States · OK
Oklahoma Grade 3 standards crosswalk
How each national third grade standard lines up with Oklahoma's own standards.
How to read this
Each row takes one national third grade standard and shows the Oklahoma standard that covers it. Same: the state standard says the same thing. Close: the same skill with small wording differences. Partly: the state covers only part of it in Grade 3. Not in Grade 3: the state has no Grade 3 standard for it (the note says where it sits, when the state says). Third Grade teaches every national standard listed here; the notes tell you what, if anything, to adjust for Oklahoma.
Checked 2026-10-08 against official Oklahoma documents. This is an unofficial guide; your state's own documents are the authority.
Math
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics (OAS-M, 2022)
How Oklahoma writes its codes: Grade, strand (N, A, GM or D), standard number, objective number, separated by periods; for example 3.N.2.2 is Grade 3, Number & Operations, standard 2, objective 2.
State-written standards · adopted 2022
2 same · 19 close · 10 partly · 6 not in Grade 3
| National standard | Oklahoma code(s) | Match | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.OA.A.1 Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7. | 3.N.2.1 | State asks students to model multiplication facts with equal groups, arrays, repeated addition, area models and number lines. | |
| 3.OA.A.2 Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8. | 3.N.2.6 | State asks students to model division facts by equal sharing, equal groups and repeated subtraction. | |
| 3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. | 3.N.2.7 | State asks students to use the link between multiplication and division to represent and solve problems; the 'within 100' limit is not stated. | |
| 3.OA.A.4 Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 × ? = 48, 5 = □ ÷ 3, 6 × 6 = ?. | 3.A.2.1 | Partly | State finds unknowns in one-step equations using addition, subtraction and multiplication; unknowns in division equations are not named. |
| 3.OA.B.5 Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. | 3.A.2.2 | State names the commutative, identity and associative properties of addition and multiplication; the distributive property is not named in Grade 3. | |
| 3.OA.B.6 Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8. | 3.N.2.6, 3.N.2.7 | State teaches division through its relationship to multiplication, without the 'unknown factor' wording. | |
| 3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers. | 3.N.2.2 | Partly | Grade 3 expects fluency with multiplication facts with factors up to 10; fluency with division facts is in Grade 4 (4.N.2.1). |
| 3.OA.D.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. | 3.N.2.5, 3.N.2.4 | Partly | State covers addition and subtraction problems with estimation and reasonableness checks; two-step problems using all four operations and a letter are not spelled out. |
| 3.OA.D.9 Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends. | 3.A.1.1, 3.A.1.2 | State has students create, describe and extend number patterns and give input/output rules; explaining patterns with properties is not stated. | |
| 3.NBT.A.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. | 3.N.2.4, 3.N.1.5 | Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred starts in Grade 2 (2.N.1.6); Grade 3 uses it to estimate and rounds to thousands and beyond. | |
| 3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. | 3.N.2.3 | State goes further: fluently add and subtract up to five-digit numbers (answers to 100,000). | |
| 3.NBT.A.3 Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10—90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. | 3.N.2.8 | State goes further: multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number, which includes multiples of 10. | |
| 3.NF.A.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. | 3.N.3.1, 3.N.3.2, 3.N.3.3 | State reads, writes and models halves, thirds, fourths, sixths and eighths with length, set and area models and builds fractions from unit fractions. | |
| 3.NF.A.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. | 3.N.3.4, 3.N.3.2 | Number lines and length models are used to model, order and compare fractions; there is no separate number-line standard. | |
| 3.NF.A.2.a Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line. | 3.N.3.4 | Partly | Number lines are used to order and compare fractions; partitioning the 0-to-1 interval into equal parts is not spelled out. |
| 3.NF.A.2.b Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line. | 3.N.3.4 | Partly | Number lines are used to order and compare fractions; marking off unit-fraction lengths from 0 is not spelled out. |
| 3.NF.A.3 Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. | 3.N.3.4 | Partly | Comparing fractions is in Grade 3; equivalent fractions are in Grade 4 (4.N.3.1). |
| 3.NF.A.3.a Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Equivalent fractions are in Grade 4 (4.N.3.1). |
| 3.NF.A.3.b Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Equivalent fractions are in Grade 4 (4.N.3.1). |
