Math (core) – Higher multiplication tables through 12; weight; measure; length; volume; money; time; place value to 10,000; estimation, long division.
English Language Arts (core) – Elements of grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives); beginning cursive; punctuation; compositions; spelling; recitation; reading for different purposes; creation myths from around the world.
History & Social Studies (core) – Study of practical life (farming, house building, clothing, and cooking).
Science (core) – Environmental Studies; farming/gardening (each third grade creates, plants, tends and harvests an organic garden); ecosystems.
Environmental Stewardship (core) – Creation myths from different cultures about the origins of the earth and human beings prime the mind of the children to think of the whole world as a single holistic environment. Gardening and farming curriculum reinforces lessons about nature and the seasons
Music – Singing in rounds and parts; recorder; beginning to read music.
Art (core) – Continue form drawing; painting; beeswax modeling.
Performing Arts (core) – Class play that originates from the curriculum.
World Language (core) – Japanese continued. (Songs, plays, conversations).
Handwork (core) – Crocheting (pattern and placement recognition, finger dexterity).
Games/Movement/Health (core) – Continuity and change in movement. Order and sequence of movement through a variety of gross motor control skills such as dance, running, dribbling a ball, skipping, jumping to match rhythm, speed and motion.