3rd Grade Social Studies

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SST-03.4.01

3rd Grade SST Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 4: Political Systems

SST-03.4.01 Identify the roles, rights, and responsibilities of a citizen in a community (e.g., obedience to laws, the right to vote, service to the common good).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can explain the roles and responsibilities of a citizen in a community.
  • I can list the rights of a citizen in a community.

Proficiency Rubric

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 In addition to a proficient score of a 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth understanding and application of knowledge regarding more complex material. -
  3.5 In addition to a proficient score of 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth understanding of knowledge on the content.  
3.0 The student identifies all of the following: roles, rights and responsibilities of a citizen in a community.   -
  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 identifies 2 of the following: roles, rights and/or responsibilities of a citizen in a community.   -
  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 identifies 1 of the following: roles, rights or responsibilities of a citizen in a community.   -
  0.5 The student is unable to identify the roles, rights or responsibilities of a citizen in a community.  

Resources

Websites

Discovery Education

Elementary Social Studies

Parents Helping Students

Helping Your Child With Social Studies

Social Studies in Third Grade 

 

Vocabulary

  • roles
  • rights
  • community
  • citizen
  • responsibility

SST-03.5

BPSS-SST logoStandard 5:

Concepts of Geography

Students understand and apply concepts of geography.

 Narrative for the Concepts of Geography

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 geographic location.  Students begin to understand other communities in the state and the world through simple comparative studies. 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.

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-03.5.01

BPSS-SST geography concept logo3rd Grade (SST) Social Studies Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 5: Geography

SST-03.5.01 Identify the physical characteristics (e.g., landforms, bodies of water, vegetation, wildlife and climate) of the local community.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can identify the physical characteristics of my community including landforms, water, and climate.
  • I can

Reasoning Targets

  • I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can 

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...

(1) Beginning

  • 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.

(2) Developing

  • demonstrates some academic knowledge and skills for this grade level. The student can identify the critical or essential elements of knowledge.

(3) Proficient

  • demonstrates proficiency in academic knowledge and skills for this grade level by showing his/her understanding through a PBL project, quick write using reliable sources/maps or reference maps to locate the physical features.

(4) Advanced

  • demonstrates in-depth understanding of academic knowledge and skills for this grade level beyond what was taught in the classroom through independent research to learn and share about landforms, climate and bodies of water.

Resources

Vocabulary

  • landform
  • climate
  • bodies of water
  • vegetation
  • South America
  • wildlife

Websites

SST-03.5.02

BPSS-SST geography concept logo3rd Grade (SST) Social Studies Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 5: Geography

SST-03.5.02 Identify the seven continents, four oceans, and major nations of the world (i.e. United States, Canada, Mexico; i.e. China, Brazil, Russia).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can identify the seven continents.
  • I can identify the four oceans
  • I can identify the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other major countries of the world.

Reasoning Targets

  • I can use directions to make decisions about location of continents on a map.

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can use a map to identify the continents and oceans.

Product Targets

  • I can 

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...

(1) Beginning

  • identifies one of the following categories: all seven continents, four oceans or major countries of the world.

(2) Developing

  • identifies two of the following categories: all seven continents, four oceans and major countries of the world.

(3) Proficient

  • identifies all three categories: all seven continents, four oceans and major countries of the world.
    The teacher will provide maps to the student to use while identifying the continents, oceans and major countries.

(4) Advanced

  • in addition to a proficient score of 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth understanding and application of knowledge regarding more complex material.

Resources

Vocabulary

  • continent
  • ocean
  • nation
  • world
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South America
  • Australia
  • Antarctica
  • Europe
  • Africa

Websites

SST-03.6

BPSS-SST logoStandard 6:

Human Development and Behavior

Students understand the importance of culture, individual identity, and group identity.

 Narrative for the Human Development and Behavior

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: human and material resources, major work and services, and basic beliefs and values.

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.

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