Mathematics — Grade 3

A math story!

This lesson plan is designed to use a basic third grade math fact as a prompt to write and illustrate a math story. A hands on math activity using math manipulatives will serve as the focus and review for this lesson. A writing activity will serve as a conclusion as well as an assessment for understanding.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Sherrill Haltigan.

Fun with division

Students will learn division concepts through the use of The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins and a poem entitled "Dividing up Bugs." Students will be involved in hands on activities in order to gain an understanding of division. This lesson plan integrates communication skills, math, and technology.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Grace Blythe.

Resources on the web

Working with rows and columns

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students examine the array, or cross product, model of multiplication to discover the role of the multiplicative identity and the effects of multiplying by 0. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Times six, times seven: Looking backward and moving forward

In this lesson, students play games to help them practice and review the multiplication facts they have memorized. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Patterns on Charts

Students find, record, and analyze patterns on hundred and multiplication charts. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Patterns and products

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students focus on generating the multiplication facts and using a hundreds board and a calculator. Then, they record their current level of multiplication fact mastery on a multiplication table. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Multiplication stories

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students practice memorization of multiplication facts where one factor is 6 or 7. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

More patterns with products

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an interactive Web site to find patterns in the multiplication tables. They then practice multiplication facts and record their current level of mastery. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Modeling Multiplication with Rows and Columns

This lesson, the fourth of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Multiplying Meanings,” encourages students to explore the array model of multiplication. Students make arrays with counters and then create a second concrete example of... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Making your own product game

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Looking for patterns

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, that focuses on the properties of multiplication, students skip count, examine multiplication patterns, and explore commutativity. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Looking for calculator patterns

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use a Web-based calculator to create and compare counting patterns using the constant function feature of the calculator. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Focusing on retention

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students practice multiplication facts by playing card games and singing skip-counting songs. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding products

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students examine the role of commutativity and the multiplicative identity, play a multiplication game, and explore products where one of the factors is 6. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Possibilities

Introduces the multiplication model known as “cross products of sets.” (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding multiplication patterns

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore commutative properties, examine patterns when one factor is 6, and record known facts. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The factor game

In this Illuminations lesson, students play the Factor Game, which engages students in a friendly contest where strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring Equal Sets

Reading the children's book What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's sets the stage for this lesson in which students find products using equal sets and present results in the form of a table. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Eat your veggies: Looking back and moving forward

Last in a eight-part series. Students display what they have learned about data representation. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

A brownie bake

This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, focuses on student organization, preparation, and presentation of some simple foods as a way to apply various mathematical concepts, with problem-solving techniques being a central theme. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics