What your child learns in Grade 3 in PEI
Grade 3 is a bridge year. Math adds multiplication, division and fractions, and reading moves from learning to read to reading to learn. Science covers plant growth and changes, soils, invisible forces, and materials and structures. Social studies looks at place, peoples and citizenship. The primary literacy and mathematics assessments have been held at the end of Grade 3.
Grade 3 subjects in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum
Math
Big Ideas
- Number. Say the number sequence forward and backward from 0 to 1000.
- Patterns and Relations. Demonstrate an understanding of increasing patterns.
- Shape and Space. Relate the passage of time to common activities using non-standard and standard units (minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years).
13 units, including numbers to 1000, facts to 20, add & subtract, multiplication.
English Language Arts
Big Ideas
- Speaking and Listening. Students will speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
- Speaking and Listening. Students will be able to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically.
- Speaking and Listening. Students will interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose.
18 units, including listening & talking together, speaking & listening, read and think, story elements.
Science
Big Ideas
- Life Science: Plant Growth and Changes.
- Earth and Space Science: Exploring Soils.
- Physical Science: Invisible Forces.
10 units, including plant parts & needs, how plants grow & change, plant experiments, what is soil?.
Social Studies
Big Ideas
- Citizenship, Power, and Governance. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the origins, functions, and sources of power, authority, and governance.
- Culture and Diversity. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and world view, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives.
- Individuals, Societies, and Economic Decisions. Students will expected to demonstrate the ability to make responsible economic decisions as individuals and as members of society.
13 units, including maps of our world, maps & globes, our island home, communities around the world.
What to look for on the report card
Look for comments about reading comprehension, paragraph writing, early multiplication and fractions, and using evidence in science and social studies.
PEI report cards describe learning with Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding. See what each level means.
Grade 3 students also take the Prince Edward Island provincial literacy and mathematics assessments. Read the Provincial assessments guide.
The CAMET competencies grow through exploratory learning and every subject in the intermediate years. Read about camet competencies.
Ready for Grade 3?
Grade 3 builds on what your child practised in Grade 2. If a skill feels shaky, a few short practice sessions before or early in the year can help:
- Math: skip counting, even, odd and ordinals, tens & ones, bigger or smaller, facts to 20
- English Language Arts: listening, asking and polite talk, listen and speak, text features, sound detectives, rhyme time
- Science: animal life cycles, growing and healthy, air & water for life, water world, wind and weather
- Social Studies: then & now, changes in my life, people who make change, caring citizens, our community’s future
Common questions
Grade 3 covers math, english language arts, science, social studies in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum. Grade 3 is a bridge year. Math adds multiplication, division and fractions, and reading moves from learning to read to reading to learn. Science covers plant growth and changes, soils, invisible forces, and materials and structures. Social studies looks at place, peoples and citizenship. The primary literacy and mathematics assessments have been held at the end of Grade 3.
PEI report cards describe learning with Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding. Students in Grade 3 also write the Prince Edward Island provincial literacy and mathematics assessments, which is separate from the report card.
Short, regular practice works better than long sessions: 10 to 15 minutes a few times a week, on the skills your child's teacher flags. Read together, use math in real life, and praise effort.
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