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CCSS Practice Tests for Grades 3-8 Mathematics & ELA.

Subjects:

Mathematics

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.4

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.5

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division

Standard Description: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.6

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division

Standard Description: Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, divide 32

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.7

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Multiply and divide within 100

Standard Description: Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.8

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic

Standard Description: Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. (This standard is limited to problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers; students should know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations).)

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.9

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic

Standard Description: Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.

Common Core State Standard: 3.NBT.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten

Theme: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Standard Description: Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

Common Core State Standard: 3.NBT.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten

Theme: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Standard Description: Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. (A range of algorithms may be used.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NBT.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten

Theme: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Standard Description: Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (e.g., 9

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.2.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.2.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.3.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.3.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions (e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3), Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.3.C

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. Examples: Express 3 in the form 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.3.D

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator, by reasoning about their size, Recognize that valid comparisons rely on the two fractions referring to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

Standard Description: Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

Standard Description: Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). (Excludes compound units such as cm^3 and finding the geometric volume of a container.) Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem. (Excludes multiplicative comparison problems (problems involving notions of

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Represent and interpret data

Standard Description: Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.4

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Represent and interpret data

Standard Description: Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.5

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.5.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: A square with side length 1 unit, called

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.5.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.6

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.7

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.7.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.7.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.7.C

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.7.D

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.8

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.

Standard Description: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different area or with the same area and different perimeter.

Common Core State Standard: 3.G.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Geometry

Theme: Reason with shapes and their attributes

Standard Description: Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

Common Core State Standard: 3.G.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Geometry

Theme: Reason with shapes and their attributes

Standard Description: Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part is 1/4 of the area of the shape.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.A.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.A.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.A.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.A.4

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division

Standard Description: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 × ? = 48, 5 = __÷ 3, 6 × 6 = ?.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.B.5

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division

Standard Description: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15 then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10 then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.) (Students need not use formal terms for these properties.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.B.6

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division

Standard Description: Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, divide 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.C.7

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Multiply and divide within 100

Standard Description: Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of one-digit numbers.

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.D.8

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic

Standard Description: Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. (This standard is limited to problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers; students should know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations).)

Common Core State Standard: 3.OA.D.9

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Theme: Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic

Standard Description: Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.2.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.2.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.3.C

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. Examples: Express 3 in the form 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.3.D

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator, by reasoning about their size, Recognize that valid comparisons rely on the two fractions referring to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.3.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions (e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3), Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.3.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NF.A.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NBT.A.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten

Theme: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Standard Description: Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

Common Core State Standard: 3.NBT.A.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten

Theme: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Standard Description: Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. (A range of algorithms may be used.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.NBT.A.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations in Base Ten

Theme: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic

Standard Description: Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. (A range of algorithms may be used.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.A.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

Standard Description: Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.A.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

Standard Description: Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). (Excludes compound units such as cm^3 and finding the geometric volume of a container.) Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem. (Excludes multiplicative comparison problems (problems involving notions of "times as much.")

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.B.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Represent and interpret data

Standard Description: Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.B.4

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Represent and interpret data

Standard Description: Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units—whole numbers, halves, or quarters.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.5

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.5.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: A square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.5.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.6

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.7.D

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.7.C

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.7.A

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.7.B

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.C.7

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition

Standard Description: Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.

Common Core State Standard: 3.MD.D.8

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme: Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.

Standard Description: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different area or with the same area and different perimeter.

Common Core State Standard: 3.G.A.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Geometry

Theme: Reason with shapes and their attributes

Standard Description: Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

Common Core State Standard: 3.G.A.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Geometry

Theme: Reason with shapes and their attributes

Standard Description: Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part is 1/4 of the area of the shape.

Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.F.DS.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.F.DS.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Number & Operations - Fractions

Theme: Develop understanding of fractions as numbers

Standard Description: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.)

Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.AR.DS.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

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Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.AR.DS.2

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

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Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.AR.DS.3

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Operations & Algebraic Thinking

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Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.M.DS.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

Theme:

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Common Core State Standard: 3.CCSS.DAP.DS.1

Grade: 3

Subject: MATH

Domain: Measurement & Data

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Common Core State Standard: 3D.NBT.4

Grade: 3

Subject: Math

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English Language Arts

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Explain how specific aspects of a text

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.9

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text

Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.8

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.9

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Write opinion pieces on familiar topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide reasons that support the opinion.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide a sense of closure.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard Description: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1

Common Core State Standard: W.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard Description: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1

Common Core State Standard: W.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard Description: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard Description: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.8

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard Description: Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Range of Writing

Standard Description: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use the regular and irregular plural nouns

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.E

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.F

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.G

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.H

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.I

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use commas in addresses.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use possessives.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.E

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.F

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.G

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Knowledge of Language

Standard Description: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.3.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Knowledge of Language

Standard Description: Choose words and phrases for effect.*

Common Core State Standard: L.3.3.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Knowledge of Language

Standard Description: Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Explain how specific aspects of a text"s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.9

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).

Common Core State Standard: RL.3.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Literature

Theme: Range of Reading and Complexity of Text

Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Key Ideas and Details

Standard Description: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Craft and Structure

Standard Description: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.8

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.9

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Common Core State Standard: RI.3.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Theme: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Standard Description: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Write opinion pieces on familiar topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide reasons that support the opinion.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.1.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.2.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide a concluding statement or section.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.3.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Text Types and Purposes

Standard Description: Provide a sense of closure.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard Description: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

Common Core State Standard: W.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard Description: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 3 on page 29.)

Common Core State Standard: W.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Production and Distribution of Writing

Standard Description: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard Description: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.8

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard Description: Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Common Core State Standard: W.3.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Writing Standards

Theme: Range of Writing

Standard Description: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.E

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.F

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.G

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.H

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.1.I

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use commas in addresses.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Form and use possessives.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.E

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.F

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.2.G

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Conventions of Standard English

Standard Description: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Knowledge of Language

Standard Description: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.3.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Knowledge of Language

Standard Description: Choose words and phrases for effect.*

Common Core State Standard: L.3.3.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Knowledge of Language

Standard Description: Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.4.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.5.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

Common Core State Standard: L.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Language

Theme: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Description: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.1.A

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.1.B

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.1.C

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.1.D

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Comprehension and Collaboration

Standard Description: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

Common Core State Standard: SL.3.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Speaking & Listening

Theme: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Standard Description: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 3 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)

Common Core State Standard: RF.3.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Foundation

Theme:

Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

Common Core State Standard: RF.3.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Foundation

Theme:

Standard Description: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Common Core State Standard: RF.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Foundation

Theme:

Standard Description: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Common Core State Standard: RF.3.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Foundation

Theme:

Standard Description: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.1

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.2

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.4

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.5

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.6

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.7

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.8

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.9

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.10

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: 3.TEKS.R.DS.11

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Information

Theme:

Standard Description:

Common Core State Standard: RF.3.3

Grade: 3

Subject: ELA

Domain: Reading Foundations

Theme: Reading Foundations

Standard Description: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

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