Grade guide · Grade 3
Grade 3 in British Columbia: what your child learns this year
Grade 3 has 85 short lesson videos on Knowledge Made Fun across Mathematics, English Language Arts and five more subjects. Each lesson is about a minute long, follows the British Columbia curriculum and comes with a transcript. Two lessons play free without an account.
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What a family can do with this grade today, without paying.
- Watch two Grade 3 lessons on the website without an account. Grade 3 lessons
- Sign in free, no payment and no card, to watch three lessons a day. Pick a lesson
- Print Grade 3 worksheets free after a free sign-in. Worksheets
- Draw and print graph paper, no account needed. Graph paper
- Put a timer, a name picker, dice, a noise meter or a scoreboard on the screen, no account needed. Classroom tools
Subject
Arts Education
8 lessons for Grade 3, by strand.
All Grade 3 Arts Education lessons
Music
- Beat, Rhythm and TempoBeat, rhythm and tempo
- Pitch, Dynamics and Timbre: How High, How Loud, What Kind of SoundPitch, dynamics and timbre: how high, how loud, what kind of sound
- Writing Sounds Down: High and Low on a StaffWriting sounds down: high and low on a staff
Visual arts
- The elements of design: line, shape, colour, texture, value, form and space
- Pattern, Rhythm, Contrast and EmphasisThe principles of design: pattern, rhythm, contrast and emphasis
- Developing an Image: Elaborate, Repeat and SimplifyDeveloping an image: elaborate, repeat and simplify
Arts in general
- Symbols in Art: Things That Stand for IdeasSymbols in art: things that stand for ideas
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Career Education
4 lessons for Grade 3, by strand.
All Grade 3 Career Education lessons
Career education
- Setting a Goal and Planning the StepsSetting a goal and planning the steps
- Trying Something NewTrying something new
- Roles and responsibilities: everyone has jobsRoles and responsibilities
- Jobs in a CommunityJobs in a community
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
English Language Arts
16 lessons for Grade 3, by strand.
All Grade 3 English Language Arts lessons
Story/text
- Characters, Setting and Plot: The Parts of a StoryCharacters, setting and plot: the parts of a story
- Theme: The Lesson a Story TeachesTheme: the lesson a story teaches
- Why a Text Was Written: Finding Its FunctionWhy a text was written
- Fiction and Non-fiction: Made Up or True?Fiction and non-fiction
- Text Features: Headings, Captions and DiagramsText features: headings, captions and diagrams
- Imagery: Writing for the Five SensesImagery: writing for the five senses
- Simile: comparing two different things with like or asSimile
- Rhyme, Alliteration and Rhythm: Sounds in PoemsRhyme, rhythm and alliteration: sounds in poems
Strategies and processes
- Predict, Then Read On: Mia's KitePredicting with pictures and what you know
- Main Idea and DetailsMain idea and details
- Does It Make Sense? Checking as You ReadDoes it make sense? Checking as you read
- Revising and Editing: What Is the Difference?Revising and editing: the difference
Language features, structures, and conventions
- Word Families: Same Ending, New First SoundWord families: words that share a pattern
- Compound Sentences: Joining Two Ideas with a Comma and a Joining WordCompound sentences
- Capital Letters and End MarksCapital letters and end marks
- Apostrophes in Contractions: Do Not Becomes Don'tApostrophes in contractions
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Mathematics
32 lessons for Grade 3, by strand.
