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3rd Grade
What your child
will learn
Numbers and
Operations
Whole numbers to
1000’s, place value,
simple fractions, place
value, skip counting 2’s,
5’s, 10’s, +/- facts,
estimation, patterns, story
problems
What your child
will do
Read, write, order, count,
and model numbers to
1000, read and write
simple fractions, model
and recall +/-, estimate
sets up to 50, model
multiplication with
products to 25 and
division with whole
numbers to 25.
What you’ll see
(products)
Fact practice worksheets,
products from individual
activities.
How you can help
Practice skip counts (2’s,
5’s, 10’s), practice
addition and subtraction
facts to 20
Measurement
Geometry
Measure to nearest halfinch. Compare and order
objects according to
measurable attributes,
calendar, length,
temperature, area,
volume, and weight.
Identify greater than less
than or equal to.
Measure using a variety
of tools, tell time to
quarter hour, count back
change from a dollar,
identify coins and their
value, and the value of a
set of coins
Identify, describe and
compare triangle,
circle, square,
rectangle, cone, sphere,
cylinder; symmetry,
and transformations;
perimeter, area, and
volume; position and
direction
Describe attributes,
identify, describe and
compare plane and 3-D
shapes, relate to realworld, determine area,
compare, and construct
shapes.
Measurement activities,
increased knowledge of
time and date, interest in
counting money and
making change
Work with your child on
coin values to a dollar.
Let them tell you the
time and figure out how
much time until an event
occurs. Help your child
make small purchases.
Have them count back
change.
Activity pages with
shapes constructed by
students, student
constructed 3-D shapes,
simple maps
Look for shapes around
your world with your
child, use positional
words such as inside,
outside, right left,
between, above,
below…
Statistics and
Probability
Design
investigation,
construct graphs,
collect, record and
interpret data,
describe
information from
graphs; chance and
certainty
Construct a variety
of graphs; design
investigation
collect, explain,
evaluate, record
data, compare
graphs. Make
predictions about
probability of
outcomes
Problem Solving
A variety of graphs
from realistic
situations
Story problem
activities with
support for
reasonableness
Talk with your
child about graphs,
encourage
vocabulary such as
how many, more/
less than, how
many more/less.
Make predictions
about probability.
Encourage your
child to explore a
variety of problem
solving strategies at
home and to
explain why a
prediction,
estimation, or
solution is
reasonable.
Go to http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments.aspx?id=6056 for detailed Grade Level Expectations (GLE’s)
A variety of
problem solving
strategies, to
communicate
everyday language
into math terms,
explain
reasonableness
Choose appropriate
problem solving
strategies, translate
everyday language
into math terms,
explain reasonableness, and connect
math to real-world
contexts