Third
Grade Language Arts Curriculum
with
Spelling and Handwriting |
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| McRuffy
SE editions are available only, directly, from McRuffy Press. | At
McRuffy Press we believe in giving young learners the tools they need to achieve
academic success. As concepts become more complex and lessons more challenging,
our 3rd grade phonics and reading program is designed to build on skills students
have already learned and take them to the next level. Our 3rd grade phonics
and reading materials include comprehensive programs and supplemental materials
that prepare students for continued success. Our materials are used in home school
programs and for classroom phonics in learning centers all over the world. SE
(Special Edition) The new Third Grade Special Edition (SE) curriculum
is more comprehensive than the McRuffy Press original black and white version.
This version features new lesson plans and color workbooks divided by subject
areas with more than 100 new activities designed to reinforce and teach 3rd grade
phonics and reading skills. (An SE Public School
version is also available.) Our special editions are available exclusively
from McRuffy Press. We also offer a public school version for classroom phonics.
The original black and white version is still available at a discounted price,
as well. 
Third
Grade SE Language Arts / Phonics and Reading Curriculum:
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- Students read chapters
from our original chapter books as daily reading assignments.
The teacher's manual uses carefully constructed questions that emphasize a variety
of thinking skills designed to increase reading comprehension and transference
of knowledge. The stories feature characters from previous levels as well as many
new ones. Books 1, 2, and 3 of the Book of Matt series are included, as well as
several other stories arranged in 23 paperback readers.
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- Handwriting
assignments are included in the Teacher's Manual. Check out the optional Third
Grade McRuffy Handwriting books which provide additional tracing and practice
exercises.
Handwriting Books are sold separately. | |
The weekly spelling lists are based upon 3rd grade
phonics concepts. 3rd Grade Phonics Concepts Taught:
The third grade language arts program reviews phonics concepts
from previous levels and applies them to more complex words. The 3rd grade phonics
instruction also includes word structure analysis with an emphasis on different
prefixes, suffixes, and root meanings.
3rd
Grade Language Concepts Taught: Language concepts
explore syntax (sentence structure), grammar, language reasoning such as analogies
and categorizing, vocabulary development, story structure and graphic representations,
semantics, and creative writing.
A
public school version is also available. See additional
information below. | Third
Grade McRuffy Handwriting books are sold separately. Individual
Materials:
Third
Grade McRuffy Handwriting books are sold separately.
Public
School (SE)
Third Grade Language Arts Curriculum The
SE public school edition is nearly identical to our original
SE version, except stories have been edited to eliminate scripture references.
The Book of Matt books are edited and printed as seven paperback readers, making
a total of 30 books in the set. This edition is also suitable for home school
programs looking for a secular curriculum. Note: All other grade levels on
this website are appropriate for public, private or Christian schools, therefore,
only one edition is offered for levels K, 1, and 2. Public
School Individual Materials:
Third
Grade McRuffy Handwriting books are sold separately.
Third Grade (BW) Language
Arts / Phonics and Reading Curriculum:
- The Teacher's Manual includes
daily lesson plans, copy masters, and reference material. The 3rd grade phonics
lessons are integrated with language, spelling, and handwriting. Reading materials
are integrated with creative writing, reading comprehension, vocabulary development,
and handwriting.
- Two black and white workbooks provide
a total of 150 pages of reading and phonics activities. Students also complete
other tasks that go beyond workbook activities.
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- Students read chapters
from our original chapter books as daily reading assignments.
The teacher's manual uses carefully constructed questions that emphasize a variety
of thinking skills designed to increase reading comprehension and transference
of knowledge. The stories feature characters from previous levels as well as many
new ones. Books 1, 2, and 3 of the Book of Matt series are included, as well as
several other stories arranged in 23 paperback readers.
| | Handwriting
assignments are included in the Teacher's Manual. Check out the optional Third
Grade McRuffy Handwriting books which provide additional tracing and practice
exercises. The weekly spelling lists are based upon 3rd
grade phonics concepts. 3rd Grade Phonics Concepts
Taught: The third grade language arts program reviews
phonics concepts from previous levels and applies them to more complex words.
Phonics instruction also includes word structure analysis with an emphasis on
different prefixes, suffixes, and root meanings.
Language
Concepts Taught: Language concepts explore syntax
(sentence structure), grammar, language reasoning such as analogies and categorizing,
vocabulary development, story structure and graphic representations, semantics,
and creative writing.
View
and print sample lesson plans, worksheets, and the Scope and Sequence. Individual
Materials: Other
Materials: Although the lesson plans give a daily handwriting
assignment that can be done on blank writing paper, the handwriting
books feature additional practice exercises and guidance arrows that show
the formation of the letters. Not interested in a full curriculum? Check
out the Dynamic Phonics Learning Book. It
includes 98 great lesson plans and charts to teach all of the basic 3rd grade
phonics concepts. | 
