La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade
The vision of the Strategic Plan is to create a
learning environment that enables our students to
be responsible and accountable for their own
learning. Students must clearly understand
expectations in order to take ownership for their
learning. The expectations are developed by our
teachers and are aligned with the Illinois State
Standards and Illinois Assessment Frameworks.
These expectations, written as Essential Learning
Targets, are in student friendly “I Can” statements
and are what students should know and be able
to do by the end of a specific school year.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Reading
1. I can use more than one vocabulary strategy (e.g., prefixes, suffixes,
base/root words, context clues, synonyms, antonyms, etc).
2. I can engage in active reading by using reading strategies to help me
comprehend as I read (e.g. question, infer, make connections, predict,
visualize and summarize).
3. I can identify the main idea and supporting details of a text and use
them to summarize.
4. I can identify the elements of fiction (e.g. theme [author’s message],
point of view, characters, setting, plot and sequence)
5. I can identify characteristics of various genre: realistic fiction, fable,
folk tale, myths and poems.
6. I can identify the author’s purpose (persuade, inform, entertain).
7. I can use informational (non-fiction) text features and search tools
(e.g., key words, sidebars) to help me understand what I am reading.
8. I can use critical thinking skills (cause and effect, fact and opinion,
and compare and contrast).
9. I can fluently read a variety of texts.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Writing
1. I can write complete sentences using proper capitalization and
punctuation.
2. I can use transition words effectively.
3. I can use resources to spell words correctly.
4. I can write a paragraph that stays on one topic.
5. I can use the text to support my thinking.
6. I can write an extended response.
7. I can write an expository piece using the Six Traits.
8. I can write a narrative using the Six Traits.
9. I can write a persuasive piece using the Six Traits (ideas, voice,
organization, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions).
10. I can use the writing process (prewriting, drafting, editing,
publishing).
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Mathematics
1. I can read, write, compare, and order 1-6 digit numbers using
numerals and words.
2. I can round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred place.
3. I can order, count, add, and subtract money.
4. I can add and subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping. 5. I can tell time to the nearest minute.
6. I can read line graphs and pictographs. 7. I can write multiplication as repeated addition and represent it
with models. 8. I can identify solid figures and their nets, and locate and count
their vertices, edges, and faces.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Mathematics
9. I can identify, describe, and draw two-dimensional shapes. 10. I can solve one-step addition and subtraction that have a missing
number or missing operation sign.
11. I can describe chances using words such as fair, unfair, possible,
impossible, likely, unlikely, and certain. 12. I can read, choose an appropriate strategy, and solve a variety of
word problems at the third grade level. 13. I can solve at least 20 multiplication facts (up to 10x10) in one minute.
14. I can determine the mode of a set of data.
15. I can identify and locate whole numbers and half numbers on a
number line.
16. I can identify and draw parallel lines. 17. I can describe a numeric pattern, find a missing number in a pattern,
and extend a pattern.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Science
1. I can identify and explain basic plant parts and their function.
2. I can identify the different animal groups: insects, spiders, mammals,
amphibians, reptiles, and fish.
3. I can name animal habitats: grassland, desert, rainforest, ocean, and
wetland.
4. I can describe animal adaptations.
5. I can explain the difference between a producer and a consumer.
6. I can describe the different landforms on the earth’s surface.
7. I can identify how volcanoes and earthquakes change the earth.
8. I can explain how weathering changes rocks and how erosion changes the
earth’s surface.
9. I can identify six simple machines and their function.
10. I can explain the difference between stored, potential, and kinetic energy.
11. I can identify the effects of friction on a moving object.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Health
1. I can explain the functions of my sense organs, skeletal, muscular,
digestive, circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems and can give
examples of how to take good care of them.
2. I can demonstrate how to avoid conflicts with bullies.
3. I can demonstrate compassion, kindness, apology, and forgiveness.
4. I can explain how to contact help in an emergency situations and give my
phone number and address.
5. I can explain the sources of air, noise, and water pollution and can
describe ways to reduce these types of pollution, such as reducing,
reusing and recycling.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Social Studies
1. I can locate my community on a map of the world.
2. I can identify the equator, the prime meridian, the four hemispheres,
oceans, and continents.
3. I can identify cardinal and intermediate directions, use a compass rose,
map key, and map scale.
4. I can locate and identify key landmarks in the United States, such as the
Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
5. I can identify how physical features, climate, and natural resources of
various geographic areas affect communities.
6. I can explain how and why people immigrate to the United States as well
as the drawbacks of immigrating.
7. I can explain how Native American groups in different regions have
adapted to their physical environments and used natural resources to
meet their basic needs (food, clothing, shelter).
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Art
1. I can design, construct, and glaze a clay object with scored and
slipped attached parts using slab process.
2. I can paint papers for collage.
3. I can show space by image placement.
4. I can weave yarn.
5. I can identify the art elements in works of art. MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Music
1. I can match pitch on the entire scale.
2. I can identify eighth, quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes.
3. I can perform eighth, quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes.
4. I can produce a good tone on recorder.
5. I can identify the notes of the treble clef.
6. I can properly finger the notes on recorder.
7. I can sing with good posture, tone and diction.
8. I can sing rounds with groups in multiple parts.
9. I can perform simple part songs.
10. I can demonstrate proper concert Etiquette.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Physical Education
1.
I can perform basic locomotor, non-locomotor, and sport-related
concepts.
2.
I can perform basic tumbling skills.
3.
I can perform basic health, fitness, and strength activities.
4.
I can work with others in basic and complex games, relays and
activities.
5.
I can participate in the national physical fitness test and standards.
6.
I can perform basic fundamental basketball skills.
7.
I can perform basic fundamental soccer skills.
8.
I can perform basic fundamental baseball/ kickball skills.
9.
I can perform basic fundamental team building skills.
10. I can perform basic floor hockey skills.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Spanish
1. I can state family relations.
2. I can read and write selected vocabulary.
3. I can express actions in the near future.
4. I can list some nationalities from Spanish-speaking countries.
5. I can identify selected modes of transportation.
6. I can count to 100.
7. I can use selected time expressions.
8. I can express feelings using Tener expressions.
9. I can ask questions using when, why, who.
10. I can tell, illustrate, and present a story. MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL
La Grange Highlands School District 106
3rd Grade - Technology
1. I can use home row keyboarding.
2. I can format a document using alignment, spacing and fonts.
3. I can use Spotlight to find a document or application.
4. I can use iPhoto to store images.
5. I can save and retrieve files.
6. I can find books using the LRC online catalog.
MISSION: WE WILL ENSURE EVERY CHILD REACHES HIS/HER POTENTIAL