P.S./M.S. 108

October: What is Grade 3 studying?

ELA: Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far 

Module Summary: 

Students read literary texts about children who face challenges with access to education. In Unit 2, students move from analyzing challenges others face in accessing schools to more specifically analyzing challenges others face in accessing books. In Unit 3, students move from analyzing challenges faced by others, to learning about challenges that they face, specifically with reading. This is framed by the book More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby, which describes the reading challenges Booker T. Washington faced.

Unit Tasks:  

• Students write an informative paragraph describing a challenge and how it was overcome, using evidence from the excerpt from My Librarian Is a Camel.
• Students write an informative reading contract identifying two personal reading challenges and two strategies for overcoming each of those challenges.  They then create a reading strategies bookmark outlining the information in their reading contract.

Eureka Math

Module 1: Properties of Multiplication and Division and Solving Problems with Units of 2-5 and 10 

Students will...

• explore Multiplication and the meaning of factors 
• explore Division as an unknown factor problem.
• multiply and divide using units of 2, 3, and 4.
• apply the Distributive Property to units of 2-5 and 10 

Module 2: Place Value and Problem Solving with Units of Measure 

Students will...

• explore time as a continuous measurement
• count by fives and ones on the number line as a strategy to tell time
• solve word problems involving time 
• measure weight and liquid volume in metric units 
• round to the nearest ten and hundred 
• add and subtract measurements 

Common Core Learning Standards:

3.OA.A.1 - Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.

3.OA.A.2 - Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8.

3.OA.A.3 - Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

3.OA.A.4 - Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 × ? = 48, 5 = _ ÷ 3, 6 × 6 = ?

3.OA.B.5 - Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)

3.OA.B.6 - Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8.

3.OA.C.7 - Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

3.NBT.A.1  - Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

3.NBT.A.2  - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

3.MD.A.1 - Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

3.MD.A.2 - Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l).¹ Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.