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3rd grade math thematic unit plans for SMART Notebook and for special education

Preview of Cute Monsters: Synonyms and Antonyms SMARTboard Activity

Cute Monsters: Synonyms and Antonyms SMARTboard Activity

Created by
Speech Ace
This activity created by Speech Ace is a fun way to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Using the Smartboard, learn the definitions of synonym and antonym. Then, engage in matching activities for synonyms and antonyms. Finally, a "Monster Mash" game is included that allows students to be on 2 teams and identify synonyms and antonyms. An answer key is included. This activity is perfect for speech therapy, special education classes, and general education classes who are working on vocabulary b
Preview of Daily Calendar Math Throughout the Year revision. Smart Notebook File

Daily Calendar Math Throughout the Year revision. Smart Notebook File

Created by
Hedy Dowstra-Cox
Daily Calendar Math Throughout the Year for Second Grade Start your year off with this smart notebook file that has a full year (10 months) of calendar Math for the 2015-2016 school year. Daily routine math activities are built in to address some of the daily common core standards for grades 1-3. The students will develop skills in operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base ten, and measurement and data. Students will work with your own number of the day u
Preview of Community Helpers Workers Smart Board Lesson

Community Helpers Workers Smart Board Lesson

This lesson was created for speech therapy groups working on helpers and workers in the community. It can be used for all ages in any classroom working on this topic. It includes songs, a story, smart board interactive activities to get the kids up and interactive with the lesson. Targets sorting/categories, identifying/labeling, following directions, and more.
Preview of Balanced Equations (equivalent) Smart Board Lesson - Addition and Subtraction!!!

Balanced Equations (equivalent) Smart Board Lesson - Addition and Subtraction!!!

This product will help you introduce, practice or reteach balanced equations. There are several pictorial slides to help students understand the concept of balancing (equality) and several slides with both addition and subtraction expressions with a missing number. This product will allow your students a fun and interactive experience with this challenging topic. Enjoy!
Preview of Springtime Concepts: First, Second, Third, Last - Smartboard Activity

Springtime Concepts: First, Second, Third, Last - Smartboard Activity

Created by
Speech Ace
This activity allows for a teacher to provide examples for "first", "second", "third", and "last" concepts. Each concept has its own page with directions to follow. Then, a page is included with directions that randomize the concepts. An answer key for each of the pages is included.
Preview of Fun with Time:  "Big Pumpkin" Elapsed Time Halloween Activity

Fun with Time: "Big Pumpkin" Elapsed Time Halloween Activity

Created by
Perry's Place
One of my favorite Halloween books is Big Pumpkin . Many of my students need to work on elapsed time and have alot of difficulty with this concept. So I developed this fun lesson to help them get a better grip on it. While this activity was designed to go along side of the book, it can also stand on its own. I have included two clocks on each slide. One clock is interactive so you can have students set it to the current time and then move it ahead or back based on the word problem to show t
Preview of Smartboard Fun:  Energy Sorting Lesson

Smartboard Fun: Energy Sorting Lesson

Created by
Perry's Place
Are you studying energy with your Special Education students and need some fun interactive lessons? Try this lesson out. I made it for my Special Education kiddos while we were doing a unit on energy. Specifically this lesson covers:Sorting pictures into the different energy categories. The first page is sorting electrical energy, light energy and wind energy. The second page is sorting heat energy vs. sound energy.Check out my energy bingo game for more fun activities: ⭐Energy BINGO**Please n
Preview of Rude Giants Smartbaord Unit for Language and Literacy

Rude Giants Smartbaord Unit for Language and Literacy

Created by
KD SLP
Rude Giants is a language-literacy Smartboard unit designed for students who have language objectives. This unit is geared towards 3rd-5th grade students. It addresses a variety of objectives over a course of multiple therapy sessions. The use of an interactive notebook is incorporated throughout the lessons. Links to hand-outs are embedded. There is a Youtube video of the story linked to the lesson as well so you do not have to read the book repeatedly. The following are language based ob
Preview of Winter Penguin Themed/Holiday Activity Smart Notebook

Winter Penguin Themed/Holiday Activity Smart Notebook

Created by
Einstein DNA
Celebrate the holiday and make learning fun and interactive with this winter penguin-themed Notebook file for the SMARTboard. This adorable 28 page file with vivid clip art images and cute backgrounds includes the following activities and more!(I animated the penguins to make them run away when clicked! Must download the latest version of Smart Notebook 10.8 from the Smarttech website to view animations). Download a preview to see a few of the pages from the complete file! A penguin and igloo a
Preview of Arthur's Thanksgiving a Smartboard Language Unit

Arthur's Thanksgiving a Smartboard Language Unit

Created by
KD SLP
This is an interactive Smartboard unit that can be used to work on language objectives. There are interactive notebook components included in the body of the Smartboard unit. A link to a youtube video of the story is available however, you may want to read the story yourself (it is there for your convenience, especially if you have to read the story over and over again to different language groups). The following strategies and skills are addressed in the unit: figurative language predicting/
Preview of December Language Unit for Smartboard

December Language Unit for Smartboard

Created by
KD SLP
This unit is designed for children with autism and/or language-learning deficits. The books Elmer in the Snow and Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear! are used. The following concepts are addressed: riddles compare/contrast yes/no questions retelling problem/solution cause/effect comprehension wh questions describing predicting identifying facial expressions and emotions sequencing near/far This unit can be adapted and modified into a book for the comprehension questions and sequencing. You al
Preview of Fun with Time:  'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving Time Lapse Activity

Fun with Time: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving Time Lapse Activity

Created by
Perry's Place
One of my favorite Thanksgiving books is 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving . Many of my students need to work on elapsed time and have alot of difficulty with this concept. So I developed this fun smartboard lesson to help them get a better grip on it. While this activity was designed to go along side of the book, it can also stand on its own. I have included two clocks on each slide. One clock is interactive so you can have students set it to the current time and then move it ahead or back ba
Preview of Polar Regions - Antarctica and the Arctic

Polar Regions - Antarctica and the Arctic

This SMART notebook files forms 5 complete lessons about Polar Regions: 1. Intro and the difference between Antarctica and the Arctic, 2. Antarctica, 3. The Arctic, 4. Animals of the Polar regions 5. Human Impact on the Polar Regions. This can be used every day over a week, which would be great for a relief teacher, or as a unit plan over 5 weeks for a class teacher. The lessons include pictures, videos, interactive parts and each lesson has an activity to complete at the end to summarise
Preview of Christmas Tapestry Smartboard Langauge Unit

Christmas Tapestry Smartboard Langauge Unit

Created by
KD SLP
As SLPs we have to address a wide range of language objectives. This is an interactive Smartboard unit that can be used to work on language objectives. There are interactive notebook components included in the body of the Smartboard unit. There is a movie on youtube for the book in case you want to play it instead of read the book over and over again. It is about 19 minutes long. The following strategies and skills are addressed in the unit: nonfiction - prior knowledge chart semantic ana
Preview of Math GR 3 CCS Unit 3 Part 1 Smart Board Interactive Unit

Math GR 3 CCS Unit 3 Part 1 Smart Board Interactive Unit

Created by
Susan Russell
I created Unit 3 Part one with 27 slides: 9 are instructions from the and 18 are interactive. The slides I created are skill drill and instruction using arrays, Graphs,Tables, Grids, and 1 & 2 step problem solving. Several pages are included from the GA CCS site to help you understand the expectations for the specific skills. It is a public site.
Preview of Agriculture - Plants

Agriculture - Plants

This is a Smart Notebook file that forms a unit about Agriculture - Plants. It was originally made for a senior special needs class but can easily be used for a class of nearly any age or ability. It includes 7 lessons that can be taught over a week or a term. If you do not have SMARTnotebook you can still view and use this lesson, as long as you are connected to the internet: http://express.smarttech.com/# Simply go to this webpage and upload the file. Some of the formatting will change, and m
Preview of Creative Problem Solving Smartboard Unit

Creative Problem Solving Smartboard Unit

Created by
KD SLP
Students with language learning disabilities often struggle with problem solving skills. In this unit we explore creative/divergent problem solving skills. These concepts are often part of our gifted program but do not reach our students with special needs. In this unit we cover the difference between discovery and invention, how an inventor thinks, a variety of literature is used to provide examples of divergent thinking and a number of activities are provided to give your students plenty of
Preview of Christmas Make Ten and Double UP Presents

Christmas Make Ten and Double UP Presents

Created by
Ryan Wundrow
Your are purchasing two games that are very similar. One game works on combinations of ten and the other game works on double combinations. This can be used as a center, a game, a lesson, or a review.
Preview of Eureka Third Grade Math Module 2 Smartboard Lessons

Eureka Third Grade Math Module 2 Smartboard Lessons

Created by
JoAnn Hill
Eureka Third Grade Math Module 2 Smart Notebook Smartboard lessons. Each Smartboard lesson includes the math message/warm-up, application problem, concept development, and end-of-class discussion questions.
Preview of Community Helpers Workers Smart Board Lesson

Community Helpers Workers Smart Board Lesson

This lesson was created for speech therapy groups working on helpers and workers in the community. This is for lower level students working on this topic. It includes songs, a story, smart board interactive activities to get the kids up and interactive with the lesson. Great for push in activities.
Preview of Winter Concepts: First, Second, Third, Middle, Last

Winter Concepts: First, Second, Third, Middle, Last

Created by
Speech Ace
Winter weather is here and just in time to start working on concepts that are used around us all the time! This activity allows for a teacher to provide examples for "first", "second", "third", "middle", and "last" concepts. Each concept has its own page with directions to follow. Then, a page is included with directions that randomize the concepts. An answer key for each of the pages is included. ***THIS IS A SMARTBOARD activity to be used with the SMART Notebook software!
Preview of Graphs & Tables Part 1

Graphs & Tables Part 1

Created by
Susan Russell
This is the first part of a two part series of lessons on graphs and tables on Smart. This one has 8 slides and is very student interactive.
Preview of Springtime Concepts: More/Less

Springtime Concepts: More/Less

Created by
Speech Ace
Using the Smartboard, the students can define and understand the concepts of "more" and "less". The students are able to follow directions involving these concepts and interact with the Smartboard. This unit has a springtime theme and has beautiful clipart to attract young children's attention. Here are some great printable activities for you to check out: Spring Expressive Language Pack Springtime Concepts Spring Fun: Following Directions Spring/Easter Dot Reinforcers Flower Power Synonyms an
Preview of Five Green Speckled Frogs

Five Green Speckled Frogs

Created by
mckenzie connors
This fun count down to frogs jumping into the pond, will have kids wanting to interact by touching a frog and making it disappear.
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Importance of learning math skills in 3rd grade

It's no secret that mathematics is a foundational subject for students to learn. Since it forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology — it's essential that kids develop strong math skills from a young age as it makes them more likely to succeed in other courses in the future.

Benefits of learning 3rd grade math

Learning math in 3rd grade has many benefits. It helps students:

  • Begin to develop problem-solving, logical reasoning, and critical-thinking skills
  • Grow their understanding of numbers and basic operations
  • Understand how math is used in real-life situations

By ensuring that children have a solid foundation, teachers can help set them up for future success

The key concepts for 3rd grade math

Third grade math is an essential component of a child's education, as students will build upon these concepts and skills in subsequent grades. Third grade math covers a wide range of topics, from basic arithmetic to more complex concepts like fractions.

Addition and Subtraction

In 3rd grade, children are expected to build upon and practice the knowledge they learned in the 1st and 2nd grades about addition and subtraction. As 3rd graders, they'll focus on learning how to add and subtract two and three digit numbers.

Multiplication and Division

In 3rd grade, students will start to learn how to multiply and divide numbers up to 100, and begin to learn about the relationship between multiplication and division.

Fractions

Children in 3rd grade will also learn about fractions including how to compare, order, and add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

Geometry

In 3rd grade, students will learn about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, and be taught how to solve for a shape's perimeter, area, and/or volume. They'll also learn to identify lines of symmetry in shapes and understand basic transformations like reflection and rotation.

Measurement and Data

Measurement and data are another key concept students will explore in 3rd grade. They'll learn to measure the length, weight, and volume of objects using inches, pounds, and gallons. They'll also learn to interpret and create basic graphs and charts.

Common challenges students face in 3rd grade math

This grade can be challenging for some students. Common challenges include:

  • Difficulty understanding basic math facts
  • Trouble with memorizing multiplication tables
  • Difficulty with word problems
  • Lack of confidence in math abilities

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There are many different types of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math worksheets and resources can be found on topics like: addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, place value, geometry, measurement, fractions, and much more.

What are some good resources for practicing 3rd grade math?

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Why is 3rd grade math important?

Math in 3rd is important because students learn the foundational knowledge they need for future academic success. Additionally, they'll learn the key concepts and skills that are necessary for solving more complex math problems in the future.

What are some common challenges in 3rd grade math?

Common challenges in 3rd grade math include difficulty with basic math facts, struggles with word problems, trouble with memorization, and lack of confidence in math abilities.

How can teachers effectively teach 3rd grade math?

Teachers can effectively teach 3rd graders by providing plenty of opportunities for practice, encouraging student collaboration, making teaching math fun and engaging, and providing regular feedback and recognition.

What are some key concepts taught in 3rd grade math?

Some key concepts taught to 3rd grade students include multiplication and division, fractions, geometry, measurement, and data.

How can I help my students overcome math anxiety?

You can help students overcome math anxiety by providing a supportive and positive environment, breaking down math concepts into manageable chunks, and using real-world examples.

What should I do if my child is struggling with a specific math concept?

If your child is struggling with a specific math concept, you can provide extra support and resources such as worksheets, tutoring, or online educational tools.

Sometimes, visual aids like charts, graphs, and manipulatives can help children understand abstract concepts better. The use of visuals can help explain math concepts to kids and better engage them in their learning.

How can I make math fun for students?

Children learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If a child in your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies.