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title: What third-grade academic skills typically look like in action
description: Find out what reading, writing, and math skills third graders are usually expected to learn.
slug: what-third-grade-academic-skills-typically-look-like-in-action
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:45:28.465Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/04C0E2C5A0A2400C93135C6DB8C76637/bbfa0121b889854c41e5a02cdcb016cc/14796249.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-third-grade-academic-skills-typically-look-like-in-action
lang: en
---

# What third-grade academic skills typically look like in action

In third grade, kids face all sorts of new school demands. They’re expected to build upon what they’ve already learned in math, reading, and writing. And they’re taught new skills they’ll use for the rest of their lives. Get a sense of what academic skills typically look like during this important school year.

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