Grade 3 Math Scope and Sequence

The units week by week

1. Weeks 1–4

   Rounding, Adding, and Subtracting Within 1,000

   1. Round to the nearest ten
   2. Round to the nearest hundred
   3. Round, then estimate the sum
   4. Add and subtract with regrouping
   5. Make it balance
   6. Is the sum odd or even?
   7. Find the rule of a number pattern

   Standards, Common Core: 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.OA.D.9

2. Weeks 5–7

   Starting Multiplication

   1. Multiplication as equal groups
   2. Multiplication hops
   3. Turn the array around
   4. Multiplication facts for 2 and 5
   5. Number machines

   Standards, Common Core: 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.9

3. Weeks 8–11

   Division

   1. Divide by sharing
   2. Divide by hopping back
   3. The missing factor and fact families
   4. The facts we still need
   5. Break a hard fact into two easy ones
   6. Division with a remainder
   7. Multiply by multiples of 10

   Standards, Common Core: 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7

4. Weeks 12–13

   Story Problems with All Four Operations

   1. Multiplication and division word problems
   2. Two-step stories: add and subtract
   3. Two-step stories: multiply or divide
   4. A letter for the unknown and an estimate to check the answer

   Standards, Common Core: 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.D.8

5. Weeks 14–17

   Time, Temperature, Mass, and Liquid Volume

   1. Tell time to the minute
   2. How much time passed?
   3. Add and subtract time
   4. Read a thermometer
   5. Read a scale in grams
   6. Read a measuring cup

   Standards, Common Core: 3.MD.A.1, 3.MD.A.2

6. Weeks 18–21

   Area and Perimeter

   1. Area: count the squares
   2. Area of a rectangle: multiply the side lengths
   3. Same area, different shape
   4. Area of an L-shape
   5. Perimeter: walk the edge
   6. Perimeter: find the missing side
   7. Same perimeter, different area
   8. Count the cubes

   Standards, Common Core: 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7.a, 3.MD.C.7.b, 3.MD.C.7.d, 3.MD.D.8

7. Weeks 22–26

   Fractions

   1. Equal pieces
   2. Name and shade a fraction
   3. Find the whole
   4. Unit fractions on the number line
   5. Fractions on a number line
   6. Which fraction is greater?
   7. Equivalent fractions: different names, same amount
   8. Whole numbers as fractions
   9. A fraction of a group

   Standards, Common Core: 3.G.A.2, 3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.2, 3.NF.A.3.a, 3.NF.A.3.b, 3.NF.A.3.c, 3.NF.A.3.d, 3.OA.A.2

8. Weeks 27–30

   Shapes and Data

   1. Right angles
   2. Is it a rectangle?
   3. How many lines of symmetry?
   4. Graphs with a scale
   5. A line plot with halves
   6. Measure to the nearest quarter inch

   Standards, Common Core: 3.G.A.1, 3.MD.B.3, 3.MD.B.4