Welcome to Grade 3

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Reading closely to find main ideas and supporting details in a story
Describing the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in stories (for example, first, second, third; cause and effect)
Comparing the most important points and key details presented in two books on the same topic
Writing opinions or explanations that group related information and develop topics with facts and details
Writing stories that establish a situation and include details and clear sequences of events that describe the actions, thoughts, and feelings of characters
Independently conducting short research projects that build knowledge about various topics
Asking and answering questions about information he or she hears from a speaker or while participating in classroom discussions, offering appropriate elaboration and detail that build on what others have said
Reading stories and poems aloud fluently, without pausing to figure out what each word means
Distinguishing the literal and non-literal meanings of words, such as something’s fishy and cold shoulder
Spelling correctly and consulting dictionaries to clarify meanings of words

Multiplying and dividing up to 10 × 10 quickly and accurately, including knowing the times tables from memory
Solving word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Beginning to multiply numbers with more than one digit (for example, multiplying 9 × 80)
Understanding fractions and relating them to the familiar system of whole numbers (for example, recognizing that 3⁄1 and 3 are the same number)
Measuring and estimating weights and liquid volumes, and solving word problems involving these quantities
Reasoning about shapes (for example, all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares)
Finding areas of shapes, and relating area to multiplication (for example, why is the number of square feet for a 9-foot by 7-foot room given by the product 9 × 7?)

$A proctractor, an example of a right angle, and ruler$