English for Grade 3

Kids Academy Classroom’s Grade 3 English curriculum builds on students’ foundational skills to develop independent reading, writing, and communication abilities. Lessons, worksheets, games, videos, drills, and quizzes allow students to explore phonics, spelling, grammar, literature, vocabulary, and informational texts in engaging, age-appropriate ways.

Core areas covered:

Early literacy skills

• Mastery of the alphabet, upper- and lowercase letters, and letters in students’ own names.

• Phonological awareness, including rhymes and sound blending/segmentation.

Foundational reading skills

• Phonics and word recognition with a focus on prefixes, suffixes, vowel teams, digraphs, silent letters, and multi-syllable words.

• Spelling instruction, including irregular spellings, high-frequency words, and pattern recognition.

• Long and short vowel distinctions, consonant blends, and vowel spelling patterns.

Reading literature

• Identifying characters, setting, plot, narrator/point of view, chapters, scenes, and stanzas.

• Recognizing rhythm and meaning in words, using illustrations for comprehension, and summarizing lessons in stories, fables, and poems.

• Exploring genres including poetry, folktales, realistic fiction, mystery, and fantasy.

• Comparing and contrasting different versions of stories.

Reading informational texts

• Identifying main ideas, key details, author’s purpose, context clues, and connections within the text.

• Using illustrations and comparing texts on similar topics.

• Topics include science, biography, history, and paired informational texts.

Vocabulary development

• Determining meaning of unknown words using context clues, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and compound words.

• Understanding literal and nonliteral meanings and making real-life connections with words.

Phonics and word study

• Vowel spelling patterns, digraphs, diphthongs, and silent letters (h, k, w, b).

• Segmenting and blending sounds, decoding words, and applying inflectional endings.

• Mastery of long and short vowels, vowel teams, and common spelling patterns.

Writing conventions

• Grammar: adjectives, adverbs, regular and irregular verbs, plural and abstract nouns, simple verb tenses.

• Sentences: comparative and superlative adjectives/adverbs, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

• Capitalization and punctuation: titles, addresses, dialogue, possessives.

• Nouns and pronouns: reflexive and possessive forms.

This program ensures Grade 3 students gain confidence in reading, strengthen writing skills, and develop independent literacy strategies to support higher-level learning in subsequent grades.