Learning areas
The five Alberta Grade 3 subjects covered here, written for whoever is helping. Each page gives the expectations, the vocabulary behind them, and things to try at home.
English language arts and literature
Reading and writing
Reading aloud so it sounds like something, oral traditions, writing that was planned, and grammar that makes meaning clearer.
Open reading and writing
Mathematics
Numbers to 1000
The standard written methods, the times tables, parallel and perpendicular sides, measuring in metric units, and telling the time.
Open numbers to 1000
Science
Looking closely
Water changing state, forces and simple machines, how Earth's surface changes, fossils, and where scientific knowledge comes from.
Open looking closely
Social studies
Alberta and the prairies
The province itself: its regions and borders, the peoples who built it, its governments and symbols, its resources, and what it means to give.
Open alberta and the prairies
Physical education and wellness
Moving and feeling good
Planning to be active, movement skills applied, resolving conflict fairly, how cooking changes food, consent, and spending responsibly.
Open moving and feeling good
The sixth subject
Alberta also teaches fine arts in Grade 3 â art, music, drama and dance. It is still taught from the older program of studies rather than the new Kâ6 curriculum, so there is nothing here for it yet.
The expectations above are paraphrased from Alberta Education's New Kâ6 curriculum fact sheets, which publish a snapshot of each grade rather than the complete program of studies. Alberta's full programs are at alberta.ca/curriculum.