Language Arts Standards
Learning to Read Independently
Before reading identify the purposes and types of text (ex. literary, informational).
Preview the text formats (title, headings, chapters, index, and table of contents).
During reading use knowledge of phonics, word analysis (root words, prefixes, suffixes), syllabication, picture and context clues to decode and understand new words, glossary, atlas, dictionary, thesaurus.
Read text using self-monitoring comprehension strategies (ex. predicting, rereading, using headings, graphics, charts, and organization of text, and adjusting reading rate).
Acquire a reading vocabulary by identifying and correctly using words (ex. antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, homophones, and categories of words. Use a dictionary when appropriate.
Understand the meaning of and use correctly new vocabulary learned in various subject areas.
Inferential comprehension.
After reading demonstrate understanding and interpretation of both fiction and nonfiction text.
a) Retell or summarize the major ideas, themes, or procedures of the text.
b) Connect the new information or ideas in the text to known information.
c) Clarify ideas and understandings thorough rereading and discussion.
d) Make responsible assertions about the text by citing evidence from the text.
Demonstrate fluency and comprehension in reading.
Read familiar materials aloud with accuracy.
Self-correct mistakes.
Use appropriate rhythm, flow, meter, and pronunciation.
Read a variety of genres and types of texts.
Demonstrate comprehension (Standards 1.1.3G)
Reading Critically in All Content Areas
Read and understand essential content of information texts and documents in all
academic areas.
a) Differentiate fact from opinion within text.
b) Distinguish between essential and nonessential information within a text.
c) Make inferences from text when studying a topic such as science or social studies.
d) Draw conclusions based on text.
e) Analyze text organizations and content to derive meaning form text using established
criteria.
f) Differentiate between cause and effect.
Use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced.
a) Use electronic media for research.
b) Identify techniques used in television and use the knowledge to distinguish between facts and misleading information.
c) Develop a media project such as a script, play, or audiotape for a targeted audience.
Produce work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre.
Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
Read and understand works of literature.
Identify literary elements in stories describing plot, setting, and characters.
Identify the following literary devices in stories: rhyme, rhythm, personification, figurative language, simile, and metaphor.
Identify the structures in poetry through the use of pattern books, predictable books, and nursery rhymes.
Identify the structures in drama: dialogue, story enactment, acts, and scenes.
Learn to Read Independently
Read and respond to non-fiction and fiction, including poetry and drama.
Types of Writing
Write narrative pieces such as stories, poems, and plays that include detailed descriptions of people, places, things, relevant illustrations, and literary elements as per Standard 1.3.3B.
Write informational pieces such as descriptions, letters, reports, and instructions, using illustrations when relevant.
Write an opinion and support it with facts.
Quality of Writing
Write with a sharp, distinct focus identifying topic, task, and audience.
Write with controlled and/or subtle organization.
a) Sustain logical order
b) Include a recognizable beginning, middle, and end.
c) Paragraphs using meaningful transitions.
d) Correct formation for cursive letters.
e) Learn correct strokes for cursive writing.
f) Form letters and words using cursive writing.
g) Use proper keyboarding skills.
Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
a) Use sentences of differing lengths and complexities.
b) Use descriptive words and action verbs.
Revise writing to improve detail and order by identifying missing information and determining if ideas follow logically.
Edit writing using the conventions of language.
a) Spell common, frequently used words correctly.
b) Use capital letters correctly (first words of sentences, proper nouns, pronoun "I", titles of books and stories)
c) Punctuate correctly (period, exclamation point, question mark, commas in a series, commas in an address, apostrophes).
d) Use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions properly.
e) Expand sentences using adverbs.
f) Use complete sentences (simple, compound, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.
g) Identify curriculum-based vocabulary.
Present and/or define written work for publication when appropriate.
Use peer tutoring.
Speaking and Listening
Listen to others.
a) Ask questions as an aid to understanding.
b) Distinguish fact from opinion.
Listen to a selection of literature (fiction and/or nonfiction).
a) Relate it to similar experiences.
b) Predict what will happen next.
c) Retell the story in chronological order.
d) Recognize character and tone.
e) Identify and define new words and concepts.
Speak using skills appropriate to formal speech situations.
a) Use appropriate volume.
b) Pronounce most words accurately.
c) Pace speech so that it is understandable.
d) Demonstrate an awareness of the audience.
e) Use good posture.
f) Use self-evaluation.
g) Use peer-evaluation.
Contribute to discussions.
a) Ask relevant questions.
b) Respond with appropriate information or opinions to questions asked.
c) Listen to and acknowledge the contributions of others.
d) Display appropriate turn-taking behaviors.
Participate in small and large group discussions and presentations.
a) Participate in everyday conversation.
b) Give oral readings.
c) Deliver short reports such as "show and tell" and field trip summaries.
d) Conduct short interviews.
e) Give simple directions and explanations.
f) Report an emergency.
Use media for learning purposes.
a) Explain the importance of television, radio, films, and Internet in the lives of people.
b) Explain how advertising sells products.
c) Show or explain what was learned with such media as audiotape and computer downloads.
d) Use diagrams and charts.
Characteristics and Functions of the English Language
Identify words from other languages that are commonly used English words.
Identify variations in the dialogues of literary characters and relate them to differences in occupation or geographical location.
Research
Select a topic for research.
Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
a) Locate sources for a particular task (newspapers, dictionary).
b) Select sources (encyclopedia, dictionary).
c) Conduct interviews to write a family history, use observations, or use the electronic media.
d) Use table of contents, key words, and guide words.
e) Use traditional and electronic search tools.
