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3rd grade Winter math projects for Easel Activities

Preview of Water Bottle Flip STEM Challenge + STEM Activity

Water Bottle Flip STEM Challenge + STEM Activity

The ORIGINAL water bottle flip STEM activity and lab! Water bottle flip at school? Absolutely! Students will love this on-trend STEM challenge inspired by the popular YouTube water bottle flipping challenge where students toss a water bottle and attempt to land it straight up. Practice scientific method with some probability, fractions and data collection in the mix while having fun!This self-paced, low-prep, project based learning water bottle flip STEM challenge is print-and-go. Each activit
Preview of Multi-digit Multiplication Project Based Learning

Multi-digit Multiplication Project Based Learning

Love project based learning? Look no further for a multi-digit multiplication project with real-world application to engage your students! With this activity, students will have to practice using multi-digit multiplication to plan a camping trip for their classmates. It's engaging, meaningful, and no prep is required!This is a PRINTABLE resource that can also be distributed to students via PDF. A TPT EASEL activity has also been created for these resources. Looking for a fully digital version? C
Preview of Quadrilateral City Third Grade Geometry Math Project | Print and Digital

Quadrilateral City Third Grade Geometry Math Project | Print and Digital

Bring your geometry unit to life with this project based learning (PBL) experience. This simulation is designed to help your third grade students apply their knowledge about the properties of quadrilaterals.During this project based learning unit, your students will be invited to create a new layout for Quadrilateral City’s town square. The citizens of this unique city want to see at least one of each quadrilateral type included in the design of their new town square. STEPS STUDENTS WILL TAKE DU
Preview of Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets

Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets

Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product.This Unit Covers1. Scarcity2. Opportunity Costs3. Producers and Consumers4. Budgets5. Market PlacesWhy will th
Preview of 3rd Grade Math Projects, Math Enrichment for the Entire Year! PDF or Digital!

3rd Grade Math Projects, Math Enrichment for the Entire Year! PDF or Digital!

Created by
Gina Kennedy
3rd Grade Math Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year, 32 weeks! From researching the prices of pets to calculating the differences between the heights of buildings, your students will love these projects. Great for early finishers, advanced learners and whole class fun. No teacher prep, great rigor and perfect math skills/technology integration! Adding enrichment to your classroom shouldn’t have to be time consuming and difficult to manage. This program is easy to manage and mathema
Preview of Math Vacation Budget Project- End of the Year Project- PBL

Math Vacation Budget Project- End of the Year Project- PBL

Created by
teachATX
This is a great end of the year activity to keep students engaged and learning. It is also practical and shows them how to apply the math they are learning in school in a realistic way!This is completely ready to go, no prep, and the only material needed is internet access!This can be done alone or with partners. (Includes sentence starters for ELLs!) Connect with me on social media! Instagram: instagram.com/teachATXPinterest: pinterest.com/hemingwhyyTwitter: twitter.com/teachATX Dont forget y
Preview of Winter Games | Ski STEM Challenge

Winter Games | Ski STEM Challenge

Looking for a fun STEM Challenge for the winter months? STEM Winter Sports Ski Challenge will engage all your students during the winter season. Students plan, design, and engineer a skier that can stand on skis. Your students will love going through the design process as they cover the Next Generation Science 3-5-ETS1-1 & 2.This activity can also be used for STEAM Activities, STEM After School Programs, Summer Programs, Clubs, Maker Spaces, or at home. Includes Google Digital version. ⛷T
Preview of After Winter Break Activity: Hot Chocolate Craft, Template, & Writing Prompts

After Winter Break Activity: Hot Chocolate Craft, Template, & Writing Prompts

My build a hot chocolate craft and writing prompts are the perfect, no prep winter activity for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. 3 templates ensure that every hot cocoa activity on your January bulletin board is unique! Post your hot chocolate crafts and prompts in the hallway to make an engaging winter display.If you’re racing to figure out what cute project to quickly put up in the hallway for winter, look no further. Students can complete the craft in one class period. And you can use the accompanyin
Preview of Valentine's Day STEM Activities | February STEM

Valentine's Day STEM Activities | February STEM

February STEM Challenges is a packet of 7 experiments or challenges your students will love! Students plan, design, engineer, and collect data as they are having fun before Valentine's Day! Google slides are included. These activities can also be used for STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs. Includes: Includes: ❤️Teacher Page ❤️Challenge 1: Students build Candy Heart Towers ❤️Challenge 2: Cupid Challenge Accuracy❤️Challenge 3: Cupid Challenge Distance ❤️Challen
Preview of Snowflake Bentley Read Aloud Winter Creativity Challenges and Activities

Snowflake Bentley Read Aloud Winter Creativity Challenges and Activities

Need some quick, no prep, snowflake challenges to get your students thinking outside the box?!Unlock creativity in your classroom this winter with this perfect companion to Snowflake Bentley.Winter creativity challenges are great for engaging students during morning work, early finishers, or adding some creative thinking tasks to your winter classroom activities! They can be used for winter centers, brain breaks, and more!Includes:8 Winter Finish the Picture Creativity ChallengesDesign a Snowfla
Preview of Build a Snowflake Craft, Template, No Prep After Winter Break Writing Activity

Build a Snowflake Craft, Template, No Prep After Winter Break Writing Activity

My build a snowflake craft and writing prompts are the perfect, no prep winter activity for elementary. 3 templates ensure that every snowflake activity on your January bulletin board is unique! Post your snowflake crafts and prompts in the hallway to make an engaging winter display.If you’re racing to figure out what winter projects to quickly put up in the hallway for January, look no further. Students can complete the large snowflake craft in one class period. And you can use the accompanying
Preview of Math Project--Design a Zoo!

