Florida Grade 3 Standards & HoffyEd Activities
Every current Florida Grade 3 academic standard — B.E.S.T. Mathematics (MA.3), B.E.S.T. ELA (ELA.3), Science (SC.3), and Social Studies (SS.3) — matched against the activities live on learn.hoffyed.com.
Standards are listed at the standard level (e.g. MA.3.NSO.1) with the benchmark range noted underneath, so every standard appears here even where HoffyEd doesn't yet have a matching activity.
Dashed chips mark a partial match — the activity touches the standard but doesn't cover it end to end. Only individual lesson pages are linked; subject and sub-topic hub pages are left out since they don't carry content of their own.
Mathematics — MA.3
All 12 Grade 3 standards across Number Sense & Operations (NSO), Algebraic Reasoning (AR), Fractions (FR), Measurement (M), Geometric Reasoning (GR), and Data Analysis & Probability (DP).
| Standard | What it covers | HoffyEd activities |
|---|---|---|
| MA.3.NSO.1 | Understand the place value of four-digit numbers.Benchmarks 1.1–1.4: reading/writing numbers to 10,000 in standard/expanded/word form, composing and decomposing four-digit numbers, plotting and comparing whole numbers to 10,000, rounding to the nearest 10 or 100. | |
| MA.3.NSO.2 | Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers; build an understanding of multiplication and division.Benchmarks 2.1–2.4: standard-algorithm addition/subtraction, exploring multiplication/division facts to 144, multiplying by multiples of 10 or 100, multiplication and division facts to 12. | |
| MA.3.AR.1 | Solve multiplication and division problems.Benchmarks 1.1–1.2: the distributive property and properties of multiplication, one- and two-step real-world problems with the four operations. | |
| MA.3.AR.2 | Develop an understanding of equality and multiplication and division.Benchmarks 2.1–2.3: restating division as a missing-factor problem, deciding whether a multiplication/division equation is true or false, finding an unknown in any position. | |
| MA.3.AR.3 | Identify numerical patterns, including multiplicative patterns.Benchmarks 3.1–3.3: even/odd numbers to 1,000, multiples of a one-digit number to 144, identifying/creating/extending numerical patterns. | |
| MA.3.FR.1 | Understand fractions as numbers and represent fractions.Benchmarks 1.1–1.3: unit fractions as one part of n equal parts, fractions (including greater than one) as repeated unit fractions, reading/writing fractions in standard, numeral-word, and word form. | |
| MA.3.FR.2 | Order and compare fractions and identify equivalent fractions.Benchmarks 2.1–2.2: plotting, ordering, and comparing fractions with the same numerator or denominator; identifying and explaining equivalent fractions. | |
| MA.3.M.1 | Measure attributes of objects and solve problems involving measurement.Benchmarks 1.1–1.2: selecting and using tools to measure length, liquid volume, mass, and temperature; solving real-world problems with those whole-number measurements. | |
| MA.3.M.2 | Tell and write time and solve problems involving time.Benchmarks 2.1–2.2: telling/writing time to the nearest minute with a.m./p.m., solving one- and two-step elapsed-time problems. | |
| MA.3.GR.1 | Describe and identify relationships between lines, and classify quadrilaterals.Benchmarks 1.1–1.3: points, lines, line segments, rays, intersecting/parallel/perpendicular lines; classifying quadrilaterals; lines of symmetry. | |
| MA.3.GR.2 | Solve problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles.Benchmarks 2.1–2.4: area as covering with unit squares, the area formula for rectangles, perimeter and area word problems, composite rectangular figures. | |
| MA.3.DP.1 | Collect, represent, and interpret categorical and numerical data.Benchmarks 1.1–1.2: tables, scaled pictographs, scaled bar graphs, and line plots; interpreting that data by solving one- and two-step problems. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
English Language Arts — ELA.3
All 9 Grade 3 standards across Reading (R), Communication (C), and Vocabulary (V).
