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Third Grade Classroom Goals:
By the end of the school year, 100% of the students will meet or exceed the state standards in reading, as measured by district benchmark tests and the STAAR test.
By the end of the school year, 100% of the students will meet or exceed the grade level math standards as measured by district benchmark tests and the STAAR test.
Click here to link to the Third Grade Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS).
Learning Standards for Third Grade
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & READING
LISTENING/SPEAKING. Students:
• listen to solve problems, gather information or appreciate stories;
• listen to identify the musical elements of literary language, such as rhymes, repeated sounds or instances of onomatopoeia;
• gain increasing control of grammar, such as subject-verb agreement, complete sentences, and correct tense usage; and
• compare language and oral traditions (family stories) that reflect customs, regions, and cultures.
READING. Students:
• use knowledge of decoding and structural cues such as prefixes, suffixes, and derivational endings to identify words;
• read and comprehend a variety of third-grade level texts;
• read for enjoyment, to solve problems, to gather information, and to extend vocabulary;
• make and explain important inferences in a story;
• demonstrate knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, and multi-meaning words;
• gather important information using resources and references;
• analyze the literary elements of narrative text;
• read orally from familiar texts with accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing, and attention to punctuation; and
• read silently for increasing periods of time.
WRITING. Students:
• write to record ideas and reflections for a variety of audiences;
• use increasingly complex capitalization, punctuation, and spelling;
• develop, revise, and edit writing and compositions using established criteria;
• write for varied purposes, including to achieve a sense of audience, make precise word choices, and create vivid images;
• use available technology for word processing, spell checking, and printing; and
• compile notes into reports, outlines, and summaries.
SOCIAL STUDIES
HISTORY. Students:
• identify reasons people formed communities and describe how individuals, events, and ideas have shaped communities over time;
• compare ways people in communities meet their needs, in the past and present; and
• create and interpret timelines and describe historical times in terms of years, decades, and centuries.
GEOGRAPHY. Students:
• compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify variations in the physical environment; and
• use cardinal and intermediate directions, scale, compass rose, grid, and symbols to locate places and interpret maps and globes.
ECONOMICS. Students:
• identify ways of earning, spending, and saving money;
• define scarcity and give examples of its impact on goods and services and on interdependence within and among communities; and
• explain how supply and demand affects price and how cost of production and selling price affect profits.
GOVERNMENT. Students:
• describe the basic structure of local government, identify local government officials, and explain how they are chosen; and
• identify services commonly provided by local governments and explain how they are financed.
CITIZENSHIP. Students:
• identify characteristics of good citizenship and identify people who exemplify good citizenship;
• explain the importance of civic participation and identify examples of actions people can take to improve the community; and
• identify examples of organizations that serve the common good.
CULTURE. Students:
• explain the significance of ethnic and/or cultural celebrations in the state, nation, and world;
• retell the heroic deeds of real and fictional heroes who have helped to shape the culture of communities; and
• identify selected writers and artists whose works exemplify the cultural heritage of communities around the world.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY. Students:
• identify scientists and inventors who have created new technology; and
• explain the impact of new technology on communities around the world.
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS. Students:
• apply critical-thinking skills, communicate effectively, and use problem-solving and decision-making processes.
MATHEMATICS
NUMBER, OPERATION, AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING. Students:
• use place value to read, write, and describe numbers;
• compare and order whole numbers less than 10,000;
• determine value of a collection of coins and bills;
• construct fractional models and compare fractions;
• name fractional parts of a whole or set using symbols;
• construct models of equivalent fractions;
• model addition and subtraction;
• add and subtract with numbers less than 1,000;
• learn and apply multiplication facts;
• multiply using a one-digit multiplier;
• use models for division and record the solutions;
• round numbers to tens or hundreds; and
• estimate sums and differences.
PATTERNS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING. Students:
• make predictions and solve problems using patterns;
• identify patterns in multiplication facts;
• identify fact families for multiplication and division;
• generate tables of ordered pairs; and
• identify and extend patterns of ordered pairs.
GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL REASONING. Students:
• name, describe, and compare shapes and solids;
• identify congruent shapes;
• create and identify lines of symmetry; and
• locate and name whole numbers and fractions on a number line.
MEASUREMENT. Students:
• estimate and measure length using metric and customary units;
• find the perimeter of a figure;
• determine area using concrete models;
• tell and write time on digital and traditional clocks; and
• measure length, area, temperature, and time to solve problems.
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS. Students:
• collect, organize, record, and display data in picture and bar graphs;
• interpret information from graphs; and
• describe events as more likely, less likely or equally likely.
PROBLEM SOLVING. Students:
• identify the mathematics in everyday situations;
• use a problem-solving model;
• use tools, such as real objects, manipulatives, and technology to solve problems;
• explain and record observations;
• relate informal language to mathematical language and symbols;
• make generalizations from patterns; and
• justify why an answer is reasonable and explain the solution process.
SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY. Students:
• conduct safe, environmentally appropriate, and ethical investigations; and
• make wise choices in use, conservation, disposal or recycling of materials.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND CRITICAL THINKING. Students:
• formulate testable hypotheses and construct reasonable explanations from evidence;
• construct simple graphs, tables, maps, models, and charts to organize information;
• analyze scientific explanations as to their strengths and weaknesses, using scientific evidence;
• evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society, and the environment; and
• study the history of science and contributions of scientists.
TOOLS AND MODELS. Students
• use tools, including calculators, safety goggles, microscopes, sound recorders, clocks,
computers, hand lenses, thermometers, meter sticks, magnets, balances, and compasses; and
• demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase reliability.
SYSTEMS. Students:
• observe a simple system and describe the role of various parts.
FORCES CAUSE CHANGE. Students:
• measure changes in an object’s position when a force is applied; and
• know Earth’s surface can be changed by forces.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. Students:
• gather data about temperature, magnetism, and hardness; and
• identify matter as liquids, solids, and gases.
NEEDS OF LIVING ORGANISMS. Students:
• know that organisms need food, water, light, air, and habitat;
• observe organisms with similar needs that compete for resources;
• describe environmental changes; and
• describe how organisms modify their environment.
ADAPTATIONS. Students:
• analyze how adaptive characteristics help individuals survive.
INHERITED TRAITS AND LEARNED CHARACTERISTICS. Students:
• identify some inherited traits of plants and animals.
PROCESSES OF THE NATURAL WORLD. Students:
• classify earth materials in local area as renewable, nonrenewable or inexhaustible;
• identify properties of soils, such as color and texture; and
• identify the position of planets in relation to the Sun.