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English Language Arts (42)
Context: Available support pages for this domain, grade, and audience.
| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| ELA.3.RF.3 | Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words, including multi-syllable words and common prefixes and suffixes. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RF.4 | Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.1 | Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.2 | Recount stories and determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.3 | Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.4 | Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.5 | Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.6 | Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.7 | Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story or poem. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.9 | Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RL.10 | Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, independently and proficiently at grade level. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.1 | Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.2 | Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.3 | Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.4 | Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.5 | Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.6 | Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.7 | Use information gained from illustrations and other media to demonstrate understanding of the text in which they appear. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.8 | Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text, such as comparison, cause and effect, and first/second/third in a sequence. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.9 | Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.RI.10 | Read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, independently and proficiently at grade level. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.1 | Write opinion pieces on familiar topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.2 | Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.3 | Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.4 | Produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose, with guidance and support from adults. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.5 | With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.6 | With guidance and support, use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.7 | Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.8 | Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into categories. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.W.10 | Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.SL.1 | Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.SL.2 | Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.SL.3 | Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.SL.4 | Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.SL.5 | Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading; add visual displays when appropriate to enhance the audience's understanding. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.SL.6 | Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.L.1 | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.L.2 | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.L.3 | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.L.4 | Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies including context clues, common affixes, and reference materials. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.L.5 | Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. | Open Page |
| ELA.3.L.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases. | Open Page |
Mathematics (29)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| MATH.3.OA.A.1 | Interpret products of whole numbers as the total number of objects in equal groups (e.g., 3 × 4 means 3 groups of 4 objects). | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.A.2 | Interpret whole-number quotients as equal sharing or equal grouping (e.g., 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each of 8 equal groups). | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.A.3 | Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.A.4 | Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.B.5 | Apply properties of operations (commutative, associative, distributive) as strategies to multiply and divide. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.B.6 | Understand division as an unknown-factor problem (e.g., find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8). | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.C.7 | Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division or properties of operations. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.D.8 | Solve two-step word problems using the four operations; represent problems using equations with a letter for the unknown quantity. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.OA.D.9 | Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table) and explain them using properties of operations. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NBT.A.1 | Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NBT.A.2 | Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NBT.A.3 | Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.1 | Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.2 | Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.3 | Explain equivalence of fractions and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.3.A | Understand two fractions as equivalent if they are the same size or the same point on a number line. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.3.B | Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions; explain why the fractions are equivalent using a visual fraction model. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.3.C | Express whole numbers as fractions and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.NF.A.3.D | Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.A.1 | Tell and write time to the nearest minute; measure time intervals in minutes; solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.A.2 | Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams, kilograms, and liters; solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes given in the same unit. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.B.3 | Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories; solve one- and two-step problems using information in graphs. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.B.4 | Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch; show the data by making a line plot. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.C.5 | Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement, including that a unit square covers one unit of area. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.C.6 | Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft). | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.C.7 | Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition; find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.MD.D.8 | Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons; find the perimeter given the side lengths and find an unknown side length. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.G.A.1 | Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that the shared attributes can define a larger category; recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals. | Open Page |
| MATH.3.G.A.2 | Partition shapes into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. | Open Page |
Science (13)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| SCI.3.PS2.A | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.PS2.B | Analyze and interpret data about the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS1.A | Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles that include birth, growth, reproduction, and death. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS2.A | Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS3.A | Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation in traits exists in a group of similar organisms. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS3.B | Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS4.A | Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS4.B | Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving and finding mates. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS4.C | Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.LS4.D | Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.ESS2.A | Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.ESS2.B | Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. | Open Page |
| SCI.3.ESS3.A | Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. | Open Page |
Social Studies (21)
Context: Available support pages for this domain, grade, and audience.
| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| SS.3.E.3.A | Describe how people make economic choices to satisfy wants and needs as producers and consumers. | Open Page |
| SS.3.E.3.B | Explain how trade and specialization connect people and communities around the world. | Open Page |
| SS.3.E.3.C | Identify ways that technology affects the production and distribution of goods and services in communities. | Open Page |
| SS.3.GS.A | Use maps, globes, and geographic tools to identify and describe physical and human features of places and regions around the world. | Open Page |
| SS.3.GS.B | Describe how physical geography and climate influence where and how people live in different world communities. | Open Page |
| SS.3.GS.C | Explain how people adapt to and modify their natural environments to meet their needs in different world communities. | Open Page |
| SS.3.GS.D | Describe patterns of human movement, including migration, trade, and cultural exchange between world communities. | Open Page |
| SS.3.GS.E | Describe how geographic features and natural resources influence the development and culture of communities around the world. | Open Page |
| SS.3.H.3.A | Compare similarities and differences in the daily lives, traditions, and cultures of people across world communities and time periods. | Open Page |
| SS.3.H.3.B | Explain how cultural practices, traditions, and beliefs have shaped communities and shaped relationships between people around the world. | Open Page |
| SS.3.H.3.C | Describe how key historical events and individuals have influenced world communities and cultures over time. | Open Page |
| SS.3.PC.A | Describe the purposes and functions of government and the roles of leaders in world communities. | Open Page |
| SS.3.PC.B | Explain the rights and responsibilities of citizens in communities, including following rules and contributing to the common good. | Open Page |
| SS.3.PC.C | Describe how communities create and enforce rules and laws to maintain order and protect individual rights. | Open Page |
| SS.3.PC.D | Identify ways citizens can participate in civic life and take action to improve their community. | Open Page |
| SS.3.TS.A | Develop and answer compelling and supporting questions using social studies inquiry about world communities. | Open Page |
| SS.3.TS.B | Gather and evaluate sources to find relevant information about world communities and cultures. | Open Page |
| SS.3.TS.C | Organize and interpret information from a variety of social studies sources, including maps, graphs, timelines, and images. | Open Page |
| SS.3.TS.D | Construct explanations and arguments about world communities using evidence from multiple sources. | Open Page |
| SS.3.TS.E | Communicate conclusions about world communities through writing, speaking, and visual representations. | Open Page |
| SS.3.TS.F | Take informed action by proposing and reflecting on solutions to real-world issues facing communities around the world. | Open Page |