Children in third grade are given the opportunity to explore basic elements of art including line, shape, form, pattern, texture, and color. The goal is to teach children how to work with a variety of art mediums and to give them the opportunity to develop their skills, craftsmanship, and confidence through experimentation. Third grade classes will work on projects, which will develop skills in drawing, painting, printing, and sculpture. There will also be opportunities to work on large and small group activities. Throughout the school year, student work will be displayed in the Lower School hallways, the library, the GA Book Fairs, and the Arts Center Gallery. Tours of professional artist exhibitions in the Arts Center Gallery and visits from artists will enhance the classroom experiences. In mid year and at the closing of school, student artwork will be sent home. Sketchbooks will be given to all third grade students for in class use.

Lower School Art Web Site - 3rd Grade Curriculum & Portfolios

The Germantown Academy Library Site

The third grade students continue to expand their repertoire of folk songs and singing games. They review the concepts learned in second grade and continue to build on those skills. Singing continues to be the foundation of every activity in music class, and the lessons for each element are drawn directly from the literature used. Movement continues to be a significant part of each class period. Movement activities increase in difficulty as the physical development of the students allows. Continued emphasis in given to inner hearing, part-work, and memory activities to develop these skills in each student. In addition, each student learns to play the recorder beginning in January. While each student develops at his/her rate, it is expected that by the end of third grade each student will have learned certain core concepts involving rhythm notes, melodic notes, recognizing known elements in recorded art music, and proper techniques and coordination with the classroom recorder.

Lower School Music

In the primary grades, the emphasis of the physical education program is to form building blocks for lifetime sports. Class activities are structured so students will look upon fitness as being enjoyable and fun. During class, students work to improve gross and fine motor skills so that they feel comfortable with their bodies. They learn to recognize their physical limits while working to their full potential and they work to develop social skills such as peer support, cooperation with one another, and respect for one another

Ball skills, scooter activities, cooperative games, dance, fitness testing, games involving hand-eye coordination and foot-eye coordination, swimming, games stressing locomotor movement and gross motor development, tumbling activities, parachute games, and track and field activities comprise the types of activities offered to third grade students. Students also learn the appropriate methods to warm up for a game and to cool down from an activity. Children are encouraged to devise game strategies and problem solving skills to enhance their level of participation and enjoyment.

3rd Grade PE Web Site

In the primary grades, the emphasis of the physical education program is to form building blocks for lifetime sports. Class activities are structured so students will look upon fitness as being enjoyable and fun. During class, students work to improve gross and fine motor skills so that they feel comfortable with their bodies. They learn to recognize their physical limits while working to their full potential and they work to develop social skills such as peer support, cooperation with one another, and respect for one another

Ball skills, scooter activities, cooperative games, dance, fitness testing, games involving hand-eye coordination and foot-eye coordination, swimming, games stressing locomotor movement and gross motor development, tumbling activities, parachute games, and track and field activities comprise the types of activities offered to third grade students. Students also learn the appropriate methods to warm up for a game and to cool down from an activity. Children are encouraged to devise game strategies and problem solving skills to enhance their level of participation and enjoyment.

Third Grade Science Curriculum

The enthusiasm and joy from the previous years are still very important goals for the Spanish classes. Third Grade children meet with the Spanish teacher once a week for a 25-minute session in their homerooms.

The Third Grade Spanish curriculum includes a review of what was learned in previous years.. Special attention is given to descriptions of themselves and others. Reading and writing Spanish are skills that become more important in third Grade.

Third Grade Spanish Program  /  The Lower School Spanish Program