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    New Hampshire 3rd Grade Curriculum & Standards Guide

    How New Hampshire's third grade standards line up with Third Grade.

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    New Hampshire standards

    Math

    New Hampshire College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics

    Common Core · adopted 2010

    Common Core, adopted in July 2010 as part of the NH College and Career Ready Standards, so Grade 3 math matches Third Grade and the national codes are unchanged (for example 3.OA.A.1). State rules let districts align to these standards but do not require it.

    Official standards

    English Language Arts

    New Hampshire College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy

    Common Core · adopted 2010

    Common Core, adopted with the math standards in July 2010, so Grade 3 matches Third Grade and the national codes are unchanged (for example RL.3.2). State rules let districts align to these standards but do not require it.

    Official standards

    Science

    New Hampshire College- and Career-Ready Science Standards

    National science standards · adopted 2016

    Adopted in November 2016 from the national science standards with the codes unchanged (for example 3-LS4-1), so Grade 3 science matches Third Grade.

    Official standards

    Social Studies

    K-12 Social Studies New Hampshire Curriculum Framework

    State's own standards

    The framework is dated June 2006 and is still the one state rules name. It has no Grade 3 list: 66 shared Grades 3-4 expectations, written like SS:GE:4:1.3, are to be met by the end of Grade 4, and local districts set the order. Third Grade covers most of the civics, economics and map skills; the gaps are listed below.

    Official standards

    Standard-by-standard crosswalk

    See every national third grade standard matched to New Hampshire's own codes.

    • Math: 37 same · 0 close · 0 partly · 0 not in Grade 3
    • English Language Arts: 90 same · 0 close · 0 partly · 0 not in Grade 3
    • Science: 18 same · 0 close · 0 partly · 0 not in Grade 3
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    Grade 3 differences

    1. In New Hampshire

      Social studies: by the end of Grade 4 children learn how New Hampshire's state government is set up and the ideas in the New Hampshire constitution (SS:CV:4:2.1, SS:CV:4:4.1). There is no Grade 3 list, only shared Grades 3-4 expectations.

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      Social Studies Weeks 19-20 (local government; three branches): add New Hampshire's governor, legislature and courts and a short look at the New Hampshire constitution.

    2. In New Hampshire

      Social studies: Grades 3-4 expect New Hampshire's own symbols and the groups of people who make up the state (SS:HI:4:1.3, SS:HI:4:5.1).

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      Social Studies Week 17 (state project): choose New Hampshire and include its symbols and the groups of people who have lived there.

    3. In New Hampshire

      Social studies: Grades 3-4 economics includes supply and demand and how good and bad times in the economy affect people's lives, with New Hampshire farming or manufacturing as examples (SS:EC:4:2.4, SS:EC:4:3.1, SS:EC:4:3.2).

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      Social Studies Week 26 (scarcity and markets): spend one lesson on how supply and demand change prices, and talk about a New Hampshire mill or farm that grew and then declined.

    4. In New Hampshire

      Social studies: Grades 3-4 geography includes Earth's physical systems, such as the water cycle, weather shaping the land, the seasons and how people affect ecosystems (SS:GE:4:3.1, SS:GE:4:3.2, SS:GE:4:3.3, SS:GE:4:3.5).

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      Social Studies Week 4 (landforms, water and resources): add the water cycle and why we have seasons. Science Week 16 (local ecosystem study): add how people manage a nearby forest or wetland.

    5. In New Hampshire

      Social studies: Grades 3-4 history includes people who shaped the community, state and country, important inventions and how work changed from farms to factories (SS:HI:4:1.1, SS:HI:4:4.2, SS:HI:4:4.3).

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      Social Studies Week 8 (how our community began): read a short biography of a New Hampshire leader and trace one invention or mill that changed work in your town.

    6. In New Hampshire

      Social studies: Grades 3-4 include a first look at the wider world: countries have different governments, and events can change how countries get along (SS:CV:4:3.1, SS:WH:4:1.1, SS:WH:4:2.1).

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      Social Studies Week 15 (culture): pick one other country and compare its government and daily life with ours.

    7. In New Hampshire

      ELA: a state rule for public elementary schools calls for cursive handwriting to be taught by the end of Grade 5 (Ed 306.21(c)(1)). This is a school approval rule, not a Grade 3 standard, and Third Grade does not teach cursive.

      Suggested swap in Third Grade

      ELA weekly word study (Weeks 1-36): if you want to follow the rule, add a few minutes of cursive practice two or three days a week, this year or by Grade 5.

    Grade 3 public-school test

    New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS), ELA and mathematics

    Students in Grades 3-8 are assessed in ELA and math.

    About this test

    Shown for context. Homeschool testing rules are separate; see below.

    Homeschool rules

    Check your state's current homeschool rules with its education department. New Hampshire homeschool page

    Sources

    Verified 2026-10-08