The benchmark(s) of focus is the primary focus for student learning and instruction to be taught or reinforced and provides an intentional opportunity for students to work with that concept or skill.
MA.3.DP.1.1
Collect and represent numerical and categorical data with whole-number values using tables, scaled pictographs...
Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Within this benchmark, the expectation is to complete a representation or construct a representation from a data set.
Clarification 2: Instruction includes the connection between multiplication and the number of data points represented by a bar in scaled bar graph or a scaled column in a pictograph.
Clarification 3: Data displays are represented both horizontally and vertically.
Supporting benchmarks either make a connection or may help students achieve the focus benchmark(s) and increase students’ opportunities to make connections within the subject or to other subjects. The information included in this section is not a comprehensive list, and educators are encouraged to find other supporting benchmarks.
SS.3.CG.2.2
Describe the importance of voting in elections.
Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Students will recognize that it is every citizen’s responsibility to vote.
Clarification 2: Students will explain the importance of voting in a republic.