Third Grade Math Standards

Third grade math standards have changed slightly over the years. In many ways, standards have been clarified for wording and specificity. Some standards have moved out of the third grade curriculum and into other grade levels. 

• 3rd Grade Math Standards

• 3rd Grade Math Standards - unpacking document

Order of Concepts Taught:

• NBT.2: Adding/Subtracting

• OA.8: 2-Step Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

• OA.1: Representing Multiplication

• OA.2: Representing Division

• MD.3: Graphing (bar graphs and picture graphs)

• OA.6: Solve For Unknown Factors

• OA.3: Multiplication and Division Word Problems

• NBT.3: Multiplying by Multiples of 10

• OA.8: 2-Step Word Problems with all operations

• MD.7: Area and Perimeter

• G.1: Polygon Attributes (focus on quadrilaterals)

• NF.2: Fraction Visuals

• NF.3: Equivalent Fractions

• NF.4: Comparing Fractions

• MD.2: Customary Measurement (word problems)

• MD.1: Telling Time (and elapsed time)

Fact Fluency

A big part of third grade math this year will be learning multiplication and division. We will work on fact fluency as we learn multiplication and they can use those facts to help them with division. You can support your student by working on learning their multiplication facts and practicing fact fluency at home. For suggestions of how to support fact fluency, refer to our fact fluency letter!

Problem Solving Strategy

This year we will use a math strategy called CUBES to help students think about word problems carefully.