3rd Grade Report Overview

The Grade 3 Expressions instructional materials do not meet the requirements for alignment to the CCSSM. These materials partially meet expectations for Gateway 1. The lessons and assessment focus appropriately on the major work of the grade. However, these materials do not fully foster coherence; the program is not consistent with the mathematical progression of learning set forth in the standards, including only a brief nine-lesson unit on fractions at the very end of the year. The Grade 3 program materials partially meet expectations for Gateway 2. The program includes all three aspects of rigor although conceptual understanding of multiplication and division concepts, as well as fraction concepts, is underdeveloped. The MPs are an intentional aspect of this program; however, these standards are not attended to fully within lessons and units and only partially support students’ development of mathematical reasoning.