Third grade
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Third grade (called Grade 3 in some regions) is a year of education in America and many other nations. The third grade is the third school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 8–9 years old, but sometimes as old as 12. It is a part of elementary school. Primary school is a school providing instruction for very young pupils, comprising the first three or four grades of elementary school.
- In the United States, in mathematics, students are usually introduced to multiplication and division facts, place value to thousands or ten thousands, and estimation. Decimals (to tenths only) are sometimes introduced.
- In reading, third grade students begin working more on text comprehension than decoding strategies. Students also begin reading harder chapter books. They read and distinguish between a variety of genres: Realistic Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, and Folktales.
- Ideally grade 3 students learn how to work on projects on their own and with others. Social skills, empathy and leadership are considered by many educators to be as important to develop as the hard skills of reading, writing and arithmatic.
Its English equivalent is Year 4, the fifth year of primary school, and Scotland's is Primary 4.
[edit] Colloquial use
- In the United States, the term "third-grader" is often referenced when referring to a particularly immature individual or insult. For reasons unknown, "third-grader" is almost exclusively used, with "second-grader" and the like hardly ever heard. Some examples in American English are as follows:
- "Don't be such a third-grader, Dick."
- "Nice third-grade insult, there, Randy."
| Preceded by Second grade |
Third grade 8–9 |
Succeeded by Fourth grade |
