Grade 3: – Quarter 3
Italicized benchmarks are taught and assessed in more than one quarter
HCPS III Language Arts Benchmarks:
- LA.3.1.4: Use hierarchies (e.g., specific to concrete, formal and informal) and categories (e.g., parts of speech, comparative and superlative forms, words with multiple meanings) to read increasingly complex words
- LA.3.3.2: Compare characters, settings, and plots of two or more stories
- LA.3.3.3: Explain the difference between figurative and literal language
- LA.3.4.4: Edit writing to correct use of punctuation:
- commas in letters, dates, addresses, and items in a simple series
- apostrophes in contractions and singular possessives
- quotation marks and commas or end marks in direct quotations and dialogue
- LA.3.5.5: Write with increased sentence variety by using compound subjects, questions, or dialogue
LA.3.1.3: Use new grade-appropriate vocabulary, including homophones and homographs, introduced in stories, informational texts, word study, and reading
LA.3.2.1: Describe how the organizational structures of informational and literary texts reflect their different purposes
LA.3.3.1: Explain main ideas or events that develop the author’s message or underlying theme
LA.3.4.1: Write in a variety of grade-appropriate formats for a variety of purposes and audiences, such as:
- stories with a beginning, middle, and end and poems with sensory details
- short pieces on content area topics
- pieces related to completing tasks
- friendly letters
- responses to literature
- pieces to reflect on learning and to solve problems
LA.3.4.2: Form and use the following grammatical constructions correctly when editing writing:
- imperative sentences
- past, present, and future verb tenses
- subject-verb agreement with single-word subject
- plural forms of irregular nouns
- adverbs
LA.3.4.3: Spell grade-appropriate high-frequency words, irregular plurals; common homophones; and words that have blends, contractions, and orthographic patterns
HCPS III Mathematics Benchmarks:
- MA.3.5.1: Compare the basic properties of isosceles, equilateral, and right triangles
- MA.3.5.2: Classify shapes as congruent or similar
- MA.3.6.1: Predict and confirm the result of flipping, sliding, and turning shapes
- MA.3.6.2: Use flips, slides, and turns to show that a shape or design is symmetrical
- MA.3.6.3: Recognize rotational symmetry of plane figures
- MA.3.8.1: Use coordinates to locate objects/locations on a grid
- MA.3.11.1: Pose questions, collect data using surveys, and organize the data into tables and graphs
- MA.3.11.2: Organize and represent data in more than one way (e.g. tallies, chart, tables, bar graphs, line plots, line graphs)
- MA.3.12.1: Interpret data (e.g., tallies, chart, tables, bar graphs, line plots) and state what the representation shows about the set of data
- MA.3.13.1: Answer questions based on data represented in graphs
- MA.3.14.1: Make reasonable prediction concerning the likelihood of an event occurring (e.g., certain, likely, unlikely, impossible)
HCPS III Science Benchmarks:
- SC.3.6.1: Define energy and explain that the sun produces energy in the form of light and heat
- SC.3.6.3: Explain how light traveling in a straight line changes when it reaches an object
- SC.3.6.2: Explain how things make sound through vibrations
- SC.3.7.1: Compare how simple machines do work to make life easier
SC 3.1.1: Pose a question and develop a hypothesis based on observations
SC 3.1.2: Safely collect and analyze data to answer a question
SC 3.2.1: Describe ways technologies in fields such as agriculture, information, manufacturing, or communication have influenced society
HCPS III Social Studies Benchmarks:
- SS.3.4.1: Explain the purpose of rules and laws and the differences between them
- SS.3.4.2: Describe ways in which people exercise power without authority
- SS.3.5.1: Describe roles and rights of citizenship and demonstrate responsibilities of citizenship
HCPS III Fine Arts Benchmarks:
Visual Arts
FA.3.1.4: Use visual arts vocabulary to discuss and compare works of art
Music
FA.3.2.5: Sing rounds and partner songs from memory
FA.3.2.6: Compare elements of music, such as form, pattern, or rhythm, to other art forms
Drama
FA.3.3.3: Use the elements of theatre to create a critique of a theatrical performance
Dance
FA.3.4.2: Explain personal interpretations of a variety of dances
HCPS III Health Benchmarks:
Topic: Personal Health & Wellness
- HE.3-5.1.8: Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and well-being
- HE.3-5.3.2: Evaluate behaviors that are safe, risky, or harmful to self or others
HE.3-5.2.1: Explain where health information can be found in the home, school, and community
HE.3-5.2.2: Identify the characteristics of valid health information, products, and services
HE.3-5.4.1: Identify internal and external factors that influence healthy behaviors and health-related decisions
HE.3-5.5.1: Use appropriate strategies for effective verbal and nonverbal communication in formal and informal settings
HE.3-5.5.2: Use strategies to avoid inappropriate communication
HE.3-5.6.1: Identify the elements of a decision-making model related to health issues and problems
HE.3-5.6.2: Evaluate decisions made on health issues and problems
HE.3-5.6.3: Identify appropriate goal-setting strategies to set personal health goals
HCPS III Physical Education Benchmarks:
PE.3-5.1.1: Use locomotor and non-locomotor skills in a mature (proper) form
PE.3-5.1.2: Use manipulative skills in a mature (proper) form
PE.3-5.1.3: Use combinations of mature (proper) movement forms, including locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills
PE.3-5.2.1: Apply movement tactics in simple and modified activities
PE.3-5.2.2: Identify procedures for safe participation in physical activities
PE.3-5.3.1: Participate regularly in physical activities that contribute to an active lifestyle and bring personal enjoyment
PE.3-5.3.2: Describe health-related benefits of regular participation in physical activities
PE.3-5.4.1: Identify the components of health-related physical fitness
PE.3-5.4.2: Use appropriate methods to monitor physiological changes before, during, and after physical activity
PE.3-5.4.3: Describe ways in which moderate to vigorous physical activities can improve the health-related fitness
HCPS III World Languages Benchmarks:
WL.IE.3.1.1 Give and follow simple instructions using common words or phrases that facilitate age-appropriate classroom activities
HCPS III Career and Technical Education Benchmarks: