Third Grade

As you can see, we’re keeping things much simpler this year. Multum non multa is most definitely our motto. We spend about 4 hours a day on our lessons, spending an average of 45 minutes on each subject. The materials we use are pretty intensive, and Isa “feels the burn” from the mental workout each day.

Reading

• Don Quixote
• Robinson Crusoe
• Gulliver’s Travels
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• Around the World in Eighty Days
• Treasure Island
• Captain Cook
• Henry Huggins

Math

• Singapore Math 2b
• Singapore Math 3a
• Singapore Math 3b

Writing

• Writing with Ease Level 3 (first half of the year)
• Classical Writing: Aesop

Latin

• Lively Latin Big Book 1

Grammar

We began by using First Language Lessons, but we hated it. For now, we’re learning grammar through our Latin study and via Classical Writing, which I think is sufficient for now.

Spelling

• All About Spelling Level 2 (first half of the year)
• All About Spelling Level 3

History

• Story of the World Volume 3
• Story of the World Volume 3 Activity Book
• The Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of World History

Art

• Art is Fundamental

Science

• Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding (we’re about 2/3 finished; we’ll come back to it later)
• The Usborne Complete Book of the Human Body