Transcript What math do students learn? Third grade

WHAT MATH DO STUDENTS
LEARN?
THIRD GRADE
Focus on Understanding
This year students will be learning the
Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS).
One of the most important things about the
standards is that students need to DEEPLY
understand math concepts.
Critical Areas
The MAFS have Critical Areas for each grade level, these are
the main focus of math instruction.
For Third Grade, these are:
 Developing understanding of multiplication and
division and strategies for multiplication and division
within 100
 Developing understanding of fractions, especially unit
fractions (fractions with numerator 1)
 Developing understanding of the structure of
rectangular arrays and of area
 Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes
 Using grade-level appropriate Mathematical Practices
This is HOW
students will
be learning
about the
content.
Report Card
The most important standards for Third Grade are evaluated on the
report card:
 *Uses place value concepts to 1,000 and demonstrates
understanding of fractions as numbers
 *Uses and explains strategies to solve addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division problems
 Uses equations to represent word problems and explains arithmetic
patterns
 *Solves measurement problems, finds perimeter and area of
figures, and tells time to the nearest minute
 Constructs and analyzes line plots, scaled picture graphs, and scaled
bar graphs
 *Classifies 2-D shapes and partitions shapes into equal areas
 *Uses grade-level appropriate mathematical practices
*Denotes critical Power Standard for the grade level.
Investigations
To help build a deep understanding, we will be
spending the majority of our time working
with Investigations in Number, Data, and
Space.
Investigations in Class
In school, students:
 investigate problems
 work in collaborative groups
 use various strategies
 communicate thinking orally and in writing
 play educational games
Investigations at Home
At home, students may be asked to:
 practice an activity or game from class
 collect some information to be used in class
 solve a few problems and explain how they
solved the problems
 solve problems in more than one way
Helping at Home
You can help your child by:
 reading all of the Family Letters that are sent
home
 helping your child find a place at home to keep
game materials and directions that are sent
home
 playing the games together that are sent home
Helping at Home
 asking your child questions
when they are stuck rather
than giving them an answer
 “What do you need to find out?”
 “How can you get started?”
 “Have you done anything like this in
school?”
 keeping a positive attitude about math
Helping at Home
Online Student and Parent access to math
software and Student Math Handbook
Florida Standards Assessment
(FSA)
 Students in 3rd grade will take the Math FSA at the
beginning of Quarter 4.
 FSA will test students’ understanding of the MAFS.
 The questions on FSA expect students
to deeply understand concepts.
 http://fsassessments.org/
FSA Sample 3rd Grade Question
Parent Resources
Visit the District website’s Elementary Math page for
more information about the 3rd Grade standards, our
math program, and how you can assist your child:
http://www.collier.k12.fl.us/math/mcE.htm
Visit the Investigations website for games and activities
to play online:
http://investigations.terc.edu/families/doing_math/game
s_index/