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Math Program
Math Program
The third grade math program begins with a "Tune Up" and review of second grade skills followed by 10 Units that cover all of the Massachusetts Curriculum Standards. Students will use white boards, manipulatives, digital tools, games, pencil & paper worksheets, and math workshop activities to master the concepts. The math coaches and third grade teachers have been working diligently to build comprehensive units with visually engaging slideshows that provide a variety of ways for students to practice and develop their skills.
3rd Grade Math Units
Tune Up with Tang: Students will review second grade math skills and vocabulary.
Unit 1: Understand Multiplication - Topics include counting equal groups, making arrays, learning strategies to help master basic multiplication facts, solving word problems, and the Commutative Property of Multiplication.
Unit 2: Multiplication Facts & Strategies and Area - Topics include the Zero, Identity, Commutative, Distributive, and Associative Properties of Multiplication, multiplication by multiples of 2, 4, 5, 9, and 10. Students will apply these principles in problem solving including multi-step word problems. Students will also determine the area of regular and irregular figures.
Unit 3: Represent and Interpret Data - Students will learn how to read and create multiple types of graphs, analyze data, and problem solve.
Unit 4: Place Value Within 1,000 - Topics include place value, rounding, and estimation. Students will apply rounding and estimation in problem solving with both addition and subtraction.
Unit 5: Understand Division Facts and Strategies - Topics include the relationship of multiplication to division, using multiplication facts to solve division problems, multi-step/multi-operations word problems.
Unit 6: Understand Fractions -Topics include understanding the value of a fractional part to a whole. Students will learn to create, read, count, and compare fractions. A major fraction topic is creating and recognizing equivalent fractions.
Unit 7: Compare Fractions - Topics include comparing numerators, comparing denominators, making equivalent fractions and ordering fractions by size.
Unit 8: Linear Measurement and Line Plots - Students will use standard units of measurement and their fraction knowledge to determine the size of everday objects. They will also collect and organize data to create line plots.
Unit 9: Geometry and Perimeter - Topics include a study of polygons with an emphasis on quadrilaterals. Perimeter topics include determining the perimeter of a figure, determining an unknown side, and creating figures with a given area or perimeter.
Unit 10: Time, Liquid Volume and Mass - Topics include telling time to the nearest minute, elapsed time, and determining the volume or mass of a given object.
Reference Sheet
Student Objectives - “I Can” Statements
Student Objectives - “I Can” Statements
I Can Use Multiplication and Division to Help Me Understand Math
I can understand multiplication by thinking about groups of objects. OA.1
I can understand division by thinking about how one group can be divided into smaller groups. 3.OA.2
I can use what I know about multiplication and division to solve word problems. OA.3
I can find the missing number in a multiplication or division equation. OA.4
I can use the Commutative property of multiplication. (I know that if 6 x 4 = 24 then 4 x 6 = 24.) 3.OA.5
I can use the Associative property of multiplication. (To figure out 3 x 5 x 2
I can multiply 3 x 5 = 15, then 15 x 2 = 30 OR multiply 5 x 2 = 10, then 3 x 10 = 30.) 3.OA.5
I can use the Distributive property of multiplication. (To figure out 8 x 7, I can think of
8 x (5 + 2) which means (8 x 5) + (8 x 2) = 40 + 16 = 56.) 3.OA.5
I can find the answer to a division problem by thinking of the missing factor in a multiplication problem. (I can figure out 32 ÷ 8 = because I know that 8 x 4 =32.)
I can multiply and divide within 100 easily and quickly because I know how multiplication and division are related. OA.7
I can use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve all kinds of word problems and then use mental math to decide if my answers are reasonable. 3.OA.8
I can find patterns in addition and multiplication tables and explain them using what I know about how numbers work. OA.9
I Can Use Number Sense and Place Value to Help Me Understand Math
I can round numbers to the nearest ten or 100. NBT..1
I can add and subtract numbers within 1000. NBT.2
I can quickly and easily multiply any one digit whole number by 10. NBT.3
I Can Use Fractions to Help Me Understand Math
I can show and understand that fractions are equal parts of a whole. NF.1
I can label fractions on a number line because I know the space between any two numbers can be thought of as a whole. NF.2
I can explain in words or pictures how two fractions can sometimes be equal. 3.NF.3
I can compare fractions by reasoning about their size. NF.3
I can show whole numbers as fractions. (3 = 3/1) NF.3
I can recognize fractions that are equal to one whole. (1 = 4/4) NF.3
I Can Use Measurement and Data to Help me Understand Math
I can tell and write time to the nearest minute. MD.2
I can measure time in minutes. MD.1
I can solve telling time word problems by adding and subtracting minutes. MD.1
I can measure liquids and solids with liters, grams and kilograms. MD.2
I can use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve word problems involving mass and volume. MD.2
I can create a picture or bar graph to show data and solve problems using the information from the graphs. MD.3
I can create a line plot from measurement data, where the measured objects have been measured to the nearest whole number, half or quarter. MD.4
I can understand that the area of plane shapes can be measured in square units. MD.5
I can measure areas by counting unit squares. MD.6
I can measure area by using what I know about multiplication and addition. MD.7
I can solve real world math problems using what I know about the perimeter of shapes. MD.8
I Can Use Geometry to Help Me Understand Math
I can place shapes into categories depending upon their attributes. G.1
I can recognize and draw quadrilaterals such as rhombuses, rectangles and squares, as well as other examples of quadrilaterals. 3.G.1
I can divide shapes into parts with equal areas and show those areas as fractions. G.2
Challenge Activities
Helpful Websites for Extra Practice
Helpful Websites for Extra Practice
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