3rd Grade Goals

  

Term 1 September-November

Topic 1: Understanding Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers 

• Students will use repeated addition to show the relationships between multiplication and addition
• Students will use number lines to join equal groups
• Students will use arrays and properties to understand multiplication 
• Students will use sharing to separate equal groups to think about division
• Students will use repeated subtraction to understand the relationship between division and subtraction 

Topic 2: Multiplication Facts: Use Patterns

• Students will gain fluency in multiplication
• Students will use number relationships and patterns to develop reasoning strategies to support their recall of the basic multiplication facts

Topic 3: Apply Properties: Multiplication Facts for 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

• Students will use the distributive property to solve problems with multiplication within 100
• Students will use different math tools and strategies to solve unknown facts: bar diagrams, arrays
• Students will use associative property of multiplication to group factors when multiplying 
• Students will repeat reasoning with known facts to make generalizations when multiplying

Topic 4: Use Multiplication to Divide: Division Facts

• Students will use multiplication facts to divide
• Students will use even and odd numbers to identify multiplication patterns
• Students will use properties to understand division
• Students will use patterns and known facts to find unknown multiplication facts, which will help find related division facts

 

Term 2  December -March

Topic 5: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 1,000

• Students can multiply numbers by 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.
• Students can recall and use multiplication facts up to 10 × 10.
• Students can recall and use division facts with divisors up to 10.
• Students can solve multiplication word problems with factors up to 10.
• Students can solve division word problems involving sharing and grouping.

Topic 6: Connect Area to Multiplication and Addition

• Students can find the area of shapes made from unit squares, rectangles, squares, and more complex figures.
• Students can tile rectangles to determine area and use multiplication to calculate area efficiently.
• Students can determine a missing side length of a rectangle when the area is known.
• Students can multiply one‑digit numbers using grids or arrays to support area understanding.

Topic 7: Represent and Interpret Data

• Students can interpret picture graphs, bar graphs, and tally charts to understand data.
• Students can create picture graphs and bar graphs to represent information.
• Students can use bar graphs to solve problems and answer questions about the data.

Topic 8: Use strategies and Properties to Add and Subtract

• Students can add and subtract two‑digit and three‑digit numbers using place value, number lines, and properties of operations.
• Students can round numbers to the nearest ten or hundred using a number line.
• Students can estimate sums and differences by rounding numbers up to 1,000.
• Students can solve addition and subtraction word problems within 100.

Topic 9: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 1,000

• Students can use expanded form to add three-digit numbers
• Students can use models to add three-digit numbers with regrouping
• Students can add three numbers up to three-digits each 
• Students can use expanded form to subtract three-digit numbers
• Students can use models to subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping
• Students can subtract three numbers up to three-digits each 

Topic 10: Multiply by Multiples of 10

• Students can multiply numbers by multiples of ten.
• Students can use place‑value strategies to multiply by multiples of ten.
• Students can interpret picture graphs where data is shown in multiples of ten.

Topic 11: Use Operations with Whole

• Students can use models to add three‑digit numbers, with and without regrouping.
• Students can add two‑ and three‑digit numbers and solve word problems involving addition.
• Students can add three numbers up to three digits each.
• Students can subtract three‑digit numbers with and without regrouping.

Trimester 3 March-June

Topic 12: Understand Fractions as Numbers

• Students can understand equal parts and fractions
• Students can understand the whole.
• Students can identify and graph fractions on a number line.

Topic 13: Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

• Students can find equivalent fractions using fraction strips.
• Students can find equivalent fractions using area models.
• Students can identify equivalent fractions on number lines.
• Students can compare fractions with different denominators using visual models.
• Students can compare fractions and explain which is greater, less, or equal.

Topic 14: Solve Time, Capacity, and Mass Problems

• Students can read clocks and write the correct times.
• Students can identify times written in words.
• Students can find elapsed time.
• Students can determine the end time when solving word problems.
• Students can compare and convert metric units of volume.

Topic 15: Attributes of Two-Dimensional Shapes

• Students can identify rectangles by their defining attributes.
• Students can identify parallelograms by recognizing pairs of parallel sides.
• Students can identify rhombuses by noticing equal side lengths and other key attributes.

Topic 16: Solve Perimeter Problems

• Students can find the perimeter of figures drawn on grids.
• Students can find the perimeter of rectangles and squares.
• Students can find a missing side length when given the perimeter.
• Students can describe and explore the relationship between area and perimeter.

 

	Reading Themes	Writing Genres	Dates
Module 1	What a Character (Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy)	Personal Narrative	September-October
Module 2	Use Your Words! (Informational Text, Informational Video, Realistic Fiction, Poetry, Memoir, Fantasy)	Descriptive Essay	October- November
Module 4	Stories to Stage (Informational Text, Opinion Text, Drama/Tall Tale, Classic Tale, Myth)	Story	November- December
Module 5	Teamwork (Informational Text, Realistic Fiction, Humorous Fiction Video, Narrative Nonfiction)	Persuasive Letter	January- February
Module 6	Animal Behaviors (Informational Text, Narrative Nonfiction)	Expository Essay	February-March
Module 7	Make a Difference (Biography, Opinion Text, Memoir, Historical Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction)	Opinion Essay	March-April
Module 8	Imagine! Invent!  (Informational Text, Biography, Narrative Poem, Opinion Text)	Research Report	April-May
Module 9	From Farm to Table  (Realistic Fiction, Editorial, Informational Text, Poetry)	Poem	May- June