All Grade 3 Mathematics lessons
Number
- Skip-Counting by 10s Across a HundredSkip-counting forward and backward
- Hundreds, Tens and Ones: What Each Digit Is WorthHundreds, tens and ones: what each digit is worth
- Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 1000Comparing and ordering numbers to 1000
- A Fraction Is Equal Parts of One WholeA fraction is equal parts of one whole
- Writing a Fraction: The Top and Bottom NumbersWriting a fraction: the top and bottom numbers
- A Fraction of a GroupA fraction of a group
- Adding Three-Digit Numbers with RegroupingAdding three-digit numbers with regrouping
- Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers: Trade a Ten for Ten OnesSubtracting three-digit numbers with regrouping
- Friendly Numbers: Estimate First, Then AdjustFriendly numbers: estimate first, then adjust
- Make a Ten to AddMake a ten to add
- Doubles and Near Doubles: 6 + 7Doubles and near doubles
- Fact families: adding and subtracting are related
- Multiplying means equal groups
- Arrays: 3 rows of 4 and 4 rows of 3Arrays: multiplying with rows and columns
- Two Ways to Divide: Sharing and GroupingTwo ways to divide: sharing and grouping
- One Array, Two Facts: 3 × 4 = 12 and 12 ÷ 3 = 4Multiplying and dividing are related
- Even and Odd Numbers: Can Every Sock Find a Partner?Even and odd numbers
Patterns and algebra
- Increasing and Decreasing Patterns: Find What Changes Each StepIncreasing and decreasing patterns
- Writing a Pattern Rule: Start at 3, Add 2 Each TimeWriting a pattern rule in words and numbers
- Finding the Missing NumberFinding the missing number in an equation
Geometry and measurement
- Centimetres, metres and kilometres
- Grams and KilogramsGrams and kilograms
- Millilitres and Litres: Filling a 1 Litre JugMillilitres and litres
- Perimeter: the distance around a shape
- Area: How Many Squares Cover a ShapeArea: how many squares cover a shape
- Units of Time: From Seconds to YearsUnits of time: from seconds to years
- 3D Objects: Faces, Edges and Vertices3D objects: faces, edges and vertices
- Nets: Folding a Cube, Unfolding a BoxNets: unfolding a 3D object
Data and probability
- Pictographs and Bar Graphs: One Picture, One Square, One ChildPictographs and bar graphs
- How Likely Is It? From Impossible to CertainHow likely is it? From impossible to certain
Financial literacy
- Counting Bills and Coins to 100 DollarsCounting coins and bills to 100 dollars
- Earning Money and Ways to PayEarning money and ways to pay
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Physical and Health Education
11 lessons for Grade 3, by strand.
All Grade 3 Physical and Health Education lessons
Physical literacy
- Get Open: Move Into Open Space for a PassGame strategy: moving into open space to get a pass
- How Hard Is My Body Working?How hard is my body working?
Healthy and active living
- Being Active Every Day: Fill Up Your 60 MinutesBeing active every day
- Why Sleep MattersWhy sleep matters
- Stopping Germs from SpreadingStopping germs from spreading
- Food and Water Fuel Your BodyFood and water fuel your body
- Finding a Trusted Adult for Health QuestionsFinding a trusted adult for health questions
Social and community health
- Bullying: The Harm It Does and How a Bystander Can HelpBullying: the harm it does and how a bystander can help
- Poisons and Medicines: Ask an Adult FirstPoisons and medicines: ask an adult first
Mental well-being
- Fear or Worry? Now or LaterWorries and fears: how they are different
- What Makes You YouWhat makes you you
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Science
11 lessons for Grade 3, by strand.
Biology
- Biodiversity: The Variety of Living ThingsBiodiversity: the variety of living things
- Plants, Animals and Fungi: How Living Things Get FoodPlants, animals and fungi
- Populations and Communities in a PondPopulations and communities in an ecosystem
- Producers, Consumers and DecomposersProducers, consumers and decomposers
- Food Chains and Food WebsFood chains and food webs
Chemistry
- What Is Matter? Even Air CountsMatter: anything that has mass and takes up space
- Everything Is Made of Tiny AtomsEverything is made of tiny atoms
Physics
- Thermal energy: where heat comes from
- Three Ways Heat Moves: Conduction, Convection and RadiationThree ways heat moves: conduction, convection and radiation
Earth science
- Landforms: the shapes of the land
- Erosion and Deposition: How Wind, Water and Ice Move LandErosion and deposition: how wind, water and ice move land
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Worksheets
Worksheets for this grade
Printing is free after a free sign-in, no payment and no card.
- Compare and order to 1000
- Place value to 1000
- Skip count by any number
- Add 3-digit numbers
- Arrays and equal groups
- Find the missing number: add and subtract
- Sharing equally
- Subtract 3-digit numbers
- Word problems to 1000
- Name the fraction
- Shade the fraction
- Patterns that grow and shrink
- Metric units
- Count coins and bills
Every lesson on the site is listed under Lessons, and the pricing page says what is free and what Plus adds.