Reading Foundational Skills

• Phonics and Spelling
  
  • Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes
  • Decode words with common Latin suffixes
  • Decode multisyllabic words
• Fluency – reading grade-level text with appropriate accuracy, rate, expression, and self-correction (Q1 - Q4)

• Vocabulary

• • Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening
  • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
  • With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings
  • Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversations, general, academic, and domain-specific vocabulary

Interpreting Texts

• Listening Comprehension
  
  • Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grade 3 topics and texts
  • Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media formats
  • Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker

• Reading Comprehension
  
  • Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a fiction text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers
  • Ask and answer questions to demonstrate of a nonfiction text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers
  • Recount stories, including fables and folktales, and myths from diverse cultures, determine the central message
  • Determine the main idea of nonfiction text, recount key details and explain how they support the main idea
  • Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events in the story
  • Descrube the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text
  • Determine the meaning of words and phrases, distinguishing literal from non-literal language
  • Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text
  • Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic quickly
  • Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters
  • Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of the text
  • Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in the story
  • Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text
  • Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text
  • Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters
  • Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic

Constructing Texts

• Oral Communication
  • Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant details
  • Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems
  • Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification
• Written Communication
  • Write opinion pieces 
  • Write informative (explanatory) texts 
  • Write narratives (stories) 
  • With guidance and support from adults and peers, produce writing in which the development and the organization are appropriate to the task and purpose
  • With guidance and support from adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing
  • With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing
  • Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic
  • Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources 
  • Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing and speaking 
  • Demonstrate command of the conventions of English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing

Numerical Reasoning

• Place Value Understanding within 10,000
  
  • Read and write numbers up to 10,000 using base-ten numerals and expanded form (Q1)
• Compare Numbers within 10,000
  
  • Compare numbers within 10,000 using the symbols >, =, or < (Q1)
• Round Numbers to the Nearest 10 & 100
  
  • Round whole numbers to the nearest ten and hundred (Q1)
• Represent Fractions
  
  • Partition shapes into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole (Q3)
  • Represent a fraction 1/b (called a unit fraction) as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts (Q3)
  • Represent a fraction a/b (called a non-unit fraction) as the quantity formed by parts of size 1/b (Q3)
  • Represent a fraction 1/b (called a unit fraction) on a number line by partitioning the interval from 0 to 1 into b equal parts (Q3)
  • Represent a fraction a/b (called a non-unit fraction) on a number line by partitioning the number line into intervals of length 1/b, starting from 0 (Q3)
• Compare Unit Fractions
  
  • Compare two unit fractions (Q3)
  • Explain that comparisons of two unit fractions are valid only when the fractions refer to the same whole (Q3)
• Recognize and Generate Equivalent Fractions
  
  • Generate equivalent fractions by using a visual fraction model (Q3)
  • Express whole numbers as fractions (Q3)

Patterning & Algebraic Reasoning

• Add & Subtract within 10,000
  • Add and subtract within 1,000 fluently using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, or the relationship between addition and subtraction (Q2)
  • Use place value understanding and properties of operations when adding and subtracting within 10,000 (Q2)
  • Solve addition and subtraction problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity (Q2)
• Numeric Patterns with Multiplication
  
  • Identify and extend arithmetic patterns and explain them using properties of operations (Q2)
• Multiply & Divide within 100
  
  • Represent a multiplication and division problem using a model and strategy (Q1 - Q2)
  • Determine the unknown number in a multiplication equation involving factors and divisors 2-5 and 10 (Q1)
  • Apply properties to multiply and divide within 100 (Q1 - Q2)
  • Use the meaning of the equal sign to make equivalent expressions with addition, subtraction, and multiplication (Q2)
  • Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 using place value strategies and properties of operations (Q2)
  • Solve one-step word problems by using multiplication within 100, involving factors and divisors 2–5 and 10 (Q1)
  • Solve one-step word problems involving multiplication and division within 100, using a letter for the unknown number (Q2)
  • Multiply and divide within 100 fluently, recalling from memory all products of two one-digit numbers (Q4)
• Two-Step Problems with All Operations
  
  • Solve two-step word problems, represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown, and assess the reasonableness of solutions (Q2)

Measurement & Data Reasoning

• Ask Questions, Collect, Analyze, & Interpret Data
  
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret numerical and categorical data involving whole number values obtained from real situations to answer questions (Q3 - Q4)
  • Draw a scaled bar graph to represent a data set (Q4)
  • Draw a scaled picture graph to represent a data set (Q4)
  • Draw a line plot to represent a data set (Q4)
  • Solve one- and two-step how many more and how many less word problems using information presented in a scaled bar graph (Q1 - Q4)
• Time to the Minute & Elapsed Time
  
  • Tell time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes (Q4)
  • Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals (Q4)
• Measure with Rulers to 1/4, 1/2, & Whole Inch
  
  • Measure lengths by using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch and use the data to make a line plot (Q3 - Q4)
• Measurement in Customary Units
  
