12/6 We are currently studying Topic 10 which includes solids, shapes, and symmetry. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NYS Mathematics Curriculum is designed to provide students with conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and problem solving skills. It contains five content strands: number sense and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and probability and statistics. It also includes five process strands: problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connections, and representation. These strands are addressed at every grade level through the study of specific mathematical concepts and skills. In 3rd grade students review and extend their skills with addition and subtraction. A major focus is the introduction of multiplication and division, mastery of multiplication facts, and extensive practice with applications that require the four basic operations. Time, money, graphs, geometry, and measurement activities are interspersed through the year. Below are the areas of study for Grade 3 mathematics. Place Value and Money � Numbers in the hundreds, place-value patterns, comparing numbers, number patterns � Counting money Addition and Subtraction � Addition properties, estimating sums, estimating differences, overestimates and underestimates � Adding and subtracting three-digit numbers, adding three or more numbers, subtracting across zero � Equality and inequality Time, Data, and Graphs � Time - half hour, quarter hour, minute � Organizing data, Pictographs, Bar Graphs Multiplication Concepts and Facts � Arrays and multiplication � 2, 5, 9, 10 as a factor � Multiplying with 0 and 1 � 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 as a factor � Patterns, practicing multiplication facts Division Concepts and Facts � Division as sharing, repeated subtraction � Dividing with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 � Dividing with 0 and 1 � Division patterns Geometry � Solids and shapes � Polygons, triangles, quadrilaterals � Congruence, symmetry Fractions and Measurement � Equal parts of a whole, naming fractional parts � Equivalent fractions, fractions on a number line, comparing and ordering fractions � Estimating fractional amounts, fractional parts of a set � Length � feet, inches, yards, miles, measuring to the nearest � and � inch � Capacity, weight Multiplying and Dividing Larger Numbers � Multiplication and division patterns, estimating products and quotients � Arrays, breaking numbers apart to multiply and divide Assessment: All students in grade 3 take the NYS Math Assessment in March. They also take WCSD math assessments in January and June. Teacher-created tests and performance activities are used to assess students� level of mastery throughout the year. Textbook: New York Mathematics, Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley, Copyright 2008 For more information see page 32 of the New York State Math Core Curriculum http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/mathstandards/mathcorepage.htm