Losing Math Skills Over the Summer? ...3rd Grade Common Core

100 Math Problems for Summer Review 3rd Grade Common Core

{Math Review Workbook by Classy Gal Designs and Publishing}

Contains:
100 Common Core 3rd grade level problems!

43 page PDF download (with answer key) 

Teaching and Relating Multiplication and Division

Teaching and Relating 

Multiplication and Division

 Materials

  Unifix Cubes

  Construction paper squares to represent “groups”

Directions:

Choose the set of math facts that your students have not yet mastered. (If you are just starting out your math fact journey, 2, 5, or 10s are easier patterns). For my first lesson, we worked on twos.

I introduced the lesson by reading the story, “Two of Everything” by: Lily Toy Hong.

An amusing discussion about what we would put into the “magic pot” ensued!

Then we quickly reviewed some double addition facts using these examples.

Then I showed what each of these examples would look like as a multiplication fact, representing them with unifix cubes and construction paper to show 2 groups of __ . The students quickly caught on that for each of these examples, there were only two construction paper squares because we were always doubling.

I threw some problems out to the group to represent with their own set of construction paper squares and unifix cubes. 

This lesson was engaging for the students, so they remembered our work even when the lesson was over! 

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Happy Teaching!

 

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Discussions in Math Class

  I had a small group of students that were struggling to master multiplication facts. They might recall the facts one day, but fail to retain them the next. We went back to the beginning and I taught them the "easy" patterns (0, 1, 2, 5 and 10s!) and had done a variety of activities with these facts. However, it was time for something new. I had them pull out their flash cards and sort them. Then we talked about it. I had a few "Oh!”s and a couple of “Ah-huh!”s so I knew we were finally on the right track. 

A copy of the lesson for this activity is available here: 

Multiply and Divide by Ten: Sort and Discuss

This is a great activity to support your work with multiplication and division. Students will need to have a fair understanding in the foundation concepts of multiplication and understand there is a link between multiplication and division. (I like to teach the two concepts together!)

      This activity is designed to help students see the patterns that exist in basic math facts and use this understanding to increase their math fact fluency.

      The Sort and Discuss is designed to have students sorting their math facts, then stopping for discussion to facilitate a deeper understanding of the patterns they see. Therefore, the group should work together. Remind students not to skip ahead to the next step, but rather stay with the group and participate in the discussions.

Discussions solidify understanding! 

Teacher Tools: Collecting Baseline Data

Special education teacher's have a special task at the beginning of the school year--developing a program to meet the needs of each student.  This requires an understanding of a child's current strengths and weaknesses. Of course, a  description of "present levels of performance" is already in the  IEP document. However, have you noticed that at the beginning of the year, the students aren't usually quite at the "present levels" they were when they left school in June? 

At the beginning of the new school year, it is important to gather new "baseline data"!

"Baseline data" is a way of referring to the where the child is performing on a specific skill at that time. It is a "starting place" based (hopefully) on concrete, understandable information derived from measurements of the child's performance in that area. Understanding, and including, the baseline can give the the teacher to develop a program that will allow them to work with the student on clear, measurable goals that will allow the child to make  progress.

Baseline data can be taken from a variety of places. Baseline data in the IEP could come from standardized tests, or statewide / school-wide testing. It is important to remember that often children with learning or attention difficulties do not perform well on standardized test. This is a snapshot of how the child was performing on that day, given those circumstances.  (Oh and don't forget to factor in the possibility of test anxiety, the length of the test, the child's ability to attend to task for that length of time, the skill level of the standardized test and so on...the results of this standardized test may not provide what you want! 

Classroom based assessments may be your best bet for gathering genuine baseline data that truly informs your instruction! You can control the content, length, testing times, and take your time to jot down behavioral and developmental observations. After administering classroom based assessments and making pertinent observations, NOW you have realistic baseline data and are ready to develop your program! 