Math Project--Design a Zoo!

Updated June 2015! If you own this, go to "My Purchases" to download the updated version! This is a math project designed for students to complete independently or with a group. Students will use area and perimeter to design a blueprint for a zoo. Students will choose at least 10 animals for their zoo and use the area requirements to design exhibits large enough to house each animal. Students will use critical thinking skills as well as research to design a zoo. Rubric Included! Created by Sar
Preview of Christmas STEM Challenges | Digital Google Classroom

Christmas STEM Challenges | Digital Google Classroom

Looking for some fun December STEM Activities to keep your student learning? Christmas Digital STEM Activities will keep your students learning and thinking critically throughout the December month! Great for remote learning, blended or on-site. Students will plan, design, engineer, and collect data as they are having fun before the holidays! Connecting important skills such as collecting data, making observations, and measurement skills will help you seamlessly add STEM to your current curricu
Preview of February Art Activity: Hot Chocolate Step By Step Drawing Project for Winter

February Art Activity: Hot Chocolate Step By Step Drawing Project for Winter

Need a winter art activity for your bulletin board in February? Imagine these hot chocolate mug drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers.A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. And, boost their confidence and creativity.And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan winter art projects u
Preview of Math Project Plan a Party

Math Project Plan a Party

For this project, students will use math skills to plan a party with a budget of $100. Great enrichment activity for gifted students or early finishers. Three project options are included: math only, math and scrapbook page, and math plus extended final product. Rubric Included for all options! Check out this money-saving bundle that includes this math project and 4 of my other popular math projects: Math Project Super Bundle More Math Projects that are More Than a Worksheet: Math Project:
Preview of Winter Art Projects: Roll A Mitten Drawing Game, Template, & Writing Prompts

Winter Art Projects: Roll A Mitten Drawing Game, Template, & Writing Prompts

Need a winter art project for your bulletin board in February? Imagine these cute mitten drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders especially!A fun roll a mitten game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teach
Preview of February Art Projects: Winter Snow Hat Drawing Art Game & Writing Prompts

February Art Projects: Winter Snow Hat Drawing Art Game & Writing Prompts

Need winter art projects for your bulletin board in February? Imagine these snow hats in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers.A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. And, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan snow day activities using only markers.
Preview of Ecosystem Area & Perimeter Project | Project Based Learning

Ecosystem Area & Perimeter Project | Project Based Learning

Created by
The Owl Teacher
This ecosystem project is perfect for integrating area, perimeter, geometry, and STEM learning in your science classroom! Students work through a series of steps, including research, to design and build a model of their own ecosystem zoo!This project focuses not only on ecosystems, but allows for research on a specific animal too! You can split your class and half research an animal for the zoo, while the other half prepare the ecosystem piece. Either way, students are sure to learn a lot whi
Preview of Back to School Mystery Readers' Theater: Crack the codes!  PDF and Digital Easel

Back to School Mystery Readers' Theater: Crack the codes! PDF and Digital Easel

Created by
Deb Hanson
Are you looking for an engaging reading activity to do on those first few weeks of school? Check out this mystery Readers' Theater script that contains parts for 25 readers! The Readers’ Theater script is set in a classroom during the first week of school.Codes are written right into the script. Your students will be directly involved in solving this mystery right along with the characters in the script! Your students will "crack the codes" at the conclusion of each scene. By the time your stude
Preview of After Winter Break Activity: Digital Build A Snowflake Craft & Template Resource

After Winter Break Activity: Digital Build A Snowflake Craft & Template Resource

My no prep, digital art project for elementary kids to build a snowflake on Google Slides™ is easy and engaging. Students will practice technology skills using my digital winter snowflake resource and step by step art lesson. Then, pick a winter writing prompt to draft a creative story about their snowflake project.Need fun, fast finisher activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders? Digital art projects are paperless, take up no space, and don't use art materials. Simply assign the snowflake activi
Preview of Second Grade Social Studies-Common Core Economics Unit

Second Grade Social Studies-Common Core Economics Unit

This is an economics unit for second grade that is aligned with Second Grade Common Core Social Studies Standard E.1.1-1.6. This unit includes almost everything you need to teach this standard. There are lesson plans for you, a student book, a study guide, a test, a take home project with a parent letter, a wallet and money and a classroom game. This is a 10 day unit.
Preview of April STEM Challenges includes Easter Activities | Google Classroom

