Students are best prepared to begin third grade when they are fluent in both subtraction and addition, and can add and subtract double digits. They should come to third grade with a solid understanding of telling time and basic money concepts, and have a strong foundation of place value up to the thousands. Students should also understand rounding to the nearest tens.

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Students will continue to work on their fluency skills in the third grade. Students will first demonstrate mastery of solving 100 subtraction problems within a five minute timeframe and then move on to mastery of solving 100 multiplication problems within five minutes. Fluency is SO incredibly important, and any time you can spend helping your student practice is time well spent, indeed!

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CONCEPTS COVERED OVER THE THIRD GRADE YEAR:

• Numbers to 10,000

• Comparing and ordering numbers

• Rounding numbers to the nearest ten and 100

• Addition within 10,000 (including adding fluently within 1,000 and adding with, and without, regrouping)

• Subtraction within 10,000 (including subtraction fluently within 1,000 and subtraction with, and without, regrouping)

• Multiplying by 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 11s, 12s

• Multiplication patterns and dividing by using multiplication facts

• Multiplication with, and without, regrouping

• Real-world word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as well as using the four operations

• Unit fractions; fractions as part of a whole, as well as fractions as part of a set; equivalent fractions; comparing fractions

• Measurement using kilograms, grams, liters, milliliters

• Area and perimeter

• Elapsed time

• Graphs and Line plots

• Angles, lines, and two-dimensional figures

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