| 3.NF.A.3.c Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard names writing whole numbers as fractions. |
| 3.NF.A.3.d Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. | 3.N.3.4 | State orders and compares fractions of the same whole with models and number lines; the symbols >, = and < are not named. | |
| 3.MD.A.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram. | 3.GM.3.1, 3.GM.3.2 | Partly | Grade 3 tells time to the nearest five minutes and adds and subtracts time in five-minute steps up to one hour; nearest-minute time is not stated, and elapsed time in general is Grade 4 (4.GM.3.1). |
| 3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem. | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard covers liquid volume or mass; Grade 3 measurement is length and temperature. Liquid volume and mass appear in Grade 4 (4.GM.2.7). |
| 3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets. | 3.D.1.1, 3.D.1.2 | Same graphs with scaled intervals and one- and two-step problems; state adds frequency tables and line plots. | |
| 3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units— whole numbers, halves, or quarters. | 3.GM.2.6, 3.D.1.1 | Partly | Grade 3 measures to the nearest half inch (quarter inch is Grade 4, 4.GM.2.4); line plots are part of the data standard 3.D.1.1. |
| 3.MD.C.5 Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. | 3.GM.2.4 | Covered within the standard on finding area by counting unit squares. | |
| 3.MD.C.5.a A square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area. | 3.GM.2.4, 3.GM.2.2 | Unit squares are used in both area standards; the definition is not a separate standard. | |
| 3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units. | 3.GM.2.4 | State wording: unit squares fill the shape without gaps or overlaps. | |
| 3.MD.C.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units). | 3.GM.2.4 | Same | |
| 3.MD.C.7 Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. | 3.GM.2.2 | State links area to multiplication; linking area to addition is not stated in Grade 3. | |
| 3.MD.C.7.a Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. | 3.GM.2.2 | Same | |
| 3.MD.C.7.b Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning. | 3.GM.2.2 | State asks why length and width are multiplied; solving real-world area problems is not spelled out. | |
| 3.MD.C.7.c Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning. | 3.N.2.8 | Partly | Area models are used to multiply two-digit by one-digit numbers; the distributive property itself is not named. |
| 3.MD.C.7.d Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Finding area by breaking shapes into rectangles is in Grade 4 (4.GM.2.2). |
| 3.MD.D.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters. | 3.GM.2.1 | Partly | State finds the perimeter of a polygon from whole-number side lengths; unknown sides and comparing perimeter with area are not stated. |
| 3.G.A.1 Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Classifying quadrilaterals is in Grade 4 (4.GM.1.2); Grade 3 geometry is angle types and three-dimensional shapes. |
| 3.G.A.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape. | 3.N.3.2 | State models halves, thirds, fourths, sixths and eighths with area models; partitioning shapes is not a separate geometry standard. |
In Oklahoma's Grade 3 standards, not in the national list
| Code | What it asks | In Third Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 3.N.1.1 | Read, write and show whole numbers up to 100,000 with numerals, words, pictures and number lines. | not taught |
| 3.N.1.2 | Describe numbers from 1,000 to 100,000 by place value, in written, standard and expanded form. | not taught |
| 3.N.1.3 | Mentally find 100, 1,000 or 10,000 more or less than a number up to five digits. | not taught |
| 3.N.1.4 | Compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 using words and symbols. | not taught |
| 3.N.4.1 | Find the value of a set of coins up to one dollar, using the cent symbol, when buying and making change. | not taught |
| 3.N.4.2 | Add and subtract whole-dollar bills up to twenty dollars in money situations. | not taught |
| 3.A.1.3 | Draw growing and shrinking shape patterns and build the next steps. | not taught |
| 3.GM.1.1 | Sort three-dimensional shapes by their attributes. | not taught |
| 3.GM.1.2 | Build a three-dimensional figure from unit cubes when shown a picture of it. | not taught |
| 3.GM.1.3 | Classify the angles in a polygon as acute, right, obtuse or straight. | not taught |
| 3.GM.2.3 | Count cubes in an organized way to find how many fill all or half of a three-dimensional structure. | not taught |
| 3.GM.2.5 | Choose a tool and measure length to the nearest whole centimeter or meter. | not taught |
| 3.GM.2.7 | Read an analog thermometer to the nearest degree in Fahrenheit and Celsius. | not taught |
English Language Arts
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (2021)
How Oklahoma writes its codes: Grade, standard number (1-8), strand letters (R, W, L, S, PA, PC, PWS, SE, F), then objective number where there is more than one; for example 3.3.R.4, or 3.2.PC with no final number.
