3RD GRADE CURRICULUM
COURSE OVERVIEWS
BIBLE
Flexible and intuitive, this online course is especially easy to navigate for young students under the guidance of a teacher or facilitator. Through Bible stories, verse memorization, and writing activities, important Christian concepts are reinforced. Fun, colorful, and interactive activities are woven through the course to help explain biblical teachings. Students will discover the books and writers of the Bible, explore the promises God made to His people, and learn about loving one another. Built-in teaching tools help with instruction, organization, and data management for busy teachers. Give your students the Bible instruction they need to life a Christ-centered life with Ignitia Bible curriculum.
Throughout the course, students will explore the following topics:
• Living for God
• The Life of Jesus Christ
• God’s Plan for Joseph
• You Can Use the Bible
• God Takes Care of His People
• The Bible is God’s Word
• Archeology and the Bible
• God Gave Us the Need for Friends
• God’s People Help Others
• God’s Word, Jesus, and You
ENGLISH
This Internet-based course integrates text-based lessons, assessments, and interactive media to help students retain content and keep learning fun. At the same time, it supports digital literacy and critical thinking. Through the use of fables, short stories, and biographies, students will explore a variety of literature forms and try their hand at writing with different purposes. Infused with biblical references and verses, lessons encourage students to evaluate and communicate from a Christ-centered perspective. Ignitia 3rd Grade Language Arts is always available online to facilitate parent interaction. Built-in teaching tools help with instruction, organization, and data management for busy teachers.
Throughout the course, students will explore the following topics:
• Old and New Skills
• Building Words and Sentences
• Words: Getting to the Roots
• Sentence: Start to Finish
• All about Books
• Reading and Writing
• Reading Skills
• More Reading and Writing
• Looking Back
HISTORY
Flexible and intuitive, this Bible-based online course is especially easy to navigate for young students under the guidance of a teacher or facilitator. Throughout the course, students will study the environments, history, and activities of people who rely on different industries for their livelihood. Interactive learning activities, timelines, and maps help students understand the development of these industries while exploring how God works through His people over the course of history. Built-in administrative tools help with instruction, organization, and data management for busy teachers. Help your students explore the history and geography of America with Ignitia.
Throughout the course, students will explore the following topics:
• Fishing in Maine
• Farming in Kansas
• Fruit-growing in Washington
• Forests in Oregon
• California: A Golden Land
• Cattle in Texas
• Coal Mining in Pennsylvania
• Manufacturing in Michigan
• Space Travel in Florida
• Review of Nine States
SCIENCE
This course includes both online and off-computer exercises to enrich learning. Exciting experiments help students to understand challenging scientific concepts while fostering keen observational skills and scientific inquiry. Students will study the systems of the human body, the life of plants, the world of animals, matter, energy, and sound as they progress at their own pace through the course. Ignitia 3rd Grade Science encourages a lifetime of scientific curiosity and critical thinking from a Christ-centered worldview. Teachers love the streamlined instructional, organizational, scheduling, and reporting tools.
Throughout the course, students will explore the following topics:
• You Grow and Change
• Plants
• Animal and Environmental Changes
• You Are What You Eat
• Properties of Matter
• Sounds and You
• Times and Seasons
• Rocks and Their Changes
• Heat Energy
• Physical Changes
MATHEMATICS
Internet-based, this course not only challenges students, but it also helps them to develop digital literacy and critical thinking skills with self-directed lessons that are best facilitated by a teacher. Because every lesson is infused with biblical content and verses (KJV), students learn to look at the world of numbers from a Christian perspective and consider Christian principles in making critical choices. Created for young online learners, it is especially easy to navigate, and like all Ignitia courses, Ignitia 3rd Grade Math is always available online to facilitate parent interaction. Built-in teaching tools help with instruction, organization, and data management for busy teachers.
Throughout the course, students will explore the following topics:
• Word Numbers
• Addition Problems
• Subtraction Problems
• Number Order
• Carrying Numbers
• Borrowing Numbers
• Symbols and Counting Multiples
• Addition and Subtraction Problems
• Fractions