Third Grade - Aspen Country Day School

Students take a huge step forward in their growth and development as students, friends, artists, mathematicians, and scientists. The Third Graders are always on the go, whether they’re on campus or out on one of their adventurous field trips to study Colorado history.

ACADEMICS

It’s no coincidence that the character Arthur, the aardvark hero of books by Marc Brown (and a PBS tv spinoff), was a Third Grader. At this age, children are coming into their own as students, and engagement is high. Interested in everything, Third Graders come to class eager to explore, learn, discover, and discuss. The academic program in Third Grade leverages this enthusiasm to build confidence, reslience, and joy in learning.

Language Arts

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

World Language

Arts

The full scope of the Aspen Country Day School arts program is even more apparent in Third Grade, when children are becoming more independent in their creative expression, ready to try new skills and tools to convey their many enthusiasms. Learning truly becomes cross-curricular as they create their portrait-sculptures for their historical research into a character who was a “Changemaker,” or as they create visually informative presentations in tech class.

Art

Music

Drama

Outdoor & Physical Education

Third Graders are active and eager to use their growing strength and coordination to tackle new challenges. Children have regular PE classes both outside on campus and in the big gymnasium, along with outdoor education day outings that might find them hiking up the hillside behind campus or flying down the sledding hill by the Aspen Recreation Center. On the Outdoor Ed overnight expeditions in the fall, they go rock climbing with experienced guides, and in spring, bouldering in the desert.

Physical Education

Outdoor Education

SIgnature Programs

A Third Grader’s natural curiosity and powers of inquiry come to the forefront in projects like Changemakers, left. They take a deep dive into research of an historical figures who has made a positive difference in the world. In multi-disciplinary projects like these, children find many ways to explore a subject and make connections across traditional subject areas. They then use their growing public speaking and presentation skills to communicate what they have learned.

Projects & traditions

Class meeting