| Standard | What it covers | HoffyEd activities |
|---|---|---|
| ELA.3.R.1 | Reading Prose and Poetry.Character traits, feelings, and actions in a story; the central message or lesson of a story, fable, or folktale; how rhyme and word choice contribute to a poem's meaning. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| ELA.3.R.2 | Reading Informational Text.Main idea and key details, text features and structure (chronology, comparison, cause/effect), and an author's reasons and evidence for a point. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| ELA.3.R.3 | Reading Across Genres.Comparing the most important points and details across two texts on the same topic; reading across literary and informational texts. | |
| ELA.3.C.1 | Communicating Through Writing: Narrative Writing.Writing a narrative with a clear event sequence, descriptive detail, and dialogue. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| ELA.3.C.2 | Communicating Through Writing: Argumentative/Informative Writing.Stating and supporting an opinion, or explaining a topic, with reasons and facts from one or more sources. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| ELA.3.C.3.1 | Following Conventions: Grammar.Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level — including coordinating/subordinating conjunctions and simple, compound, and complex sentences. | |
| ELA.3.C.3.2 | Following Conventions: Handwriting.Demonstrate legible cursive writing skills. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| ELA.3.C.4 | Researching.Conducting short research projects to build knowledge about a topic, gathering information from multiple sources. | |
| ELA.3.C.5 | Creating and Collaborating.Participating in discussions, using a multimedia element to enhance a task, and using digital tools to produce and publish writing. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| ELA.3.V.1 | Vocabulary: Finding Meaning.Academic vocabulary, morphology (base words and affixes), context clues, and figurative language. |
Science — SC.3
All 11 Grade 3 standards across Nature of Science (N), Earth & Space Science (E), Physical Science (P), and Life Science (L). Unlike most grades, Grade 3 has no benchmarks under Big Idea 2 (The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge) — that strand begins at Grade 4.
| Standard | What it covers | HoffyEd activities |
|---|---|---|
| SC.3.N.1 | The Practice of Science.Raising questions, comparing observations across groups, keeping records, and explaining that empirical evidence validates explanations. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| SC.3.N.3 | The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models.Recognizing that scientific words can have more specific meanings, and that models are approximations that don't perfectly account for every observation. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| SC.3.E.5 | Earth in Space and Time.How stars differ in size and brightness, the Sun as the closest star, gravity as a force that can be overcome, and that telescopes reveal far more stars than the unaided eye. | |
| SC.3.E.6 | Earth Structures.Demonstrating that radiant energy from the Sun heats objects, and that heat may be lost once the Sun is no longer present. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| SC.3.P.8 | Properties of Matter.Measuring and comparing temperature, mass, and volume of solids and liquids; comparing materials by size, shape, color, texture, and hardness. | |
| SC.3.P.9 | Changes in Matter.Describing the changes water undergoes through heating and cooling — melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation. | |
| SC.3.P.10 | Forms of Energy.Basic forms of energy — light, heat, sound, electrical, and motion; that energy causes motion or change; that light travels straight until it strikes something; that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed. | |
| SC.3.P.11 | Energy Transfer and Transformations.Things that give off light often also give off heat, and heat is produced when objects rub together. | |
| SC.3.L.14 | Organization and Development of Living Organisms.Plant structures and their roles in food production, support, water/nutrient transport, and reproduction; how plants respond to stimuli like light and gravity. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
| SC.3.L.15 | Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms.Classifying animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates/invertebrates); classifying flowering and nonflowering plants. | |
| SC.3.L.17 | Interdependence.How animals and plants respond to changing seasons, and that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food. | No HoffyEd activity yet |
Social Studies — SS.3
All 8 Grade 3 standards across American History (A), African American History (AA), Civics & Government (CG), Economics (E), and Geography (G). Grade 3's course centers on North America and the Caribbean rather than Florida history specifically, and there is no dedicated Financial Literacy strand until Grade 4 — beginning money concepts live inside Economics instead.