Minnesota Grade 3 skill plan

Every Grade 3 skill in Vita, with the matching benchmark from the 2022 Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards in Mathematics. Minnesota schools must teach these standards by the 2027–28 school year. Language arts skills show their Common Core codes, science skills show NGSS codes, and social studies skills show C3 Framework codes.

126 skills this year: 58 math, 49 language arts, 11 science, 8 social studies. That's about 4 a week over a 36-week school year, and 15 to 20 minutes of practice a day is plenty for most kids. 55 of 58 math skills match a Minnesota benchmark, and 4 are taught in a different grade in Minnesota.

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Math 58 skills

Area, perimeter and shapes

3.51AreaMN 4.2.3.6 (MN Grade 4)
3.52PerimeterMN 3.2.3.3
3.53QuadrilateralsMN 3.2.4.1
3.54Area of L-shapesMN 4.2.3.5 (MN Grade 4)
3.55Find a missing side from the perimeterMN 3.2.3.3
3.56Area by multiplying sidesMN 4.2.3.6 (MN Grade 4)
3.57Area word problemsMN 4.2.3.6 (MN Grade 4)
3.58Perimeter word problemsMN 3.2.3.3

Language arts 49 skills

Word study

3.1Prefixes and suffixesRF.3.3a
3.2Root wordsL.3.4c
3.3Syllables in longer wordsRF.3.3c
3.4Dictionary guide wordsL.3.4d
3.5HomophonesL.3.2e
3.6Spelling with suffixesL.3.2e
3.7Suffixes -ful, -less and -lyL.3.4b
3.8Make opposites with un- and dis-L.3.4b

Grammar

3.9Abstract nounsL.3.1c
3.10Comparing with -er and -estL.3.1g
3.11Verb tensesL.3.1e
3.12Subject-verb agreementL.3.1f
3.13Pronoun agreementL.3.1f
3.14ConjunctionsL.3.1h
3.15Simple, compound and complex sentencesL.3.1i
3.16Parts of speechL.3.1a
3.17Tricky past tense verbsL.3.1d
3.18Possessive pronounsL.3.1f
3.19Compare with adverbsL.3.1g
3.20Irregular plural nounsL.3.1b

Capitals and punctuation

Vocabulary

Reading

3.36Find the lesson of a fableRL.3.2
3.37Character traitsRL.3.3
3.38Main ideaRI.3.2
3.39Chapters, stanzas and scenesRL.3.5
3.40Who is telling the story?RL.3.6
3.41Cause and effect in science and historyRI.3.3
3.42Search tools and text featuresRI.3.5
3.43How is the text organized?RI.3.8
3.44Read a mapRI.3.7
3.45Find the evidenceRI.3.1
3.46Two texts, one topicRI.3.9
3.47Which reference book?L.3.4d
3.48Supporting detailsRI.3.2
3.49Steps in a how-to textRI.3.8

Science 11 skills

Forces and magnets

3.1Balanced and unbalanced forcesNGSS 3-PS2-1
3.2Predict motionNGSS 3-PS2-2
3.3Will a magnet pick it up?NGSS 3-PS2-3
3.4Magnet polesNGSS 3-PS2-3

Life cycles and traits

3.5Life cyclesNGSS 3-LS1-1
3.6Living in groupsNGSS 3-LS2-1
3.7Inherited or learned?NGSS 3-LS3-1
3.8Traits help survivalNGSS 3-LS4-2

Weather and climate

3.9Weather and climateNGSS 3-ESS2-2
3.10Weather toolsNGSS 3-ESS2-1
3.11Weather hazardsNGSS 3-ESS3-1

Social studies 8 skills

Government and citizenship

3.1Levels of governmentC3 D2.Civ.1.3-5
3.2Rights and responsibilitiesC3 D2.Civ.2.3-5

Geography

3.3Directions on a mapC3 D2.Geo.1.3-5
3.4Map scaleC3 D2.Geo.1.3-5
3.5Natural, human or capital resourcesC3 D2.Eco.1.3-5

Economics

3.6Opportunity costC3 D2.Eco.1.3-5
3.7Trade and moneyC3 D2.Eco.3.3-5
3.8Primary and secondary sourcesC3 D2.His.10.3-5

Tip for homeschool families: the progress report on your Family page shows which of these skills your child has mastered, with dates. Print both to keep a record of the year.