Listed below are the learning targets for all 3rd grade students in Minneapolis Public Schools. For more information about what students are expected to learn in 3rd grade, consult the MPS "Parent Guide to 3rd Grade"
Great Readers See Themselves as Readers
Literature
Informational Reading
Foundational Skills
Speaking, Viewing, Listening and Media Literacy
Language
Great Readers Make Sense of Text
Great Readers Use What They Know
Great Readers Understand How Stories Work
Speaking, Viewing, Listening, and Media Literacy
Great Readers Read to Learn
Monitor and Organize Ideas and Information
Writing
Great Readers Think Critically About Books
Test Taking as a Genre
Reader’s Theater
Author Study – Allen Say
Poetry
Literacy
Word Study