Grade 3 Curriculum
Below are skills needed, with links to resources to help with that skill. We also encourage plenty of exercises and book work. Curriculum Home
Important: this is a guide only.
Check with your local education authority to find out their requirements.
Grade 3 | Counting
Skip count by 25's and 50's to 1,000 or by 100's to 10,000
Grade 3 | Addition
Use a variety of strategies to add 3-digit numbers (with and without regrouping)
Use and explain the commutative property of addition
Understand and use the associative property of addition
Grade 3 | Subtraction
Use a variety of strategies to subtract 3-digit numbers (with and without regrouping)
Grade 3 | Multiplication
Develop fluency with multiplication facts: 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x
Use a variety of strategies to solve multiplication problems with factors up to 12 x 12
Use the area model, tables, patterns, arrays, and doubling to provide meaning for multiplication
Use 1 as the identity element for multiplication
Use the zero property of multiplication
Use and explain the commutative property of multiplication
Grade 3 | Division
Demonstrate fluency and apply single-digit division facts
Use tables, patterns, halving, and manipulatives to provide meaning for division
Grade 3 | Numbers
Identify odd and even numbers
Develop an understanding of the properties of odd/even numbers as a result of addition or subtraction
Read and write whole numbers to 1,000
Compare and order numbers to 1,000
Understand the place value structure of the base ten number system:
10 ones = 1 ten
10 tens = 1 hundred
10 hundreds = 1 thousand
Use a variety of strategies to compose and decompose three-digit numbers
Grade 3 | Fractions
Develop an understanding of fractions as part of a whole unit and as parts of a collection
Use manipulatives, visual models, and illustrations to name and represent unit fractions (1/2,1/3,1/4,1/5,1/6 and 1/10) as part of a whole or a set of objects
Understand and recognize the meaning of numerator and denominator in the symbolic form of a fraction
Recognize fractional numbers as equal parts of a whole
Explore equivalent fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4)
Compare and order unit fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4) and find their approximate locations on a number line
Grade 3 | Measurement
Select tools and units appropriate for the length measured (metric units)
Select and use standard metric and non-standard units to estimate measurements
Use a ruler to measure to the nearest standard unit (centimeters or half centimeters)
Weigh objects (grams or kilograms)
Recognize capacity as an attribute that can be measured
Compare metric capacities (e.g., Which contains more? Which contains less?)
Measure capacity, using metric standard units (liters)
Identify compass directions: NE etc and NNE etc
Weigh objects (ounces or pounds)
Select tools and units appropriate for the length measured (US units)
Select and use standard US and non-standard units to estimate measurements
Use a ruler to measure to the nearest standard unit (inches or quarter inches)
Measure capacity, using standard US units (pints or gallons)
Compare US standard capacities (e.g., Which contains more? Which contains less?)
Grade 3 | Time
Relate unit fractions to the face of the clock:
* Whole = 60 minutes
* 1/2 = 30 minutes
* 1/4 = 15 minutes
Tell time to the minute, using digital and analog clocks
Grade 3 | Geometry (Plane)
Define and use correct terminology when referring to shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, kite and hexagon)
Identify congruent and similar figures
Identify and construct lines of symmetry
Grade 3 | Geometry (Solid)
Name, describe, compare, and sort three-dimensional shapes: cube, cylinder, sphere, torus, prism, pyramid and cone
Identify the faces on a three-dimensional shape as two-dimensional shapes
Understand the three dimensions including the definitions of point, line, plane and solid
Grade 3 | Pre-Algebra
Use the equality or inequality symbols (with and without the use of a number line) to compare whole numbers and unit fractions (1/2,1/3,1/4,1/5,1/6 and 1/10)
Describe and extend numeric (+, -) and geometric patterns
Develop strategies for selecting the appropriate computational and operational method in problem solving situations
Grade 3 | Data
Formulate questions about themselves and their surroundings
Collect data using observation and surveys, and record appropriately
Construct a frequency table to represent a collection of data
Identify the parts of pictographs and bar graphs
Display data in pictographs and bar graphs
State the relationships between pictographs and bar graphs
Read and interpret data in bar graphs and pictographs
Formulate conclusions and make predictions from data graphs
Grade 3 | Estimation
Estimate numbers up to 500
Recognize real world situations in which an estimate (rounding) is more appropriate
Check reasonableness of an answer by using estimation
Grade 3 | Money
Count and represent combined coins and dollars, using currency symbols ($0.00)