Organize and present the main ideas from the research.
a) Take notes from sources using a structured format.
b) Summarize, orally or in writing, the main ideas.
Third-Grade Math Standards
Numbers, Number Systems, and Number Relations
Count using whole numbers to 10,000 and by 2's, 3's, 5's, 10's, 20's, 25's, 100's.
Use whole numbers and fractions to represent quantities.
Represent equivalent forms of the same number through the use of concrete objects, drawings, word names, and symbols.
Use diagrams, drawings, or models to show the concept of a fraction as part of a whole.
Count, compare, and make change using a collection of coins and one-dollar bills.
Apply number patterns (even and odd) and compare values of numbers on the hundred board.
Use concrete objects to count, order, and group.
Demonstrate an understanding of one-to-one correspondence.
Apply place value concepts and numeration to counting, ordering, and grouping.
Estimate, approximate, round, and use exact numbers as appropriate.
Describe the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction.
Demonstrate knowledge of basic facts in four basic operations.
Read and write numbers to ten thousand using whole numbers.
Write numbers to 1,000 using expanded notation.
Identify one, five, ten, and twenty dollar bills.
Describe the inverse relationship between multiplication and division.
Define and use the following words: addend, sum, difference, factor, product, divisor, dividend, quotient, remainder, numerator, and denominator.
Use diagrams, drawings, and models to compare the value of fractions with like and unlike denominators.
Computation and Estimation
Apply addition and subtraction in everyday situations using concrete objects.
Solve single and double-digit addition and subtraction problems with regrouping in vertical form.
Demonstrate the concept of multiplication as repeated addition and as arrays.
Demonstrate the concept of division as repeated subtraction and as sharing.
Use estimation skills to arrive at conclusions.
Determine the reasonableness of a calculated answer.
Explain addition and subtraction algorithms with regrouping.
Solve word problems involving double-digit addition and subtraction problems with regrouping.
Create and solve problems that involve multiplication of two whole numbers: one factor of 999 or less, the second factor of 9 or less.
Estimate and find the quotient of two whole numbers given a one-digit divisor and a two-digit dividend.
Use calculators to confirm computations in four basic operations.
Measurement and Estimation
Compare measurable characteristics of different objects in time, temperature, area, length, weight, capacity, and perimeter.
Determine the measurement of objects with non-standard and standard units (US Customary and Metric).
Determine and compare elapsed times.
Tell time to the minute using both analog and digital clocks.
Determine an appropriate unit of measure.
Use concrete objects to determine area and perimeter.
Estimate and verify measurements.
Demonstrate that a single object has different attributes that can be measured in
different ways length, weight, time, area, temperature, capacity, and perimeter).
Mathematical Reasoning and Connections
Make, check, and verify predictions about the quantity, size, and shape of objects and groups of objects.
Mathematical Problem Solving and Communication
Use measurements in everyday situations.
Use appropriate problem-solving strategies to solve problems (guess and check or working backwards).
Determine when sufficient information is present to solve a problem and explain how to solve the problem.
Select and use appropriate methods, materials, and strategies to solve problems including mental mathematics, paper and pencil tasks, and the use of concrete objects.
Statistics and Data Analysis
Gather, organize, and display data using pictures, tallies, charts, bar graphs, and pictographs.
Formulate and answer questions based on data shown on graphs.
Predict the likely number of times a condition will occur based on analyzed data.
Form and justify an opinion on whether a given statement is reasonable based on a comparison to data.
Probability and Predictions
Predict and measure the likelihood of events and recognize that the results of an experiment may not match predicted outcomes.
Design a fair and an unfair spinner.
List or graph the possible results of an experiment.
Analyze data using the concepts of largest, smallest, most often, least often, and middle.
Algebra and Functions
Recognize, describe, extend, create, and replicate a variety of patterns such as attribute patterns, number patterns, and geometric patterns.
Use concrete objects and trial and error to solve number sentences and check to see if the solutions are sensible and accurate.
Substitute a missing addend in a number sentence.
Create a story to illustrate a given combination of symbols and numbers.
Use concrete objects and symbols to model the concepts of variables, equations, and inequalities.
Explain the meanings of solutions and symbols.
Use a table or chart to display information.
Describe and interpret the data shown on charts and tables.
Demonstrate simple function rules.
Analyze simple functions and relationships and locate points on a grid.
Substitute a missing factor in a number sentence.
Geometry
Name and label geometric shapes in two and three dimensions (circle, sphere, square,
cube, triangle, pyramid, rectangle, and prism).
Build geometric shapes using manipulatives and other concrete objects.
Draw two and three-dimensional geometric shapes and construct rectangles, squares, and
triangles on the geoboard and on graph paper satisfying specific criteria.
Find and describe geometric figures in real life.
Identify and draw lines of symmetry in geometric figures.
Identify symmetry in nature.
Fold paper to demonstrate the reflections about a line.
Show relationships between figures using reflections.
Predict how shapes can be changed by combining or dividing them.
Trigonometry
Identify right angles in the environment.
Model right angles and right triangles using concrete objects.
Concepts of Calculus
Identify whole number quantities and measurements from least to most and be able to
identify the greatest value.
Identify least to greatest values represented in bar graphs and in pictographs.
Characterize rates of change as faster or slower.
Continue a pattern of numbers or objects that could be extended infinitely.
Compare two whole numbers between 0 and 9,999 using the symbols <, >, =, and the words "less than, greater than, and equal to."