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Third graders
physically:
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are busy &
active
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have a good
appetite
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have improved
health from early childhood
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experience slower
growth of about 2 ½ inches and eight pounds per year
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grow longer legs
relative to their total height and begin resembling adults in the
proportion of legs to body
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develop less fat
and grow more muscle than in earlier year
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use small and
large motor skills in sports and other activities
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increase in
strength
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are losing their
baby teeth and beginning to grow adult teeth which may appear too
big for their face
Third graders
emotionally:
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want to be first,
to be called on, chosen & to win
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like to take
responsibility
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are usually
affectionate, cheerful, outgoing and curios
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can sometimes be
selfish, bossy, demanding, giggly & silly
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are becoming more
of aware of belonging to a group at school
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are building an
ethical sense (can sometimes cause them to be critical of their own
behavior and that of other)
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are developing a
sense of justice ("That's not fair!")
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can be overly
sensitive, especially to ridicule, failure, or loss of prestige
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need adult
approval on a regular basis
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need to be a part
of an activity which makes them feel important
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are more serious
about themselves
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have more secrets
-
dramatize things
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have fewer &
more reasonable fears
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like immediate
rewards for behavior
Third graders
cognitively:
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develop the
skills to process more abstract concepts and complex ideas
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spend more time
with the peer group and turn to peers for information [They need
information sources outside of family, and other adults become
important in their lives.
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are able to focus
on the past and future as well as the present
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improve in
self-control, being able to conform to adult ideas of what is
"proper" behavior and to recognize appropriateness in
behavior
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understand the
concepts of normality/abnormality, feel concern with being normal
and curiosity about differences
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begin to develop
as an individual
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think for
themselves and develop individual opinions, especially as they begin
to read and to acquire information through the media
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are beginning to
understand "the other side" or someone else's opinions
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want to know the
reasons for things
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develop an
increased attention span
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