Third Grade Fridge Curriculum
Skills to work on with your student throughout the year
English Language Arts
Read a wide range of stories and describe how a story teaches a lesson
Describe characters in a story and how their actions contribute to events
Read texts and answer questions about history, social studies, or science
Refer to information from illustrations such as maps or pictures as well as the words in a text to support answers
Use standard English when speaking and writing
Learn and use new vocabulary, including words related to specific subjects (e.g., science words, social studies words)
Participate in discussions by listening, asking questions, sharing ideas, and building on the ideas of others
Write stories with dialogue, describing characters’ actions, thoughts, and feelings
Gather information from books, articles, and online sources to learn more about a topic
Write research or opinion papers over extended periods of time
Mathematics
Solve two-step word problems by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing numbers through 100
Use place value to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100
Quickly and accurately add and subtract numbers through 1000
Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 between 10 and 90. (e.g., 9×80 or 5×60)
Multiply all one-digit numbers from memory (know the times table)
Relate the measurement of area to multiplication and division
Understand fractions as numbers and identify them on a number line
Compare the size of two fractions (e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3)
Express whole numbers as fractions and identify fractions that are equal to whole numbers (e.g., recognize that 3⁄ and 3 are the same number)
Estimate and measure liquid volumes and weights; solve word problems using grams, kilograms, and liters
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes
Represent and interpret data on a picture graph and bar graph
Measure lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch