Many things will be taught during this school year in English/Language Arts and Mathematics, but the standards listed below constitute a summary of the most important concepts your child will be expected to master in third grade.
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
Oral Language
3.1 The student will use effective communication skills in group activities.
b) Ask and respond to questions from teacher members
3.2 The student will present brief oral reports.
d/e) Use grammatically correct language and specific vocabulary to communicate organized and sequential ideas
3.3/34. The student will apply word analysis skills and use strategies to read a variety of fiction and nonfiction.
3.3 a/b) The student will use knowledge of all vowel patterns and homophones
3.4 a) The student will preview and use text formats
3.5/3.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction and nonfiction.
b) Make connections
c) Make, confirm, and revise predictions
h) Organize information and events logically (retelling)
i) Summarize major points
j/g) Identify plots and characteristics of fairy tales, myths, folktales, legends, fables, biographies, and autobiographies
3.7 The student will demonstrate comprehension and information from a variety of print resources.
a. Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, and other reference books, including online reference materials
Writing
3.8 The student will write legibly in cursive.
3.9/3.10 The student will write descriptive paragraphs, stories, letters, simple explanations, and short reports across all content areas.
a) Develop a plan for writing
b) Focus on a central idea
e) Revise writing for clarity
3.10 c) Identify intended audience
e/d) Revise writing
3.11 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
c) Use past and present verb tense
f) Use simple abbreviations
h) Use correct spelling for high frequency sight words, including irregular plurals
MATHEMATICS
Number Sense
3.1 The student will read write 6 digit numerals and identify the plane value for each digit.
3.2 The student will compare 2 whole numbers between 0 and 9,999 using symbols and words.
3.4 The student will recognize and use the inverse relationships between addition and subtraction and multiplication/ division to complete basic fact sentences. (5+3 = 8 and 8 – 3 = _____)
Computations and Estimation
3.8 The student will solve problems involving the sum or difference of 2 whole numbers, each 9,999 or less, with or without regrouping.
3.9 The student will recall the multiplication and division facts through the nines tables.
Measurement
3.13 The student will determine by counting the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less, compare the value of coins or bills, and make change.
3.14/ 3.17 The student will estimate and then use the actual measuring devices with U.S. Customary units of measure:
· length – inches, feet, yards
· volume – cups, pints, quarts, gallons
· mass/ weight – ounces, pounds
· temperature – Fahrenheit
3.15 The student will tell time to the nearest 5 minute interval and to the nearest minute, using analog and digital clocks.
Geometry
3.18 The student will analyze two-dimensional (plane) shapes
· circle
· square
· rectangle
· triangle
And three dimensional geometric figures
· cube
· rectangular prism
· square pyramid
· sphere
· cone
· cylinder
And identify relevant properties, including the number of corners, square corners, edges, and number and shape of faces, using concrete models.
3.19 The student will identify and draw representations of line segments and angles, using a ruler or straightedge.
Probability and Statistics
3.21 / 3.22 The student will collect, organize, read, and interpret data represented in line plots, bar and picture graphs, and write a sentence analyzing the data. Each graph will include an appropriate title and key.
3.23 The student will investigate and describe the concept of probability as chance and list possible results of a given situation.
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
3.25 The student will
a) investigate and create patterns involving numbers, operations, and relations that model the identity and commutative properties for addition and multiplication; and
b) demonstrate and understanding of equality of equivalent quantities. Example: 4 * 3 = 2 * 6
