Math Class

Current Unit of Study: Number Sense: numbers to the 999,999; number patterns; comparing numbers; review money

Math class is taught in Ability Groups.   (See the Reading page for a full explanation.) It is a 60 minute block each day. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time, money, and measurement are all among the topics to be covered during 3rd grade.

Math facts are extremely important.  Please help them! By the end of third grade, we expect them to know addition and subtraction facts through 18 (9 + 9, 18 - 7, 11 + 6). We also expect multiplication facts to be memorized (9 x 8, 4 x 7, 3 x 6).   Encourage them to practice flash cards, or games on the computer or internet that teach these!

Our math homework comes home each day. The goal is not absolute correctness, but practice. Make sure to get this completed and turned in the next day. The sheets that come home should be reinforcing or practicing skills we have already been doing in class. The concept will always be practiced in class at least one day, if not two or three, before it is assigned as homework. Feel free to help and support them as needed. However, your student should understand how to do it unless they are struggling with a concept. In that case it is important you try to help them one-on-one, or let me know that they have missed it completely so I can help them extra at school. Although I try to be aware, with 26 students to keep track of I sometimes might miss a sticking point for your particular child. Thanks for your support!

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