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Standard 1: Skills and Resources

SST-03.1

BPSS-SST logoStandard 1:

Skills and Resources

Students apply Social Studies skills and resources.

 Narrative for the Skills and Resources

Through active learning experiences, third grade students gain knowledge and process information about their local community from a variety of resources. They identify important historical events, places, and persons from the past and make connections with their present community. Third grade students explore their own community, including its: (1) geographic location, (2) human and material resources, (3) major work and services, and (4) basic beliefs and values. Students begin to understand other communities in the state and the world through simple comparative studies. For third graders, the study of history emphasizes continuity and change. Concepts of time and space should unfold through such direct experiences as historic role playing, interviews, and the construction of simple maps and charts. Through group work and projects, students should increase communications and decision-making skills and build civic values relating to responsible community citizenship. Skills to receive special emphasis include: (1) using cardinal and intermediate directions and common map symbols; (2) locating their community, major land and water forms, and reference points on maps and globes; (3) making simple generalizations about change, both past and future, and the influence of geographic relationships; (4) giving examples of the diversity of goods and services; (5) exploring the heritage of their own and selected communities; and (6) demonstrating responsible decision-making and citizenship skills.

Calculation Method for Standards

Standards are larger groups of related benchmarks. The Standard Grade is a calculation of all the related benchmarks. Click on the benchmark name below each Standard to access the learning targets and proficiency rubrics for each standard's related benchmarks.

SST-03.1.01

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

SST-03.1.01 Use labels, symbols, compass rose (i.e., intermediate directions), and legends to locate physical features on a map.

Student Learning Targets:

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can use labels and symbols to locate physical features on a map.
  • I can use intermediate directions on a compass rose to locate physical features on a map.
  • I can use legends to locate physical features on a map

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.   -The student creates a map using a compass rose, labels and symbols for physical features and a legend.  This is done independently.
  3.5 Has mastered the 3.0 knowledge and has shown some 4.0 understanding.  
3.0 The student demonstrates proficiency in academic knowledge and skills for this grade level.   -The student may show his/her understanding through a PBL project, quick write using reliable sources/maps or reference maps to locate the physical features.  
  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

  • compass rose
  • physical features
  • landforms
  • legend
  • symbols

SST-03.1.02

BPSS-SST Skills and Resources concept logo3rd Grade (SST) Social Studies Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 1: Skills and Resources

SST-03.1.02 Create a mental map that demonstrates understanding of the relative location, direction, size and shape of the local community (e.g., school, hospital, post office, stores, landmarks, home).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can

Reasoning Targets

  • I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can 

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...

(1) Beginning

  • with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.

(2) Developing

  • demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

(3) Proficient

  • demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations "the standard".

(4) Advanced

  • demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.

Resources

Vocabulary

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  • list

Websites

SST-03.1.03

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

SST-03.1.03 Use a variety of resources (e.g., maps, charts, bar graphs, Internet, books) to gather information about people, places, and events.

Student Learning Targets:

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can use a variety of resources to gather information about people, places, and events. 

 

Proficiency Rubric

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations. -
  3.5 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 “The Standard.” The student is able to gather evidence about social studies topics from numerous resources and synthesize the information to share with others. -The student researches a topic such as continents, using non-fiction books and internet sources and shares the information when speaking or writing.
  2.5 The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 The student is able to gather information about a topic from different resources, but does not synthesize the information when presenting the information on the topic. -The student shares the information on the topic of continents, but presents the information from different sources seperately (does not make the connection between the two sources of information on a topic).
  1.5 The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 The student is able to gather information from one source. -The student uses only one non-fiction resource to gather information on the topic of continents.
  0.5 With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).

Resources

Websites

Discovery Education

Elementary Social Studies

Parents Helping Students

Helping Your Child With Social Studies

Social Studies in Third Grade 

 

Vocabulary

  • Information
  • Communicate
  • Resources
  • Sythesize

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

SST-03.1.05

BPSS-SST Skills and Resources concept logo3rd Grade (SST) Social Studies Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 1: Skills and Resources

SST-03.1.05 Construct time lines (i.e. periods in their own lives and the lives of their family members).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can

Reasoning Targets

  • I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can 

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...

(1) Beginning

  • with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.

(2) Developing

  • demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

(3) Proficient

  • demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations "the standard".

(4) Advanced

  • demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.

Resources

Vocabulary

  • list
  • list

Websites

SST-03.1.06

BPSS-SST Skills and Resources concept logo3rd Grade (SST) Social Studies Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 1: Skills and Resources

SST-03.1.06 Interpret simple time lines (e.g., identify the time at which events occurred, the sequence in which events developed, and what else was occurring at the time).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can identify and explain events in sequence on a timeline.

Reasoning Targets

  • I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can 

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...

(1) Beginning

is only able to answer basic questions about a timeline such as

  1. What year was the....?
  2. What event happened in ___?
  3. What is this timeline about?

(2) Developing

is able to answer questions about a timeline by answer the following questions.

  1. What happened ___ years before...
  2. What happened ___ years after...

(3) Proficient

is able to explain the meaning or interpret the information from the timeline by answering the following questions.

  1. Which happened earlier? Student will need to choose between three events.
  2. What is the span of this timeline?
  3. Create an event and a year on a timeline.

(4) Advanced

  • demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.

Resources

Vocabulary

  • timeline
  • sequence
  • event

Websites

SST-03.1.07

BPSS-SST Skills and Resources concept logo3rd Grade (SST) Social Studies Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 1: Skills and Resources

SST-03.1.07 Use spatial terms to describe the world (i.e., equator, hemispheres).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can

Reasoning Targets

  • I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can 

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...

(1) Beginning

  • with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.

(2) Developing

  • demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

(3) Proficient

  • demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations "the standard".

(4) Advanced

  • demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.

Resources

Vocabulary

  • list
  • list

Websites