Scope and Sequence
AM™ CC Grade 3 Library
The Accelerated Math™ scope and sequence is based on extensive mathematics and standards research and
consultation from mathematics educators, mathematicians, and university researchers. You're sure to find objectives that
reinforce the skills you are teaching, regardless of what instructional materials you use. Accelerated Math makes it easy to
select and organize objectives to suit your textbook and your own teaching approach. This Accelerated Math library
provides the following scope and sequence of objectives
Topic 1 - Operations and
Algebraic Thinking
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Relate a multiplication to a repeated
addition sentence
Interpret a multiplication fact as the
sum of equal groups
Relate a multiplication sentence within
100 to an array model
Relate division to pictures of objects
divided into equal groups
Use a division sentence to represent
objects divided into equal groups
WP: Interpret the whole-number
quotient of whole numbers
Apply properties of multiplication
Multiply three 1-digit whole numbers
using strategies based on properties of
operations
Apply the distributive property to the
multiplication of a 1-digit whole
number by a 1-digit whole number
Determine the missing product in a
number sentence involving basic facts
Determine the missing multiplicand in
a number sentence involving basic
facts
Determine the missing quotient in a
number sentence involving basic facts
Determine the missing dividend or
divisor in a number sentence involving
basic facts
Understand division as an unknown
factor problem
Fluently multiply within 100 using
basic facts
WP: Represent a multiplication or a
division situation within 100 using a
picture showing equal groups
WP: Solve a multiplication problem
within 100 involving equal groups
WP: Solve a division problem within
100 involving equal groups
WP: Determine a multiplication or
division sentence within 100 for a
given situation
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WP: Represent a multiplication or a
division situation within 100 using a
picture showing arrays
WP: Solve a multiplication problem
within 100 involving arrays
WP: Solve a division problem within
100 involving arrays
WP: Represent a multiplication or a
division situation within 100 using a
picture showing measurement
quantities
WP: Solve a multiplication problem
within 100 involving measurement
quantities
WP: Solve a division problem within
100 involving measurement quantities
Fluently divide within 100 using basic
facts
WP: Solve a 2-step problem with
whole numbers using addition and
subtraction
WP: Solve a 2-step problem with
whole numbers using multiplication
and division
WP: Solve a 2-step problem with
whole numbers using any of the four
operations
Topic 2 - Number and
Operations in Base Ten
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Add two whole numbers within 1,000
Add three 2- to 3-digit whole numbers
Subtract whole numbers within 1,000
Use a number line to round a whole
number within 1,000 to the nearest 10
or 100
Round a whole number within 1,000 to
the nearest 10 or 100
Multiply a 1-digit whole number by a
multiple of 10 within 90
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Scope and Sequence
Topic 3 - Operations and
Algebraic Thinking: Equations,
Estimation, and Patterns
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WP: Represent a 2-step problem using
an equation with a letter standing for
the unknown
Estimate a sum or difference of 2- to
4-digit whole numbers using any
method
WP: Estimate a sum or difference of
two 3- or 4-digit whole numbers using
any method
WP: Estimate the solution to a 2-step
problem
Determine an addition or subtraction
number pattern given a rule
Determine the rule for an addition or
subtraction number pattern
Complete a table given a rule
Determine the rule given a table
Topic 4 - Number and
Operations: Fractions
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Identify a shape partitioned into parts
with equal areas
Express the area of a part of a shape
as a unit fraction
Identify a unit fraction as part of a
whole
Relate a fraction to a model
Relate a fraction to a point on a
number line
Recognize a non-unit fraction as the
sum of unit fractions on a number line
Recognize equivalent fractions using
models
Use a number line to identify a fraction
equivalent to a given fraction
Use a model to determine why two
fractions are equivalent
Use a model to relate a whole number
to a fraction
Relate a whole number to a fraction
WP: Determine a valid statement
when comparing fractions
Compare fractions with like
numerators
Compare fractions with like
denominators
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Topic 5 - Measurement and
Data
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Tell time to the minute
Measure a time interval in minutes
WP: Calculate elapsed time within an
hour given two clocks
WP: Calculate elapsed time within an
hour
WP: Determine the end time given the
start time on a clock and the elapsed
time within an hour
WP: Determine the end time given the
start time and the elapsed time within
an hour
WP: Determine the start time given
the end time on a clock and the
elapsed time within an hour
WP: Determine the start time given
the end time and the elapsed time
within an hour
Measure the mass of an object using
grams or kilograms
WP: Solve a 1-step problem involving
mass or volume
Use a scaled pictograph graph to
represent data
Use a scaled bar graph to represent
data
WP: Solve a 1-step problem using
information in a scaled pictograph
WP: Solve a 1-step problem using
information in a scaled bar graph
WP: Solve a 2-step problem using
information in a scaled pictograph
WP: Solve a 2-step problem using
information in a scaled bar graph
Measure length to the nearest half inch
or quarter inch
Represent length measurement data
with a line plot that has a fractional
scale to fourths
Topic 6 - Geometry: Concepts
and Measurement
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Identify a common subcategory of
quadrilaterals
Identify a quadrilateral that does not
belong to common subcategories of
quadrilaterals
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Determine the perimeter of a polygon
given a picture showing side lengths
Determine the perimeter of a rectangle
or square given a picture showing
length and width
Determine the missing side length of a
rectangle or square given a picture
and the perimeter
Determine the missing side length of a
polygon given a picture and the
perimeter
WP: Determine the perimeter of a
polygon given a picture showing all
side lengths
WP: Determine the perimeter of a
rectangle given a picture showing
length and width
WP: Find the unknown side length of a
rectangle given a picture where the
perimeter and one other side length
are given
WP: Find the unknown side length of a
polygon given a picture where the
perimeter and other side lengths are
given
Measure an area by counting unit
squares
WP: Determine the area of a
rectangular shape by counting unit
squares
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Determine the area of a rectangle with
whole-number side lengths by tiling
Determine the area of a rectangle
given a picture showing length and
width
Determine the area of a rectangle
given length and width
WP: Determine the area of a rectangle
given a picture showing length and
width
Represent a whole-number product as
a rectangular area in mathematical
reasoning
Represent the distributive property
using area models
Find the area of a rectilinear figure by
decomposing it into non-overlapping
rectangles and adding the areas of the
non-overlapping parts
WP: Find the area of a rectilinear
figure by decomposing it into nonoverlapping rectangles and adding the
areas of the non-overlapping parts
Solve a problem involving rectangles
with the same area and different
perimeters
Solve a problem involving rectangles
with the same perimeter and different
areas
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Pre-Calculus
Calculus
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