teams into -tion and -sion, -ous, -able and -ible, and Greek and Latin roots such as tele, graph, port, bio and geo, with a sort, practice and a weekly check. Grammar covers verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, conjunctions, complex sentences, similes, idioms and editing, and the writing prompts build toward opinion and narrative paragraphs. Math covers multiplication and division, fractions, area and perimeter, rounding and telling time to the minute.
You get three printable PDF books of 12 weeks plus a 19-page Parents' Guide (a typical day and week, the year at a glance, scope and sequence, learning objectives, tips, FAQ, progress trackers and a certificate), 635 pages in all, in a Colourful Edition and an ink-saving Black & White Edition, each for US Letter and A4. There is also a 79-page Answer Key with every page that has set answers filled in. In the UK, this matches Year 4.
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Parent guides for this book
A real week from the plan
What Week 1 looks like
Week 1: Back to School. About an hour a day — word study, grammar, reading, writing and math, laid out day by day in the week plan.
- Spelling pattern:
- short and long vowel review
- Spelling words:
- planet, silent, hidden, broken, trace, grind, stable, crumb, delight, frozen
- Sight words:
- although, enough, several
- Grammar:
- nouns (common, proper, abstract)
- Reading:
- “The Class Garden”
- Math:
- Place value to 1,000
Day 1 · Monday
Spelling & phonics
- Meet this week's pattern: short and long vowel review.
- Read the spelling list together and do the phonics sort.
Day 2 · Tuesday
Grammar & vocabulary
- Mini-lesson: nouns (common, proper, abstract).
- Word Detective and this week's power words although, enough, several.
Day 3 · Wednesday
Math
- Place value to 1,000.
- Use objects or drawings first, then the pages.
Day 4 · Thursday
Read
- Read “The Class Garden” twice — once together, once on your own — and answer the questions.
Day 5 · Friday
Write & review
- Writing prompt, the spelling check and the theme page.
Every week covers
- Spelling & phonics
- Grammar
- Sight words
- Reading
- Writing
- Math
- Weekly theme
The whole plan
The year at a glance
36 weekly plans in 3 books (Weeks 1–12, Weeks 13–24, Weeks 25–36). Plus a 19-page Parents' Guide and a 79-page Answer Key.
Weeks 1–9
Spelling & phonics
Short and long vowel review · Vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow) · R-controlled vowels · Diphthongs (oi, oy, ou, ow) · Prefixes un-, re-, dis-, mis-, pre- · Suffixes -ful, -less, -ness, -ment · Homophones · Compound words · Words with -tion and -sion
Grammar
Nouns (common, proper, abstract) · Verb tenses (past, present, future) · Subject-verb agreement · Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) · Prefixes · Suffixes · Homophones · Comparative and superlative adjectives · Possessive nouns (singular and plural)
Math
Place value to 1,000 · Rounding · Adding three-digit numbers · Subtracting three-digit numbers · Multiplication facts · Arrays and equal groups · Time to the minute · Division facts
Sight words
27 new: although, enough, several, equal, finally, measure…
Themes
Back to School · Friends · Fall Leaves · Apples · Community Helpers · The Five Senses · Pumpkins · Weather · Night Animals
Weeks 10–18
Spelling & phonics
Words with -er and -or · Consonant -le endings · Irregular past-tense verbs · Silent letters · Words with -ough and -augh · Suffixes -able and -ible · Greek and Latin roots (tele, graph, port) · Words with ph, gh, ch (k sound) · Multisyllable words (VC/CV)
Grammar
Pronouns and antecedents · Commas in a series and addresses · Irregular verbs · Abstract nouns · Dialogue and quotation marks · Adverbs (comparative) · Prefixes and roots · Simple and compound sentences · Complex sentences (because, when, if)
Math
Division facts · Multiplication and division · Fractions · Area and perimeter · Multiplication practice
Sight words
26 new: anything, already, usually, separate, several, simple…
Themes
Being Thankful · Healthy Food · Things That Go · Winter · Holidays Around the World · Animals in Winter · The Arctic · My Body · Friendship
Weeks 19–27
Spelling & phonics
Words with -ture · Words with -ous · Words with -ly and -ful review · Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, inter- · Words with -ion (hard) · Greek and Latin roots (bio, geo, aqua, spect) · Words with -ment and -ness review · Suffixes -er, -est, -ly with spelling changes · Homophones review
Grammar
Capitalization in titles · Similes · Context clues · Prefixes review · Paragraphs: main idea and details · Commas with introductory words · Helping verbs · Adjectives and adverbs review · Commonly confused words
Math
Graphs and data · Fractions · Multiplication and division · Area and perimeter · Time to the minute · Multiplication practice
Sight words
27 new: government, history, president, ancient, careful, discovered…
Themes
Our Country · Dinosaurs · The Ocean · Plants & Spring · Butterflies · Earth Day · On the Farm · Bugs · Ponds & Frogs
Weeks 28–36
Spelling & phonics
Words with ei and ie · Multisyllable words (V/CV, VC/V) · Words with -ance and -ence · Suffix -ous, -ive, -al · Prefixes and suffixes review · Greek and Latin roots review · Words with -ist, -ian, -ant · Spelling review · Third grade celebration
Grammar
Linking and helping verbs review · Idioms · Writing a friendly letter · Editing and proofreading · Grammar review · Sentence types review · Writing an opinion paragraph · Writing review · Review
Math
Rounding · Time to the minute · Area and perimeter · Multiplication practice · Multiplication and division · Math review
Sight words
26 new: galaxy, gravity, orbit, community, continent, region…
Themes
Space · Maps & My Town · Families · Healthy Habits · Animals Around the World · Summer Safety · The Beach · Growing Up · Celebrate Learning
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