GRADE 3 MATHEMATICS
CURRICULUM GUIDE
Overview and Scope & Sequence
Loudoun County Public Schools
2015-2016
(Additional curriculum information and resources for teachers can be accessed through CMS and VISION)
Grade 3 Nine Weeks Overview
1st Quarter
Unit 1-Classroom Routines:
“The First 20 Days
Classroom Routines”
NUMBER TALKS
3.11 Time/Elapsed Time
3.12 Equiv. Periods of Time
3.13 Temperature
3.17 Data and Graphs
Unit 2-Place Value
3.1 Place Value, Round,
Compare
Unit 3-Computation With
Whole Numbers
(addition/subtraction)
3.2 Related Facts to Solve
Problems
3.4 Single- & Multistep
Problems (add/subtract)
3.20 Identity/Commutative
Properties (addition)
Unit 4-Money
3.8 Count & Compare
Money, Making Change
43 days
2nd Quarter
Unit 1-Classroom Routines:
NUMBER TALKS
3.11 Time/Elapsed Time
3.12 Equiv. Periods of Time
3.13 Temperature
3.17 Data and Graphs
3rd Quarter
Unit 1-Classroom Routines:
NUMBER TALKS
3.11 Time/Elapsed Time
3.12 Equiv. Periods of Time
3.13 Temperature
3.17 Data and Graphs
4th Quarter
Unit 1-Classroom Routines:
NUMBER TALKS
3.11 Time/Elapsed Time
3.12 Equiv. Periods of Time
3.13 Temperature
3.17 Data and Graphs
Unit 5-Computation With
Whole Numbers
(multiplication/division)
3.5 Multiplication & Division
Facts
3.6 Model Multiplication &
Division, Create & Solve Story
Problems
3.19 Patterns (see unit
summary)
3.20 Identity/Commutative
Properties (multiplication)
Unit 8-Fractions, Probability,
and Measurement (length)
3.3 Model, Name, & Compare
Fractions
3.18 Probability
3.9ad Length to Nearest ½ Inch,
Area/Perimeter
Unit 11-Measuring My World
3.9 Measure Length, Weight, Liquid
Volume, Area/Perimeter
3.10 Area/Perimeter
Unit 6-Patterns and Data
3.17 Collect, Display, &
Interpret Data
3.19 Patterns
Unit 7-Geometry
3.14 Plane & Solid Geometric
Figures
3.15 2D Geometry
3.16 Congruent/Noncongruent Geometric Figures
48 days
Review for SOL Assessment &
Post SOL Topics
Unit 9-Computation with
Fractions
3.7 Add/Subtract Fractions With
Like Denominators
Unit 10-Elapsed Time and
Temperature
3.11 Time/Elapsed Time
3.12 Equiv. Periods of Time
3.13 Temperature
48 days
41 days
Grade 3 Scope & Sequence
Quarter 1: 43 days
Days
All year
UNIT
Unit 1-Classroom
Routines
Standard
Content Strand
Topic
“The First 20 Days Classroom Routines”
& NUMBER TALKS, Time/Elapsed Time, Equiv. Periods of Time, Temperature, Data/Graphs
10
Unit 2-Place Value
3.1
Number and Number
Sense
Place Value, Round, Compare
20
Unit 3-Computation With
Whole Numbers
(addition/subtraction)
3.2
Number and Number
Sense
Related Facts to Solve Problems
3.4
Computation and
Estimation
Single- and Multistep Problems (add/subtract)
3.20
Patterns, Functions,
and Algebra
Identity/Commutative Properties (addition)
3.8
Measurement
Count and Compare Money, Make Change
10
3
Unit 4-Money
Assessment, Review, and Intervention
Quarter 2: 48 days
Days
UNIT
All year
Unit 1-Classroom
Routines
20
Unit 5-Computation With
Whole Numbers
(multiplication/division)
12
12
4
Unit 6-Patterns & Data
Unit 7-Geometry
Standard
Content Strand
Topic
NUMBER TALKS, Time/Elapsed Time, Equiv. Periods of Time, Temperature, Data/Graphs
3.5
Computation and
Estimation
Multiplication and Division Facts
3.6
Computation and
Estimation
Model Multiplication and Division, Create and
Solve Story Problems
3.19
Patterns, Functions,
and Algebra
Patterns (see unit summary)
3.20
Patterns, Functions,
and Algebra
Identity/Commutative Properties (multiplication)
3.17
Probability and
Statistics
Collect, Display, and Interpret Data
3.19
Patterns, Functions,
and Algebra
Patterns
3.14
Geometry
Plane and Solid Geometric Figures
3.15
Geometry
2D Geometry
3.16
Geometry
Congruent/Non-congruent Geometric Figures
Assessment, Review, and Intervention
Quarter 3: 48 days
Days
UNIT
All year
Unit 1-Classroom
Routines
22
Unit 8-Fractions,
Probability, and
Measurement (length)
Standard
Content Strand
Topic
NUMBER TALKS, Time/Elapsed Time, Equiv. Periods of Time, Temperature,
Data/Graphs
3.3
Number and Number
Sense
Model, Name, and Compare Fractions
3.18
Probability and
Statistics
Probability
3.9ad
Measurement
Length to Nearest ½ inch, Area/Perimeter
12
Unit 9-Computation
With Fractions
3.7
Computation and
Estimation
Add/Subtract Fractions With Like
Denominators
11
Unit 10-Elapsed Time &
Temperature
3.11
Measurement
Time/Elapsed Time
3.12
Measurement
Equivalent Periods of Time
3.13
Measurement
Temperature
3
Assessment, Review, and Intervention
Quarter 4: 41 days
Days
UNIT
All year
Unit 1-Classroom
Routines
20
Unit 11-Measuring My
World
21
Standard
Content Strand
Topic
NUMBER TALKS, Time/Elapsed Time, Equiv. Periods of Time, Temperature,
Data/Graphs
3.9
Measurement
Measure Length, Weight, Liquid Volume,
Area/Perimeter
3.10
Measurement
Area/Perimeter
Assessment, Review, and Intervention
SOL Tests
Additional information about the Standards of Learning can be found in the
VDOE Curriculum Framework
(click link above)
Additional information about math vocabulary can be found in the
VDOE Vocabulary Word Wall Cards
(click link above)