Editing Third grade (section)

== Examples of the American syllabus ==
In [[mathematics]], students are usually introduced to [[multiplication]] and [[division (mathematics)|division]] facts, place value to [[thousand]]s or [[ten thousand]]s, and [[approximation|estimation]]. Depending on the elementary school, third grade students may even begin to work on [[long division]], such as dividings in the double digits, hundreds, and thousands. [[Decimal]]s (to tenths only) are sometimes introduced. Students begin to work on problem-solving skills working to explain their thinking in mathematical terms.
*In [[science]], third grade students are taught basic [[physics]] and [[chemistry]].  [[Weather]] and [[climate]] are also sometimes taught.  The concept of [[atom]]s and [[molecules]] are common, the states of [[matter]], and [[energy]], along with basic chemical elements such as [[oxygen]], [[hydrogen]], [[gold]], [[zinc]], and [[iron]].  [[Nutrition]] is also sometimes taught in third grade along with [[chemistry]].
*[[Social studies]] sometimes begins a study of the culture of the [[United States]] and basic idea of the early part of the United States from the time of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Outward expansion and the [[gold rush]] are covered.
*In [[reading]] and [[language arts]], third grade students begin working more on text comprehension by using informational articles or different genre books than [[Phonics|decoding]] strategies. Students also begin reading harder [[chapter books]]. They read and distinguish between a variety of book genres: [[Realism (arts)|realistic]] [[fiction]], [[non-fiction]], [[poetry]], [[fantasy]], [[historical fiction]], [[science fiction]] and [[Folklore|folktales]]. 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]] and [[leadership]] are considered by some educators{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}} to be as important to develop as the academic skills of [[Reading (process)|reading]], [[writing]] and [[arithmetic]].
* Although more common in the past than today, many students begin writing in [[cursive]] at this grade level. In some schools, cursive writing is taught in earlier grades such as in second grade.

Common Core State Standards<ref>https://www.thecorestandards.org/about-the-standards/development-process/</ref> were launched in 2009, which lay out all of the above curriculum for each grade level.