Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices For the 2019-2020 School Year
The last school year was quite disruptive. But, from it, I have learned lessons that hopefully, I would not forget along this long journey ahead.
- Nothing is set in stone. So prepare to be flexible.
- If all goes well, you get to follow the planned course ahead. But sometimes, because that’s the way life is, your homeschool might take on a life of its own. And that’s ok too.
- Homeschooling offers so much opportunity to make up for ‘lost time’ if needed.
- You are not bound to complete a curriculum, let it be a guide, not a prison.
- Do not be afraid or ashamed to make changes. It is a learning journey for us moms as well.
- Kids are always learning anyway.
These are all my personal feelings. Let your heart be the guide to your homeschool. ❤️
This year we have made a few changes. Mostly to reduce the workbook intensiveness of our homeschool, making more time for interest-led learning. But even more so to allow for time to spend with the kids just being a mom.
As I had mentioned in one of my earlier videos, I am placing more emphasis on reading, writing, and arithmetic right now. My kids are still in the elementary years. So during this time, I am trying to give them a sound enough footing in these areas. Because I genuinely believe that if they can do well in these areas, they will be able to learn anything. A very personal opinion again.
Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices For the 2019-2020 School Year
Here are Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices For the 2019-2020 School Year.
Note: The links for All About Learning Press, Well Trained Mind, and Demme Learning are for convenience. They have not sponsored these links. All other links are my Amazon affiliate links or social media links where applicable.
Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices For the 2019-2020 School Year
Reading
- All About Reading Level 3 by All About Learning Press
Writing
- Writing with Ease Level 3 by Well Trained Mind. This is going to be our primay writing curriculum.
Handwriting
- Cursive- We would be printing free cursive practice sheets online from handwritingworksheets.com to practice. (no affiliation)
- Most of our copy work would get done throughout our other subjects.
Spelling
All About Spelling Level 3 by All About Learning Press. I also got All About Homophones.
Grammar
- First Language Lessons Level 3 For The Well Trained Mind by Well Trained Mind.
- We have also been reading from Dk’s Visual Guide to Grammar and Punctuation. A very concise, clear visual guide to all the different aspects of grammar. I really like this book, so we will read through this one a couple of times during the year.
Math
- Math-U-See Gamma by Demme Learning
History
This year I am taking a totally different approach to history, and relieved us of all that extra work that we had been doing using the Story of the World.
This is a learning journey. And I have learned a lesson. We’ll be trying out as a group:
- American History Timeline – USA Research Handbook: Do-It-Yourself – Time Travel Journal – Fun-Schooling with Thinking Tree Books
- Travel Dreams United States – Social Studies Fun-Schooling Journal: Learn about American Culture through the Arts, Fashion, Architecture, Music, … (Travel Dreams – Social Studies) (Volume 14)
- United States – Geography, History and Social Studies Handbook: Do-It-Yourself Homeschooling
We may also if felt led to:
- Use History topics brought up in our other Social Studies and Geography books mentioned above to go deeper into.
- Pull from topics mentioned in Our What Your Child Needs to Know series for this as well.
Bible Study
We do this as a group.
- My older two kids now have a Bible each. We are rotating Bible verses from Proverbs and Matthew. Sometimes they even write a verse they might like and why they like it. There is no perfection or right or wrong to this.
- We will also read from one of our favorite children’s Bibles, like this one, sometimes.
Below is a sample of what they do.
My six-year-old
My eight-year-old
African-American History
To be honest, a lot of our African American resources looks pretty much the same as last year.
We could not get through it all, and I saw no need to buy anything additional for this year. The readers I have included I had on our shelves, so did a bit of shopping in my stash.
We could not get through it all, and I saw no need to buy anything additional for this year. The readers I have included I had on our shelves, so did a bit of shopping in my stash.This is also a group study.
Readers: For Personal Reading or Read-Aloud
(From last year.)
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
(From my stash. Some thrifted months ago 
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- Frederic Douglas-A voice for freedom (thrifted)
- Who was Booker T. Washington?
- Who was Nelson Mandela?
- Black Soldiers In The Civil War (thrifted)
- Who was Aretha Franklin?
- In Their Own Words-Harriet Tubman (thrifted)
- Who was Harriet Tubman?
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
- A Child’s Introduction to African American History
- Who was Rosa Parks?
- Who is Barack Obama?
- Great Black Heroes- Five Brave Explorers (thrifted)
- Who was Frederick Douglas?
- Who was Jackie Robinson?
Science
- 180 Days of Science: Grade 3 – Daily Science Workbook– Shell Education
- God’s Design for Life Complete Set by Answers In genesis (The Human Body, The World of Plants and The World of Animals). We bought this set for our first-grade curriculum. As I mentioned in my second-grade curriculum video, we are returning to it for 3rd grade. I would be using it as our guide and not following it to a tee.
Social Studies
- YouTube videos from some of our favorite YouTube learning channels.
Geography
- YouTube videos from some of our favorite YouTube learning channels.
Stem Learning
We would continue to play games like Code Master and Robot Turtles.
This year my oldest would be reading from, Get Coding! Learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript and Build a Website, App, and Game. This is as per my daughter’s request.
Other
Somehow, these two have been my fall back on if everything else hits the fan.
- What Your Third Grader Needs To Know– We use this during our night time read aloud.
And for fun(hopefully
)…
- Island Tales: Caribbean Folklore Stories and Trinbagonian Folklore (As Told in Poetry). Books containing stories I heard as a child growing up in the Caribbean.
- Lots of play!
Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices For the 2019-2020 School Year
Our 3rd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices For the 2019-2020 School Year
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Questions…
Are we using any of the same resources? Do you have a favorite homeschool curriculum? What about it makes it your favorite?
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