State-written standards · adopted 2021
11 same · 55 close · 16 partly · 8 not in Grade 3
| National standard | Oklahoma code(s) | Match | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. | 3.3.R.5 | State asks students to answer inferential questions using the text as support; asking questions is not stated. | |
| RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. | 3.2.R.3 | Partly | State asks students to summarize and sequence a story's events; central message, lesson or moral is not in Grade 3 (theme is listed at Grade 5, 5.3.R.3). |
| RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. | 3.3.R.3 | State asks students to find examples of setting, plot, characters and characterization. | |
| RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. | 3.4.R.2, 3.3.R.4 | State uses context clues and finding named literary devices rather than 'literal versus nonliteral'. | |
| RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. | 3.2.R.2 | Partly | State asks students to identify elements of fiction, poetry and nonfiction genres; terms such as chapter, scene and stanza are not named. |
| RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. | 3.3.R.2 | Partly | State asks whether a text is told in first or third person; separating the reader's own view is not stated. |
| RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). | 3.7.R | Partly | State's multimodal reading standard has students use visual content; story illustrations are not named. |
| RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series). | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard asks students to compare stories by the same author. |
| RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2—3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. | 3.8.R | State asks for independent reading across genres for varied lengths of time; no text-complexity band is named. | |
| RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. | 3.3.R.5 | State asks students to answer inferential questions using the text as support; asking questions is not stated. | |
| RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. | 3.2.R.1, 3.2.R.4 | State asks for main idea and supporting details and a summary of facts; explaining how details support is not stated. | |
| RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. | 3.3.R.7 | Partly | Grade 3 describes problem/solution, description and sequence structures; cause/effect is added at Grade 4 (4.3.R.7). |
| RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. | 3.4.R.2, 3.4.R.5 | State uses context clues and grade-level vocabulary; 'academic and domain-specific' words are not named. | |
| RI.3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. | 3.6.R.2 | State uses text features (graphics, captions, subheadings, charts, tables) to understand texts; digital search tools are not named. | |
| RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. | 3.3.R.1 | Partly | State asks for the author's purpose (entertain, inform, persuade); separating the reader's view from the author's is not stated. |
| RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). | 3.6.R.2, 3.7.R | State has students use graphics, charts, tables and other visual content to understand informational texts. | |
| RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). | 3.3.R.7 | Partly | State describes whole-text structures (problem/solution, description, sequence) rather than links between sentences and paragraphs. |
| RI.3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. | 3.7.R | Partly | State compares perspectives about ideas and topics across varied content; comparing two texts on one topic is not spelled out. |
| RI.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2—3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. | 3.8.R | State asks for independent reading across genres for varied lengths of time; no text-complexity band is named. | |
| RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. | 3.2.PWS.1, 3.2.PWS.2, 3.2.PWS.3 | State spells out the phonics skills: diphthongs, six syllable types, contractions, abbreviations, roots and affixes. | |
| RF.3.3.a Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes. | 3.4.R.3, 3.2.PWS.2 | State uses word parts (affixes, roots, stems) to decode and define words. | |
| RF.3.3.b Decode words with common Latin suffixes. | 3.2.PWS.2 | State names common roots and related prefixes and suffixes; Latin suffixes are not singled out. | |
| RF.3.3.c Decode multisyllable words. | 3.2.PWS.1 | Same | |
| RF.3.3.d Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. | 3.2.F.1 | Same | |
| RF.3.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. | 3.2.F.2 | Same | |
| RF.3.4.a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. | 3.2.F.2 | Covered within the fluency standard: reading with expression that shows comprehension. | |
| RF.3.4.b Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings | 3.2.F.2 | State asks for accurate oral reading at a smooth rate with expression; prose and poetry are not named. | |
