Grade 3 Goals

The Common Core standards for Grade 3 have been recast as a student-friendly list of goals, listed in the table below.

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CCSS	Code	OPERATIONS & ALGEBRAIC THINKING
3.OA.A	3A1	Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
3.OA.1	3A11	Interpret multiplication as the total of equal groups.
3.OA.2	3A12	Interpret division as sharing equally or making equal shares.
3.OA.3	3A13	Use multiplication and division to solve word problems.
3.OA.4	3A14	Find the missing number in a multiplication or division equation.
3.OA.B	3A2	Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.
3.OA.5	3A21	Apply the commutative and associative properties for multiplication. Students do not need to use the terms but should be able to apply the properties.
3.OA.5	3A22	Apply the distributive property when learning basic facts. For example, students should be able to think of 7 x 5 as 5 x 5 plus 2 x 5.
3.OA.6	3A23	Relate division to finding a missing factor.
3.OA.C	3A3	Multiply and divide within 100.
3.OA.7	3A31	Fluently multiply to find products of two one-digit numbers.
3.OA.7	3A32	Fluently divide numbers to 100 by one-digit numbers.
3.OA.D	3A4	Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
3.OA.8	3A41	Represent and solve two-step word problems using addition and/or subtraction.
3.OA.8	3A42	Represent and solve two-step word problems using multiplication and/or division.
3.OA.8	3A43	Represent and solve two-step word problems using any two operations.
3.OA.9	3A44	Identify and explain arithmetic patterns.
CCSS	Code	NUMBER & OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN
3.NBT.A	3B1	Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
3.NBT.1	3B11	Round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
3.NBT.2	3B12	Fluently add numbers with sums to 1000. The Grade 2 standards call for fluency with sums to 100.
3.NBT.2	3B13	Fluently subtract from numbers to 1000.
3.NBT.2	3B14	Subtract by relating to addition. For example, students should be able to find 812 – 798 by thinking of adding on to 798 to get 812. The answer is 2 and 12 more, or 14.
3.NBT.3	3B15	Multiply one-digit numbers by multiples of 10 up to 90.
CCSS	Code	NUMBER & OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS
3.NF.A	3F1	Develop understanding of fractions as numbers. [Use denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.]
3.NF.1	3F11	Write a fraction to represent one or more equal parts of a whole unit.
3.NF.2a	3F12	Write fractions to represent lengths of intervals on a number line. This is a new concept for students in Grade 3.
3.NF.2b	3F13	Write fractions to represent locations on a number line. This is also a new concept.
3.NF.3a	3F14	Recognize that equivalent fractions are the same size.
3.NF.3b	3F15	Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions.
3.NF.3c	3F16	Recognize fractions equivalent to whole numbers.
3.NF.3d	3F17	Compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator.
CCSS	Code	GEOMETRY
3.G.A	3G1	Reason with shapes and their attributes.
3.G.1	3G11	Categorize quadrilaterals including rhombuses, rectangles, and squares by their attributes.
3.G.2	3G12	Partition shapes into parts with equal areas to represent unit fractions. In Grade 2, students made two, three, or four equal shares. This is the first year that students need to write unit fractions.
CCSS	Code	MEASUREMENT & DATA
3.MD.A	3M1	Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
3.MD.1	3M11	Write time to the nearest minute. In Grade 2, students wrote time to the nearest five minutes.
3.MD.1	3M12	Measure time intervals in minutes. For this topic, students should be able to count minutes from one given time to the next given time.
3.MD.1	3M13	Solve word problems involving time intervals.
3.MD.2	3M14	Measure and estimate liquid volume in liters. Another name for liquid volume is capacity.
3.MD.2	3M15	Solve word problems involving liquid volume.
3.MD.2	3M16	Measure and estimate mass in grams and kilograms. At this level, it is not important to make a distinction between mass and weight.
3.MD.2	3M17	Solve word problems involving mass.
3.MD.B	3M2	Represent and interpret data.
3.MD.3	3M21	Draw a bar graph using an appropriate scale.
3.MD.4	3M22	Solve problems using information from graphs.
3.MD.4	3M23	Make line plots of data measured using rulers to 1/4 inch. Students should use rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch to generate data for line plots.
3.MD.C	3M3	Understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
3.MD.5	3M31	Understand that area is measured in square units.
3.MD.6	3M32	Count unit squares to measure area.
3.MD.7a	3M33	Relate area of a rectangle to multiplication.
3.MD.7b	3M34	Solve real-world problems involving area.
3.MD.7b	3M35	Represent products as rectangular areas.
3.MD.7c	3M36	Use area models to represent the distributive property. For example, students should be able to break a 14 x 8 rectangle into two parts to show that (10 + 4) x 8 is the same as (10 x 8) + (4 x 8).
3.MD.7d	3M37	Find areas by decomposing figures to make rectangles.
3.MD.D	3M4	Recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
3.MD.8	3M41	Find the perimeter of a polygon.
3.MD.8	3M42	Find an unknown side length in a polygon. For example, if a pentagon with a perimeter of 28 cm has sides of length 5 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm, and 8 cm, students should be able to find the missing side length.
3.MD.8	3M43	Compare perimeters of two rectangles with the same area.
3.MD.8	3M44	Compare areas of two rectangles with the same perimeter.
	Goals were developed by Angie Seltzer. Highlighted parts are from Grade 3 CCSS, Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.