Common Core Standards
Grade 3
You probably have no trouble getting your third graders to socialize, but the third grade Common Core Standards for Speaking & Listening are about way more than just raising social butterflies.
These standards cover a lot of bases. Whether you're going over rules, fostering group discussions, encouraging individual opinions, or introducing new media, you'll be developing valuable skills.
Because you're dealing with social skills combined with academic skills that are inevitably still under construction, some care with differentiation will help you meet individual students' needs. Because let's face it: we're not all social butterflies.