Framingham Public Schools

Third Grade Curriculum Outcomes

Language Arts | Math | Science | Social Studies | Art | Music | Physical Education

Math

Students engage in problem solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to:

Number Sense and Operations

Students will...

• compare, order and read whole numbers to 10,000.
• select, use and explain various models of multiplication and division of whole numbers.
• know and use multiplication facts through 10.
• add, subtract, and multiply accurately and efficiently.
• demonstrate an understanding of common fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10,/ 1/12, and 1 1/2) as parts of units and as equivalent forms.
• round whole numbers through 10,000 to nearest 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000.

Patterns, Relations, and Algebra

Students will...

• use symbols and letter variables to represent unknowns or quantities.
• determine values of variables in simple equations.

Geometry

Students will...

• compare and classify 2 and 3-dimensional geometric shapes by attributes.
• describe, model, draw, compare, and classify 2 and 3-dimensional shapes.
• recognize similar figures.
• identify angles as acute, right, or obtuse.
• describe and draw intersecting, parallel, and perpendicular lines.

Measurement

Students will...

• demonstrate an understanding of such attributes as length, area, weight, and volume and select appropriate type of unit for measuring each attribute.
• carry out simple conversions within a measurement system.
• identify time to the minute on analog and digital clocks using a.m. and p.m. and compute lapsed time using a clock.
• estimate and find area and perimeter of shapes.
• identify and use appropriate metric and English unit and tools to estimate, measure and solve problems involving length, area, volume, weight, time, angle size, and temperature.

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

Students will...

• collect and organize data using observations, measurement, surveys or experiments and identify appropriate ways to display the data.
• construct, draw conclusions, and make predictions from various representations of data.
• give the probability of possible outcomes for a simple situation.
• list and count the number of possible combinations of objects from 3 sets.
• classify outcomes as certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible by designing and conducting experiments using concrete objects.