Third Grade Standards (abridged)

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  1. Science
  2. Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits
  3. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique life cycles Growth and Development
  4. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited by parents Inheritance of Traits
  5. Use evidence how traits are influenced by environment Variation of Traits
  6. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how characteristics provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing Natural Selection
  7. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
  8. Construct and argument that some animals form groups for survival Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
  9. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to prove that animals lived long ago Social Interactions and Group Behavior
  10. Construct an argument with evidence that particular habitats allow some organisms to thrive, survive, or die Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity and Adaptation
  11. Make an argument of a solution to a problem caused by environmental changes Biodiversity and Humans
  12. Weather and Climate
  13. Represent data to describe weather expectations during particular seasons Weather and Climate
  14. Obtain information to describe different world region climates Weather and Climate
  15. Make a claim about the merit of solutions to weather related hazards Natural Hazards
  16. Forces and Interactions
  17. Plan and conduct and investigation on how balanced and unbalanced forces effect the motion of an object Forces and Motion
  18. Make observations and measurements of an object’s motion and predict future object motion Forces and Motion
  19. Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships (electric or magnetic) between two objects not in contact with each other Types of Interactions
  20. Define a simple problem that can be solved with magnets Types of Interactions
  21. Engineering Design
  22. Define a simple design reflecting a need or want using constraints on materials, time, or cost Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems
  23. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem Developing Possible Solutions
  24. Plan and carry out fair test on aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved Optimizing the Design Solution
  25. Visual and Performing Arts
  26. Artistic Perception
  27. Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary Shades, Perspectives, and Tools
  28. Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design Elements of Art (line, color, shape, texture, space, value)
  29. Creative Expression
  30. Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools Personal Sketchbook and Mixing Colors
  31. Communication and Expression Through Original Works of Art Illusion of Space (landscapes), Object or Scene, Clay Sculpture
  32. Historical and Cultural Context
  33. Role and Development of the Visual Arts Different Time Periods, Artists, Art Traditions, & Representational verses Abstract
  34. Diversity of the Visual Arts Various Objects & Art Representing Culture
  35. Aesthetic Valuing
  36. Derive Meaning Compare and Contrast Art
  37. Make informed Judgements Express Qualities of Personal & Professional Art
  38. Connections, Relationships, Applications
  39. Connections and Applications Costumes Contribute to Dance & Personal Connection to Poetry
  40. Visual Literacy Predict Following Sequence of Current Art Images
  41. Careers and Career-Related Skills Artists’ Affect (architects, illustrators, muralists)
  42. Social Studies
  43. Physical and Human Geography
  44. Geographical Features (deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes)
  45. Local Region Resources
  46. American Indian Nations
  47. Tribes’ identity, religion, customs, and folklore
  48. Indian adaptation to geography and climate
  49. Economy and government
  50. Interaction of Indians and new settlers
  51. Local Historical Events
  52. Explorers and Settlers of the region
  53. Economies (past and present)
  54. Community change over time (maps, photographs, oral histories, letters, newspapers)
  55. Government Rules and Laws
  56. Role of rules, laws, U.S. Constitution
  57. Importance of public virtue and citizens
  58. Know history of landmarks, symbols, and documents
  59. Understand the 3 branches of government
  60. Describe how states contributed to our nation
  61. Describe the lives of American heroes
  62. Economy
  63. Natural, human, and capital resources used to produce goods and services
  64. Local and abroad production of goods
  65. Individual economic choice evaluating benefits and costs
  66. Discuss students’ work in school as personal human capital
  67. Math
  68. Operations and Algebraic Thinking
  69. Interpret products of whole numbers
  70. Interpret quotients of whole numbers
  71. Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems
  72. Determine the unknown number in multiplication and division equations
  73. Apply properties of operations to solve multiplication and division
  74. Understand division and an “unknown-factor” problem
  75. Fluently multiply and divide within 100
  76. Solve two step word problems using the four operations
  77. Identify and explain arithmetic patterns using math properties
  78. Number and Operations in Base Ten
  79. Use place value to round numbers to nearest 10 and 100
  80. Fluently add and subtract within 1000
  81. Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10
  82. Number and Operations
  83. Understand a fraction as part of a whole
  84. Understand a fraction on a number line
  85. Compare fractions and recognize equivalent fractions
  86. Measurement and Data
  87. Tell and write time to the nearest minute
  88. Measure and estimate liquid volumes
  89. Add, subtract, multiply, divide to solve mass and volume word problems
  90. Draw a scaled picture graph representing data with several categories
  91. Generate measurement data using rulers to mark length with ½ and ¼ inches
  92. Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures
  93. Measure areas counting square units
  94. Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition
  95. Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons
  96. Geometry
  97. Understand that shapes in different categories share attributes
  98. Partition shapes into parts with equal areas
  99. Language Arts
  100. Word Analysis, Fluency, Systematic Vocabulary
  101. Know and use complex word families
  102. Decode multisyllabic words
  103. Read aloud fluently narrative and expository text
  104. Use antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs
  105. Understand words with hierarchical meanings (rose, flower, plant, living thing)
  106. Use context clues to understand new words
  107. Use a dictionary to learn meanings and features of words
  108. Understand and use prefixes and suffixes
  109. Reading Comprehension
  110. Use parts of a book to locate information in a book
  111. Connect prior knowledge and make inferences to understand literal text
  112. Identify answers in the text
  113. Make and modify predictions using major points in the text
  114. Distinguish the main idea and supporting details in expository text
  115. Extract information to determine problems and solutions in texts
  116. Follow multi-step written instructions
  117. Literary Response and Analysis
  118. Distinguish common forms of literature
  119. Comprehend basic plots of folktales and fables from around the world
  120. Determine what characters are like by their words and actions
  121. Determine the theme or author’s meaning in fiction and non-fiction text
  122. Recognize rhythmic patterns (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyming)
  123. Identify the narrator in the selection
  124. Writing Strategies
  125. Write a paragraph including a topic sentence, supporting facts, and details (Organization and Focus)
  126. Write legibly in cursive (Penmanship)
  127. Understand the structure of reference materials (Research)
  128. Revise drafts to improve coherence and logical progression of ideas (Evaluation and Revision)
  129. Writing Applications
  130. Write narratives including context, plot, concrete sensory details, and provide insight
  131. Write concrete sensory details to support a unified impression of people, places, things, and experiences
  132. Write personal and formal letters (including date, salutation, body, closing, and signature)
  133. Written and Oral Language Conventions
  134. Understand and use declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences (Sentence Structure)
  135. Identify subjects, verbs (past, present, future), pronouns, adjectives, compound words, and articles (Grammar)
  136. Punctuate dates, locations, addresses, and book titles (Punctuation)
  137. Capitalize geographical names, holidays, historical periods correctly (Capitalization)
  138. Spell words with blends, contractions, compounds, homophones, and orthographic patterns correctly (Spelling)
  139. Arrange words in alphabetical order
  140. Listening and Speaking Strategies
  141. Comprehension
  142. Retell and explain what the speaker has said
  143. Connect prior knowledge and insight to those of a speaker
  144. Respond to questions with proper elaboration
  145. Identify musical elements of literary language
  146. Communication
  147. Organize ideas chronologically
  148. Provide a beginning, middle, and end, including concrete details to develop a central idea
  149. Clarify oral presentations using appropriate props
  150. Read prose and poetry aloud with fluency, rhythm, and pace
  151. Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications
  152. Compare ideas from a broadcast and print media
  153. Distinguish between facts and opinions stated by the speaker
  154. Speaking Applications
  155. Make brief narrative presentations
  156. Provide context and insight that is memorable
  157. Include details to develop character, setting, and plot
  158. Plan and present a dramatic interpretation of a story, poem, or play
  159. Make descriptive presentations about people, places, things, or experiences
  160. Foreign Language and Technology will be coming in 2019

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