SST-03.1.04

3rd Grade SST Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 1: Skills and Resources

SST-03.1.04 Describe current events using print and electronic media (e.g., newspaper, children’s news magazines, television, Internet).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can describe current events using print and electronic media.  

 

Proficiency Rubric

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 The student demonstrates in-depth understanding of academic knowledge and skills for this grade level beyond what was taught in the classroom. -
  3.5 The student has mastered the 3.0 knowledge and has shown some 4.0 understanding.  
3.0 The student demonstrates some academic knowledge and skills for this grade level.  The student can identify the critical or essential elements of knowledge. -The student will share his/her knowledge through a quick write, by reading and discussing current events or in a PBL project.  
  2.5 The student has mastered the 2.0 knowledge and has shown some 3.0 understanding.
2.0 The student demonstrates some academic knowledge and skills for this grade level.  The student can identify the critical or essential elements of knowledge. -
  1.5 The student has mastered the 1.0 knowledge and has shown some 2.0 understanding.
1.0 The student demonstrates very limited new academic knowledge and skill for this grade level.  The student performs retrieval skills.  The student can determine whether provided information is accurate, inaccurate or unknown.   -
  0.5 The student shows no understanding of the standard.  

Resources

Websites

Discovery Education

Elementary Social Studies

Parents Helping Students

Helping Your Child With Social Studies

Social Studies in Third Grade 

 

Vocabulary

  • media
  • electronic
  • print
  • magazine
  • internet
  • news
  • newspaper

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