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3rd grade Back to School math scripts

Preview of Seasonal Art & Craft Activities Megabundle Easy Step by Step Crafts + Writing

Seasonal Art & Craft Activities Megabundle Easy Step by Step Crafts + Writing

Are you in need of easy seasonal arts & crafts ideas for your primary classroom? This huge collection features 70+ simple craft projects (8 seasonal art activities for each month), including Spring and Earth Day, as well as printable worksheets!As a busy teacher myself, I know how difficult it can be to plan for art lessons. My goal in creating these units is to do all the work for you so that art will be easy to include in your weekly and monthly plans!Each project has been classroom tested
Preview of 15 Good Character Reader's Theatre Scripts

15 Good Character Reader's Theatre Scripts

Created by
Insight Literacy
This packet includes 15 one page reader's theatre scripts to help support and open up honest discussions in 4th-6th grade classrooms about using good character and making smart choices. Each script allows for four readers. Topics include:"Trust Me!" (Trustworthiness)"Respect Yourself and Others" (Respect)"Be Responsible!" (Responsibility)"That's Not Fair!" (Fairness)"We Care!" (Caring)"Citizenship""Let's All Get Along!" (Cooperation)"It Takes Courage!" (Courage)"I Forgive You!" (Forgiveness)"I H
Preview of Equivalent Fractions Readers' Theater

Equivalent Fractions Readers' Theater

Created by
Germain Teachers
Are you looking for a fun, quick way to help your students learn math vocabulary or review your fraction unit? My students love this reader's theater script that reinforces vocabulary while also practicing reading fluency. Included in this product are two versions of a readers' theater script focused on fraction vocabulary. Both versions include the following vocabulary: equivalent fractions, numerator, and denominator. The more challenging version also includes simplest form, reduce, and g
Preview of State Test Prep Boot Camp Skit

State Test Prep Boot Camp Skit

This motivational skit reveals introduces Test Recruits as they make their way through boot camp learning reading and math test strategies with the help of their Skill Sergeant. In the end, all graduate as Test Warriors. The reading and math test strategies are written as military cadence chants (like the Army's Sound Off cadence), and a PPT is included for audience participation. Perfect for testing pep rallies and test motivation!Check out the thumbnails and preview to see several of the caden
Preview of Back to School Reader’s Theater Scripts

Back to School Reader’s Theater Scripts

Fluency and comprehension are at the heart of upper grades reading instruction, and these back to school reader’s theater plays have been carefully designed to review both! My students absolutely LOVE reader’s theater, and I love all the benefits they provide. I set out to create a set of Reader’s Theater that helps students practice their reading comprehension skills, gives them plenty of opportunity for oral reading fluency practice, and provides accountability to both the readers and the audi
Preview of Math Fairy Tales Reader's Theater Scripts

Math Fairy Tales Reader's Theater Scripts

This pack includes the following reader theater scripts for integrating math content into reading. Content Vocabulary integrated: Angles: Acute, Right, and Obtuse, Lines: Perpendicular, Parallel, Intersecting, Symmetry, ReflectionGoldilocks and the Three Angles: Goldilocks spends the day investigating the home of the Three Angles, until she learns that acute is too small, right is just right, and obtuse is too big for her square angle investigator. 3 pgs.Parallela and her Wicked Stepsisters: Pa
Preview of Routines & Procedures Modeling Scripts- Back to School Bundle

Routines & Procedures Modeling Scripts- Back to School Bundle

Classroom management is everything! At the beginning of the school year, it's important to get your classroom management game on. I always feel like a “How To" tour guide. It is during the first weeks of school that I teach, model, and guide my students through every single routine and procedure from arrival to dismissal and all the important stuff in between, like how to use, distribute and locate classroom materials and supplies, how to line up, how to dismiss, and how to actively listen to on
Preview of Student Data Binder

Student Data Binder

(Editable) Student Data Binder Now in Spanish https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spanish-English-Student-Data-Binder-2370187 Hold your students accountable with this student data binder. Have students keep track of their assessments and make goals. Are you trying to set up student-led conferences in your classroom? This product is perfect to get you started. Their "Personal Best Binders" guide each student through their student-led conference. Make student-led conferences a BRE
Preview of Math Readers' Theater for Word Problems

