The methods used in Grade Two continue in Grade Three with Promenades and Learnables with the children using knowledge of French to read and write in French. Three projects require creation of booklets in which students show use of vocabulary in full sentences with appropriate illustrations. Dialogues are read, mastered, and manipulated, and vocabulary expands to include sports and professions. My Side of the Mountain Reading comprehension is encouraged through oral and silent reading, questions answered in texts and workbooks, summary writing, and discussion. Critical thinking skills include content and comprehension of reading, identifying the main idea, understanding cause and effect, distinguishing fact and fiction, and prediction.
Book reports encourage the expression of the skills.
Grammar skills include the review and expansion of parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure. Vocabulary and spelling are taken from the readings and from Wordly Wise. Students identify multiple meanings of words and their usage. Students also write from dictation. Writing skills are enhanced through journal entries, writing letters and stories, poetry, and independent projects on novels.