Are you a third grade teacher looking for additional math resources for this year? This round up of 3rd grade math games features some of my classroom favorites. I love to use math games in class to work on number sense and build fact fluency. I also like to use games to give students computation practice in an engaging way. Each of these is easy to prep- often just print and go or assign and
“If you are a parent of a child in the K-12 system, there is today just one thing you should ensure your offspring has mastered in the math class by the time they graduate: number sense.” Dr. Keith Devlin, mathematician at Stanford University Number sense is the single best indicator of students’ success in math. It is critical in the Common Core State Standards in math, and is the reason curriculum companies have built
When I was an interventionist looking at our schoolwide data, I noticed something in our students’ math data. The students in third grade that scored lowest in math overall on our benchmark testing (NWEA’s MAP test), were the lowest scoring in the place value and number sense sub-domain. As time has gone on, I’ve continued to see that trend- that the lowest achieving students in math, tend to have poor number sense. Here are some
A couple weeks ago, I shared the centers we were going to use to practice some number sense skills and standards. Welp, we did that. And we quickly figured out that the kids needed a wee bit more practice. And by a wee bit I mean we backed things back up, and we decided we needed to try some new strategies. Late last week I put these together. They’re working on a lot of the
This week we were starting to get into the swing of math. I was planning the way I want to be planning. I knew what I was doing for the week by Sunday- and that hadn’t happened yet this year. Our activities were fun, engaging, hands-on, and had bodies moving. I was so excited. And then, we’ve decided to change things up for math. We’re going to mix our kids between our two classes and
I’ve spent the last 15 years teaching in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, and working beside elementary classrooms as an instructional coach and resource support. I’m passionate about math, literacy, and finding ways to make teachers’ days easier. I share from my experiences both in and out of the elementary classroom. Read more About Me.
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