3.OA: Operations and Algebraic Thinking

3.OA.A: Represent and solve problems involving whole number multiplication and division.

3.OA.A.1: Interpret products of whole numbers as the total number of objects in equal groups (e.g., interpret 5 x 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each).

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)

3.OA.A.2: Interpret whole number quotients of whole numbers (e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each group when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 groups, or as a number of groups when 56 objects are partitioned into equal groups of 8 objects each).

No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)

3.OA.A.3: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)

3.OA.A.4: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers.

Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)

3.OA.B: Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.

3.OA.B.5: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Properties include commutative and associative properties of multiplication and the distributive property. (Students do not need to use the formal terms for these properties.)

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
Multiplying Decimals (Area Model)
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

3.OA.B.6: Understand division as an unknown-factor problem (e.g., find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8).

Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)

3.OA.C: Multiply and divide within 100.

3.OA.C.7: Fluently multiply and divide within 100. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all multiplication products through 10 x 10 and division quotients when both the quotient and divisor are less than or equal to 10.

Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Multiplying Decimals (Area Model)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

3.OA.D: Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.

3.OA.D.8: Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Utilize understanding of the Order of Operations when there are no parentheses.

Cargo Captain (Multi-digit Subtraction)
Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication)
No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)
Number Line Frog Hop (Addition and Subtraction)
Using Algebraic Equations
Using Algebraic Expressions

3.OA.D.9: Identify patterns in the addition table and the multiplication table and explain them using properties of operations (e.g. observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends).

Function Machines 1 (Functions and Tables)
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

3.OA.D.10: When solving problems, assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Adding Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Subtracting Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)

3.NBT: Number and Operations in Base Ten

3.NBT.A: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

3.NBT.A.1: Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

Rounding Whole Numbers (Number Line)

3.NBT.A.2: Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Adding Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Cargo Captain (Multi-digit Subtraction)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Number Line Frog Hop (Addition and Subtraction)
Rounding Whole Numbers (Number Line)
Subtracting Whole Numbers and Decimals (Base-10 Blocks)
Target Sum Card Game (Multi-digit Addition)
Whole Numbers with Base-10 Blocks

3.NF: Number and Operations—Fractions

3.NF.A: Understand fractions as numbers.

3.NF.A.1: Understand a fraction (1/b) as the quantity formed by one part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)
Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)

3.NF.A.2: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.

3.NF.A.2a: Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Understand that each part has size 1/b and that the end point of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.

Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

3.NF.A.2b: Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Understand that the resulting interval has size a/b and that its endpoint locates the number a/b on the number line including values greater than 1.

Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

3.NF.A.2c: Understand a fraction 1/b as a special type of fraction that can be referred to as a unit fraction (e.g. 1/2, 1/4).

Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

3.NF.A.3: Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

3.NF.A.3a: Understand two fractions as equivalent if they have the same relative size compared to 1 whole.

Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)
Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)

3.NF.A.3b: Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions. Explain why the fractions are equivalent.

Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Factor Trees (Factoring Numbers)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)
Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)

3.NF.A.3c: Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.

Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)

3.NF.A.3d: Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Understand that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify conclusions.

Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Garden (Comparing Fractions)
Fractions Greater than One (Fraction Tiles)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)
Toy Factory (Set Models of Fractions)

3.MD: Measurement and Data

3.MD.A: Solve problems involving measurement.

3.MD.A.1a: Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes (e.g., representing the problem on a number line diagram).

Elapsed Time

3.MD.A.2: Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using metric units. (Excludes compound units such as cm³ and finding the geometric volume of a container.) Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units. Excludes multiplicative comparison problems (problems involving notions of “times as much”).

Cannonball Clowns (Number Line Estimation)

3.MD.B: Represent and interpret data.

3.MD.B.3: Create a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one and two-step 'how many more' and 'how many less' problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs.

Forest Ecosystem
Graphing Skills
Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)

3.MD.B.4: Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch to the nearest quarter-inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units— whole numbers, halves, or quarters.

Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)

3.MD.C: Geometric measurement: Understand concepts of area and perimeter.

3.MD.C.5: Understand area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

3.MD.C.5a: A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area.

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.MD.C.5b: A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.MD.C.6: Measure areas by counting unit squares (e.g., square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.MD.C.7: Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.

3.MD.C.7a: Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.MD.C.7b: Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.MD.C.7c: Use tiling to show that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a x b and a x c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)
Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.MD.C.7d: Understand that rectilinear figures can be decomposed into non-overlapping rectangles and that the sum of the areas of these rectangles is identical to the area of the original rectilinear figure. Apply this technique to solve problems in real-world contexts.

Chocomatic (Multiplication, Arrays, and Area)

3.MD.C.8: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of plane figures and areas of rectangles, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length. Represent rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.

Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area)

3.G: Geometry

3.G.A: Reason with shapes and their attributes.

3.G.A.1: Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

Classifying Quadrilaterals

3.G.A.2: Partition shapes into ?? parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction 1/?? of the whole. (Grade 3 expectations are limited to fractions with denominators ?? = 2, 3, 4, 6, 8.)

Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Fraction Artist 2 (Area Models of Fractions)
Modeling Fractions (Area Models)

3.MP: Standards for Mathematical Practices

3.MP.1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Biconditional Statements
Conditional Statements
Estimating Population Size
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

6.1.1: Mathematically proficient students explain to themselves the meaning of a problem, look for entry points to begin work on the problem, and plan and choose a solution pathway. While engaging in productive struggle to solve a problem, they continually ask themselves, “Does this make sense?' to monitor and evaluate their progress and change course if necessary. Once they have a solution, they look back at the problem to determine if the solution is reasonable and accurate. Mathematically proficient students check their solutions to problems using different methods, approaches, or representations. They also compare and understand different representations of problems and different solution pathways, both their own and those of others.

Biconditional Statements
Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Modeling One-Step Equations
Multiplying with Decimals
Pattern Flip (Patterns)
Polling: City
Solving Equations on the Number Line
Using Algebraic Expressions

3.MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

Conditional Statements
Estimating Population Size

3.MP.3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

Biconditional Statements

6.3.1: Mathematically proficient students construct mathematical arguments (explain the reasoning underlying a strategy, solution, or conjecture) using concrete, pictorial, or symbolic referents. Arguments may also rely on definitions, assumptions, previously established results, properties, or structures. Mathematically proficient students make conjectures and build a logical progression of statements to explore the truth of their conjectures. They are able to analyze situations by breaking them into cases, and can recognize and use counterexamples. Mathematically proficient students present their arguments in the form of representations, actions on those representations, and explanations in words (oral or written). Students critique others by affirming or questioning the reasoning of others. They can listen to or read the reasoning of others, decide whether it makes sense, ask questions to clarify or improve the reasoning, and validate or build on it. Mathematically proficient students can communicate their arguments, compare them to others, and reconsider their own arguments in response to the critiques of others.

Biconditional Statements
Conditional Statements

3.MP.4: Model with mathematics.

Estimating Sums and Differences

3.MP.5: Use appropriate tools strategically.

Elapsed Time

6.5.1: Mathematically proficient students consider available tools when solving a mathematical problem. They choose tools that are relevant and useful to the problem at hand. Proficient students are sufficiently familiar with tools appropriate for their grade or course to make sound decisions about when each of these tools might be helpful; recognizing both the insight to be gained and their limitations. Students deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts when using tools to visualize, explore, compare, communicate, make and test predictions, and understand the thinking of others.

Segment and Angle Bisectors

3.MP.6: Attend to precision.

Biconditional Statements
Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Using Algebraic Expressions

6.6.1: Mathematically proficient students clearly communicate to others using appropriate mathematical terminology, and craft explanations that convey their reasoning. When making mathematical arguments about a solution, strategy, or conjecture, they describe mathematical relationships and connect their words clearly to their representations. Mathematically proficient students understand meanings of symbols used in mathematics, calculate accurately and efficiently, label quantities appropriately, and record their work clearly and concisely.

Arithmetic Sequences
Finding Patterns
Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models)
Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Geometric Sequences
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

3.MP.7: Look for and make use of structure.

Pattern Flip (Patterns)

6.7.1: Mathematically proficient students use structure and patterns to assist in making connections among mathematical ideas or concepts when making sense of mathematics. Students recognize and apply general mathematical rules to complex situations. They are able to compose and decompose mathematical ideas and notations into familiar relationships. Mathematically proficient students manage their own progress, stepping back for an overview and shifting perspective when needed.

Arithmetic Sequences
Finding Patterns
Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Geometric Sequences
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

3.MP.8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Arithmetic Sequences
Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Finding Patterns
Geometric Sequences
Pattern Finder
Pattern Flip (Patterns)

6.8.1: Mathematically proficient students look for and describe regularities as they solve multiple related problems. They formulate conjectures about what they notice and communicate observations with precision. While solving problems, students maintain oversight of the process and continually evaluate the reasonableness of their results. This informs and strengthens their understanding of the structure of mathematics which leads to fluency.

Arithmetic Sequences
Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Geometric Sequences