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Grade 3 Curriculum Summary
Mathematics
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- Represent and solve multiplication and division problems
- Apply multiplication properties
- Apply the relationship between multiplication and division
- Fluently add and subtract within 20
- Fluently multiply and divide within 100
- Represent and solve two-step word problems
- Identify and explain patterns
- Determine the reasonableness of answers
- Determine the missing symbol in number sentences
- Apply place value concepts
- Round numbers
- Add and subtract within 1000
- Multiply one-digit numbers by multiples of 10
- Apply an understanding of fractions
- Represent fractions on a number line
- Apply an understanding of equivalent fractions
- Tell time and calculate elapsed time
- Measure and estimate length, mass, and volume
- Solve measurement word problems
- Count money and make change
- Use and create graphs and line plots
- Solve perimeter and area problems
- Recognize, draw, and explain the attributes of quadrilaterals
- Partition shapes into parts with equal areas
Reading
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Informational Text
- Determine the main idea, provide details, and explain how the details support the main idea
- Ask and answer questions
- Make inferences
- Explain author’s point of view
- Use text features
- Determine the meaning of words
- Compare and contrast points/details in two texts on the same topic
Literature
- Determine the lesson or message of a text and how it is conveyed
- Ask and answer questions, make inferences, describe characters, and explain how character actions contribute to the plot
- Explain the author’s point of view
- Compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots of stories by the same author
Writing
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- Write routinely over extended times
- Write informative texts that identify a topic, convey information clearly, develop the topic with organized details, and include a conclusion
- Write opinion pieces that state an opinion on a topic, support the opinion with logically organized reasons, and provide a conclusion
- Write narrative texts to develop real or imagined events that establish a situation, introduce a narrator and characters, use dialogue and description to convey thoughts and feelings, and organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and provides closure
- Draw evidence from texts to support analysis and reflection
- Choose words/phrases for effect
- Use a variety of words/sentences
- Conduct research and gather information from sources
- Use technology to produce and publish writing
- Apply conventions of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
- Strengthen writing through planning, revising, and editing
Spelling and Word Study
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- Know the meaning of prefixes and suffixes
- Decode multisyllable words and irregularly spelled words
Listening and Speaking
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- Engage in discussions and build on others’ ideas
- Ask and answer questions
- Speak in complete sentences using correct conventions of English
Science and STEM
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- Life cycles
- Forces, motion, energy, matter
- Space
Social Studies
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- Communities
- US government and citizenship
- History of Lancaster County
- Culture, economics, themes of geography
Art
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- View and discuss historic and contemporary works of art
- Develop skills using drawing, painting media, clay, and a variety of sculptural media
- Communicate ideas through images and objects created
- Identify spatial relationships, including background, middle ground, and foreground
- Consider design choices made by artists, architects, and designers
- Explore artistic problem solving
- Share, discuss, and critique artwork
Music
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- Songs using So, Mi, La, Re, Do, high Do
- Melody, harmony, tempo
- Reading advanced rhythmic patterns and symbols
- Rounds and vocal ostinato
- Band and orchestral instruments
- Music for dance, including ballet
Physical Education and Health
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- Cooperation with others and competition against self
- Good sportsmanship
- Movement skills (locomotor, spatial awareness, coordination, fleeing)
- Team skills (dribbling, scoring, throwing, catching, striking)
- Fitness and goal setting
- Track and field events
- Cooperative games and activities
Library
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- Using the Super 3 Research Process
- Identifying bibliographic information from a source
- Using search tools to locate, evaluate, and use sources
- Copyright and plagiarism