Math Readers' Theater for Word Problems

This twist on traditional math word problems integrates reading and fluency skills with math skills in a fun, cooperative way. Students can act out the word problems that are in each script and they must decide on the number sentences or equations that express each problem. They can also write their own word problem based on the script that summarizes all the math action. Great for whole group, small group, or tutoring groups. Have some math manipulatives on hand such as play money and color
Preview of Friday the 13th Activity Bundle

Friday the 13th Activity Bundle

Created by
Engagement Guru
These math, writing, and reading activities will have your students engaged in Friday the 13th fun across multiple subjects throughout the day! (Minimal prep! Just do some printing and round up some dice!)Activities Included-Two Friday the 13th themed readers' theater scripts with five parts each-A math game for addition or multiplication fluency with three addends or factors -A writing prompt generator that uses students' names to assign them a crazy Friday the 13th scenario to write about!Hall
Preview of Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking

Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking

Created by
Dr Wiggins
"Vietnamese to English ESL Sentences: ESL Newcomer Activities - Rapid Speaking" allows teachers and limited English speaking students to communicate immediately with little or no knowledge of each other's first language. Simply print a copy for yourself and your ESL Vietnamese to English newcomers. Point to the translation of what you are saying on this convenient bilingual resource. ESL newcomers also point to what they want to say in Vietnamese while you read the English translation next to th
Preview of Reader's Theater: Behavior & Back to School! (differentiated reading levels)

Reader's Theater: Behavior & Back to School! (differentiated reading levels)

Created by
JB Creations
Begin the year by engaging your new students with this set of leveled reader’s theaters to reinforce the necessary character traits needed to become productive members of your new classroom! Included are three fun plays focusing on respect & following rules, being honest & doing the right thing, and making good choices through communication. In order to provide differentiation, each play is written on 3 different reading levels to ensure whole class participation and success! A great
Preview of Reader's Theater: Quadrilaterals

Reader's Theater: Quadrilaterals

Reader's Theater: Quadrilaterals We used this reader's theater script to review our study of quadrilaterals. As we practiced, students chose sound effects (s.e.) and gestures (ges) to enhance the theatrical experience. When practicing this reader's theater, students recite the characteristics of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, and trapezoids. Looking for a different reader's theater topic? Check out Rosalind Flynn's TPT site for a multitude of creative scripts! While th
Preview of Miss Nelson is Missing-Reader's Theater

Miss Nelson is Missing-Reader's Theater

Created by
Diagon Alley
This is fun and engaging story, Miss Nelson is Missing, has been adapted into a Reader's Theater script. There are 9 parts- Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Miss Nelson, Miss Swamp, Kid 1, Kid 2, Kid 3, Kid 4, and Detective McSmogg. *You can always adjust the number of students by combining parts: example one student can be both Miss Nelson and Miss Swamp, Detective McSmogg has just a few lines, so a Narrator could also be McSmogg. *Action and voice cues are included in parentheses throughout the sc
Preview of Math Readers' Theater - Princess and the Pizza

Math Readers' Theater - Princess and the Pizza

Created by
MJcreations
Students LOVE a readers' theater and especially in math class. Math readers' theaters engage and make the understanding of math both fun and easy! Princess and the Pizza is a play on the fairytale Princess and the Pea. The prince is convinced a true princess understands the meaning of equal and what better way to prove you're a princess than a combination of pizza and fractions. Your students are sure to love this readers' script (ideal for small groups). Follow up the script with a partner
Preview of Back-to-School Readers Theater Script +: 3rd 4th 5th 6th Grade Reading Fluency

Back-to-School Readers Theater Script +: 3rd 4th 5th 6th Grade Reading Fluency

Back-to-School Readers' Theater Activity Pack: "Back to School with Mr. Loony": From headstands to finger paints to chainsaws, when Mr. Loony's fifth graders show up for the first day of school, they have no idea how much wacky wildness their first back-to-school day will bring!This 28-page readers' theater activity pack makes a terrific reading activity for back-to-school or anytime! It includes the following resources and activities aligned for grades 3, 4, 5, and 6:>"Back to School with Mr
Preview of Character Education

