3rd Grade Curriculum Summary

3rd Grade Curriculum Summary
Language Arts
Select and demonstrate use of comprehension
strategies: making connections, questioning,
visualizing, inferring, and predicting
Self-select and read independently from a
wide variety of texts (evaluating and
justifying their choices)
Apply context clues, decoding, vocabulary,
word study, and word recognition skills when
reading
Determine story elements (characters, plot,
mood)
Demonstrate the ability to read with fluency
and expression
Select and/or apply graphic organizers to
make meaning of text
Create a paragraph focusing on a central idea,
elaborating, and supporting the details
Formulate complete sentences and paragraphs
Evaluate written work using a writer’s
checklist as part of the revision and editing
process
Identify and correctly use various parts of
speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
Create and compose writings for a variety of
purposes
Apply the steps in the writing process
Math
Apply computational fluency by use of addition
and subtraction facts
Memorize multiplication facts through 10 X 10
Demonstrate comprehension of place value by
showing numerical representation of whole
numbers
Model fractions of halves, thirds, fourths, and
eighths
Use a ruler to measure to the nearest quarterinch
Arrange three digit numbers to compare and
order
Show and tell time to the nearest minute on a
clock
Compute and show the value of money up to
$10.00
Describe and compute the perimeter and area of
figures
Convert inches, feet, yards, ounces, pounds,
cups, pints, quarts, and gallons
Evaluate estimations to solve and judge
reasonable outcomes
Analyze graphs to design, interpret, and predict
outcomes
Apply various algorithms to solve simple
problems
Solve problems with extended repeated patterns
Describe three characteristics of polygons
Social Studies
Locate the seven continents and four oceans
on a map and globe
Apply map skills
Examine government and the governmental
processes
Critique rights and responsibilities of
citizenship
Describe and evaluate contributions of
famous Arkansans and Americans
Read, create, and interpret time lines
Students will derive and defend the meaning
of appropriate economic terms
Visual Arts
Identify and use all elements of art, including
neutral colors
Identify and use all principles of art, including
unity
Identify themes in art
Differentiate among portraits, still-life, and
landscapes
Use skills in printmaking, 3D structures,
architecture, and stitching
Revised 12/8/2008

Library/Media
Recognize how a library is organized and
arranged to locate materials
Recognize and use parts of a book to locate
information
Recognize and use information in a variety of
formats as starting point for research
Differentiate between fiction and non-fiction
Use organizational strategies to record and
synthesize information
Cite sources of information
Read from or listen to a variety of texts to
make connections
Science
Model the orbit of the Earth, its moon, and
other planets around the sun
Identify the three types of rock, and classify
them according to their properties
Identify physical properties of minerals
according to color, luster, streak, and hardness
Develop questions that lead to scientific
inquiry, and conduct scientific investigations
conducted individually and in teams
Differentiate between magnets and nonmagnets,
describe the effect of distance on
attraction and repulsion, and construct a
magnet
Physical Education
Catches objects thrown by others using proper
technique
Dribbles in control with either hand, keeping
eyes up
Dribbles with feet around moving objects
Strikes a moving object with an implement
Applies fitness concepts to a variety of
specific situations
Continues to apply personal and social skills
with increasing consistency and effectiveness
Demonstrates collaboration with others to
accomplish a goal
Cooperatively plays group games
Displays reasonably healthy levels of fitness
on fitness test in tested areas (Prudential
Fitnessgram or National Fitness Award on
President’s Challenge)
Music
Demonstrate a steady beat
Recognize and apply a standard system of
counting rhythms
Recognize and apply a standard system of
reading pitch
Apply harmony by singing or playing ostinati,
rounds and partner songs
Perform with accuracy basic movement skills
Create improvised vocal, instrumental and
movement experiences
Create original vocal and/or instrumental
compositions
Perform with accuracy basic vocal and
instrumental skills
Analyze music history and compare and
contrast artists, works, styles, and periods
Analyze music history and compare and
contrast artists, works, styles, and periods
Show comprehension of notation by
operating within a given system
Describe aural examples of musical
performances
Compare and contrast varying musical forms
Identify cross-curricular connections with the
other arts and other disciplines
Revised 12/8/2008