April STEM Challenges includes Easter Activities | Google Classroom

Looking for fun Easter Activities to engage your students during the spring? Easter STEM Challenges is a packet of 5 experiments or challenges your students will love! Students plan, design, engineer, and collect data as they are having fun before Easter! Includes Digital link to Google Slides. These activities can also be used for STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs. Includes: Teacher Page & Digital Link ⇨Challenge 1: Jelly Bean Tower Challenge⇨Challenge 2:
Preview of Country Research 3rd 4th Grade Math Geography Enrichment Project 7 Continents

Country Research 3rd 4th Grade Math Geography Enrichment Project 7 Continents

Created by
Fishyrobb
This is a cross-curricular learning project that integrates social studies, math, geography, research, and writing. It is a great activity for the end of the year or enrichment any time!To complete this project, students travel to different continents as they take a world tour of six different countries. Through their travels, they will learn the location of these countries along with important facts about the culture. The countries students will visit and learn about include:AustraliaBrazilChin
Preview of Space STEM Activities | Google Classroom | Design a Spacecraft

Space STEM Activities | Google Classroom | Design a Spacecraft

Space STEM Challenges is a collection of activities where students create spacecraft for different purposes. Your students will love these projects as they design, create, engineer, predict, and display their creations. Google Slides included to make remote or distance learning easier! Spacecraft are vehicles that travel and operate in space. This activity can also be used for STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, After School Clubs, or Summer Programs. *This activity is included in m
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Find lessons for 3rd grade math | TPT

Importance of learning math skills in 3rd grade

It's no secret that mathematics is a foundational subject for students to learn. Since it forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology — it's essential that kids develop strong math skills from a young age as it makes them more likely to succeed in other courses in the future.

Benefits of learning 3rd grade math

Learning math in 3rd grade has many benefits. It helps students:

  • Begin to develop problem-solving, logical reasoning, and critical-thinking skills
  • Grow their understanding of numbers and basic operations
  • Understand how math is used in real-life situations

By ensuring that children have a solid foundation, teachers can help set them up for future success

The key concepts for 3rd grade math

Third grade math is an essential component of a child's education, as students will build upon these concepts and skills in subsequent grades. Third grade math covers a wide range of topics, from basic arithmetic to more complex concepts like fractions.

Addition and Subtraction

In 3rd grade, children are expected to build upon and practice the knowledge they learned in the 1st and 2nd grades about addition and subtraction. As 3rd graders, they'll focus on learning how to add and subtract two and three digit numbers.

Multiplication and Division

In 3rd grade, students will start to learn how to multiply and divide numbers up to 100, and begin to learn about the relationship between multiplication and division.

Fractions

Children in 3rd grade will also learn about fractions including how to compare, order, and add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

Geometry

In 3rd grade, students will learn about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, and be taught how to solve for a shape's perimeter, area, and/or volume. They'll also learn to identify lines of symmetry in shapes and understand basic transformations like reflection and rotation.

Measurement and Data

Measurement and data are another key concept students will explore in 3rd grade. They'll learn to measure the length, weight, and volume of objects using inches, pounds, and gallons. They'll also learn to interpret and create basic graphs and charts.

Common challenges students face in 3rd grade math

This grade can be challenging for some students. Common challenges include:

  • Difficulty understanding basic math facts
  • Trouble with memorizing multiplication tables
  • Difficulty with word problems
  • Lack of confidence in math abilities

How to find 3rd grade math resources

Educators can save time preparing math lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply search the TPT marketplace for "3rd grade math," and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find print and digital materials that've been proven to work in classrooms around the country. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.

Frequently asked questions

What types of math resources are available on TPT?

There are many different types of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math worksheets and resources can be found on topics like: addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, place value, geometry, measurement, fractions, and much more.

What are some good resources for practicing 3rd grade math?

Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources for practicing 3rd grade math.

Why is 3rd grade math important?

Math in 3rd is important because students learn the foundational knowledge they need for future academic success. Additionally, they'll learn the key concepts and skills that are necessary for solving more complex math problems in the future.

What are some common challenges in 3rd grade math?

Common challenges in 3rd grade math include difficulty with basic math facts, struggles with word problems, trouble with memorization, and lack of confidence in math abilities.

How can teachers effectively teach 3rd grade math?

Teachers can effectively teach 3rd graders by providing plenty of opportunities for practice, encouraging student collaboration, making teaching math fun and engaging, and providing regular feedback and recognition.

What are some key concepts taught in 3rd grade math?

Some key concepts taught to 3rd grade students include multiplication and division, fractions, geometry, measurement, and data.

How can I help my students overcome math anxiety?

You can help students overcome math anxiety by providing a supportive and positive environment, breaking down math concepts into manageable chunks, and using real-world examples.

What should I do if my child is struggling with a specific math concept?

If your child is struggling with a specific math concept, you can provide extra support and resources such as worksheets, tutoring, or online educational tools.

Sometimes, visual aids like charts, graphs, and manipulatives can help children understand abstract concepts better. The use of visuals can help explain math concepts to kids and better engage them in their learning.

How can I make math fun for students?

Children learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If a child in your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies.