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Close Reading: Introduction
Close Reading: Introduction
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Close Reading: Introduction
Third Grade
Reading
Help your students absorb the details of a text and make inferences about what they read with the strategy of close reading. By reading closely, students will become better able to understand complex themes and nuances in a text.
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Close Reading: Introduction
Close Reading: Introduction
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Close Reading: Introduction
Help your students absorb the details of a text and make inferences about what they read with the strategy of close reading. By reading closely, students will become better able to understand complex themes and nuances in a text.
Third Grade
Reading
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Red Light, Green Light Questions
Red Light, Green Light Questions
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Red Light, Green Light Questions
Third Grade
Statistics
Teach your students to ask and differentiate between recall questions and inferential questions. This lesson will help build a classroom culture around asking deep, inferential questions.
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Red Light, Green Light Questions
Red Light, Green Light Questions
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Red Light, Green Light Questions
Teach your students to ask and differentiate between recall questions and inferential questions. This lesson will help build a classroom culture around asking deep, inferential questions.
Third Grade
Statistics
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What's the Problem?
What's the Problem?
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What's the Problem?
Second Grade
Time and Money
High order thinking skills are critical skills for students of all ages. In this lesson, your students will create word problems about money.
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What's the Problem?
What's the Problem?
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What's the Problem?
High order thinking skills are critical skills for students of all ages. In this lesson, your students will create word problems about money.
Second Grade
Time and Money
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Let's Play Ball
Let's Play Ball
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Let's Play Ball
Third Grade
Multiplication
Students will have a ball with this data collection lesson plan where they learn about collecting and plotting data on a chart and line plot.
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Let's Play Ball
Let's Play Ball
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Let's Play Ball
Students will have a ball with this data collection lesson plan where they learn about collecting and plotting data on a chart and line plot.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Mean, Median and Mode Madness!
Mean, Median and Mode Madness!
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Mean, Median and Mode Madness!
Third Grade
Data and Graphing
This lesson introduces students to the concepts of mean, median, and mode in a hands-on and visual way.
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Mean, Median and Mode Madness!
Mean, Median and Mode Madness!
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Mean, Median and Mode Madness!
This lesson introduces students to the concepts of mean, median, and mode in a hands-on and visual way.
Third Grade
Data and Graphing
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What’s Similar? What’s Different?
What’s Similar? What’s Different?
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What’s Similar? What’s Different?
Second Grade
Measurement
How are plants’ traits affected by environmental factors? In this integrated science and reading lesson, students will use multiple sources to identify and determine how traits are influenced by the environment.
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What’s Similar? What’s Different?
What’s Similar? What’s Different?
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What’s Similar? What’s Different?
How are plants’ traits affected by environmental factors? In this integrated science and reading lesson, students will use multiple sources to identify and determine how traits are influenced by the environment.
Second Grade
Measurement
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Multiplication R.A.C.E.
Multiplication R.A.C.E.
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Multiplication R.A.C.E.
Third Grade
Multiplication
Teach your students how to use a variety of representations when creating and solving word problems. Simple acronyms and visual aides help make learning multiplication a breeze.
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Multiplication R.A.C.E.
Multiplication R.A.C.E.
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Multiplication R.A.C.E.
Teach your students how to use a variety of representations when creating and solving word problems. Simple acronyms and visual aides help make learning multiplication a breeze.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Divide it Up!
Divide it Up!
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Divide it Up!
Third Grade
Division
Make division come to life with this hands-on, introductory lesson on the operation of division! Students will use authentic problems and manipulatives to experience division in action.
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Divide it Up!
Divide it Up!
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Divide it Up!
Make division come to life with this hands-on, introductory lesson on the operation of division! Students will use authentic problems and manipulatives to experience division in action.
Third Grade
Division
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Multiplication and Division Fact Families
Multiplication and Division Fact Families
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Multiplication and Division Fact Families
Third Grade
Mixed Operations
Support your students' math fluency by teaching them about the relationship between multiplication and division through fact families. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the Do You Know Your Math Facts? lesson.
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Multiplication and Division Fact Families
Multiplication and Division Fact Families
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Multiplication and Division Fact Families
Support your students' math fluency by teaching them about the relationship between multiplication and division through fact families. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the Do You Know Your Math Facts? lesson.
Third Grade
Mixed Operations
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Subtraction with Regrouping
Subtraction with Regrouping
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Subtraction with Regrouping
Third Grade
Subtraction
Help your students subtract with confidence by sharing two different strategies. Use this lesson to build on students’ understanding of subtraction and to evaluate this key skill.
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Subtraction with Regrouping
Subtraction with Regrouping
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Subtraction with Regrouping
Help your students subtract with confidence by sharing two different strategies. Use this lesson to build on students’ understanding of subtraction and to evaluate this key skill.
Third Grade
Subtraction
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What is it Telling Me? Creating and Interpreting Line Plots
What is it Telling Me? Creating and Interpreting Line Plots
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What is it Telling Me? Creating and Interpreting Line Plots
Third Grade
Data and Graphing
Line plots are a great way to introduce your students to graphing data. In this lesson, your students will learn how to create a line plot and also practice interpreting line plots.
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What is it Telling Me? Creating and Interpreting Line Plots
What is it Telling Me? Creating and Interpreting Line Plots
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What is it Telling Me? Creating and Interpreting Line Plots
Line plots are a great way to introduce your students to graphing data. In this lesson, your students will learn how to create a line plot and also practice interpreting line plots.
Third Grade
Data and Graphing
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Division Word Problems
Division Word Problems
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Division Word Problems
Third Grade
Division
Freshen up on your understanding of division word problems with long division and one-digit divisors! Use this lesson to help students identify key division terms and solve word problems.
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Division Word Problems
Division Word Problems
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Division Word Problems
Freshen up on your understanding of division word problems with long division and one-digit divisors! Use this lesson to help students identify key division terms and solve word problems.
Third Grade
Division
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Similarities and Differences
Similarities and Differences
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Similarities and Differences
Third Grade
Measurement
Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing and contrasting the key details in two texts on the same topic. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the What's Similar? What's Different? lesson.
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Similarities and Differences
Similarities and Differences
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Similarities and Differences
Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing and contrasting the key details in two texts on the same topic. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the What's Similar? What's Different? lesson.
Third Grade
Measurement
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Candy Multiplication
Candy Multiplication
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Candy Multiplication
Third Grade
Multiplication
Delicious multiplication! In this sweet lesson, your students will learn how to relate multiplication to repeated addition using candy counters.
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Candy Multiplication
Candy Multiplication
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Candy Multiplication
Delicious multiplication! In this sweet lesson, your students will learn how to relate multiplication to repeated addition using candy counters.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts
Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts
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Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts
Third Grade
Multiplication
It's not enough to just memorize the multiplication table! It helps students to know how to explain their strategy to find the product too. Teach this lesson on its own or use it as support for the lesson Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication.
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Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts
Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts
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Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts
It's not enough to just memorize the multiplication table! It helps students to know how to explain their strategy to find the product too. Teach this lesson on its own or use it as support for the lesson Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Area Strategies
Area Strategies
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Area Strategies
Third Grade
Geometry
Allow your students to explore the pros and cons of different strategies used to find the area of rectangles. Use this as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the Multiplication and Area in the Community Garden lesson.
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Area Strategies
Area Strategies
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Area Strategies
Allow your students to explore the pros and cons of different strategies used to find the area of rectangles. Use this as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the Multiplication and Area in the Community Garden lesson.
Third Grade
Geometry
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It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!
It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!
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It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!
Third Grade
Subtraction
Celebrating the Chinese New Year is fun for family and friends! Use this lesson to teach your students some of the holiday's traditions and events as they practice solving word problems, which involve time and all four math operations.
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It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!
It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!
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It's Time to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!
Celebrating the Chinese New Year is fun for family and friends! Use this lesson to teach your students some of the holiday's traditions and events as they practice solving word problems, which involve time and all four math operations.
Third Grade
Subtraction
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Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
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Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Third Grade
Subtraction
Use this lesson to teach your students how to determine if they should use addition, subtraction, or both operations to solve a word problem by following four simple steps.
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Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
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Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Use this lesson to teach your students how to determine if they should use addition, subtraction, or both operations to solve a word problem by following four simple steps.
Third Grade
Subtraction
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Parts of a Set: Fractions
Parts of a Set: Fractions
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Parts of a Set: Fractions
Third Grade
Fractions
Get your students excited to learn about fractions with this hands on lesson. Working in groups will help students learn from each other and share ideas.
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Parts of a Set: Fractions
Parts of a Set: Fractions
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Parts of a Set: Fractions
Get your students excited to learn about fractions with this hands on lesson. Working in groups will help students learn from each other and share ideas.
Third Grade
Fractions
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
Third Grade
Subtraction
Word problems can be overwhelming to students, but if they have a tool to help them, they can handle it! Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems.
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
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Thinking Deeply About Word Problems
Word problems can be overwhelming to students, but if they have a tool to help them, they can handle it! Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems.
Third Grade
Subtraction
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Multiplication Strategies
Multiplication Strategies
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Multiplication Strategies
Third Grade
Multiplication
Help your students compare and connect two important multiplication strategies: equal groups and repeated addition. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for Candy Multiplication.
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Multiplication Strategies
Multiplication Strategies
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Multiplication Strategies
Help your students compare and connect two important multiplication strategies: equal groups and repeated addition. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for Candy Multiplication.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Strategies Lead to Understanding
Strategies Lead to Understanding
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Strategies Lead to Understanding
Third Grade
Multiplication
While memorization is important when it comes to multiplication facts, a foundation of understanding is key, too! Use this lesson on its own or as a pre-lesson for Hands-On Multiplication.
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Strategies Lead to Understanding
Strategies Lead to Understanding
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Strategies Lead to Understanding
While memorization is important when it comes to multiplication facts, a foundation of understanding is key, too! Use this lesson on its own or as a pre-lesson for Hands-On Multiplication.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Guess the Operation
Guess the Operation
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Guess the Operation
Third Grade
Mixed Operations
Want to strengthen your student’s multiplication and division skills? This lesson uses fact families to help students practice those skills.
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Guess the Operation
Guess the Operation
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Guess the Operation
Want to strengthen your student’s multiplication and division skills? This lesson uses fact families to help students practice those skills.
Third Grade
Mixed Operations
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Decomposing Numbers
Decomposing Numbers
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Decomposing Numbers
Third Grade
Numbers and Counting
Why make things harder on ourselves? Teach your students to decompose numbers to make math easier! Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9.
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Decomposing Numbers
Decomposing Numbers
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Decomposing Numbers
Why make things harder on ourselves? Teach your students to decompose numbers to make math easier! Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Third Grade
Numbers and Counting
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Tour the World: Climates
Tour the World: Climates
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Tour the World: Climates
Third Grade
Measurement
Students will explore varying climates around the world in the form of a virtual tour! Using a jigsaw format, this lesson prompts students to investigate multiple levels of a region’s climate.
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Tour the World: Climates
Tour the World: Climates
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Tour the World: Climates
Students will explore varying climates around the world in the form of a virtual tour! Using a jigsaw format, this lesson prompts students to investigate multiple levels of a region’s climate.
Third Grade
Measurement
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Rounding Up to the Nearest Hundred
Rounding Up to the Nearest Hundred
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Rounding Up to the Nearest Hundred
Third Grade
Place Value
This lesson helps students review rounding to the nearest hundred. Your students will practice rounding using manipulatives.
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Rounding Up to the Nearest Hundred
Rounding Up to the Nearest Hundred
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Rounding Up to the Nearest Hundred
This lesson helps students review rounding to the nearest hundred. Your students will practice rounding using manipulatives.
Third Grade
Place Value
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Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze
Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze
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Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze
Third Grade
Multiplication
With this lesson, your students will see how the order of the factors does not affect the product in a multiplication expression. Use this on its own or alongside You're On a Roll! Practicing Multiplication Facts.
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Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze
Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze
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Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze
With this lesson, your students will see how the order of the factors does not affect the product in a multiplication expression. Use this on its own or alongside You're On a Roll! Practicing Multiplication Facts.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Stepping Through Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Stepping Through Multiplication and Division Word Problems
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Stepping Through Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Third Grade
Multiplication
Teach your students four simple steps to help them solve multiplication and division word problems with confidence.
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Stepping Through Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Stepping Through Multiplication and Division Word Problems
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Stepping Through Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Teach your students four simple steps to help them solve multiplication and division word problems with confidence.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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Exploring Probability: What Are The Chances?
Exploring Probability: What Are The Chances?
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Exploring Probability: What Are The Chances?
Third Grade
Probability
What is the likelihood that a polar bear will walk into the classroom? Students will consider this and other events using the concept of probability and the terms: Impossible, unlikely, likely, and certain.
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Exploring Probability: What Are The Chances?
Exploring Probability: What Are The Chances?
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Exploring Probability: What Are The Chances?
What is the likelihood that a polar bear will walk into the classroom? Students will consider this and other events using the concept of probability and the terms: Impossible, unlikely, likely, and certain.
Third Grade
Probability
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Multiply by 5
Multiply by 5
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Multiply by 5
Third Grade
Multiplication
Help your students discover patterns when multiplying by five.
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Multiply by 5
Multiply by 5
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Multiply by 5
Help your students discover patterns when multiplying by five.
Third Grade
Multiplication
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About 3rd Grade Math Lesson Plans

On Education.com, third-grade math lesson plans provide structured guidance on key concepts such as multiplication and division within 100, fractions, area, perimeter, time, money, and data analysis. These resources help educators and parents teach children mathematical foundations with create hands-on activities, worksheets, and classroom ideas that are engaging and educational. Materials focus on building skills in multi-step problems, understanding place value, and applying geometry and measurement techniques.

Explore a variety of third-grade math teaching materials on Education.com, including interactive worksheets, printable lessons, game-based activities like math bingo, and strategies for visualizing math concepts through real-world applications such as budgeting and measurements. These resources support varied learning styles and help students grasp basic to advanced math skills step-by-step.

Using third-grade math lesson plans from Education.com provides an easy way for parents and teachers to access comprehensive classroom resources that enhance math instruction, encourage problem-solving, and make learning enjoyable. These materials save time creating lesson plans and foster confidence in students as they practice essential skills across multiple subjects.