Grade 3 Trimester 3 ELA/Science/Social Studies Benchmarks Insufficient Progress. Progressing Towards the Standard. Standard

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1 Grade 3 Trimester 3 ELA/Science/Social Studies Benchmarks Insufficient Progress Progressing Towards the Standard Meeting the Standard* Student rarely meets the expectations for this trimester. Student sometimes meets the expectations for this trimester. Phonics and Word Recognition Applies grade level phonics and word analysis skills to decode words in print Identifies and knows the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes Decodes words with common suffixes and multisyllabic grade level words Reads grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words Reads grade appropriate irregularly spelled words Fluency Reads grade level texts orally with accuracy, appropriate phrasing, rate and expression Reads grade-level text with purpose and understanding, reads gradelevel prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate and expression on successive readings, and uses context to confirm or selfcorrect word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. Reading Comprehension Identifies key ideas and details in literature and informational text Asks and answers questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers in literature and informational texts. Recounts stories, including fables, folktales and myths from diverse cultures; determines the central message, lesson, or moral and explains how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Describes characters in a story (e.g., traits, motivations, feelings) and explains how their actions contributes to the sequence of events Determines the main idea of an informational text, recounts the key details, and explains how they support the main idea Describes the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific Exceeds the Standard Student exceeds the end of year grade level expectations.

2 ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect Uses craft and structure to understand literature and informational text Determines the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language Refers to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza, and with support, describes how each successive part builds on earlier sections Distinguishes their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters Determines the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases in a text relevant to grade 3 topics or subject areas in trimester 3. Uses text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently Distinguishes their own point of view from that of the author of an informational text Integrates knowledge and ideas from text to support understanding Explains 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 character or setting). Identifies elements of fiction (e.g., characters, setting, plot, problem, solution) and elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, figurative language, alliteration, onomatopoeia) Uses information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words to demonstrate where, when, why, and how key events occur Describes the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs. (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence) Compares and contrasts the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Reads texts of appropriate complexity across genres

3 Reads and comprehends literature and informational text in the grade 3-4 text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Writing Composes opinion pieces, supporting a point of view with reasons and information Writes an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, create an organizational structure that lists reasons supporting the opinion, and provides a concluding statement, demonstrating clear idea development, organization, sentence fluency, word choice, and voice. Composes informative/explanatory texts, conveying ideas and information clearly Writes an informative/explanatory piece in which they introduce a topic and group related information together, including illustrations when useful to aid in comprehension, develop the topic with facts, definitions and details, and provide a concluding statement or section, demonstrating clear idea development, organization, sentence fluency, word choice, and voice. Composes narrative writing using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences Writes a narrative piece in which they establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters, organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, uses dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations, and provides a sense of closure, demonstrating clear idea development, organization, sentence fluency, word choice and voice. Language Demonstrates grade level command of the conventions related to English grammar and usage Explains the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences, forms and uses regular and irregular plural nouns, uses abstract nouns, forms and uses

4 regular and irregular verbs, forms and uses the simple verb tenses, ensures subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement, forms and uses comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, uses coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and produces simple, compound, or complex sentences when writing or speaking. Demonstrates grade level command of the conventions related to capitalization, punctuation and spelling Capitalizes appropriate words in titles, uses commas in addresses, uses commas and quotation marks in dialogue, forms and uses possessives, uses conventional spelling for high frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words, uses spelling patterns and generalizations in writing words, and consults reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings. Science Demonstrates understanding of scientific concepts Answers in writing and/or orally teacher directed questions about scientific concepts taught. Accurately explains the concepts in their own words using facts and vocabulary that are related to a particular topic. Social Studies Demonstrates understanding of concepts in social studies Answers in writing and/or orally teacher directed questions about social studies concepts taught. Accurately explains the concepts in their own words using facts and vocabulary that are related to a particular topic.

5 Grade 3 Trimester 3 Math Benchmarks Insufficient Progress Progressing Towards the Standard Meeting the Standard* Exceeds the Standard Operations and Algebraic Thinking Student rarely meets the expectations for this trimester. Student sometimes meets the expectations for this trimester. Represents and solves problems involving multiplication and division Consistently solves problems involving multiplication and division within 100 Understands properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division Applies properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide (commutative/associative property of multiplication and distributive property). Understands division as an unknownfactor problem. Solves word problems involving addition and subtraction Solves two-step word problems involving addition and subtraction, using mental computation and estimation strategies to verify the reasonableness of calculated results. Solves word problems involving multiplication and division Solves two-step word problems involving multiplication and division, using mental computation and estimation strategies to verify reasonableness of calculated results. Represents the problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity Student exceeds the end of year grade level standards.

6 Number and Operations in Base Ten Rounds whole numbers to the nearest 10 and 100 Uses place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. Uses knowledge of place value to perform multi-digit arithmetic Fluently adds and subtracts up to 1,000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction and multiple one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range of 10 to 90. Knows basic multiplication facts, 0-9 Consistently demonstrates knowledge of basic multiplication facts, 0-9 Knows basic division facts, 0-9 Demonstrates knowledge of basic division facts, 0-9 Fractions Demonstrates an understanding of fractions as numbers Represents fractions as a number on a number line Understands two fractions as equivalent if they are the same size or same point on a number line Measurement and Data Solves problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects Solves word problems involving addition and subtraction of

7 time intervals in minutes, and solves one-step word problems involving mass and volume, using the four operations Represents and interprets data Understands concepts of area and relates area to multiplication and addition Relates area to the operations of multiplication and addition Finds area of a rectangle and shows that the area can be found by multiplying the side lengths Uses models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning Recognizes area as additive Solves real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons Solves real world mathematical problems involving the 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 areas or with the same area and different perimeters Geometry Reasons with shapes and their attributes Understands 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)

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