St. Gabriel Classical Academy
Est. 2022

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Third Grade Curriculum

Third Grade: The Medieval Year

St. Francis Preaching to the Birds, Giotto

History, Religion, and Literature Integrated

History and Religion

Literature

Trimester One:
Rise of Christendom

Teacher Texts

*Cambridge Introduction to the History of Mankind (Book 3), Trevor Cairns, ed.

*The Old World & America (Unity V), Philip Furlong

Teacher Read-Aloud or Student Text

*Heroes of the Middle Ages, Eva March Tappan

Supplemental Texts

St. Patrick & Irish Christianity, Tom Corfe

Literature Related to History

King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table, Roger Lancelyn Green

The Hidden Treasure of Glaston, Jewett & Chapman

Son of Charlemagne, Barbara Willard

St. Benedict, Hero of the Hills, Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Caedmon’s Song by Ruth Ashby

The Stories of Roland told to the Children by H.E. Marshall

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

Trimester Two:

Monasteries and Christian Culture

Teacher Texts

*Cambridge Introduction to the History of Mankind (Books 3-4), Trevor Cairns, ed.

*The Old World & America (Units V-VII), Philip Furlong

*Building the Medieval Cathedrals, Percy Watson;

Life in a Medieval Village, Gwyneth Morgan

The story of civilization: Volume II the Medieval World by Phillip Campbell

Supplemental Texts

Medieval Castle, Phil Wilson (3-d castle model)

Medieval Life (DK Eyewitness)

The Duke & The Peasant: Life in the Middle Ages, Sr. Wendy Beckett

Muhammad by Demi

Literature Related to History

*The Chaucer Story Book, Eva Tappan March

*Clown of God; The Song of Francis; The Holy Twins, Tomie de Paolo

Making of a Knight: How Sir James Earned His Armor, Patrick O’Brien

The Big Book of Nobles, Knights & Knaves, Chretien de Troyes (includes abridged versions of Robin Hood & Song of Roland)

The Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

St. Dominic & the Rosary, Catherine Beebe

Clare & Francis, Saints of Assisi, Helen Walker Homan

The Weight of A Mass, Josephine Nobisso

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as told by Michael Morpurgo

Trimester
Three:

Knights and Crusades

The University and the Bible

Teacher Texts

*Cambridge Introduction to the History of Mankind (Books 3-4), Trevor Cairns, ed.

Medieval Knights, Trevor Cairns

The Old World & America (Unit VII), Philip Furlong

Read Aloud Text

*When Knights Were Bold, Eva March Tappan

*St. Thomas Aquinas for Children & the Child-like, Raissa Maritain

Literature Related to History

Angels in Iron, Nicholas Prata

Blood Red Crescent, Henry Garnett

St. George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges

St. Joan, The Girl Soldier, Louis De Wohl

A Door in the Wall, Marguerite De Angeli

Johann Gutenberg & the Amazing Printing Press, Bruce Koscielniak

Marguerite Makes a Book, Bruce Robertson

Thomas Aquinas & the Preaching Beggars, Larnen, Lomask & Fisher

Language Arts

Shurley Grammar
Cursive handwriting

Latin

Living Latin
Level 1: Animalia Ubique / Animals Everywhere

Religion

Faith and Life

See “History, Religion, and Literature Integrated” above

Nature Studies
Behold and See

The science curriculum is guided primarily by the teacher’s thoughtful integration of various resources in accordance with the general and grade specific objectives for nature study. There are no textbooks. The Delta Science Modules offer a combination of hands-on experiments and related workbook activities. Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature provides an observational and experimental approach to the study of nature that is deeply human.

*Explore: Honey Bees! By Cindy Blobaum

*Explore: Simple machines! By Anita Yasuda

*Explore: Soil! By Kathleen M Reilly

Mathematics

*Math Dimensions

*Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe, Michael S. Schneider

*Constructing the Universe Activity Book, Volumes 1-6, Michael S. Schneider

Literature Related to History

The Story of Money, Betsey Maestro

The History of Counting, Denise Schmandt-Besserat

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, Cindy Neushwander

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, Cindy Neushwander

Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone, Cindy Neushwander

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland, Cindy Neushwander

Melisande, E. Nesbit

Supplemental Texts

Calculus by and for Young People, Don Cohen

The Confe$$ions and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut, Esther Hershenhorn

The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster

Alvin’s Secret Code, Clifford Hicks

Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices, Theoni Pappas

The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, Theoni Pappas

Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar, Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book, David Schwartz

Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story, Cindy Neushwander

The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang

One Grain of Rice, Demi

Tiger Math: Learn to Graph from a Baby Tiger, Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel

Wild Fibonacci: Nature’s Secret Code Revealed, Joy Hulme

How Much is a Million, David Schwartz

Math Curse, Jon Scieszka

Math-terpieces, Greg Tang

Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey, David Schwartz

Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles, Lewis Carroll

Math Trek: Adventures in MathZone, Ivars Peterson and Nancy Henderson

Anno’s Math Games, Mitsumasa Anno

** Used with approval from St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, MD**