In the United States, Third grade (called Grade 3 in some regions) is a year of primary education. It is the third school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 8–9 years old. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

• In mathematics, students are usually introduced to multiplication and division facts, place value to thousands or ten thousands, and estimation. Decimals (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: Realistic Fiction, 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 and leadership are considered by many educators^{[citation needed]} to be as important to develop as the hard skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.

Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... In mathematics, multiplication is an elementary arithmetic operation. ... In mathematics, especially in elementary arithmetic, division is an arithmetic operation which is the inverse of multiplication. ... For the techno single by Moby, see Thousand (single). ... Ten thousand (10000) is the natural number following 9999 and preceding 10001. ... Estimation is the calculated approximation of a result which is usable even if input data may be incomplete, uncertain, or noisy. ... The decimal (base ten or occasionally denary) numeral system has ten as its base. ... For other senses of the word code, see code (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... For the book by Chuck Palahniuk titled Non-fiction, see Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories. ... This article is about the art form. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... Folklore is the ethnographic concept of the tales, legends, or superstitions current among a particular ethnic population, a part of the oral history of a particular culture. ... Social skills are skills a social animal uses to interact and communicate with others to assist status in the social structure and other motivations. ... Not to be confused with Pity, Sympathy, or Compassion. ... The word leadership can refer to: The process of leading. ... A Sunday reading in the rural school. ... Illustration of a scribe writing Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation of and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ... Arithmetic tables for children, Lausanne, 1835 Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word αριθμός = number) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple daily counting to advanced science and business calculations. ...

British equivalent

Its British equivalent is Year 4, the fifth year of primary school, and Scotland's is Primary 4.