Grade 3 Mathematics

Comprehension

• Main idea of a paragraph
• Non-fiction text features
• Retrieve facts from non-fiction

Conventions: Grammar

• Articles and determiners
• Commas in lists
• Conjunctions
• Past and present tense
• Pronouns
• Subject–verb agreement

Conventions: Spelling

• Contractions
• Irregular plurals
• Suffixes -ing, -ed and -er

Creating Texts

• Group ideas into paragraphs
• Narrative with beginning, middle and end

Financial Literacy

• Spending and saving plans

Geometry

• Line symmetry
• Right angles and turns

Measurement

• Grams, kilograms, litres and millilitres

Number

• 3, 4 and 8 times tables
• Column addition without regrouping
• Column addition with regrouping
• Column subtraction with regrouping
• Compare and order numbers to 1,000
• Compare fractions with the same denominator
• Count in 50s and 100s
• Mental strategies with three-digit numbers
• Place value: hundreds, tens and ones

Patterns

• Number patterns and pattern rules

Phonics and Phonological Awareness

• Decode multi-syllable words
• Decode words with prefixes and suffixes

Statistics

• Bar charts
• Collect data with surveys

Time

• a.m., p.m. and the 12-hour clock
• Tell the time to the minute

Vocabulary

• Alphabetical order and dictionaries
• Compound words
• Synonyms and shades of meaning