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3rd grade math research

Preview of Dinosaurs Nonfiction Unit Reading Passages Comprehension Writing Science

Dinosaurs Nonfiction Unit Reading Passages Comprehension Writing Science

Created by
Having Fun First
This Dinosaur Activities Unit includes 8 nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions, multiple report writing templates, hands-on activities, prehistoric crafts, math activities and other fun opportunities to ignite learning of dinosaurs.This easy-to-implement unit includes: LiteracyDinosaur academic vocabulary Invent your own dinosaur reportDinosaur report wheelMultiple report templates Multiple Graphic Organizers - Information writing and opinion writing My dinosaur report Dinosaur
Preview of Construct a Zoo - Area and Perimeter - Project-Based Learning

Construct a Zoo - Area and Perimeter - Project-Based Learning

This project-based learning activity lets students put their knowledge of area and perimeter to the test as they construct their very own zoo! This project contains two leveled-assignment tasks, as well as differentiated extension activities, combining mathematics and ELA skills into one project! Copyright © 2016 Engaging Education Materials All rights reserved by author.For classroom use only. This copy is to be used by a single teacher. Please purchase one license per teacher using this prod
Preview of Zoo Scavenger Hunt | Zoo Field Trip Activities

Zoo Scavenger Hunt | Zoo Field Trip Activities

Taking your students on a zoo field trip can be lots of fun, especially if you have a way to keep them academically engaged both on the trip and in the classroom once you return! With the Zoo Activities and Scavenger Hunt, your students can enjoy this fun filled hands-on learning experience for more than during the trip itself. Keep students focused during the trip as they complete the scavenger hunt and find facts about each animal. Then follow up with journal writing, making a map and graph
Preview of 7 Continents Country Research Project 3rd Grade Elapsed Time Social Studies Maps

7 Continents Country Research Project 3rd Grade Elapsed Time Social Studies Maps

Created by
Fishyrobb
This is a research-based learning project that integrates social studies, math, and writing. To complete this project, students will go on a world tour of six different countries around the world. Through their travels, they will learn the location of these countries along with important facts. To get to each destination, students must use their budgeted money to buy plane tickets. They will:use subtraction with regrouping to calculate how much money is left after each purchase determine the len
Preview of Penguin Unit | Research Project | Reading Passages | Student Research Booklet

Penguin Unit | Research Project | Reading Passages | Student Research Booklet

This Penguin unit Research Report contains everything students need to complete a penguin research report project. Penguin reading passages, penguin research report booklet, penguin posters, creative templates, worksheets, graphic organizers, and writing pages are included. 17 different full color penguin classroom posters, featuring different types of penguins, are also included! Little teacher prep is required – just print and teach!!!**********************************************This packa
Preview of Fraction Project- What Fraction of the Day Do Animals Sleep?

Fraction Project- What Fraction of the Day Do Animals Sleep?

Created by
Melissa Shutler
Updated! April 2020 a new look and a digital activity for distance learning on Google slides!Included in this packet are three nonfiction articles on animals that sleep for long and short periods of time and other animals who have a regular sleep schedule. Also included is a digital activity to be used on Google slides!Students are then asked to:- write and sort fractions using the benchmark 1/2 (3.NF.A.3D, 4.NF.A2)- compare and order fractions on a number line (3.NF.A..2B)- simplify fraction
Preview of Area and Perimeter - Create a Zoo

Area and Perimeter - Create a Zoo

Created by
Melissa Shutler
Customary and Metric versions with Canadian spellingKids love this project!In this integrated math and reading project, students are assigned an area of the zoo to design. There are 8 areas of the zoo from which to choose. Each area has 4 animals. They must read about their four animals and create a map of their area, ensuring that the animals have enough space to live comfortably. After planning their zoo area, they must determine the perimeter and area of each animal exhibit.CUSTOMARY MEAS
Preview of Blank Graph Templates: Bar Graph, Pictograph, Line Graph,

Blank Graph Templates: Bar Graph, Pictograph, Line Graph,

Blank Graph Templates: This resource includes 11 blank graph templates: blank Bar Graph template (3 versions, Pictograph template 3 Versions), blank Line Graph template (4 versions).
Preview of Real Word Enrichment Activity

