Description

About our Digital Curriculum

This product grants you a 4-year long subscription to a digital ebook version of our printed 3rd Grade + K-3 Essentials Package. The digital curriculum is for use on electronic devices and cannot be printed or shared.

Please allow 2-4 business days for us to grant you access to your digital subscription. Digital eBooks will be accessible through the Kitaboo platform.

Click here for more information about Oak Meadow's digital curriculum subscriptions.

What's Included

The following resources are included with the 3rd Grade + K-3 Essentials Package - Digital:

Please note:

The Heart of Learning, OM Guide to Teaching the Early Grades, OM Crafts for the Early Grades, and Healthy Living From the Start are used through grades K-3. These items only need to be purchased once.

Additional Materials Recommended

The following items are recommended to complete the 3rd grade coursework:

Handwriting: Cursive Practice by Highlights Learning
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Cooking Class Cookbook
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Wood Shop
Circle Time Songs CD: provides musical inspiration for your circle time, and includes all the songs listed in the OM Guide to Teaching the Early Grades
3rd Grade Craft Kit With Recorders: optional kit containing craft items used in the 3rd grade curriculum.
Essentials Craft Kit: optional kit designed to be used alongside our K-3 Essentials Package, and includes many of the common craft items you'll need in your homeschool.

3rd Grade Overview

View a sample of our 3rd grade curriculum here.

The challenging and practical tasks of Oak Meadow’s 3rd grade curriculum encourage new skills and awareness through observation, precision, imagination, and creativity.

In language arts, classic children’s literature forms the foundation of a rich and effective Language Arts program that develops essential grammar and composition skills. A new interest in careful work is encouraged through the introduction of cursive handwriting and basic spelling rules.

In social studies, students develop a deeper understanding of history by reading about the legends, laws, and government of ancient cultures. While learning about these cultures, beliefs, and perspectives, students also learn about different world religions as these were essential elements of ancient cultures. For instance, students learn about the religious beliefs of Native Americans, ancient Hebrews, Phoenicians, Kush, Egyptians, and more. This is done through a sociological and historical perspective. Geography is explored as students investigate and map their own cultural heritage.

The 3rd grade math curriculum focuses on multiplication tables, place-value to the millions, and counting with money while also learning how to carry and borrow, add and subtract three-digit numbers and solve division problems with remainders.

In science, students observe weather patterns, interdependence in nature, local trees, and the changing of the seasons. Students are introduced to the scientific method through simple experiments that encourage careful observation and accurate reporting skills.

Art, crafts, music, and health activities encourage students to explore through a variety of media including watercolor, clay, carpentry, cooking, and paper marbling. Students continue to develop their recorder-playing skills, create their own book of music, and conduct inquiries into topics related to their healthy development.

Projects, crafts, and activities include: