Grade 3 Understand Multiplication and Division

Math of Whole Numbers

September - November
Real World Applications Count a row of tiles in a room and the number of rows to find out how
many total tiles there are in the room
Igloo building with block and then estimate the number of blocks used
by counting across and up
Double or triple a recipe using multiplication or figure out how to make
a single serving
Content Standards Skills Standards Connections
● Math Vocabulary ● Understand that multiplication is Math Centers: Using dice, flashcards,
○ Interpret repeated addition FlashMaster, and games to reinforce
○ Quotient ● Use number lines to multiply concepts
○ Product ● Apply strategies to solve word problems
○ Factors that require multiplication and division Science Connection: Forming Groups -
○ Dividend ● Divide using repeated subtraction Butterflies in Flight
○ Divisor ● Interpret the multiplication chart and use
○ Equation it to find patterns in multiplication facts Simulation: Students represent equations
○ Operation ● Use multiplication and division within 100 and physically move to demonstrate the
● Multiplication and division strategies to solve word problems in situations processes
○ Arrays involving equal groups, arrays, and
○ Commutative property measurement quantities Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
○ Associate property
○ Distributive property Flashcards: Flashcards for math terminology
○ Fact families

NOTE: This scope and sequence is meant to help parents understand the cadence and curriculum Greenwich Catholic School uses to teach required content and skills at each grade level and in each
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*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.
 Below shows the specific numbers we focus on during the fall.
September October November
● 2 and 5 as Factors ● Apply properties: 3 as a factor ● Even and odd numbers
● 9 as a Factor ● Apply properties: 4 as a factor ● Identify patterns to solve multiplication
● Multiply by 0 and 1 ● Apply properties: 6 and 7 as factors and division
● Multiply by 10 ● Apply properties: 8 as a factor ● Learn to use and read multiplication
● Multiplication Facts: 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10 ● Apply properties: 9 as a factor tables
● Model with Math ● Compare using multiplication and division

NOTE: This scope and sequence is meant to help parents understand the cadence and curriculum Greenwich Catholic School uses to teach required content and skills at each grade level and in each
subject. Parents interested in reading the formal language of the standards that drive our curriculum are welcome to request a copy.
*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.
 Grade 3 Represent and Interpret Data by using
Math operations to solve problems
(December - February)
Real World Applications Look at grocery sale documents and have your child plan what to buy
and add the dollar amounts to estimate the total cost.
Add and subtract numbers on license plates as you drive around town
Roll dice and make a number out of the four digits. Roll again and make
another number. Add them and then subtract them.
Content Standards Skills Standards Connections
● Draw graphs to represent data and solve ● How to use picture graphs and bar graphs Science Connection: Seasons – How to use
problems. to interpret information graphs to track and predict weather patterns
● Use known strategies to fluently add and ● Properties of addition
subtract within 1,000 ● Students will find and explain addition Science Connection: Bar graphs to track bird
● Use what is known about place value to patterns feeders (Done later in the year during the
round to the nearest 10 and 100 ● Use value and number lines to round Science Fair)
● Solve multi-step word problems using all whole-numbers
four operations (multiplication, division, ● Use mental math to add and subtract Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
addition, and subtraction) ● Use the relationship between addition
● Use known strategies to fluently add and and subtraction to solve problems (e.g., Science Connection: Traits and the
subtract within 1,000 subtraction is the opposite of addition) environment – Using rounding to record data
● Use what is known about place value to ● Modeling problems about land animals
round to the nearest 10 and 100 ● Creating picture and bar graphs
● Solve multi-step word problems using all ● Using the information in graphs to help Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
four operations (multiplication, division, solve word problems
addition, and subtraction) ● Using precision to solve real-world math
● Use diagrams and equations to show how
parts of problems are related

NOTE: This scope and sequence is meant to help parents understand the cadence and curriculum Greenwich Catholic School uses to teach required content and skills at each grade level and in each
subject. Parents interested in reading the formal language of the standards that drive our curriculum are welcome to request a copy.
*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.
 Grade 3 Fractions
Math (February - March)
Real World Applications Measure ingredients for a recipe using various measuring cups.
Compare quantities of measuring cups to see which fractions are
larger or smaller.
Count the number of pieces of pizza or cake each person in your family
eats and discuss what fraction of the whole pizza or cake they ate.
Content Standards Skills Standards Connections
● Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity ● Divide numbers and areas into equal Science Connection: Make grid maps.
formed by 1 part when a whole is parts
partitioned into b equal parts; ● Use fractions to represent parts of a Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
understand a fraction a/b as the quantity whole
formed by a parts of size 1/b ● Understand a whole and how it can be
● Represent a fraction 1/b on a number broken up into parts
line diagram. ● Representing fractions on a number line
● Compare fractions. ● Understand that fractions can be less
than or greater than one