Real Word Enrichment Activity

Enrich your children while they plan a family vacation through research, math enrichment, and more! This enrichment activities integrates all subjects while engaging your students in a real life skill! Students will go through all the steps to plan a vacation. They can then write a letter to their parents talking them into taking the vacation and create a final project that they would show to their "clients"! How will this enrichment product help your classroom?Engagement- Students will LOVE pla
Preview of Project Based Learning Activities: Growing Bundle Math, Social Studies, Science

Project Based Learning Activities: Growing Bundle Math, Social Studies, Science

This Project Based Learning bundle includes over 50 different units for the whole year and a set of PBL essential elements posters. These PBL units incorporate 21st Century skills with challenging, engaging, and creative activities. There are lots of opportunities for differentiation and technology integration. Several products provide STEM activities.GRAB THIS BUNDLE FOR A GREAT DISCOUNT! CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THAT'S IN THE BUNDLE.**Note: Activities can easily be adapted for enrichment or gifte
Preview of Project Based Learning - Economics Bundle - Entrepreneurship and Economics

Project Based Learning - Economics Bundle - Entrepreneurship and Economics

PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PBL): ECONOMICS BUNDLE : With this pbl ideas bundle, students learn about entrepreneurship, and economics. These student-centered PBL units incorporate collaboration and differentiation by providing student choice. The real-world challenges require students to use inquiry, critical thinking, and their creative minds during the high-interest cross-curricular activities [math, social studies, ELA]. Students integrate digital learning into the project as they investigate cul
Preview of Project-based Math Library 3rd-5th Grade Bundle | Math PBL

Project-based Math Library 3rd-5th Grade Bundle | Math PBL

This is a multi-grade library of 33 project-based math resources for grades 3-5. Each project-based math unit covers a specific math standard which makes these units perfect for standards-based math instruction.Each unit is a 5-day project-based math resource that applies math concepts in a real-world scenario. In each 5-day unit is engaging and authentic and includes student voice and choice. Students are engaged in making decisions for their projects which increases student buy-in and interest
Preview of STEM-Paper Plane Challenge

STEM-Paper Plane Challenge

⭐Looking for a fun STEM challenge for your students?Easy prep and loads of fun!! Take your students on a flight of fun with this exciting STEM challenge! Perfect for teachers looking for an easy-prep and engaging activity that will keep their students entertained and learning for hours.☀️ With this resource, your students will explore the principles of flight, test their design skills, and compete in healthy competitions with their own paper airplanes. Plus, they'll get some sneaky exercise in a
Preview of Project Based Learning Math - Science Research - Open a Candy Store

Project Based Learning Math - Science Research - Open a Candy Store

Sweeten your curriculum with this Open a Candy Store Project Based Learning activity! We all love candy, and in this unit, students will put their math and science skills to use as they open their very own candy store. Students will use their imaginations to design their shop and invent a candy recipe. They will love showing their designs to classmates and parents.I have included a graphic organizer for growth mindset during this PBL unit. I have designed this Open a Candy Store resource to be c
Preview of October Third Grade Spiders Emergency Sub Plans

October Third Grade Spiders Emergency Sub Plans

Third Grade Spiders Substitute Plans! This is a NO PREP October third grade sub plan all about spiders! This pack is perfect for any emergency sub day or a day packed with spider themed activities! This sub pack includes activities for reading, math, writing, social studies, science, and a task card game. If in a pinch, just email this pack to a colleague to print and you are set!This sub pack is NOT month specific! This plan could also be used during October, November, or fall season of the sch
Preview of Zoo Keeper Math and Writing Project

Zoo Keeper Math and Writing Project

Congratulations! You've received a very generous donation that allows you to start your very own zoo! Students work in teams to create their own zoo, and practice a few math skills along the way. Teams begin by selecting the animals they want in their zoo, then they draw the animal habitats and design the layout of their zoo. Along with the animals the zoo teams need to decide on the placement of the building around their zoo. Students need to order the animals and calculate the cost of t
Preview of 102nd Day of School - 102 at the Zoo

