- Third grade
In the United States, third grade (called grade 3 in some regions) is a year of
primary education . It is the third school year afterkindergarten . Students are usually 8 - 9 years old.*In
mathematics , students are usually introduced tomultiplication and division facts, place value tothousand s orten thousand s, andestimation . Depending on the school, students may even begin to work on long division.Decimal s (to tenths only) are sometimes introduced. Students begin to work on problem-solving skills working to explain their thinking in mathematical terms.*In reading, third grade students begin working more on text comprehension than
decoding strategies. Students also begin reading harder chapter books. They read and distinguish between a variety of genres: realisticfiction ,non-fiction ,poetry ,fantasy ,historical fiction , and folktales.*Grade 3 students learn how to work on projects on their own and with others. This may start as early as second and first grade as well.
Social skills ,empathy andleadership are considered by many educatorsFact|date=June 2007 to be as important to develop as the hard skills ofreading ,writing andarithmetic .International education
British equivalent
At the same age, English, Scottish and Welsh pupils are in their fourth year of compulsory education and in their fifth year in Northern Ireland.
Brazil equivalent
In Brazil now, the time for elementary school was recently raised from 8 to 9 years, and the minimum age required to the third grade was changed from 7 to 8 years old.
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