During the 1St Nine Weeks I Am Going to Learn How To

3rd Grade Learning Targets

2013-2014

1st Nine Weeks

During the 1st Nine Weeks I am going to learn how to…

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

Describe characters in a story. RL3.3

Decode words with short vowel patterns.RF3.3

Identify the subject and predicate of a simple sentence.L3.1i

Write a narrative paragraph using topic sentences and supporting sentences.W3.3

Draw conclusions in a reading story.RL3.4

Decode words with VCe patterns.RF3.3

Identify the four kinds of sentences-statements, questions, exclamations, and commands.RF3.3

Spell words with common vowel pairs ai, ay, ee, ea. RF3.3

Identify compound sentences and use conjunctions.L3.1i

Write a personal paragraph using voice.W3.3

Compare and contrast characters in a story.RL3.3

Spell words with long /o/ spelled “oa” and “ow”. RF3.3

Identify and use common and proper nouns.L3.1a

Brainstorm and prewrite a personal narrative.W3.3

Describe cause and effect relationships in a text.RI3.8

Spell long /i/ words spelled “i”, “ie”, and “igh”. RF3.3

Form plural nouns with –s and-es.L1b

Draft a personal narrative and use fluent sentences.W3.3

Identify sequential connections among sentences and paragraphs.RI3.3,RI3.5

Spell words with the VCV pattern. RF3

Identify verbs in a sentence.L3.1a

Identify the characteristics of a good response paragraph.W1a

Use text and graphics to locate information in an informational text.RI3.5RI3.7,

Read and spell words with three letter clusters (scr, spr, str, and thr).RF3

Identify the present tense and the past tense of verbs.L3.1e

Write an opinion paragraph.W1a

MATH

Use properties of addition to explain patterns on an addition table (OA9)

Round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred (NBT1)

Use compatible numbers and rounding to estimate sums (NBT1)

Use mental math strategies to find sums (NBT2)

Add more than two addends (NBT2)

Use the break apart strategy to find sums (NBT2)

Use place value to add three digit numbers (NBT2)

Use compatible numbers and rounding to estimate difference (NBT1)

Use mental math strategies to find differences (NBT2)

Use place value to subtract three digit numbers (NBT 2)

Use the combine place value strategy to subtract three digit numbers (NBT 2)

Use the strategy “Draw a Diagram” to solve one and two step addition and subtraction problems (OA8)

Use equal groups to find how many in all. (OA.1)

Relate multiplication and addition.(OA.1)

Use a number line to skip count.(OA.3)

Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic (OA.8)

Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division (OA.3)

Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division (OA.5)