3rd-The What

What skills should my student have mastered before the end of the year in 3rd grade to be set up for success in 4th grade?

By the end of September:

• Proficient with basic addition and subtraction facts and patterns with two digit numbers

By the end of October:

• Understands multiplication as repeated addition (ex: 5 x 3 = 5 + 5 + 5 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3)

By the end of November:

By the end of December:

• Can round to the nearest 10 or 100 

• Can proficiently add and subtract within 1,000

By the end of January:

• Can proficiently estimate the result of two step words problems (with addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division)

• Proficient with foundational multiplication facts (x0, x1, x2, x5, x10)

• Can solve problems related to mass, liquid volume, and time

• Can collect measurement data and create a line plot

• Is developing proficiency toward fraction related vocabulary, partitioning shapes into parts with equal areas, naming fractional parts, and representing fractions on a number line

By the end of February:

• Understands and can represent multiplication and division problems within 100.

• Proficient in finding the area of a rectangle by tiling and representing with an equation

By the end of March:

• Proficient with derived multiplication fact strategies for x3, x4, and x8. (ex: for x 3 start with x 2, then add a group & for x 4 start with x 2 then double again or for x8, double three times. ___x8 = ___x 2 x 2 x 2)

• Proficient with categorizing shapes based on attributes

• Proficient in finding the area of a rectangle by multiplying the side lengths, finding the area of composite figures by decomposing, and finding the perimeter of a figure by adding the side lengths.

By the end of April:

• Can proficiently apply the properties of multiplication

  • Zero property:  0 x ___ = 0

  • Identity property: 1 x n = n

  • Commutative property: 6 x 4 = 4 x 6

  • Associative property:   5 x (2 x 8) = (5 x 2) x 8

  • Distributive property of multiplication over addition:   7 x 4 = (5 + 2) x 4 = (5 x 4) + (2 x 4)

• Can proficiently use the distributive property to find the area of a rectangle

• Can proficiently solve two step word problems (with addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division)

• Proficient with derived fact strategies for x6, x7, x9

• Proficient with multiplying by multiples of 10

• Can locate and represent fractions on a number line

• Can recognize and generate equivalent fractions (ex:  1/2 = 2/4)

• Can proficiently partition shapes into parts with equal areas

• Can compare and order fractions with like numerators or like denominators