Third-Grade Power Standards

LANGUAGE ARTS READING Uses a variety of strategies (e.g., rereads, reads ahead, asks for help, adjusts reading speed, questions, paraphrases, retells) to comprehend text. Increases vocabulary through reading, listening, and interacting in a variety of situations. Reads grade-level text aloud with natural rhythm, pace, and intonation, and with fluency and comprehension. Interacts with text before, during, and after reading:  sets a purpose,  previews the text,  makes predictions,  asks questions,  locates information for a specific purpose, and  uses story structure and text organization to comprehend. Succinctly summarizes main idea(s) from text. WRITING Uses the writing process to create a final product:  composes two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, logical sequence, and sufficient elaboration,  proofreads own writing for spelling and edits for writing conventions and format,  reflects on and revises writing by: - clarifying ideas, - adding descriptive words and phrases, - sequencing events and ideas, - combining short, related sentences, and - strengthening word choice. Uses writing conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation):  uses legible handwriting to create documents,  writes compositions that correctly use pronouns, adjectives, adverbial forms, and coordinating conjunctions,  begins to incorporate literary devices (e.g., elaborate descriptions, figurative wording) and language patterns in written work,  uses a variety of complete sentences (i.e., declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory) in written work,  uses correct capitalization and punctuation,  uses correct subject/verb agreement Uses appropriate types of writing (i.e., descriptive, narrative, expressive, expository, persuasive, and analytical) for the intended purpose and audience:  composes a variety of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama selections using self- selected topics and multimedia,  creates and delivers presentations about familiar experiences or interests that are organized around a coherent statement, and  combines information from multiple sources when writing reports and stories, using technology as a tool. Third-Grade Power Standards 1 EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE: SPEAKING Uses appropriate types of speaking (i.e., descriptive, narrative, expressive, expository, persuasive, and analytical) for a variety of purposes and audiences:  presents information in a logical manner, clearly identifying main point;  explains own learning;  sustains conversation on a topic, and  creates and delivers recitations and presentations that are organized around a coherent statement, and are based on familiar experiences or interests. RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE: LISTENING AND VIEWING Employs active listening skills (e.g., acknowledges understanding). Follows oral and written multi-step instructions. RESEARCH Uses print and electronic resources to gather information for a specific purpose.

MATH NUMBER AND OPERATIONS Exhibit an understanding of the place-value structure of the base-ten number system by:  reading, modeling, writing, and interpreting whole numbers up to 10,000  comparing and ordering numbers up to 1,000  recognizing the position of a given number in the base-ten number system and its relationship to benchmark numbers such as 10, 50, 100, 500 Use a variety of models to show an understanding of multiplication and division of whole numbers (e.g., charts, arrays, diagrams, and physical models [i.e., modeling multiplication with a variety of pictures, diagrams, and concrete tools to help students learn what the factors and products represent in various contexts]). Select and use operations (e.g., addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division) to solve problems. Demonstrate reasonable estimation strategies for measurement, computation, and problem solving. ALGEBRA Create, describe, and extend numeric and geometric patterns including multiplication patterns. Explore the ways that commutative, distributive, identity, and zero properties are useful in computing with numbers Model problem situations with objects and use representations such as pictures, graphs, tables, and equations to draw conclusions. GEOMETRY Use ordered pairs to graph, locate specific points, create paths, and measure distances within a coordinate grid system. Predict and describe the results of sliding, flipping, and turning two-dimensional shapes MEASUREMENT Use appropriate standard units and tools to estimate, measure, and solve problems (e.g., length, area, weight). DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY Collect and organize data using observations, measurements, surveys, or experiments.

Third-Grade Power Standards 2 Analyze data displayed in a variety of formats to make reasonable inferences and predictions, answer questions, and make decisions. Predict the outcomes of simple experiments (e.g., coin tossing) and test the predictions using concrete objects (e.g., coins, counters, number cubes, spinners).

SOCIAL STUDIES HISTORY Describe how the lives and contributions of people of New Mexico influenced local communities and regions. Identify and compare components that create a community in the United States and its neighboring countries. Interpret information from multiple resources and contexts to determine chronological relationships. GEOGRAPHY Identify and use the mapping tools of scale, compass rose, grid, symbols, and mental mapping to locate and draw places on maps and globes. Identify ways in which people have modified their environments (e.g., building roads, clearing land for development, mining, and constructing towns and cities). Describe the consequences of human modification of the natural environment (e.g., use of irrigation to improve crop yields, highways). Describe how transportation and communication networks are used in daily life. Describe how cooperation and conflict affect neighborhoods and communities. CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT Explain the basic structure and functions of local governments. Explain the significance of participation and cooperation in a classroom and community. ECONOMICS Define and categorize resources (e.g., human, financial, natural). Recognize that a market system exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services.

SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC THINKING AND PRACTICE Collect data in an investigation and analyze those data. Understand that predictions are based on observations, measurements, and cause-and- effect relationships. PHYSICAL SCIENCE Know that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object and then it is reflected, refracted, or absorbed. Recognize that magnets can produce motion by attracting some materials (e.g., steel) and have no effect on others (e.g., plastics). LIFE SCIENCE Know that an adaptation in physical structure or behavior can improve an organism’s chance for survival (e.g., horned toads, chameleons, cacti, mushrooms). Classify common animals according to their observable characteristics (e.g., body

Third-Grade Power Standards 3 coverings, structure). Identify how living things cause changes to the environments in which they live, and that some of these changes are detrimental to the organism and some are beneficial. Describe the nutrients needed by the human body. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE Describe the objects in the solar system (e.g., sun, Earth and other planets, moon) and their features (e.g., size, temperature). Know that Earth’s features are constantly changed by a combination of slow and rapid processes that include the action of volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building, biological changes, erosion, and weathering. Identify how water exists in the air in different forms (e.g., in clouds and fog as tiny droplets; in rain, snow, and hail) and changes from one form to another through various processes (e.g., freezing/condensation, precipitation, and evaporation). SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Know that science produces information for the manufacture and recycling of materials (e.g., materials that can be recycled [aluminum, paper, plastic] and others than cannot [gasoline]).

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