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Grade 3 Mathematics
Student Lessons

These lessons and activities are provided to give students extra opportunity to continue learning. Each lesson is aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study (see links in objectives) and contains focused practice and review. Enrichment lessons and activities are included to stretch students’ thinking and provide insight to familiar concepts.

Students can complete the lessons at home on their own at their own pace. If questions arise, then students can check with their teacher for additional assistance.

 

Objective

Lesson

Enrichment

3rd GRADE MATH

1.01     Develop number sense for whole numbers through 9,999.

  1. Connect model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
  2. Build understanding of place value (ones through thousands).
  3. Compare and order

 

 

1.02     Develop fluency with multi-digit addition and subtraction through 9,999 using:

  1. Strategies for adding and subtracting numbers.
  2. Estimation of sums and differences in appropriate situations.
  3. Relationships between operations.

 

 

1.03     Develop fluency with multiplication from 1x1 to 12x12 and division up to two-digit by one-digit numbers using:

  1. Strategies for multiplying and dividing numbers.
  2. Estimation of products and quotients in appropriate situations.
  3. Relationships between operations.

Multiplication – Nines
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Division up to two-digit by 1-digit
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Multiples
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Division 2-digit by 1-digit
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1.04     Use basic properties (identity, commutative, associative, order of operations) for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
 

 

 

1.05     Use area or region models and set models of fractions to explore part-whole relationships.

  1. Represent fractions concretely and symbolically (halves, fourths, thirds, sixths, eighths).
  2. Compare and order fractions (halves, fourths, thirds, sixths, eighths) using models and benchmark numbers (zero, one-half, one); describe comparisons.
  3. Model and describe common equivalents, especially relationships among halves, fourths, and eighths, and thirds and sixths.
  4. Understand that the fractional relationships that occur between zero and one also occur between every two consecutive whole numbers.
  5. Understand and use mixed numbers and their equivalent fraction forms.

Fractions: Using area or region models
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Fractions: Using area or region models
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1.06     Develop flexibility in solving problems by selecting strategies and using mental computation, estimation, calculators or computers, and paper and pencil.
 

 

 

2.01     Solve problems using measurement concepts and procedures involving:

  1. Elapsed time.
  2. Equivalent measures within the same measurement system.

Solving Problems: Elapsed Time
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Solving Problems: Elapsed Time
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2.02     Estimate and measure using appropriate units.

  1. Capacity (cups, pints, quarts, gallons, liters).
  2. Length (miles, kilometers)
  3. Mass (ounces, pounds, grams, kilograms).
  4. Temperature (Fahrenheit, Celsius).

Estimation - Temperature
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Estimation - Temperature
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3.01     Use appropriate vocabulary to compare, describe, and classify two- and three-dimensional figures.

3D Figures: Vocabulary
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2D, 3D Figures: Compare, Describe, Classify
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3.02     Use a rectangular coordinate system to solve problems.

  1. Graph and identify points with whole number and/or letter coordinates.
  2. Describe the path between given points on the plane.

Solving Problems: Coordinate System
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Solving Problems: Coordinate System
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4.01     Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including circle graphs and tables) to solve problems.

Data: Circle Graphs
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4.02     Determine the number of permutations and combinations of up to three items.

Permutations and Combinations
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4.03     Solve probability problems using permutations and combinations.

 

 

5.01     Describe and extend numeric and geometric patterns.

 

 

5.02     Extend and find missing terms of repeating and growing patterns.

 

 

5.03     Use symbols to represent unknown quantities in number sentences.


Using Symbols
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5.04     Find the value of the unknown in a number sentence.
 

 

 

 

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