| RF.3.4.c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. | 3.2.PWS.3 | State asks students to use decoding skills and meaning in context when reading new words. | |
| W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. | 3.3.W.3 | State asks for an opinion with relevant evidence in multiple paragraphs with transitional words. | |
| W.3.1.a Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. | 3.3.W.3 | Covered within the opinion-writing standard, which asks for relevant evidence in multiple paragraphs with transitional words. | |
| W.3.1.b Provide reasons that support the opinion. | 3.3.W.3 | Covered within the opinion-writing standard, which asks for relevant evidence in multiple paragraphs with transitional words. | |
| W.3.1.c Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons. | 3.3.W.3 | State calls these transitional words and phrases. | |
| W.3.1.d Provide a concluding statement or section. | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard names a concluding statement; the opinion-writing standard (3.3.W.3) asks for evidence, multiple paragraphs and transitions only. |
| W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. | 3.3.W.2 | State asks for facts about a subject with a main idea and supporting details in multiple paragraphs. | |
| W.3.2.a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. | 3.3.W.2 | Covered within the informative-writing standard; adding illustrations is not named. | |
| W.3.2.b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details. | 3.3.W.2 | Covered within the informative-writing standard: a main idea with supporting details in multiple paragraphs with transitional words. | |
| W.3.2.c Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information. | 3.3.W.2 | State calls these transitional words and phrases. | |
| W.3.2.d Provide a concluding statement or section. | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard names a concluding statement; the informative-writing standard (3.3.W.2) asks for a main idea, details, paragraphs and transitions only. |
| W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. | 3.3.W.1 | State asks for narratives with setting, plot, characters and characterization. | |
| W.3.3.a Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. | 3.3.W.1 | Covered within the narrative standard (setting, plot, characters). | |
| W.3.3.b Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. | 3.3.W.1, 3.5.W.8 | Characterization is in the narrative standard and quotation marks for dialogue are a separate standard. | |
| W.3.3.c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. | 3.2.W.2 | Transitions and logical order are part of the revising standard, not the narrative standard. | |
| W.3.3.d Provide a sense of closure. | 3.3.W.1 | Partly | The narrative standard names plot but does not name a sense of closure. |
| W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. | 3.2.W.1 | State asks students to prewrite, organize and develop drafts with paragraphs; adult guidance is not mentioned. | |
| W.3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. | 3.2.W.1, 3.2.W.2, 3.2.W.3 | Same | |
| W.3.6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others. | 3.2.W.4, 3.8.W | State asks students to publish for a real audience (a blog is one example) and write using typing; keyboarding skills are not a separate expectation. | |
| W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. | 3.6.R.1, 3.6.W.1 | Same | |
| W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories. | 3.6.W.2, 3.6.R.3 | State asks students to organize research with a simple citation (author, title, year) and judge relevance; note-taking is not named. | |
| W.3.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. | 3.8.W, 3.6.W.3 | State asks for independent writing for various lengths of time, including short informative pieces in a sitting or a day or two. | |
| SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. | 3.1.S.2, 3.1.S.1 | State adds sharing responsibility for group work and recognizing each member's contribution. | |
| SL.3.1.a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. | 3.1.S.2 | Partly | The discussion standard covers taking part and expressing ideas; coming prepared is not named. |
| SL.3.1.b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). | 3.1.L.1 | Same | |
| SL.3.1.c Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. | 3.1.L.2 | State asks students to ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose; linking comments to others' remarks is not stated. | |
| SL.3.1.d Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. | 3.1.S.2 | Covered within the discussion standard: expressing their own ideas clearly. | |
| SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. | 3.1.L.2, 3.7.R | State asks students to interpret a speaker's message and use aural and visual content; main idea and details are not named here. | |
| SL.3.3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail. | 3.1.L.2 | State asks students to ask questions to clarify a speaker's purpose; answering with detail is not stated. | |
| SL.3.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. | 3.1.S.3 | Same | |
| SL.3.5 Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details. | 3.7.W | State asks students to combine writing with sound, visuals or movement; audio recordings of stories or poems are not named. | |
| SL.3.6 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. | 3.1.S.3 | State wording: speaking audibly and clearly in coherent sentences. | |
| L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. | 3.5.R.2, 3.5.W.1, 3.5.W.2 | State lists its own set of grammar skills for Grade 3; several national parts are placed in other grades. | |
| L.3.1.a Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. | 3.5.R.2, 3.5.W.2 | State asks students to recognize and use parts of speech, and adds prepositional phrases and helping and linking verbs. | |
| L.3.1.b Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Irregular plural nouns are listed at Grade 2 (2.5.R.2) in the state's vertical progression. |
| L.3.1.c Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). | 3.5.R.2 | State asks students to recognize concrete and abstract nouns in sentences. | |
| L.3.1.d Form and use regular and irregular verbs. | 3.5.R.2 | Partly | Grade 3 covers action, linking and helping verbs; irregular verbs are listed at Grade 4 (4.5.R.2). |
| L.3.1.e Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Past, present and future verb tenses are listed at Grade 2 (2.5.R.2) in the state's vertical progression. |
| L.3.1.f Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. | 3.5.R.2 | Partly | Grade 3 matches possessive pronouns to the nouns they replace; subject-verb agreement is listed at Grade 4 (4.5.R.2, 4.5.W.3). |
| L.3.1.g Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. | — | Not in Grade 3 | Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs are listed at Grade 4 (4.5.R.2). |
| L.3.1.h Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. | 3.5.R.2, 3.5.W.6 | Partly | Grade 3 covers coordinating conjunctions only; subordinating conjunctions are not named in Grade 3. |
| L.3.1.i Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. | 3.5.R.1, 3.5.W.1 | Partly | Grade 3 covers simple and compound sentences; complex sentences are listed at Grade 5 (5.5.R.1, 5.5.W.1). |
| L.3.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. | 3.2.W.3, 3.5.W.3, 3.5.W.4 | State spreads conventions across editing, capitalization and punctuation standards, and adds end punctuation by sentence type. | |
| L.3.2.a Capitalize appropriate words in titles. | 3.5.W.3 | State also covers titles of respect and geographical names. | |
| L.3.2.b Use commas in addresses. | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard covers commas in addresses; Grade 3 commas are for series and before coordinating conjunctions. |
| L.3.2.c Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. | 3.5.W.8 | Partly | Grade 3 covers quotation marks for dialogue; commas to indicate dialogue are listed at Grade 4 (4.5.W.7). |
| L.3.2.d Form and use possessives. | 3.5.W.5 | State pairs possessive apostrophes with complex contractions (should've, won't). | |
| L.3.2.e Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness). | 3.2.SE.3, 3.2.SE.1 | State names the patterns: prefixes, suffixes, changing y to i, doubling consonants, diphthongs, schwa, silent letters. | |
| L.3.2.f Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. | 3.2.SE.1, 3.2.SE.2, 3.2.SE.3 | State names specific sounds, syllable types (vowel digraphs, consonant + le) and affix rules. | |
| L.3.2.g Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings. | 3.2.W.3 | State asks students to edit for correctly spelled words 'using resources as needed'; dictionaries are not named here. | |
| L.3.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. | 3.4.W.2, 3.5.W.2 | State covers word choice for effect and clarity; spoken versus written English is not included. | |
| L.3.3.a Choose words and phrases for effect. | 3.4.W.2 | Same | |
| L.3.3.b Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English. | — | Not in Grade 3 | No Grade 3 standard covers differences between spoken and written English. |
| L.3.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. | 3.4.R.2, 3.4.R.3, 3.4.R.4 | Same | |
| L.3.4.a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. | 3.4.R.2 | Same | |
| L.3.4.b Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). | 3.4.R.3 | Same | |
| L.3.4.c Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). | 3.4.R.3 | State wording: use word parts such as affixes, Anglo-Saxon roots and stems. | |
| L.3.4.d Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. | 3.4.R.4 | State adds thesauruses; print and digital formats are not named. | |
| L.3.5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. | 3.4.R.1, 3.3.R.4 | State covers synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homographs and named literary devices. | |
| L.3.5.a Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). | 3.3.R.4 | State asks students to find personification, hyperbole, simile, alliteration and onomatopoeia rather than literal versus nonliteral meanings in general. | |
