Curriculum: Grades 3–5
In our upper-elementary grades, students build their academic skills and dive deeper into their learning, expanding their curiosities while also growing their independence.3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-graders know more about themselves, care deeply for their friends, and become greater advocates for themselves and their community in their reading, writing, and speaking opportunities.
Explore each curriculum area by clicking on the boxes below.
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Students master multi-digit addition, subtraction, and the relationships between multiplication and division.
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Students develop writing skills across informational, narrative, opinion, and fiction genres.
![Social Studies]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1739405985/phillipsbrooks/etgfahqsp3esjmoxoa69/PBS_April2024_1762e-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1739405985/phillipsbrooks/etgfahqsp3esjmoxoa69/PBS_April2024_1762e-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1739405985/phillipsbrooks/etgfahqsp3esjmoxoa69/PBS_April2024_1762e-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1739405985/phillipsbrooks/etgfahqsp3esjmoxoa69/PBS_April2024_1762e-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1739405985/phillipsbrooks/etgfahqsp3esjmoxoa69/PBS_April2024_1762e-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1739405985/phillipsbrooks/etgfahqsp3esjmoxoa69/PBS_April2024_1762e-2.jpg","width":2200}])
Students explore themes that promote inquiry of self, others, and the world.
![Music]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1735817713/phillipsbrooks/eee3wiacojfqu7en3xyb/PBS_Oct2022_2076e.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1735817713/phillipsbrooks/eee3wiacojfqu7en3xyb/PBS_Oct2022_2076e.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1735817713/phillipsbrooks/eee3wiacojfqu7en3xyb/PBS_Oct2022_2076e.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1735817713/phillipsbrooks/eee3wiacojfqu7en3xyb/PBS_Oct2022_2076e.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1735817713/phillipsbrooks/eee3wiacojfqu7en3xyb/PBS_Oct2022_2076e.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1735817713/phillipsbrooks/eee3wiacojfqu7en3xyb/PBS_Oct2022_2076e.jpg","width":2200}])
Students build their musical skills and study the recorder, ukulele, drumming, and more.
![Visual Art]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1739402433/phillipsbrooks/ohfcuuic6ccwyaaaydyj/119PBS_CelebrationsOfLearning_May2024_4411e.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1739402433/phillipsbrooks/ohfcuuic6ccwyaaaydyj/119PBS_CelebrationsOfLearning_May2024_4411e.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1739402433/phillipsbrooks/ohfcuuic6ccwyaaaydyj/119PBS_CelebrationsOfLearning_May2024_4411e.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1739402433/phillipsbrooks/ohfcuuic6ccwyaaaydyj/119PBS_CelebrationsOfLearning_May2024_4411e.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1739402433/phillipsbrooks/ohfcuuic6ccwyaaaydyj/119PBS_CelebrationsOfLearning_May2024_4411e.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1739402433/phillipsbrooks/ohfcuuic6ccwyaaaydyj/119PBS_CelebrationsOfLearning_May2024_4411e.jpg","width":2200}])
Students build on their understanding of the elements and principles of art through opt-in intensives.
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Students read a variety of fiction and non-fiction from diverse cultures and perspectives.
![Science]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1735789536/phillipsbrooks/duxka6zn0ugwfyox3ui4/PBS_April2024_1869e.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1735789536/phillipsbrooks/duxka6zn0ugwfyox3ui4/PBS_April2024_1869e.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1735789536/phillipsbrooks/duxka6zn0ugwfyox3ui4/PBS_April2024_1869e.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1735789536/phillipsbrooks/duxka6zn0ugwfyox3ui4/PBS_April2024_1869e.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1735789536/phillipsbrooks/duxka6zn0ugwfyox3ui4/PBS_April2024_1869e.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1735789536/phillipsbrooks/duxka6zn0ugwfyox3ui4/PBS_April2024_1869e.jpg","width":2200}])
In 3rd-5th Grades Science, students explore key concepts in physical, life, and earth sciences.
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Technology becomes an integral part of students’ learning as they each receive an iPad for PBS use.
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In 3rd-5th Grades PE, students advance their physical and social skills.
