How to read this page
Saskatchewan publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Numbers stop being abstract this year — they become things your child can count, compare, build, and explain. In Saskatchewan, that's Mathematics, Grade 3 — 4 units, 28 skills.
Number
- Building numbers to 1000
- Strategies for adding and subtracting to 1000
- Showing multiplication and division
Shape and Space
- Units and referents for time
- Faces, edges, and vertices
See the full Mathematics, Grade 3 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading and writing grow fast at this age — this is the year the letters turn into stories. In Saskatchewan, that's English Language Arts, Grade 3 — 3 units, 14 skills.
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 3 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science at this age is guided curiosity — observing, sorting, asking why, and testing ideas hands-on. In Saskatchewan, that's Science, Grade 3 — 3 units, 20 skills.
Life Science — Plant Growth and Changes
- The parts of a plant
- What we get from plants
Physical Science — Structures, Materials, and Forces
- Materials that make structures
- Shapes that make things strong
- Forces that touch and forces that don't
Earth and Space Science — Exploring Soils
- What soil is made of
- How soil helps living things
See the full Science, Grade 3 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French as a Second Language this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Saskatchewan, that's Core French 3 — 4 units, 15 skills.
Communication Skills
- Understanding descriptions, directions, and question words
- Keeping polite conversations going
- Understanding a series of repeated sentences
General Language Strategies
- Listening strategies before, during, and after
- Planning and supporting my speaking
- Reading strategies with repeated texts
Language Knowledge
- Numbers for time, dates, and question types
- Action verbs and this year's theme words
See the full Core French 3 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 3 in Saskatchewan?
Saskatchewan's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French as a Second Language for Grade 3 — 89 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers comprehend and respond and compose and create; Science covers life science — plant growth and changes and physical science — structures, materials, and forces. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Saskatchewan curriculum?
It's built from Saskatchewan's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies starts close to home — family, community, and how people live together. In Saskatchewan, that's Social Studies, Grade 3 — 4 units, 12 skills.
Interactions and Interdependence
- Daily life in communities around the world
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Dynamic Relationships
- Models of the Earth
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Power and Authority
- Comparing how communities decide
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Resources and Wealth
- How communities meet needs and wants
+ 2 more skills in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 3 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →