LEARNER PROFILE As members of Yarmouth Elementary School students work to become caring, respectful, and fair citizens.
A Responsible Classroom Citizen - Exhibits verbal self-control
- Exhibits physical self-control
- Respects community members
- Accepts responsibility for work
- Accepts responsibility for behavior
- Is a collaborative worker
A Self-Directed Lifelong Learner - Is organized
- Attentive during instruction
- Works independently
- Strives for personal best
- Perseveres with challenges
- Completes homework
- Communicates effectively
READING Foundational Skills
Literature Retells with key details, character’s actions, and evidence from the text Understands how successive parts of texts build on earlier sections Understands varying points of view Compares and contrasts story elements Reads and comprehends literature independently at grade level
Informational Text Provides evidence from a text to demonstrate comprehension Determines the main idea using key details to summarize Uses text features to understand relevant vocabulary and comprehend text Compares and contrasts nonfiction texts Reads and comprehends informational texts independently at grade level
WRITING Text Types and Purposes:
Narrative Writing Develops a narrative that uses dialogue, actions, thoughts, and feelings Writes the events of a narrative in sequence using transition words Writes a lead that hooks the reader Writes an ending that provides a sense of closure
Opinion/Persuasive Writing
Information Writing Uses facts, definitions, and details to teach about a topic Uses linking words and phrases to connect ideas within subtopics Writes a concluding statement or section
Conventions in Daily Writing Uses appropriate capitalization (proper nouns and titles) Uses punctuation correctly Spells grade level high frequency words correctly Applies a variety of spelling patterns
Production and Distribution With guidance, strengthens writing by revising and editing With guidance, uses technology to publish and interact with others
MATHEMATICS The following goals are expected to be secure by the end of Grade 3. Please note that these are secure goals, but they are not the only concepts to which students will be exposed at this grade level. Students will have a rich curriculum, and their experiences in math will introduce them to many new concepts that will deepen over time.
Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division
- Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division
- Multiply and divide within 100
- Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic
Number and Operations in Base Ten - Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic
Number and Operations—Fractions - Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
Measurement and Data - Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects
- Represent and interpret data
- Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition
- Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures
Geometry - Reason with shapes and their attributes
Basic Fact Fluency - Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
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