Character Education

Created by
Jane Loretz
It is important to teach your students character traits that are important for success in school, at home and for life. This pack will make teaching these skills and traits easy and fun. This pack highlights 7 character traits. TruthfulnessGratefulnessPatienceSelf-controlResponsibilityObedienceAttentivenessEach trait has a poster that describes ways they can show how they can achieve this character trait. Each character trait has a two part script that highlights what is important about this ch
Preview of FONTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE - HANDWRITING AND DECORATIVE

FONTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE - HANDWRITING AND DECORATIVE

Created by
Teach2Tell
⭐ Whether you are a seller or a buyer, this 125 bundle of fab fonts will prove to be a fabulous buy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------✅ This bundle currently features 125 fab fonts. Individual fonts are sold for $1; save over 50% by purchasing this bundle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------✅ For the six decorative number fonts, remember to just t
Preview of How Full is Your Bucket? -- A Reader's Theater (Color-Coded and B&W)

How Full is Your Bucket? -- A Reader's Theater (Color-Coded and B&W)

Created by
Sharon Fendrick
How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer is listed as being a daily guide to help children achieve happiness. Whether used in the classroom or in their personal lives, the principle in this story encourages children to be kind to one another. This would be great to use at any time in the school year to promote a caring, positive learning environment.I incorporated the word "ALL" in this script so that readers stay on task and not just wait for "their" turn. This also helps stude
Preview of Fairy Tale Math Readers' Theater Bundle

Fairy Tale Math Readers' Theater Bundle

Created by
MJcreations
Your kiddos will love these math lessons as they act out their favorite (modified) fairy tales. Little Red Rounding Hood struggles as she is shopping for her Granny, poor Snow White seems to have a compulsive counting disorder, and that smart pig who built the brick house in your favorite fairy tale, the Three Little Pigs, well your students may find out he wasn't so smart after all! This bundle of three readers' scripts for small groups and the activities that go with them will leave your ki
Preview of First Week Rule Lesson | Back to School Activity | Classroom Rules Story

First Week Rule Lesson | Back to School Activity | Classroom Rules Story

Are you looking for a new community- building tradition in your classroom? Do you want a memorable story to tell your students during the first week of school that will make a big impact?Wiggle, Didgi and Pop is a story about the importance of rules. Three friends set off to live in a land without any rules. Ultimately, they learn that fair rules are important and necessary.This story is perfect to tell your students right before you develop your classroom rules. It will get them thinking about
Preview of Going To a New School Social Story | New School Social Story | Moving Schools

Going To a New School Social Story | New School Social Story | Moving Schools

Created by
MckSpeechie
Use this social story to discuss going to a new school! What's included?10 page social story COLOR10 page social story BLACK & WHITE
Preview of Apple Poems for Fluency Practice

Apple Poems for Fluency Practice

This apple poetry set contains apple poetry for 2 or more voices. Apple poetry has seven apple poems written with a fun, apple picking theme and apple picking clip art.I've included super fun, apple picking kids simile headbands for your students to color and wear when performing the apple poetry. You'll also receive an apple poetry mini-book for your students to write their own poetry.Apple poetry for 2 or more voices has many benefits:-Great fluency practice for repeated practice, expression,
Preview of School Time Social Story and Visuals: Time for Work vs. Time to Go Home

School Time Social Story and Visuals: Time for Work vs. Time to Go Home

Created by
Empower CurtisEE
Do you have students that don't want to come into class during arrival time or want to leave to go home in the middle of the day? The School Time Social Story and Visuals resource helps to teach students the routine and schedule of going to school. We come to school everyday to work, listen and follow class rules. We wait for the teacher to tell us to clean up and get our backpacks. We stay in the classroom until our teacher says that it's time to go home. When school is over, we can we get on t
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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

How to find 3rd grade math resources

Educators can save time preparing math lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply search the TPT marketplace for "3rd grade math," and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find print and digital materials that've been proven to work in classrooms around the country. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.

Frequently asked questions

What types of math resources are available on TPT?

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?

Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources for practicing 3rd grade math.

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.