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Skills available for Nova Scotia grade 3 math curriculum

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3.N Number

3.PR Patterns and Relations

  • Patterns - Students will be expected to use patterns to describe the world and solve problems.

    • 3.PR01 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of increasing patterns by describing, extending, comparing, and creating numerical (numbers to 1000) patterns and non-numerical patterns using manipulatives, diagrams, sounds, and actions.

    • 3.PR02 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of decreasing patterns by describing, extending, comparing, and creating numerical (numbers to 1000) patterns and non-numerical patterns using manipulatives, diagrams, sounds, and actions.

      • 3.PR02.01 Identify and describe decreasing patterns.

      • 3.PR02.02 Describe a given decreasing pattern by stating a pattern rule that includes the starting point and a description of how the pattern continues.

      • 3.PR02.03 Extend a pattern using the pattern rule for the next three terms.

      • 3.PR02.04 Compare numeric patterns.

      • 3.PR02.05 Identify and explain errors in a given decreasing pattern.

      • 3.PR02.06 Create a concrete, pictorial, or symbolic representation of a decreasing pattern for a given pattern rule.

      • 3.PR02.07 Create a concrete, pictorial, or symbolic decreasing pattern and describe the pattern rule.

      • 3.PR02.08 Solve a given problem using decreasing patterns.

      • 3.PR02.09 Identify and describe the strategy used to determine a missing term in a given decreasing pattern.

      • 3.PR02.10 Use ordinal numbers (to 100th) to refer to or to predict terms within a decreasing pattern.

  • Variables and Equations - Students will be expected to represent algebraic expressions in multiple ways.

    • 3.PR03 Students will be expected to solve one-step addition and subtraction equations involving symbols representing an unknown number.

3.M Measurement

  • Students will be expected to use direct and indirect measure to solve problems.

    • 3.M01 Students will be expected to relate the passage of time to common activities using non-standard and standard units (minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years).

      • 3.M01.01 Select and use a non-standard unit of measure, such as television shows or pendulum swings, to measure the passage of time and explain the choice.

      • 3.M01.02 Identify activities that can or cannot be accomplished in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years.

      • 3.M01.03 Provide personal referents for minutes and hours.

      • 3.M01.04 Select and use a standard unit of measure, such as minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months to measure the passage of time and explain the choice.

    • 3.M02 Students will be expected to relate the number of seconds to a minute, the numbers of minutes to an hour, the numbers of hours to a day, and the number of days to a month in a problem-solving context.

    • 3.M03 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of measuring length (cm, m) by:
      • selecting and justifying referents for the units centimetre or metre (cm, m)
      • modelling and describing the relationship between the units centimetre or metre (cm, m)
      • estimating length using referents
      • measuring and recording length, width, and height

    • 3.M04 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of measuring mass (g, kg) by:
      • selecting and justifying referents for the units gram and kilogram (g, kg)
      • modelling and describing the relationship between the units gram and kilogram (g, kg)
      • estimating mass using referents; measuring and recording mass

      • 3.M04.01 Provide a personal referent for one gram and explain the choice.

      • 3.M04.02 Provide a personal referent for one kilogram and explain the choice.

      • 3.M04.03 Match a given standard unit to a given referent.

      • 3.M04.04 Explain the relationship between 1000 grams and 1 kilogram using a model.

      • 3.M04.05 Estimate the mass of a given object using personal referents.

      • 3.M04.06 Measure, using a balance scale, and record the mass of given everyday objects using the units gram (g) and kilogram (kg).

      • 3.M04.07 Provide examples of 3-D objects that have a mass of approximately 1 g, 100 g, and 1 kg.

      • 3.M04.08 Determine the mass of two given similar objects with different masses and explain the results.

      • 3.M04.09 Determine the mass of an object, change its shape, re-measure its mass and explain the results.

    • 3.M05 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of perimeter of regular, irregular, and composite shapes by:
      • estimating perimeter using referents for centimetre or metre (cm, m)
      • measuring and recording perimeter (cm, m)
      • create different shapes for a given perimeter (cm, m) to demonstrate that many shapes are possible for a perimeter

3.G Geometry

3.SP Statistics and Probability