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Features

  • The goal and its "I can" line, what to get ready and the words to use
  • A 45 minute lesson in five steps (warm up, teach with words to say, try it together, practice, exit ticket)
  • Questions to ask, and the mistakes students make and what to do about them
  • Ideas for students who need help or are ready for more
  • Each plan ends with the Animal Math worksheets, worksheet makers, tools and quiz for that lesson
  • Lessons: read and make picture graphs with a key, read and make bar graphs with a scale, how many more and how many fewer, half and quarter inches, and line plots
  • Lessons 12.8 and 12.9 (surveys and frequency tables, and possible outcomes) are for the states that teach them in 3rd grade

3rd Grade Math CurriculumUnit 12

These are the lesson plans for Unit 12 of 14 in the 3rd Grade Math Curriculum: 125 lessons in teaching order, week by week, each with a lesson plan and an exit ticket.

Also for this unit: exit tickets, pre-check, unit review and test. See the whole year

Resources for Each Lesson

Everything each lesson plan points to, with links. Sheet numbers count worksheets: a color pack prints each sheet again in black and white.

12.1 Read picture graphs

12.2 Make picture graphs

12.3 Read scaled bar graphs

12.4 Make scaled bar graphs

12.5 How many more, how many fewer

12.6 Half and quarter inches

12.7 Line plots with halves and quarters

12.8 Surveys and frequency tables ★

12.9 Possible outcomes ★

★ Taught in 3rd grade in some states.

Skills Covered

  • Read a picture graph with a key
  • Draw a picture graph with a key
  • Read a bar graph with a scale
  • Draw a bar graph with a scale
  • Answer how many more and how many fewer
  • Measure to the nearest half and quarter inch
  • Make and read a line plot
  • Tally survey answers in a frequency table
  • List the possible outcomes of an event

How to Use This Pack

Nine lesson plans, one for each lesson of a 3rd grade unit on data and line plots, in teaching order, after an overview page that lays the unit out day by day: a pre-check, the nine lessons, a review and the unit test. Each plan fits on one page. It gives the goal, what to get ready, the words to use, the lesson in five steps with the words to say, questions to ask, common mistakes and what to do about them, and the Animal Math worksheets, makers, tools and quiz for the lesson.

In the Classroom

Print the unit, or just the day's page, and teach from it. Each lesson takes about 45 minutes: a 5 minute warm up, 10 minutes of teaching, 10 minutes together, 15 minutes of practice and an exit ticket at the end. The exit tickets and the unit test are separate packs, made for these lessons. Lessons 12.8 and 12.9 (surveys and frequency tables, and possible outcomes) are taught in 3rd grade in some states, such as Texas; skip them if yours teaches them in another grade.

At Home

Teaching at home? Use the warm up and the "Try it together" step as a short lesson, and the "Words to use" as the way to talk about it. A ruler marked in quarters and a family survey (favorite meals, pets of friends) work as well as classroom ones. The mistakes to watch for are the ones most children make.

Tips for Success

  • Read the "Watch for" box before the lesson: it is what to listen for while students work
  • Ask "what does one picture stand for?" or "what is each line worth?" before reading any graph
  • Keep rulers marked in quarters out for both measuring lessons
  • Sort the exit tickets into got it, almost and not yet to plan the next day
  • Use the help and challenge ideas for small groups during practice

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 3.MD.B.3 Make picture and bar graphs where each symbol or square stands for several items, and answer one- and two-step comparison questions from them.
  • 3.MD.B.4 Measure lengths to the nearest half or quarter inch and show the measurements on a line plot marked in wholes, halves or quarters.

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3rd Grade Data and Line Plots Lesson Plans

Lesson plans for every lesson of a unit on picture graphs and bar graphs with a scale, measuring to the half and quarter inch, and line plots. Each one-page plan gives a lesson in five steps, common mistakes and the worksheets to use, after a unit overview.

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What’s Included

  • 9 one-page lesson plans, one for each lesson of the unit
  • A unit overview: the unit day by day, what to get ready, how each lesson goes
  • Words to say, questions to ask and common mistakes for every lesson
  • The worksheets, makers, tools and quiz for each lesson (10 pages in all)
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