3rd

This science reading product was created to teach my students the importance of reading instructions, reading technical instructions, and of course bringing awesome science into the reading curriculum.

Students will follow instructions on how to grow a pinto bean. They will keep track of its growth for 6 days, filling out a Data Observation Table by sketching the changes and writing down some of the observations that they see going on. I have my students write the observations in complete sentences.

This is a Google doc so you can change instructions as you see fit.

Use this subtraction worksheet to check for understanding or reteach.  There are 6 math subtraction questions that students will solve that require students to borrow across 0s.

Use this elementary math worksheet to check for understanding or reteach the triple digit subtraction with borrowing numbers.

This is a simple version of Snakes and Ladders.  I use this with my 3rd-grade students as one of many game boards they can choose from when using game cards.  This Snakes and Ladders is in the style of St. Patricks Day.

This is a simple number line make that allows teachers to generate custom number lines  Below are some examples of number lines that can be created.

This web tool can allow teachers to build images that represent fractions of circles/pies or polygons.  It is simple to use.  Just say how many equal parts you want represented and then how many parts to shade.  You can also determine the line width, shade color and rotake the shape.  Once finished take a screen show of the picture or right click and save the image.

In this activity, students will first begin by exploring area and perimeter.  Tell your students to make a shape that has a specific area or perimeter and then give them time to explore and create.  As you go, make the math challenges more difficult.  When they have had a chance to explore, have them play the game.  The challenge is to see how many levels they can complete.  Keep in mind that the last level is unique in that students now have to create a shape with a specific area while creating fraction of shaded color like the second image below.

This website allows students and teachers to visually explore fractions and how they relate to mixed numbers, decimals and percents.  You can set it up by area, region or sets of items.  Once you select a fraction it will then demonstrate to students how that relates to mixed numbers, decimals and percents.

When my 3rd grade students are learning to read measurements to the quarter inch, I use this game.  Most kids get really into it.  As students get the measurement correct, the timer goes faster and faster.  You can change the settings to display rulers the measure just the inch, half inch, quarter inch, sixteenth inch, thirty-two seconds of an inch and even sixty-four seconds of an inch.

Teachers can create arrays and visually show how division works.  Using the program students can also work on estimation, factoring, remainders, and fractions that all deal with division.  Factor Pairs and Prime factors can also be shown.  Teachers can use this to show why some numbers are perfect squares and some are perfect triangles.  Watch the video to show how to change and use this number explorer with students.