| L.3.5.b Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful). | 3.4.R.5 | State asks students to relate new words to prior knowledge and use them in various contexts. | |
| L.3.5.c Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered). | 3.4.R.1 | Partly | State covers synonyms and antonyms; shades of meaning among related words are not named. |
| L.3.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them). | 3.4.R.5, 3.4.W.1 | State asks students to acquire and use grade-level vocabulary; spatial and time words are not singled out. |
In Oklahoma's Grade 3 standards, not in the national list
| Code | What it asks | In Third Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 3.2.PA | Add, delete, swap and reverse individual sounds in spoken words (for example, change 'frighten' to 'brighten'). | not taught |
| 3.2.PC | Form words correctly in print and cursive, with proper spacing between letters, words and sentences. | not taught |
| 3.3.R.6 | Tell fact from opinion in an informational text. | not taught |
| 3.5.W.7 | Use a colon to write the time. | not taught |
Science
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science (OAS-S)
How Oklahoma writes its codes: The national performance expectation codes written with periods instead of hyphens, for example 3.PS2.1 for 3-PS2-1; an asterisk marks standards that emphasize engineering. The 2026 document also has engineering design standards by grade band at the back, coded G35.ETS1.1 to G35.ETS1.3 for Grades 3-5. The state's page lists both the 2020 and 2026 versions without saying which is required in 2026-27; both use the same 15 Grade 3 codes, and the 2020 version has no separate engineering design standards.
Uses the national codes · adopted 2026
17 same · 1 close · 0 partly · 0 not in Grade 3
| National standard | Oklahoma code(s) | Match | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. | 3.PS2.1 | Same | |
| 3-PS2-2 Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. | 3.PS2.2 | Same | |
| 3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. | 3.PS2.3 | Same | |
| 3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets. | 3.PS2.4 | Same | |
| 3-LS1-1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. | 3.LS1.1 | Same | |
| 3-LS2-1 Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. | 3.LS2.1 | Same | |
| 3-LS3-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. | 3.LS3.1 | Same | |
| 3-LS3-2 Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. | 3.LS3.2 | Same | |
| 3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. | 3.LS4.1 | Same | |
| 3-LS4-2 Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. | 3.LS4.2 | Oklahoma's wording ends 'advantages in surviving and reproducing' and leaves out 'finding mates', in both the 2020 and 2026 documents. | |
| 3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. | 3.LS4.3 | Same | |
| 3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change. | 3.LS4.4 | Same | |
| 3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. | 3.ESS2.1 | Same | |
| 3-ESS2-2 Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. | 3.ESS2.2 | Same | |
| 3-ESS3-1 Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. | 3.ESS3.1 | Same | |
| 3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. | G35.ETS1.1 | Same | In the 2026 document's 'Engineering (Grade Bands)' section (Grade 3 - Grade 5), not in the Grade 3 list. The 2020 document has no separate engineering design standards. |
| 3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. | G35.ETS1.2 | Same | In the 2026 document's 'Engineering (Grade Bands)' section (Grade 3 - Grade 5), not in the Grade 3 list. The 2020 document has no separate engineering design standards. |
| 3-5-ETS1-3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. | G35.ETS1.3 | Same | In the 2026 document's 'Engineering (Grade Bands)' section (Grade 3 - Grade 5), not in the Grade 3 list. The 2020 document has no separate engineering design standards. |
Social Studies
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)
How Oklahoma writes its codes: Grade, C for content standard (P for practice standard), standard number, objective number, for example 3.C.3.2; lettered sub-points (A, B, C) sit under most objectives. Practice standards (3.P.1.1 to 3.P.4.2) are not listed here. The state's social studies page links only this 2026 document; the 2019 standards it replaces numbered Grade 3 differently (3.1.1 to 3.4.3), and no state page read says which school year the 2026 version becomes required. The state's New Standards page says a formal review of the social studies standards has begun because of an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling; it does not say which version schools must use meanwhile.
adopted 2026
Grade 3 focus in Oklahoma: Grade 3 is Oklahoma Studies: civics, history, geography and economics taught through the state, including local, state and Tribal government, Oklahoma's physical environments, its peoples and its economy.
In Oklahoma's Grade 3 social studies standards, not covered by a unit