GRADE THREE YEAR END GOALS

Language Arts

1.  Read fluently using skills in word attack, contest clues, literal

     comprehension, and vocabulary                         A.4.1

2.  Identify main ideas and plot                               A.4.2

3.  Sequence events                                                           A.4.2

4.  Alphabetize words to the third letter             A.4.1

5.  Identify story elements:  setting, problem, main event, characters,

      and resolution                                                   A.4.2

6.  Distinguish between:  fact/opinion, cause/effect, and

      fantasy/reality                                                     A4.2

7.  Use an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus            D.4.1

8.  Write to:  entertain, describe, give information, persuade,

      summarize, or show creativity                            B.4.1

9.  Write complete sentences using correct mechanics (grammar,

      punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing, and spelling           B4.3

10. Identify subjects, predicates, nouns, and verbs                         B.4.3

11. Identify author’s purpose and genre                            A.4.3

10. Identify subjects, predicates, nouns, and verbs    B.4.3

11. Identify author’s purpose and genre                            A.4.3

12. Correctly write plurals and possessives             B.4.3

13. Read with expression                                                  A.4.1

Math

1.  Read, write, add, subtract, and comprehend up to 5 digit

     numbers                                                                                                 B.4.5

2.  Multiply and divide with numbers up to 10                                B.4.5

3.  Solve problems requiring more than 1 arithmetic operation    A.4.5

4.  Recognize and read negative numbers and basic fractions         B.4.1

5.  Represent fractions on a number line                                        B.4.4

6.  Use common units of measurement for length, perimeter, area,

      capacity, time, and money                                                                      D.4.1

7.  Recognize basic elements of geometric figures                      C.4.1

8.  Identify familiar two and three dimensional figures         C.4.1

9.  Identify and read decimals to thousandths                               B.4.3

10. Interpret data on charts, tables, line, and bar graphs       E.4.3

11. Recognize congruency and symmetry                                        C.4.2

12. Round numbers to the 100th place value                         B.4.2

13. Identify and complete algebraic problems                             F.4.1

Science

1.  Identify three basic parts of a seed and a plant             F.4.3

2.  Identify the needs of a plant                                                    F.4.2

3.  Illustrate photosynthesis                                                                F.4.2

4.  Classify, identify, and compare mammals, birds, reptiles,

      amphibians, and fish                                                               F.4.1

5.  Identify, illustrate, and explain a food web and food chain    F.4.1

6.  Classify and list characteristics of metamorphic, sedimentary,

      and igneous rocks.                                                                                    E.4.1

7.  Illustrate the rock cycle                                                              E.4.1

8.  Identify fossils and ways they are formed                         A.4.5

9.  List characteristics of soil (loam, clay, sand)             E.4.2

10. Discuss conservation of Earth’s resources                            E.4.7

11. Illustrate components of the water cycle                         E.4.3

12. Define weather and the effects of a cold and warm front       E.4.5

13, Identify planets in the solar system                                              E.4.4

14. Explain how seasons and day/night occur                                    E.4.5

15. Discuss how Earth interacts with the moon                                    E.4.4

16. Identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases            D.4.3

17. Identify physical properties of matter                                         D.4.2

18. Compare physical and chemical changes                               D.4.4

19. Define heat and ways to create it                                           D.4.8

20. Describe properties of light                                                         D.4.8

21. Define the relationship between work,  force, and speed           D.4.6

22. Identify simple machines                                                                G.4.4

23. Identify ecosystems and the animals that live there

       (forests, deserts, oceans, and freshwater)                                  F.4.1

24. List Earth’s layers                                                                                    D.4.1

25. Classify and identify slow and rapid changes to the

       Earth ( volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, erosion)                   D.4.4

Social Studies

1.  Identify and discuss reasons communities grow or decline            A.4.4

2.  Identify characteristics of rural, suburban, and urban

      communities.                                                                                                       B.4.8

3.  Use map scale, map keys, cardinal and intermediate directions,

      and a compass rose                                                                                       A.4.1

4.  Identify states, oceans, and continents                                      A.4.2

5.  Compare/contrast various U. S. cities                                                        A.4.7

6.  Describe “geography”                                                                                  A.4.2

7.  Compare and contrast immigration and migration               B.4.5

8.  Determine origin of ancestors                                                                B.4.5

9.  Compare ethnic and cultural celebrations                                              E.4.3

10. Describe ways to be a good citizen                                                          C.4.5

11. Compare the history of several U.S. cities (people,

      exploration, events)                                                                                        B.4.3

12. Identify ways to earn, save, and spend money                                  D.4.1

13. Identify the importance of the Declaration of Independence,

       the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights                                               C.4.2

14. Identify the basic duties of each branch of the government

      (executive, judicial, and legislative                                                   C.4.4