  • Measure liquid volume, length, and mass of objects using customary units (Q4)
  • Compare liquid volume, length, and mass of objects using customary units (Q4)
  • Solve problems involving mass, length, and volume (Q4)

Geometric & Spatial Reasoning

• Attributes of Polygons & Line Symmetry
  
  • Identify and solve problems involving parallel line segments, perpendicular line segments, and right angles (Q4)
  • Recognize that the opposite sides of rectangles have equal lengths and relate their side lengths to the number of square tiles (Q4)
  • Classify shapes by their attributes and identify shared attributes between shapes (Q4)
  • Recognize and draw quadrilaterals (Q4)
  • Explain the lines of symmetry in a mirror image (Q4)
  • Determine the number of lines of symmetry in polygons (Q4)
  • Prove that a folded shape is or is not symmetrical (Q4)
• Area of Rectangles
  
  • Recognize that the opposite sides of rectangles have equal lengths and relate their side lengths to the number of square tiles (Q3)
  • Recognize that area can be measured by using unit squares and that a plane figure covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares has an area of n square units (Q3)
  • Measure areas by counting unit squares, including square centimeters, square meters, square inches, square feet, and improvised units (Q3)
  • Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it and show that the area is equal to the product of the side lengths (Q3)
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving areas of rectangles
  
  • Apply the distributive property to find areas of rectangles (Q3)
• Perimeter of Polygons & Fixed Area/Perimeter
  
  • Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons (Q4)
  • Draw and identify rectangles that have the same perimeter and different areas or the same area and different perimeters (Q4)

Earth Science (Q1)

• Ask questions and analyze data to classify rocks by their physical attributes (color, texture, luster, and hardness) using simple tests 
• Plan and carry out investigations to describe properties (color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support growth of plants) of soils and soil types (sand, clay, loam) 
• Make observations of the local environment to construct an explanation of how water and/or wind have made changes to soil and/or rocks over time
• Construct an argument from observations of fossils (authentic or reproductions) to communicate how they serve as evidence of past organisms and the environments in which they lived 
• Develop a model to describe the sequence and conditions required for an organism to become fossilized 

Physical Science (Q2)

• Ask questions to identify sources of heat energy 
• Plan and carry out an investigation to gather data using thermometers to produce tables and charts that illustrate the effect of sunlight on various objects 
• Use tools and everyday materials to design and construct a device/structure that will increase/decrease the warming effects of sunlight on various materials 

Life Science (Q3 & Q4)

• Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia’s geographic regions 
• Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation, migration, mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat 
• Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat and not in another 
• Ask questions to collect information and create records of sources and effects of pollution on the plants and animals 
• Explore, research, and communicate solutions, such as conservation of resources and recycling of materials, to protect plants and animals

Geographic Understandings (Q1)

• Locate major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson, and St Lawrence 
• Locate major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky
• Locate and describe the equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe
• Explain why American Indian groups occupied the areas they did, with emphasis on why some developed permanent villages, and others did not 
• Describe how the early explorers adapted, or failed to adapt, to the various physical environments in which they traveled 
• Explain how the physical geography of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies helped determine economic activities

Historical Understandings (Q2)

• Describe early American Indian cultures and their development in North America; compare and contrast food, clothing, and shelter, and discuss their contributions to American life (eg, arts, literature)
• Describe European exploration in North America by describing the reasons for and obstacles to the exploration 
• Describe the accomplishments of: John Cabot (England), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Spain), Hernando de Soto (Spain), Christopher Columbus (Spain), Henry Hudson (The Netherlands), and Jacques Cartier (France)
• Describe examples of cooperation and conflict between European explorers and American Indians
• Explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America by identifying the key reasons why the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies were founded, what life was like in each region, and describe what life was like from their perspectives (large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians)

Government/Civic Understandings (Q1, Q3, Q4)

• Explain the necessity of respecting the rights of others and promoting the common good (Q1 & Q3)
• Explain the necessity of obeying reasonable laws/rules voluntarily, and explain why it is important for citizens in a democratic society to participate in public (civic) life (staying informed, voting, volunteering, and communicating with public officials)  (Q1& Q3)
• Describe the three branches of national government: executive (president), legislative (Congress), and judicial (Supreme Court of the United States) (Q4)
• Describe the three branches of state government: executive (governor), legislative (Georgia General Assembly), and judicial (Supreme Court of Georgia) (Q4)
• State the main responsibility of each branch: executive (enforcing laws), legislative (making laws), judicial (determining if laws are fair) (Q4)

Economic Understandings (Q1, Q3, Q4)

• Define and give examples of the four types of productive resources: Natural (land) (Q1), Human (labor) (Q1), Capital (capital goods) (Q3), Entrepreneurship (risk-taking and combining natural, human, and capital resources (Q3)
• Explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy (schools, libraries, roads, police/fire protection, and military) and pay for these through taxes (Q4)
• Give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange (consumers, producers, goods, services) (Q3 & Q4)
• Explain that most countries create their currency for use as money (Q3 & Q4)
• Explain the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to making a saving or spending choice (Q3 & Q4)