Standards list – unit 1 [Grade 3]

The articles in Unit 1 can be used to address the following standards:

Next Generation Science Standards   

• 3-LS4-3 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
• Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
• 3-LS4-4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
  Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.

Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts

• Key Ideas and Details
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
    Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
    Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

• Craft and Structure
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4
    Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7
    Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.10
    By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

• Research to Build and Present Knowledge
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7
    Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

Common Core State Standards: Mathematics

• Represent and interpret data
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3
    Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.