State of New Jersey Department of Education

TEST SPECIFICATION
STANDARD 4.3 (PATTERNS AND ALGEBRA): by Grade 3

Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Patterns [4.3.3.A]
  1. Recognize, describe, extend, and create patterns.
    • Descriptions using words and number sentences/expressions
    • Whole number patterns that grow or shrink as a result of repeatedly adding, subtracting, multiplying by, or dividing by a fixed number (e.g., 5, 8, 11, . . . or 800, 400, 200, . . .)
B. Functions and Relationships [4.3.3.B]
  1. Use concrete and pictorial models to explore the basic concept of a function.
  2. Input/output tables, T-charts
C. Modeling [4.3.3.C]
  1. Recognize and describe change in quantities.
    • Graphs representing change over time (e.g., temperature, height)
  2. Construct and solve simple open sentences involving addition or subtraction (e.g., 3 + 6 = __, n = 15 - 3, 3 + __ = 3, 16 - c = 7).
D. Procedures [4.3.3.D]
  1. Understand and apply the properties of operations and numbers.
    • Commutative (e.g., 3 x 7 = 7 x 3)
    • Identity element for multiplication is 1 (e.g., 1 x 8 = 8)
    • Any number multiplied by zero is zero
  2. Understand and use the concepts of equals, less than, and greater than to describe relations between numbers.
    • Symbols ( = , < , > )