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Third grade (also3rd Grade orGrade 3) is the thirdyear offormal orcompulsory education. It is the third year ofprimary school. Children in third grade are usually 8–9 years old.
InAustralia, this level of class is calledYear 3. Children generally start this level between the ages of eight and nine.
InBrazil, third grade is theterceiro ano do Ensino Fundamental I, in this case, children begin their first year of elementary school at age 6 or 7 depending on their birthdate. Therefore, the 3rd year of elementary school is typically for students of 8 (96 months)–9 years (108 months) of age. All children students must be 8 years old before the cut-off date.
InEngland, the year of school that is the same age as 3rd Grade isYear 4, which is the fourth year of compulsory education. Most children start one year earlier however, in the Reception class.[1]Welsh pupils are in their fourth full year of compulsory education. InNorthern Ireland andScottish pupils are in"Primary 4", their fourth year of compulsory education.
InCanada, the year is called Grade 3, and the pupils are known as "3rd grade".
InFrance, children aged 8 join CE2 ("Cours élémentaire deuxième année"), the third school year of primary school. It was formerly called "neuvième" (ninth year before Terminale, the "baccalauréat" year).
InGermany, the equivalent grade is 3.
InGreece, the third school year of primary school is referred to as Third Grade of Primary (Triti - Τρίτη Δημοτικού)..
InIndia children enter Class 3 or 4 at ages 8 to 9.
In theRepublic of Ireland, the equivalent is Third Class or Rang a trí (for 9-10 year olds) which is the fifth year of Primary School.
InNew Zealand, this level of class is called Standard 2 or Year 4. Children generally start this level between the ages of eight and nine.
In thePhilippines, this levels of class called Grade 3. Children generally start this level for females between ages of 7, 8, 9 to 10 and male students between 8, 9, 10 to 11.
InPortugal, the third grade (terceiro ano,3.º ano) is the third year of the four-year1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico that includes also thefirst grade, thesecond grade and thefourth grade.[2]
InSpain for children from 8 to 9 years old is also the third year of elementary education (tercero de EGB, tercero de primaria). Also, elementary education is further subdivided into two stages. This is the third year in the first stage orprimaria in Spanish.
In theUnited States, children are usually enrolled at school at ages 8-9.
Inmathematics, students are usually introduced tomultiplication anddivision facts, place value tothousands orten thousands, andestimation. Depending on the elementary school, third grade students may even begin to work onlong division, such as dividing in double digits, hundreds, and thousands.Decimals (to tenths only) are sometimes introduced. Students begin to work on problem-solving skills working to explain their thinking in mathematical terms.
Inscience, third grade students are usually taught basicphysics andchemistry.Weather andclimate are also sometimes taught. The concept ofatoms andmolecules are common, the states ofmatter, andenergy, along with basic chemical elements such asoxygen,hydrogen,gold,zinc, andiron.Nutrition is also sometimes taught in third grade along withchemistry.
Inreading andlanguage arts, third grade students usually begin working more on text comprehension by using informational articles or different genre books thandecoding strategies. Students also begin reading harderchapter books. They read and distinguish between a variety of book genres:realisticfiction,non-fiction,poetry,fantasy,historical fiction,science fiction andfolktales. Kids learn reading, vocabulary, and writing strategies such as finding main idea, finding theme, citing textual evidence, compare and contrast, nouns, verbs, context clues, writing narratives, writing research reports, writing explanatory essays, and writing persuasive and argumentative pieces.
Grade 3 students learn how to work on projects on their own and with others. This may start as early as second grade and first grade as well.Social skills,empathy andleadership are considered by some educators[citation needed] to be as important to develop as the academic skills ofreading,writing andarithmetic.
Although more common in the past than today, many students begin writing incursive at this grade level. In some schools, cursive writing is taught in earlier grades such as in second grade.
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