THIRD GRADE
Grade Level Expectations

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MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Numbers and Operations

1. Student will be able to demonstrate understanding numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers & number systems.
2. Read, write and compare numbers
3. Represent and use rational numbers
4. Compose and decompose numbers    
5. Classify and describe numeric relationships    

Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another

1. Represent operations    
2. Describe effects of operations    
3. Apply properties of operations

Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates

1. Develop and demonstrate fluency    
2. Compute problems    
3. Estimate and justify solutions    

Algebraic Relationships

Understand patterns, relations and functions

1. Recognize and extend patterns
2. Create and analyze patterns    

Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols

1. represent mathematical situations
2. describe and use mathematical manipulations

Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships

Analyze change in various contexts

Geometric and Spatial Relationships

Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three- dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships

1. Describe and use geometric relationships
2. Compose and decompose shapes

Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems

1. Use coordinate systems

Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations

1. Use transformations on objects
2. Use symmetry    

Measurement

Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems and processes of measurement

1. Determine unit of measurement
2. Tell and use units of time
3. Count and compute money

Apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements

Use standard of non-standard measurement    

Determine the perimeter of polygons    

Data and Probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display relevant data to answer them

1. Formulate Questions    
2. Represent and interpret data    

Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data

1. Describe and analyze data

Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data

 

COMMUNICATION ARTS - READING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Phonics - Apply decoding strategies to independently "problem-solve" unknown words when reading & when needed

Fluency - Read grade-level instructional text with fluency, accuracy and expression adjusting reading rate to difficulty and type of text

Vocabulary - Develop vocabulary through text, using

1. root words  
2. synonyms and antonyms
3. context clues
4. glossary
5. dictionary, with assistance

Pre-Reading - Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension  

1. access prior knowledge
2. preview
3. predict
4. set a purpose for reading

During reading, utilize strategies to determine meaning of unknown words

1. monitor comprehension
2. question the text
3. infer and visualize
4. paraphrase
5. summarize

Post-Reading - Apply post-reading skills to comprehend text:

1. identify and explain the relationship between the main idea and supporting
2. details
3. identify cause and effect
4. make predictions
5. question to clarify e. reflect
6. analyze
7. draw conclusions
8. summarize
9. paraphrase

Making Connections - Identify relevant connections between

1. text ideas --- similarities and differences in information and  relationships in various fiction and non-fiction works (text to text)
2. text ideas and own experiences (text to self)
3. text ideas and the world, with assistance (text to world)

Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry & drama from a variety of cultures and times.

Text Features    

1. locate and apply information in title, table of contents and glossary  
2. recognize the text features of fiction, poetry and drama in grade-level text  

Literary Techniques - Explain examples of sensory details and figurative language in text

Literary Elements - Use details from text to  

1. make inferences about setting, character traits and problem and solution
2. compare and contrast story elements  
3. identify the narrator
4. identify events from the beginning, middle and end
5. identify author's purpose

Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times

Text Features - Locate and interpret key information in illustrations, title, chapter headings, table of contents, charts, diagrams, graphs, glossary, captions and maps  

Literary Techniques - Explain examples of sensory details within the context of nonfiction text

Text Structures - Use details from text to   

1. answer questions, read and follow two- and three- step directions to complete a simple task
2. explain main idea and supporting details
3. identify and organize a sequence of events
4. identify simple cause and effect
5. draw conclusions
6. compare and contrast texts  
7. make inferences
8. identify author's purpose for writing text

Understanding Directions - Read and follow two- and three- step directions to complete a simple task

COMMUNICATION ARTS - WRITING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Apply a writing process when composing text

Writing Concepts - Follow a writing process to

1. independently use a simple pre-writing strategy
2. generate a draft
3. continually reread and revise work for audience and purpose, ideas and content, organization and sentence structure, and word choice
4. continually edit conventions
5. publish writing

Compose well-developed text  

Audience & Purpose - Compose text showing awareness of audience in a format appropriate to audience and purpose  

Ideas & Contents - Compose text with

1. a clear controlling idea
2. relevant details /examples,( without assistance)

Organization & Sentence Structure - Compose text with

1. a beginning, middle and end
2. sentence variety (including imperative and exclamatory)

Word Choice - Compose text using some words that are specific, accurate, and related to the topic.

Conventions - In written text

1. space correctly between words in a sentence and in margins
2. capitalize months of year, titles of individuals, greeting and closing of letter
3. use correct ending punctuation in imperative and exclamatory sentences
4. correctly use verbs that agree with the subject, and comparative and superlative forms of adverbs and adjectives
5. correctly spell simple compounds, homophones,  contractions and words with affixes
6. use standard spelling and classroom resources and dictionary to edit for correct spelling

Write effectively in various forms and types of writing  

Forms/Types/Modes of Writing - Compose a variety of texts using

1. narrative, descriptive, expository, and/or persuasive features
2. emphasizing diary/journal entries and friendly letters