3 rd Grade Curriculum Map for Math Unit 1: Place Value (1 to 2 weeks) how to add and subtract within 1,000 using various strategies how to add and subtract within 1,000 using the standard algorithms how to use the solve one step addition or subtraction word problems Unit 2: Collecting and Displaying Data Using Bar and Picture Graphs (1 to 2weeks) how to answer questions using a pictograph how to collect data how to create a pictograph how to identify the parts of a bar graph how to answer questions using a bar graph how to create a bar graph how to solve one- and two-step problems involving graphs Unit 3: Properties of Multiplication and Division (Units of 2-5 and 10) ( 4 to 5 weeks) multiplication means adding equal groups of numbers how to relate multiplication to an array model how to interpret the meaning of factors (the number of groups and the size of the groups) division is the same as finding the unknown factor in a multiplication sentence there are three parts to a division problem
how to identify the quotient the size of a group could be the unknown in a division problem the number of groups could be the unknown in a division problem how to interpret the unknown in division using an array what the commutative property of multiplication is how to use the commutative property of multiplication how to skip count by 3 and 4 what the distributive property is and how to use it with arrays how to use the distributive property of multiplication to solve multiplication problems how to use a model to see the relationship between multiplication and division how to solve one and two- step word problems using multiplication and division how to solve a two- step word problem using all four operations Unit 4: Properties of Multiplication and Division (Units of 0, 1, 6-9 and multiples of 10) (4 to 5weeks) how to use the commutative property of multiplication to find known products how to complete a multiplication chart to solve for an unknown factor in a multiplication problem how to use a multiplication chart to solve unknown factor multiplication problems how to use the commutative and distributive properties of multiplication to solve problems with numbers 5 to 9 how to multiply or divide a familiar fact when a letter is used to represent the unknown how to count by 6 and 7 to help me multiply and divide how to use parentheses to determine the order in which I solve a problem how to use the associative property as a strategy to multiply how to solve for the unknown in a multiplication and division problem how to model word problems using various strategies how to apply different strategies for multiplication and division using units of 8 and 9 know the patterns of 0 and 1 as they relate to multiplication and division know how to multiply using multiples of 10 how to solve two step word problems involving all four operations
Unit 5: Problem Solving with Units of Measure (3 to 4 weeks) how to identify and name the parts of an analog clock how to tell time to the nearest five minutes using skip counting by fives how to use a number line to solve word problems involving elapsed time how to use different strategies and models to solve word problems involving elapsed time 1,000 grams is equal to 1 kilogram how to estimate weights of objects how to solve word problems using grams and kilograms 1,000 milliliters is equal to 1 liter how to measure and compare units of volume using different liquid measurement tools how to recognize different units and increments on a vertical number line how to solve measurement word problems using all four operations how to round 2 and 3 digit numbers to the nearest ten how to round numbers to the nearest hundred Unit 6: Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line (5 to 6 weeks) how to partition a whole into equal parts what a unit fraction is how to identify unit fractions how to represent fractional parts of different wholes how to build non-unit fractions less than one whole from unit fractions how to write unit and non-unit fractions how to represent parts of one whole as fractions using number bonds how to build fractions greater than one whole how to write fractions greater than one whole using unit fractions I need to be aware of the size of the whole when comparing fractions how to compare unit fractions by using fraction strips how to create a whole when given a unit fraction how to identify fractional parts of different sized wholes how to place any fraction on a number line with endpoints 0 and 1 how to compare fractions and whole numbers on the number line
equivalent fractions have the same size, but not necessarily the same shape equivalent fractions refer to the same point on a number line how to generate simple equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models how to generate simple equivalent fractions by using the number line how to express whole numbers as fractions how to express whole number fractions on the number line how to explain equivalent fractions by modeling with rectangles how to compare fractions with the same numerator using pictures how to compare fractions with the same numerator using >, <, or = Unit 7: Multiplication and Area (2 to 3 weeks) area is an attribute of a plane figure how to compose and decompose shapes to compare area using tiles and graph paper the number of tiles or squares (on graph paper) on a side equals the length of a side how to form rectangles by making arrays area represents an array of square units how to interpret area models to make arrays how to find area of a rectangle by multiplying side lengths how to apply the distributive property to find the area of a rectangle by adding 2 products how to find a missing side length when given one side and the area how to find areas of composite figures Unit 8: Geometry and Measurement Word Problems (4 to 5 weeks) how to use a ruler to measure items to the nearest inch, half inch and quarter inch know the names and attributes of triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons how to identify different types of quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, rhombus) how to compare and classify other polygons know how to draw polygons with specific attributes to solve problems how to define perimeter
how to measure the side lengths in whole number units to determine the perimeter of polygons how to find and compare different perimeters how to determine the perimeter of regular polygons when one side length is missing how to solve word problems involving perimeter how to use all 4 operations to solve word problems involving perimeter and missing measurements how to construct rectangles from a given number of unit squares and determine the perimeter know how to construct rectangles with a given perimeter using unit squares and determine their areas how to solve a variety of word problems involving area and perimeter using all 4 operations Unit 9: Collecting and Displaying Data Using Line Plots (2 to 3 weeks) how to use an inch ruler to generate measurement data how to measure to the nearest ½ inch how to measure to the nearest ¼ inch how to create and interpret line plots using whole numbers how to interpret measurement data from various line plots how to represent measurement data with line plots how to analyze data to problem solve