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Sunnybrook School District 171

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3rd Grade Standards

3rd Grade Standards

  • I can explain how different groups in my community work together.
    I can explain how people have made my community better.
    I can create a timeline of important events in my community.
    I can explain how different viewpoints affect my community.
    I can use maps to find places in my community.
    I can explain how my culture affects how I live.
    I can compare the products made in my community with those made elsewhere.
    I can give examples of what the government provides for my community.
    I can explain how money helps people trade and buy things.
    I can explain how people get paid for their work and the different types of jobs in my community.
    I can explain the difference between saving money and spending it.
    I can describe what banks do and how they help people manage their money.
    I can analyze how prices affect what people decide to buy.
    I can explain how goods and information move in my community.
    I can analyze different sources to learn about historical events.
  • I can analyze data to explain weather and climate patterns and propose solutions to minimize natural hazard impacts.
    I can describe weather and climate patterns and their effects.
    I can explain how environmental and inherited traits influence the survival and growth of plants and animals.
    I can describe traits that are inherited or influenced by the environment.
    I can plan and conduct an investigation to explore and explain patterns in motion caused by balanced and unbalanced forces.
    I can describe patterns in motion caused by balanced and unbalanced forces.
    I can define a problem, design a solution, and evaluate its success based on evidence.
  • I can demonstrate control while performing combinations and sequences of movements, including locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative motor skills.
    I can participate in daily moderate to vigorous physical activity while performing basic and combination movement patterns.
    I can describe the benefits of staying fit and how it helps my body stay healthy.
    I can check my heart rate before, during, and after physical activity, using technology or without it.
    I can take responsibility for my actions when participating in group physical activities.
    I can work cooperatively with a partner or small group to reach a shared goal during physical activity.
    I can identify basic body systems, like the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems, and explain their functions.
    I can explain the positive and negative effects of health-related actions, like drug use, exercise, and diet, on different body systems.
  • I can read and write simple rhythms.
    I can sing and play an instrument with my classmates.
    I can explain how music tells a story or shows emotion.
    I can explain how music is part of different cultures.
  • I can represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
    I can interpret products and quotients of whole numbers.
    I can use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems.
    I can use place value to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
    I can fluently add and subtract within 1,000.
    I can multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10.
    I can tell and write time to the nearest minute.
    I can solve word problems involving time intervals.
    I can measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects.
    I can draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent data.
    I can generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch.
    I can understand that a square with sides of 1 unit is called a unit square and has an area of 1 square unit.
    I can measure the area of a shape by counting how many unit squares fit inside it without gaps or overlaps.
    I can find the area of a shape by counting unit squares, like square centimeters, square meters, square inches, or square feet.
    I can find the area of a rectangle by multiplying side lengths.
    I can find the area of a shape by counting unit squares, like square centimeters, square meters, square inches, or square feet.
    I can solve two-step word problems using the four operations.
    I can identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
    I can understand a fraction as part of a whole.
    I can represent fractions on a number line.
    I can understand that two fractions are equal if they are the same size or in the same place on a number line.
    I can find and make simple equivalent fractions and explain why they are equal using models.
    I can write whole numbers as fractions and recognize fractions that are the same as whole numbers.
    I can compare two fractions with the same top number or bottom number using >, <, or = and explain my thinking with models.
    I can sort and describe shapes based on their attributes, like the number of sides.
    I can split shapes into equal parts and name each part as a fraction of the whole.
  • I can ask and answer questions about the story using clues from the text.
    I can describe the characters in the story and explain how their actions affect what happens.
    I can figure out the meaning of words and phrases in a story, including words that create special feelings (like happiness or excitement).
    I can describe how parts of a story, play, or poem fit together, like the beginning, middle, and end.
    I can tell the difference between my point of view and the narrator’s or a character’s point of view in a story.
    I can compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots in stories written by the same author.
    I can read and understand stories by myself.
    I can ask and answer questions about nonfiction using facts from the text.
    I can use text features (like headings, bold words, and captions) to find information quickly.
    I can use pictures, charts, and diagrams to understand what I am reading.
    I can explain how an author gives reasons and evidence to support their points.
    I can compare and contrast the most important points in two texts about the same topic.
    I can read and understand nonfiction texts.
    I can sound out and read big words.
    I can read smoothly and understand what I read.
    I can figure out the meaning of new words using clues in the sentence, prefixes, suffixes, or a dictionary.
    I can use new words I learn in speaking and writing.
    I can write an opinion piece that gives my opinion, reasons to support it, and a strong ending
    I can write an informative text that includes facts, details, and a clear topic.
    I can find and use information from books or online to answer a question.
    I can write for different purposes and work on my writing for short and long periods of time.
  • I can expand on my imaginative ideas to create detailed artwork.
    I can create artwork that makes me happy using different processes and materials.
    can add details to my artwork to make its meaning clearer.
    I can explore different spaces for displaying artwork and discuss their advantages and limitations.
  • I can redesign a solution after testing it.
    I can stay safe online and respect others' work.
    I can use “if…then” rules in my code.
    I can use my robot’s sensors to complete a task.