102nd Day of School - 102 at the Zoo

Kindergartners celebrate the 100th day, first graders celebrates the 101st day of school...so what do second graders celebrate?!?!?! 102 at the Zoo!! This unit is Common Core aligned with the standards noted on the student sheets. It includes the following: - Zookeeper hat craft - Zookeeper craftivity that includes an animal research project (differentiated writing opportunities) - Graphic organizer for researching - Addition on an open number line (with and without regrouping) - Zoo animal sur
Preview of 100th Day of School 100 years Ago

100th Day of School 100 years Ago

Celebrate 100th day of school by traveling back in time! What was life like 100 years ago? Includes morning messages, tech connection, and graphing. This packet contains: Morning Work: 3 Morning Messages and answer key about life 100 years ago. These are a great way to review skills. Can also be set up as a writing center. Portrait: Draw what you would look like if you lived 100 years ago. What type of clothes would you wear. What type of hair style did they wear. What type of glasses
Preview of Penguin Scavenger Hunt with data collection and graphs

Penguin Scavenger Hunt with data collection and graphs

Created by
Ann Fausnight
This scavenger hunt presents facts and fun information about the various penguins species. Students will collect data and complete graphs related to penguins. A Compare/Contrast matrix comparing flightless birds is provided for additional student research.1. Print the Penguins Scavenger Hunt cards on card stock or brightly-colored paper and cut them apart along the dotted lines. 2. Make copies of Penguins Scavenger Hunt data collection sheet. Each student needs a copy. 3. Place the Penguins Sca
Preview of Project Based Learning Activities for Grades 1 - 4 - Economics and Science

Project Based Learning Activities for Grades 1 - 4 - Economics and Science

These 8 different engaging project based learning units are perfect for your primary students. If you haven't introduced PBL to your students, try these comprehensive units. Students will be introduced to helping endangered animals, the environment, and economics. These units can be integrated into grades 1st through 4th grade. These student-centered PBL units incorporate collaboration, 21st century learning skills, and differentiation by providing student choice. These real-world challenges req
Preview of Lab Report Form, Scientific process, Lucy Calkins Science Labs

Lab Report Form, Scientific process, Lucy Calkins Science Labs

Created by
teachingaimee
I made this lab report to supplement the 2nd grade Unit 2 Science Labs and Informational Writing unit in the Lucy Calkins series. I felt that a form provided a good scaffold for the scientific process to writers who needed it. It follows the format of a good science lab report: 1. Hypothesis 2.Materials 3. Procedure (with space for drawing) 4. Results (with space for drawing) and 5. Conclusion. This fosters inquiry and problem solving skills and is perfect for individual or partner experiments!
Preview of Penguin Unit | Penguin Activities | Math | Reading | Writing | Research

Penguin Unit | Penguin Activities | Math | Reading | Writing | Research

This 197 page Penguin Unit contains a variety of penguin activities. Everything is included for a complete penguin unit, with penguin reading passages, penguin research projects, penguin crafts, and more. Very little teacher prep required – just print and teach!!!Perfect for your upcoming penguin research study or penguin unit, this penguin teaching guide includes creative handouts, reading passages, graphic organizers, detailed instructions, foldables, craft activities, and student examples!
Preview of Super Bowl 2024 Trip Budget PBL - (Updated Each Year)

Super Bowl 2024 Trip Budget PBL - (Updated Each Year)

Send your students to the big game with this guided planning sheet. They will be using real life problem solving skills to plan a trip to the Super Bowl using a computer, laptop, or iPad. They will find airfare, hotel accommodations, dining, souvenirs, and game ticket prices. Since it is guided, it also tells them which websites to use and where to click on them. When they are done, they will use math knowledge to find a total amount they would need for a real trip to the Super Bowl. Have
Preview of Polar Bear Glyph with Writing Options

Polar Bear Glyph with Writing Options

Created by
Glyph Girls
The Glyph Girls have designed the perfect polar bear glyph for you to use this winter! It even has two options - vertical or horizontal. Both options come with writing templates students can use after researching polar bears. Look what is included: Glyph Survey (with fun questions about polar bears) Glyph Key (ready to be displayed) 2 Data Sheets 6 Different Writing Templates (including one for Valentine's Day) Patterns for 2 different versions of the Polar Bear Glyph Detailed Instructions and P
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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.