NOTE: This scope and sequence is meant to help parents understand the cadence and curriculum Greenwich Catholic School uses to teach required content and skills at each grade level and in each
subject. Parents interested in reading the formal language of the standards that drive our curriculum are welcome to request a copy.
*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.
 Grade 3 Solve Time, Capacity, and Mass
Math Problems
(April)
Real World Applications Ask your child to tell time using a clock (non-digital).
Predict the volume in various glasses. Pour liquid from one glass to another and
notice how the shape and size of the glass impacts the volume.
Figure out what you weigh in kilograms and grams.
Content Standards Skills Standards Connections
● Tell and write time to the nearest minute ● Use clocks to show and tell time to the Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
and measure time intervals in minutes. minute
Solve word problems involving addition ● Measure intervals in time in hours and
and subtraction of time intervals in minutes
minutes, e.g., by representing the ● Use representations to solve word
problem on a number line diagram problems about time
● Measure and estimate liquid volumes ● Use standard units to measure liquid
and masses of objects using standard volume
units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and ● Use standard units to measure the mass
liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide of solid objects
to solve one-step word problems ● Measure mass using grams and kilograms
involving masses or volumes that are ● Solve word problems using mass and
given in the same units, e.g., by using volume
drawings (such as a beaker with a ● Use what is known to assess the validity
measurement scale) to represent the of problem situations
problem

NOTE: This scope and sequence is meant to help parents understand the cadence and curriculum Greenwich Catholic School uses to teach required content and skills at each grade level and in each
subject. Parents interested in reading the formal language of the standards that drive our curriculum are welcome to request a copy.
*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.
 Grade 3 Attributes of Two-dimensional Shapes
Math (May)
Real World Applications Look for shapes in buildings as you drive around town and name them.
Talk about whether or not they can have more than one name (ex.
Rectangle and quadrilateral)
Content Standards Skills Standards Connections
● Understand that shapes in different ● Identify and recognize the characteristics Science Connection: Matching puzzle pieces
categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, of quadrilaterals together
and others) may share attributes (e.g., ● Classify shapes based on their differences
having four sides), and that the shared and similarities Science Connection: How construction
attributes can define a larger category ● Analyze and compare quadrilaterals workers use shapes to design structures
(e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize
rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
examples of quadrilaterals, and draw
examples of quadrilaterals that do not
belong to any of these subcategories

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*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.
 Grade 3 Solve Perimeter Problems
Math (May-June)
Real World Applications Create placemats out of poster paper. Using origami paper to decorate
the placemat (lay different colored papers next to each other so the
placemats are full of colorful squares). Count how many pieces of
paper your child used and the overall dimensions of the placemat. Have
them compute the area and perimeter. Discuss how knowing the
perimeter would help them plan for the number of squares they would
need to use. Cut the origami paper in fourths and see if they can predict
how many squares they need to fill the placemat. Make different sizes
and shapes of placemats.
Content Standards Skills Standards Connections
● Solve real world and mathematical ● Understand perimeter Science Connection: Use manipulatives
problems involving perimeters of ● Find the perimeter of polygons (blocks) to build a perimeter and determine
polygons, including finding the perimeter ● Find the perimeter of common shapes the area.
given the side lengths, finding an ● Using perimeters to find unknown
unknown side length, and exhibiting lengths of polygons Technology: Envision 2.0 videos
rectangles with the same perimeter and ● Compare perimeter and area
different areas or with the same area and
different perimeters

NOTE: This scope and sequence is meant to help parents understand the cadence and curriculum Greenwich Catholic School uses to teach required content and skills at each grade level and in each
subject. Parents interested in reading the formal language of the standards that drive our curriculum are welcome to request a copy.
*STEM activities are design challenges where students need to address a problem and work collaboratively to find a solution. They tend to be projects or performance tasks aimed to evaluate
whether students have mastered content and can apply it.
*SOLE activities are cooperative activities where students work in teams to research content standards and then present their findings to the class. They tend to be designed to help our students
work together to find and discuss information related to the unit curriculum.
*SIMULATIONS provide students with experiences that enhance their understanding of the guiding questions for each unit.