A complete, daily schedule for all core and non-core subjects. These lesson plans clearly prioritize core and non-core subjects, allowing you to juggle family life, build an academically excellent education, and instill a love for learning!
Included in all CHC grade-level Lesson Plans:
- Introduction & FAQ: An extensive resource with practical advice and encouragement to make your year a joyful one.
- Comprehensive Subject Guide: This handy guide offers specific teaching help for each subject. Full of tips and suggestions!
- Daily Lesson Plans: Two page-per-week format. Weekly checklist goals are placed alongside daily plans that offer flexibility and guidance without formality. Core subjects are shaded to make it easy to prioritize.
- Year at a Glance Chart: Lists the topics covered by subject and week; particularly helpful when you come across additional enrichment material you wish to incorporate. Just check the chart to see which week the topic is being taught and then insert your notes/materials in your lesson plan binder.
- “Typical Course of Study” and “Achievement Record”: Useful for record-keeping purposes and/or to fulfill state reporting requirements.
- Certificate of Completion
Special Features for Third Grade:
- Four days a week schedule, 36 weeks
- Independent Study Charts: Growing in maturity and acquiring independent learning skills are important goals for third grade. These skills are repeatedly reinforced in a variety of ways: all core subjects encourage independent work and Independent Study Charts guide the student through the day’s subjects.
- Science Supply List for Behold and See 3
MATHEMATICS
Reading and writing numbers to six places
Addition and subtraction of four-digit numbers
Multiplication with regrouping, multidigit factors, by powers of 10
Division facts through 10; division with remainders
Addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals; geometry
Measurement (units of measure, perimeter, area); temperature
Telling time to the minute; calendar (days of week, months of year)
Adding, subtracting, rounding, and multiplying money
Graphing: tables, bar graphs, picture graphs
Problem solving (four-step plan); calculators
LANGUAGE ARTS
Increased reading proficiency and comprehension; introduction to non-fiction reading comprehension
Literary elements and techniques such as plot, simile, allusion, and onomatopoeia
Spelling and vocabulary development: compounds and contractions, suffixes, homophones, synonyms, and blends
Building language skills: state of being, punctuation, sentence structure, syllables, pronouns, abbreviations, helping verbs, alphabetizing, and dictionary skills
Writing paragraphs, stories, and letters
Cursive handwriting
SCIENCE AND HEALTH
Awe and appreciation for the wonders of God’s creation
Scientific method; purpose of science; technology; limitations of science
Matter: what is matter, properties, mass, volume, states, properties of matter in each state, changes of state
Force and Energy: effects of force on matter, gravity, magnetism, friction, light, sound
Earth and Space: earth, moon, sun, time, Solar System, planets, stars, constellations, astronomers, space missions, satellites
Animals: classification, camouflage, hibernation, migration, estivation, relation of animals to Man
Plants: structure (parts of plants), germination, plant growth, foods from plants, seasonal changes, classification of plants by lifespan
Interdependence: habitats, food chains, food webs, ecosystems, Man’s stewardship
Human body: body parts, skeleton, muscles, heart, lungs, circulation, brain, senses
Health and nutrition: food groups, nutrients, moderation, exercise, food safety
SOCIAL STUDIES
Exploring countries; appreciation of different cultures, races, and customs
Map skills; geographical terms; topography
Introduction to forms of communication, government, and transportation
Holidays, traditions, and customs at home and around the world
Citizenship and recognition of responsibility to family, neighborhood, family of God
RELIGION
Deeper understanding of the Faith and the challenge to put into daily practice
Participation in the life of the Church and liturgical seasons; Marian devotion
Practical, living faith: sacrifice, unselfish love, obedience, prayer, charity, forgiveness
NON-CORE AND ELECTIVES
Product Code: LP3
Format: Softcover
Binding: Loose-leaf, 3-hole drilled
Page Count: 122 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207593
Returnable? No, view return policy.
Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.
Q: What is the difference between core and non-core subjects?
A: A helpful feature of CHC lesson plans is the distinction between core and non-core subjects. Core subjects are the “basic essentials” of education, often thought of as the “Three R’s.” Core subjects such as math, grammar, and science are clearly labeled as such in CHC’s daily lesson plans, making it delightfully easy to trim the day’s schedule as needed. CHC’s flexible program allows non-core subjects, such as Latin, art, and penmanship, to be returned to the schedule as time permits; the focus on core subjects ensures that the student will be exposed to all that is necessary for his grade level, without placing undue demands on student or teacher in times of family “overload.”
Q: Why a four-day week? What about Wednesdays?
A: CHC lesson plans for preschool to fourth grade are designed around a four-day week. Taking off one flex-day each week provides that needed break to keep homeschooling burnout at bay. Wednesdays are days you can assist at Holy Mass together, schedule dental and medical appointments, or dive into those all-day projects that have been beckoning. It can be a day for a mini-unit study, meeting with other families in your homeschooling group, field trips, visits to the elderly, volunteering, sewing costumes for the Feast of All Saints, making Christmas cards, or practicing your upcoming Nativity Play. Wednesdays can also be a day for mom simply to play catch-up, enjoy a sewing project, make a special dinner, or do remedial work with a child needing help—the ideas are as individual as each family and do count as school!
From fifth grade to eighth grade, CHC lesson plans follow a five-day week, since the student’s work load increases in the middle school years.
Q: I like the idea of lesson plans, but want to retain control over what I teach and when I teach it. I am wary of plans that are overstructured. Can you give me an idea of CHC’s approach?
A: CHC lesson plans combine the flexibility of a self-designed curriculum with the reassurance of knowing that one is providing a complete education. By following CHC’s lesson plans, homeschooling parents have the assurance that “all the bases are covered,” so that they can relax and enjoy sharing in the academic discoveries of their children. With CHC’s lesson plans, the family tailors the studies to fit the family; with public school, private school, or a very structured home study school, the program tailors the family to fit the studies.
Q: I would like to purchase one copy of the lesson plans and copy it for my other children. Would this break the copyright since I’m only using them with my children and not a group?
A: The copyright on lesson plans is a standard copyright, which allows unlimited use of the material as long as copies are not made of the work. If families were to photocopy the plans for more than one child – for all the children in the family – then the price of the plans would have to be much higher. The additional bonus to using one lesson plan per child is twofold: You will enjoy writing in the plans and having a permanent record to look back on, and we are constantly updating and adding new materials and ideas when we reprint each lesson plan. We both win when the copyright law is honored; CHC and its authors and artists receive payment they have earned, which in turn enables CHC to continue to publish more materials for your growing family!
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