Content Connections: Third Grade
Summary: definitions across all grades
Community / Relations / IdentityCommunity is defined in part by the relationships of its members, and these relationships define the identities of members of the community. The concept of community, relationships and identity extends previous learning about life connections and interrelationships. Third graders are learning about various types of communities, their identities within different communities, and the ways in which individual members relate to each other within a community. They are working towards understanding the complexity, interdependence, and organization of various systems that function in the world.
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Visual and Spatial ThinkingVisual and spatial thinking involves creating and expressing meaning through pictures and other nonlinguistic representations. Third graders use visualization to help create new understandings and connections by creating mental maps and schema. Visual and spatial thinking also extends the work of communication through visual media by using graphical representations.
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Time and DurationTime and duration are the sequential structures used to describe order and intervals using words or numbers. Third graders use the concept of time and duration to make connections between past, present, and future events building on earlier concepts of order and progression. In addition, third graders are learning about elapsed time in order to organize their lives and develop the basis for understanding cause and effect relationships. Time and duration are fundamental concepts for learning as well as managing the responsibilities and demands of life.
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Systems and StructureSystems and structures are ways of describing the patterns and organization of our world. A system consists of many parts, and structures allow these parts to work together. Third graders are beginning to recognize, understand, and use the concepts of systems and structures to describe and organize their world. This concept builds on community and relationships and extends the work of interrelationships.
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