3rd Grade

Language Arts, Foreign Language: Latin, Science, and History

Language Arts

Grammar & Spelling

• Well-Ordered Language 1A by Classical Academic Press

• Well-Ordered Language 1A Revised Teacher’s Edition by Classical Academic Press

• Well-Ordered Language 1B by Classical Academic Press

• Well-Ordered Language 1B Teacher’s Edition by Classical Academic Press

• Traditional Spelling III Student Workbook by Memoria Press

Cursive

• “A Child’s Garden of Verses” cursive copywork sheets provided by Peace Hill

Writing

• Fables, Myths & Fairy Tales Writing Lessons by Institute for Excellence in Writing

• Additional writing projects provided by Peace Hill.

Literature

*Listed in the order they will be read

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

• Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

• The Random House Book of Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm

• Stuart Little by E.B. White

• The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp

• At Home Free Read Suggestions:

  • The Magician’s Nephew (or other books in the Narnia series) by C.S. Lewis

  • Little Britches by Ralph Moody

  • The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit

  • Pinocchio by Carlo Collodo

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

  • Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

  • Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight

  • All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

  • Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

Foreign Language - Latin

Primary Stage Latin 2

• Song School Latin Book 2 by Amy Rehn (Classical Academic Press)

Science - The Middle Ages

Includes discoveries, scientists and related experiments from the ancient era. Core curriculum provided by Peace Hill. All materials are included in the materials fee. “At-Home” nature study supplies can be found on the supplies list.

• 3rd Grade At-Home Living Science Read-Aloud Books: 

  • The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre (not charter approved) (free version here)

  • Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling (borrow for free here)

  • Seabird by Holling C. Holling (borrow for free here)

History - The Middle Ages

• Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times by Susan Wise Bauer

• Choose ONE of the two activity book options: 

• Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Activity Book 3: Early Modern Times by Susan Wise Bauer

• Story of the World Volume 3 Student Pages

• Historical fiction (read-aloud) books - choose 4: Students will have a fun assignment on a historical fiction book each quarter, so plan ahead. 

  • Illustrated Adventure Stories by Lesley Sims

  • Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote by Margarita Engle

  • Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas by Jonathan W. Stokes

  • The Rain Player by David Wisniewski

  • Treasure Hunters: Quest for the City of Gold by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

  • The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker

  • The Boy and the Dike: A Dutch Folktale by M. J. York

  • Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes (family read aloud)

  • Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas

  • Mr. Fawkes, the King and the Gunpowder Plot by Tom and Tony Bradman

  • Mystery of the Frozen Lands by Martyn Godfrey

  • Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers

  • The Thundermaker by Alan Syliboy

  • Under a Prairie Sky by Anne Laurel Carter

  • The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

  • How to Live Like a Samurai Warrior by John Farndon

  • Night of the Ninjas: Magic Tree House #5 by Mary Pope Osborne

  • Once Upon a Time in Japan by Japan Broadcasting Corporation

  • The Perfect Sword by Scott Goto

  • The Strongest Boy in the World by Jessica Souhami

  • Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein

  • Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams by Avi

  • Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters

  • Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim by Kate Waters 

  • Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne

  • Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness

  • Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger

  • Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom by Veronica Chambers

  • Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield

  • Circle Unbroken by Margot Theis Raven

  • In the Time of the Drums by Kim Siegelson

  • Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle

  • Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

  • Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle

  • A Donkey Reads by Muriel Mandell

  • The Green Musician by Mahvash Shahegh

  • The Knight, the Princess, & the Magic Rock: A Classic Persian Tale by Sara Azizi

  • The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

  • The Rich Man and the Parrot by Pippa Goodhart

  • The Hungry Coat by Demi

  • The Glass Mountain by Diane Wolkstein

  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

  • Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

  • The Golem’s Latkes by Eric A. Kimmel

  • The Boy from the Dragon Palace by Margaret Read Macdonald

  • The Crane Girl by Curtis Manley

  • Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers by Gloria Whelan

  • Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi

  • Little Monk and the Mantis: A Bug, A Boy, and the Birth of a Kung Fu Legend by John Fusco

  • The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol

  • The Adventures of Rama by Milo Cleveland Beach

  • How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head by Harish Johairi and Vatsala Sperling

  • Tigers at Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne

  • Rex and the Royal Prisoner by Kate Sheppard

  • The Baker’s Boy and the Great Fire of London by Tom and Tony Bradman

  • The Fly on the Ceiling by Dr. Julie Glass

  • King Louie’s Shoes by D. J. Steinberg

  • Mr. Descartes and His Evil Genius by Jean Paul Mongin

  • Puss in Boots by Paul Galdone

  • The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: the Complete First Edition by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

  • Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters

  • Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson

  • Hornbooks and Inkwells by Verla Kay

  • I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen

  • Starry Messenger by Peter Sis

  • Newton’s Rainbow by Kathryn Lasky

  • Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

  • Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer

  • The Fool and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome

  • The Sea King’s Daughter: A Russian Legend by Aaron Shepard

  • Shoemaker Martin by Leo Tolstoy

  • The Great Tulip Trade by Beth Wagner

  • Hana in the Time of the Tulips by Deborah Noyes

  • Folktales from Turkey by Serpil Ural

  • The Greedy Sparrow: An Armenian Tale by Lucine Kasbarian

  • The Hungry Coat: A Tale From Turkey by Demi

  • Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman

  • Grandma and the Great Gourd by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  • The Last Dragon by Susan Miho Nunes

