3rd Grade

Choose a Domain and Select a Standard:

GGeometry Standards
GGeometry Standards
Geometry Logo. Includes four pictures of solids on an orange background.
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 areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
G.1.1
Geometry Logo. Includes four pictures of solids on an orange background.
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 as 1/4 of the area of the shape.
G.1.2
MDMeasurement and Data Standards
MDMeasurement and Data Standards
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
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.
MD.1.1
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
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.
MD.2.4
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
MD.3.6
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. c. 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.
MD.3.7.c
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units.
MD.1.2
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. a. 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.
MD.3.5.a
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. a. 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.
MD.3.7.a
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. d. 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.
MD.3.7.d
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
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.
MD.2.3
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. b. 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.
MD.3.5.b
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. b. 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.
MD.3.7.b
Measurement and Data Logo. Includes a measuring tape symbol on a green background.
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 areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
MD.4.8
NBTNumbers And Operations In Base Ten Standards
NBTNumbers And Operations In Base Ten Standards
Numbers and Base Ten Logo
Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
NBT.1.1
Numbers and Base Ten Logo
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.
NBT.1.2
Numbers and Base Ten Logo
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.
NBT.1.3
NFNumber and Operations - Fractions Standards
NFNumber and Operations - Fractions Standards
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
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.
NF.1.1
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. a. Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
NF.1.3.a
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. d. Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols greater than, equal to, or less than, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
NF.1.3.d
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. a. 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.
NF.1.2.a
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. b. 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.
NF.1.3.b
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. b. 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.
NF.1.2.b
Fractions Logo. Includes a pie chart on a pink background.
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. c. 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.
NF.1.3.c
OAOperations And Algebraic Thinking Standards
OAOperations And Algebraic Thinking Standards
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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.
OA.1.1
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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 = __.
OA.1.4
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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 two one-digit numbers.
OA.3.7
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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.
OA.1.2
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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.)
OA.2.5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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.
OA.4.8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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.
OA.1.3
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8.
OA.2.6
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Logo. Includes symbols for add, subtract, multiply, divide on a blue background.
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.
OA.4.9
Additional Course Resources
Additional Course Resources
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Assessment Form 1A
FAIM Form 1A
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Assessment Form 2B
FAIM Form 2B
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Answer Key Form 2A
FAIM Answer Key 2A
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Assessment Form 1B
FAIM Form 1B
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Answer Key Form 1A
FAIM Answer Key 1A
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Answer Key Form 2B
FAIM Answer Key 2B
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Assessment Form 2A
FAIM Form 2A
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
FAIM Assessment Form 1B
FAIM Answer Key 1B
Document Icon in dark gray on a light gray background.
Click the following to access several video links of fraction instruction.
Fraction Video Resources