Grade 3

What your child learns in grade 3

• Grade 3 mathGrade 3 is when multiplication and division arrive, and the times tables start to matter. Numbers grow to the hundreds, and fractions get their first real look. Here is what it covers, where kids usually get stuck, and one way to help.
• Grade 3 scienceGrade 3 science asks how things work: how a plant makes its food, why some towers stand and others fall, what a magnet will and won't pick up. Here is what it covers, where kids usually get stuck, and one way to help.
• Grade 3 EnglishGrade 3 is when reading questions start asking “how do you know?” Children read chapter books and non-fiction on their own, and are expected to back up their answers. Here is what it covers, where kids usually get stuck, and one way to help.