There are many classroom based assessments that can be used. Particularly in math I find that the length & scope of many assessments is a deterrent in gathering what accurate baseline data. I developed an assessment that can be given in whole or in part and has a skills checklist that allows the teacher to track the skills and areas assessed. It is designed for special education students from grades 2-5 & covers basic areas of mathematics. 

Kind Regards,

Printable Anchor Chart: Converting Fractions to Decimals & Percentages

   This is my favorite 100th day of school activity for older students!

Our district encourages the use of the Calendar Math program. We keep track of the first 100 days of school as fractions and convert them to decimals and percentages. 

For the activity, use M&M candies to calculate the fraction, decimal and percentage of each color.

The anchor chart shows the students how to do this with the help of a calculator. The accompanying worksheet moves the students toward seeing the pattern and finding equivalent fractions.

Free download here

A Graphic Organizer that works well with this activity is available here:

 Candy Math Activity

available @ TpT for  $1.00 includes

a graphic organizer and graphing activity. 



Fact Family Anchor Chart...Free to download

I designed this fact family anchor chart for my classroom today and   I would love to share. All you have to do in return is either follow the Classy Gal Blog, Pin it or g+ share.

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Thanks! Happy Monday!

Snowman Measuring Craftivity

This past week, the students made snowmen in math workshop. Math was incorporated all throughout the activity and it was so much fun!

First, students made a salt dough. This required the students to show off their knowledge of measurement and fractions!

The dough was shaped in snowmen, the students were required to measure the arms, scarf, and height of the snowman!

All of the data was recorded and graphed in the "Snowman Measuring" Packet!

Available for Purchase~$2.00 @ my TpT Store 

The finished snowman were great!

Yes, that is a Cyclops snowman.

These were completed just in time, before school was dismissed for vacation!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful vacation!

Warmest Wishes,

Shannon Henderson

A Fun Math Activity ...Candy Math for Grades 3-5 Fractions Percentages and Decimals OH MY !

 

Chocolate Candy Math...Discovering Fractions, Decimals and Percentages!

 Dear Teachers,
This is a quick and fun activity that is sure to engage students. Using multi-colored candy ask students to sort them by color and find out the fraction, decimal, and percent for each group of red, green, yellow, brown, blue and orange candies. Results can be recorded on this worksheet. Math should be fun!

Bonus activities include:

**Worksheet to Graph results of candy sort
** Candy Opinion Poll {What is your favorite candy?} with tally data collection and
**Worksheet to allow students to graph their results

Sincerely,
Shannon Henderson
Classy Gal Designs and Publishing


Chocolate Candy Math by Classy Gal Designs and Publishing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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3rd Grade Math Journal

3rd Grade Differentiated Math Journal

I enjoy working with math journals as warm-up activity with my students. Since the students in the special education setting generally need plenty of spiraling review  and lots of practice with common core type questions, I created a math journal for them. It has 30, 3rd grade math questions, pulled from objectives from the common core. Come August, that should get us off to a good start with our math journals!  

How are these math journal differentiated?

One journal is designed for an open ended response, the other has multiple choice answers. Same questions, but two different ways to answer!  The answer key is provided. 

 I always like to include cover sheets when I give my students packets. It helps them identify what I am talking about when I give directions.  

I like the versatility of the math journal pages. In addition to math journaling with one group, I plan to use them for test preparation for another.  Since there are 30 questions with enough space for students to show their work, they could also be used as an assessment for progress monitoring. In an effort to save paper, I printed 2 pages of the PDF on one sheet and I thought, "Sweet! I just made task cards!" So yes, I will definitely get my use out of my  "3rd Grade Differentiated Math Journal"

This product is available on:

 Teachers Pay Teachers 

  

As always,

Warm Regards and Best Wishes

Free Lesson Plan!

Hello All...
This is a lesson plan I designed and would like to share with everyone. It has the mini-lesson, student packet and anchor chart graphics. Just click on the link!

Multiplying Maniacs (Google Docs)
Multiplying Maniacs {TpT store FREEBIE}