  • Where the Winds Meet: Mongolia by Mi-hwa Joo

  • Favorite Children’s Stories from China & Tibet by Lotta CarswellHume, Lo Koon

  • Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam by Sherry Garland

  • To Swim In Our Own Pond: A Book of Vietnamese Proverbs by Ngoc Dung Tran

  • Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran

  • Korean Children’s Favorite Stories by Kim So-un

  • Gulliver’s Travels: Voyage to Lilliput by Jonathan Swift

  • Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne

  • Freedom at Any Price: March 1775-April 19, 1775 by Amanda Stephens

  • I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis 

  • George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff

  • We are Patriots: Hope’s Revolutionary War Diary by Kristiana Gregory

  • Gingerbread for Liberty! by Mara Rockliff

  • The Scarlett Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble

  • Spenser’s Story of the Constitution by Paul Sleman Clark

  • Alexander Hamilton: Little Lion by Ann Hood

  • Duel! Barr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words by Dennis Brindell Fradin

  • Sailing the Unknown: Around the World with Captain Cook by Michael J. Rosen

  • Dog of the Sea Waves by James Rumford

  • Where the Forest Meets the Sky by Jeannie Baker

  • Down and Out Down Under by Geronimo Stilton

  • The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

  • Redoute: The Man Who Painted Flowers by Carolyn Croll

  • Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 by Kristiana Gregory

  • A Royal Ride: Catherine the Great’s Great Invention by Kristen Fulton

  • The Tale of the Firebird by Tatiana Popova

  • Cleonardo, The Little Inventor by Mary GrandPre

  • The Gate in the Wall by Ellen Howard

  • Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman

  • Leather Shoe Charlie by Gyeong-hwa Kim

  • The Making of Monkey King by Robert Kraus

  • A Time of Golden Dragons by Song Nan Zhang and Hao Yu Zhang

  • The Mystery in the Forbidden City by Harper Paris

  • Who Stole Mona Lisa? by Ruthie Knapp

  • I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino

  • Clang! Ernst Chladni’s Sound Experiments by Darcy Pattison

  • Pip of Pengersick - My Part in Napoleon’s Downfall by Jane A. C. West

  • The Banza: A Haitian Story by Diane Wolkstein

  • Janjak and Freda Go to the Iron Market by Elizabeth Turnbull

  • Painted Dreams by Karen Lynn Williams

  • A Big Cheese for the White House by Candace Fleming

  • Thomas Jefferson’s Feast by Frank Murphy

  • The Crossing by Donna Jo Napoli

  • Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers

  • Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs

  • Mountain Men: True Grit & Tall Tales by Andrew Glass

  • An American Army of Two by Janet Greeson

  • Laura Secord: A Story of Courage by Janet Lunn

  • Meet Caroline: An American Girl by Kathleen Ernst

  • The Town that Fooled the British: A War of 1812 Story by Lisa Papp

  • The Gold Coin by Alma Flor Ada

  • Up and Down the Andes by Laurie Krebs

  • When the Viceroy Came by Claudia Burr, Krystyna Libura, and Maria Cristina Urrutia

  • Juan’s Sweet and Spicy Memory by Hee Jung Yoon

  • The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola

  • A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Ines by Pat Mora

  • Mystery of the Thief in the Night: Mexico 1 by Janelle Diller

  • Meet Josephina by Valerie Tripp

  • The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh

  • Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen

  • Long Road to Freedom by Kate Messner

  • Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

  • The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South by Robert D. San Souci

  • The Village That Vanished by Ann Grifalconi

  • Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams

  • Gift of the Sun: A Tale from South Africa by Dianne Stewart

  • The Herd Boy by Niki Daly

  • Marriage of the Rain Goddess: A South African Myth by Wolfson

  • Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

  • Where Are You Going, Manyoni? by Catherine Stock

  • Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears by Thomas Bryan Underwood

  • The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story by Joseph Bruchac

  • Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges

  • Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore

  • Squishy Taylor and the Vase That Wasn’t by Ailsa Wild

  • Voices of the Alamo by Sherry Garland

  • Blood in the Water: A Story of Friendship During the Mexican War by Pamela Dell

  • Tucket’s Ride by Gary Paulsen

  • Ka the Falcon by Bruce Gilberd

  • Taniwha by Mike Johnson

  • Rata and Waka by Jephson Gibbs

  • The Adventures of Papa Lemon’s Little Wanderers Book 5: The California Gold Rush by Lehman Riley

  • Chang’s Paper Pony by Eleanor Coerr

  • The Legend of Freedom Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman

  • Wagon Train by Sydelle Kramer

    NOTE: If your student is with a charter that will not accept the historical era we are in this year for this grade, consider using your funds to purchase California Third Grade Community Studies Weekly for $29.95, a simple, weekly magazine-style curriculum that can be completed at home on the side and will provide weekly options for samples.

See the course descriptions for each grade!