3rd Math

Singapore Primary Mathematics Level 3

Students are provided with the necessary learning experiences beginning with the concrete and pictorial stages, followed by the abstract stage to enable them to learn mathematics meaningfully. This approach encourages active thinking process, communication of mathematical ideas and problem-solving. This helps develop the foundation students will need for more advanced mathematics. Practice exercises are designed to provide the students with further practice after they have done the relevant workbook exercises.  Click to learn more.

Notes: This is a simple, but effective math curriculum.  It can be very open-and-go, or you can really dive in using the provided Home Instructor's guides.

Beast Academy 

Beast Academy was designed as the math curriculum its creators wished they had when they were kids. It teaches kids how to think critically and understand the concepts behind the math calculations they’re performing. Engaging, comic-book style illustrations keep kids coming back for more, even as they grapple with some of the most rigorous math problems available anywhere. Do you want your child to embrace math as a problem-solving tool they'll use for the rest of their life? Beast Academy will take them there.

Beast Academy Online is a learning system that provides a complete curriculum for ages 8-13. The digital practice includes games, problems, and puzzles divided into chapters and units that follow the same sequence found in the Beast Academy book series.  Click to learn more.

Notes: Beast Academy is especially recommended for advanced students.  Please use the placement tests.  Students are able to use their level plus all previous levels of Beast Academy online, making review very accessible.

Saxon Math 3 Home Study Kit

Math 3 uses simulations and games to help third-grade students understand and practice new concepts. Social studies and science connections are stressed. Your child can learn to: skip-count by whole numbers, compare and order numbers, identify ordinal position to the twentieth, identify and complete patterns, add and subtract multi-digit numbers, divide by single-digit divisors, add positive and negative numbers, picture, name, and order fractions, add and subtract fractions with common denominators, understand and calculate measurements, compare and measure mass, identify function rules, graph ordered pairs on a coordinate graph, identify angles, identify lines of symmetry.  Click to learn more.

Notes: Saxon Math is a dry presentation.  The pages are devoid of color, but it has lots of reviews and is a well-respected curriculum.  Saxon Math is a spiral math program, integrating review into each lesson.  

Teaching Textbooks 4

The Teaching Textbooks series is a college prep curriculum even though it is not as rigorous as some other courses. However, textbooks for the elementary grades move at a slower pace than other series such as Saxon Math. Of course, you can always move ahead more quickly with a child who excels. 

Placement tests on the publisher’s website will help you select the correct level. Teaching Textbooks should be a particularly good choice for the student who might have struggled with other math programs and needs a less pressured pace and style of delivery.

Notes: Use a year ahead to stay at grade level.  This is an online option that is a full math curriculum.  The program teaches, grades and gives feedback to the student.  Teaching Textbooks will not work on school-issued Chromebooks. 

Math-U-See Gamma Kit

Math-U-See is a skill-based, multi-sensory math curriculum for grades K-12. Designed to teach students specific skills in a definite, logical sequence, this systematic and cumulative approach will help students learn how to solve math problems and discover why they're solved in such a way. 

This Gamma Universal Set includes everything you need for the Gamma level, including the Instruction Manual, Instruction DVD, Student Workbook, Tests Booklet and Integer Block Kit. The Gamma level focuses on the multiplication of single and multiple-digit numbers along with solving for an unknown factor, measuring & computing area, using strategies based on place value and properties of operations to multiply, and more.  Click to learn more.

Notes: Math-U-See is a physical curriculum that is great for kids who are hands-on learners.  It was written by and for homeschooling families.  Levels focus heavily on one skill at a time.  Workbooks are black and white.  Students will pair MUS with the online program iReady, for a full math program. 

i-Ready is an interactive online learning environment designed to assess students and provide individualized instruction based on each one's unique needs. Your child will be using materials from the Ready i-Ready Program this year in math.

Notes: This is a supplementary online math program, for grades K-3.

With a diagnostic test to place students in the correct grade, embedded assessments, and automatic differentiation, Prodigy ensures that each one of your students succeed at their own pace. Learn More

Notes: Prodigy is a very engaging, hugely popular SUPPLEMENTAL math program.  Please choose a main math curriculum, as well.