In this blog post I will share with you division strategies, example activities, and a free printable that you can use with your third grade students.
Start with word problems! Why?
It is very important to introduce division using word problems. This is a great opportunity ...
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Google Slides Tips for Teachers
In last week's blog post, I shared with you some Google Forms tips and tricks. The self-grading feature of Google Forms makes them perfect for assessments. What they do lack is interactive features. That's where Google Slides come in handy.
Google Slides can be used to ...
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Google Forms in the Elementary Classroom
Do you have access to Google Classroom but haven't started using it? Perhaps you think it'll be confusing or time consuming to set it up. I thought the same thing. I spent almost one year avoiding it all. I finally told myself that I was being ridiculous.
I stayed one day ...
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Using a Hundreds Chart to Find Multiplication Patterns – Free Printable
In third grade students are expected to identify arithmetic patterns in a multiplication table.
A multiplication table is great, but it gives students all the information. A hundreds chart is a better way to get students engaged in this process as they skip count to find the ...
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What to do instead of Math Rotations
It's important to remember that your math groups should have no more than 6 students. But what if you have 30 students? Would a math workshop model still work?
The answer is yes. It might look a little different, and that's okay.
A simple rotation of 3 groups might ...
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Multiplication Dominoes Game – Free Printable
Students are introduced to multiplication in third grade. Everything is very hands-on and visuals are used to represent these math facts. They may include the following:
equal groups
repeated addition sentences
number lines for skip counting
arrays
But what happens when ...
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