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Third Grade Overview
Time4Learning is an online, student-paced animated learning system covering preschool through middle school.
Time4Learning is popular as a third grade homeschool curriculum, as an afterschool enrichment resource, for remediation, and as a summer school alternative.
For third graders, Time4Learning provides language arts, math, science, and social studies. Both language arts and math correlate to state standards.
Third Grade Learning Objectives
By the end of any third grade language arts and reading program, students should have started to hone their expressive writing skills. They should have delved more deeply into the writing process, and now have an understanding of writing for a particular audience. Third graders will have been taught the basic writing process for a variety of genres. They should now have an expanded vocabulary on which to draw on, and this will make for more interesting and in depth sentences. Students should have become more familiar with strategies that enhance their writing. They now understand the importance of prewriting strategies, and that there is a specific formula involved in the writing process. Third grade students should be reading with fluency and will be focusing on comprehension strategies.
For details about third grade writing standards, please visit Time4Writing.com.
At the end of any third grade mathematics program, students should be able to multiply and divide multi-digit numbers by a single-digit number. They will have been introduced to and should be able to work with simple fractions and decimals. They should have exploration perimeter and area of objects.. Students should also be able to manipulate more complex bar graphs, pictographs and data tables. Relating math to various everyday situations is a skill that should have been introduced. Third graders should now see number problems as being related to everyday activities.
Third Grade Language Arts and Reading
The third grade language arts curriculum has 262 learning activities organized into three categories. Teaching styles alternate while introducing and reinforcing language arts, mechanics, reading skills, writing skills, spelling, and vocabulary.
Thematic- based, literature chapters focus on various genres of reading, literary elements and comprehension strategies. Students learn skills such as; identifying main idea and details, determining cause and effect, drawing conclusions, and understanding author’s purpose. Conventions and writing applications are explored throughout these chapters, highlighting the use of graphic organizers, editing, using a variety of sentences, and following multi-step directions.
Language-based chapters expand on the learning and application of spelling conventions, genre elements, parts of speech, grammar and reading comprehension. Interactive activities will enhance language and vocabulary skills across various content areas. Speaking and listening lessons will add to competency in responding to a variety of oral presentations for 3rd grade students.
Third graders will use the “Odyssey Writer” for writing activities that sequentially highlight prewriting strategies (lists, story maps, graphic organizers), elements of a paragraph, and the writing process (plan, draft, write, revise, edit, print, and share). Students will be prompted to write poetry, fictional short stories, informational reports, and literature responses. For more details on the 3rd grade lesson plans, please visit our scope and sequence pages.
Many parents have expressed interest in purchasing the full versions of the authentic literature excerpted in the Language Arts section. They can be purchased at the links below but they DO NOT need to be purchased in order to use Time4Learning.
Third Grade Math
The third grade math curriculum covers areas of Number Sense, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, and Probability with an in depth focus on relationships between numbers. Students begin by furthering their understanding of ordering, rounding, and converting numbers up to 6-digits, as well as differentiating between standard and expanded form.
Addition and subtraction are reviewed and expanded upon as students learn to “regroup” in addition and subtract amongst “multiple zeros” for two and three digit numbers. Multiplication and division are taught through interactive lessons, highlighting basic facts through 100, properties, and mental math.
In third grade, students will learn in depth concepts by exploring the relationships between fractions and decimals, solving problems using monetary values, recognizing and analyzing algebraic functions, complex spatial reasoning, measuring perimeter and area, organizing and displaying data in varying representations (pictographs, bar graphs, data tables).
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Third Grade Science and Social Studies
Third Grade Science includes units which explore the following themes: Scientific Investigation, Nature of Matter, Energy, Force and Motion, The Earth, Ecology, Life/Environment, Light and Sound, Astronomy, and the Mesozoic Era. They will learn how to gather, organize, and interpret data and will complete assessment tests after each chapter. Try one of our science demos.
Third graders will cover many in depth concepts from ecosystems to space exploration through interactive, online lessons developed to enhance knowledge and skills. By focusing on classifications of plants and animals, environmental protection, characteristics of light and sound, gravitational forces and the universe, students will be provided with information about the world they live in, helping them connect their learning to their own surroundings. Try one of our science demos.
The third grade social studies curriculum teaches the concepts of; culture, geography, exploration, colonization, community, economics, citizenship, government, and chronology throughout nine comprehensive units. Students will begin with a study of cultures and traditions of the Vikings and Alaskan Inuits, developing map skills to understand the world in spatial terms.
Third graders will focus on the “Exploration of the Americas,” which features lessons on renown explorers such as; Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Ponce de Leon and Hernando De Soto and culminates with a study of the Spanish missions, leading into the colonization of America. Third grade social studies ends with lessons focusing on the production of goods, the purpose of government, and historical decades.
3rd Grade Lessons - Time4Learning's Program Structure
Time4Learning provides an interactive student paced curriculum. When the student logs in, they can choose which subject to study. The lessons are organized into units which include multimedia lessons, interactive exercises, printable worksheets for reinforcement, optional parent-teaching guides for more indepth work, assessments, a complete printable lesson plan, and online progress reports.
Reports/ Assessments/ Printable Worksheets. Time4Learning understands the importance of tracking student progress. Third grade assessments and quizzes are given throughout the chapters and are automatically graded upon completion. Parents are able to access the grades and assignments in the reports section by using their own logins and passwords. The reports section is printable, as are the lessons plans. In addition Time4Learning provides third grade printable worksheets. Parental support is also given through our online parents forum where discussions and questions may be posted amongst experienced users and those that are "just looking".
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In third grade, the children can use the Time4Learning online timer. This means that parents can assign children an amount of time to complete their lessons. In third grade, we might recommend that you start with 35 minutes of lessons. This means that when they start studying, there is an online timer that counts down from 35 minutes. When the lesson timer reaches zero, the children are allowed to go to the online playground. In fact, most children will complete the lessons that they are involved in, and they only look at the timer after finishing a lesson. When they see that it’s at zero, they can go to the Online Playground.
The online playground includes over 100 carefully selected games. Some are fun action games, others are learning games but unlike the lessons, they are entirely exploratory. There is also a playground timer controlled by the parents to limit how long they spend in the playground. While useful to many families, the use of the timer is optional.
Third Grade Interactive Curriculum by Time4Learning for Homeschooling, Afterschool, or Summer School Use
Time4Learning is used as a homeschool curriculum, an afterschool tutorial, or as an excellent alternative to summer school. Time4Learning works well with other programs too, providing educational structure within the home. Learn more.
Many gifted and special needs students find Time4Learning to be an invaluable addition to their education. Time4Learning's benefits to special needs children stems from the freedom to progress at your own pace, to repeat lessons, the patience of the computer, and in many cases, the privacy of self-study on the computers. Parents particularly like that they can have a child working on different levels in different subjects, and that as children progress, adjustments to the grade level are simple and without cost.
Kids like using the computer to learn and to develop their skills. The Time4Learning educational teaching games give students independence as they progress at their own pace.
Parents like that it tracks progress and helps kids advance by teaching through individualized learning paths that assure mastery of the skills and concepts that makes kids succeed.
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