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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: place value to 1,000, rounding to the nearest ten and to the nearest hundred, and estimating sums and differences
Lessons 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.8 (thousands, comparing and ordering to 10,000, one number many ways, rounding to the nearest thousand) are for the states that teach them in 3rd grade

3rd Grade Math CurriculumUnit 5

These are the lesson plans for Unit 5 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.

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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.

5.1 Place value to 1,000

PrintableHundreds, Tens and Ones: sheets 3-5
PrintableExpanded Form and Number Words: sheets 1 and 4
MakerExpanded Form: Mode Mixed Form Practice, Number Range 3-digit (100-999)
QuizPlace Value to 1,000 Quiz: the Digit Values level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.1

5.2 Thousands: numbers to 10,000 ★

PrintablePlace Value to 100,000: sheets 1-3
MakerExpanded Form: Mode Mixed Form Practice, Number Range 4-digit (1,000-9,999)
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.2

5.3 Compare and order to 10,000 ★

PrintablePlace Value to 100,000: sheet 4
MakerGreater Than / Less Than: Number Range 0 to 1,000, for a three-digit warm up
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.3

5.4 One number, many ways ★

PrintablePlace Value to 100,000: sheet 5, the “10 times as much” rows
PrintableExpanded Form and Number Words: sheet 5
ToolBase Ten Blocks: select a flat and Break Apart
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.4

5.5 Round to the nearest ten

MakerRounding Numbers: Round to Nearest 10, Number Range Min 100, Max 999, Show Number Line Hint
PrintableRounding to the Nearest 10: sheets 1-2, two-digit numbers, a warm up or help
ToolNumber Line: Start 230, End 240, Interval 1, then Point
QuizRounding Quiz: the Nearest Ten level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.5

5.6 Round to the nearest hundred

PrintableRounding to the Nearest 100: sheets 1-2
MakerRounding Numbers: Round to Nearest 100, Number Range Min 100, Max 999, Show Number Line Hint
ToolNumber Line: Start 300, End 400, Interval 10, then Point
QuizRounding Quiz: the Nearest Hundred level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.6

5.7 Estimate sums and differences

PrintableEstimate or Exact? sheets 1-3
PrintableEstimate to Add & Subtract: sheets 2-5, to the nearest ten within 100, for help
QuizRounding Quiz: the Estimate level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.7

5.8 Round to the nearest thousand ★

PrintableRounding to the Nearest 1000: sheets 1-2
MakerRounding Numbers: Round to Nearest 1000, Number Range Min 1000, Max 9999
ToolNumber Line: Start 2000, End 3000, Interval 100, then Point
Exit ticket3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 5.8

★ Taught in 3rd grade in some states.

Skills Covered

The value of a digit, expanded form and number words
Thousands: numbers to 10,000
Compare and order numbers to 10,000
One number, many ways

Round to the nearest ten
Round to the nearest hundred
Estimate sums and differences, and check an answer
Round to the nearest thousand

How to Use This Pack

Eight lesson plans, one for each lesson of a 3rd grade unit on place value, rounding and estimating, in teaching order, after an overview page that lays the unit out day by day: a pre-check, the eight 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 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.8 (thousands, comparing and ordering to 10,000, one number many ways, rounding to the nearest thousand) 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 number line drawn on paper works as well as one on the board. 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
Keep a number line on the board for every rounding lesson
Ask "which two hundreds is it between?" before every rounding
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:

2.NBT.A.1a See ten tens grouped together as one unit called a hundred.
2.NBT.A.1b Know that 100, 200 and so on up to 900 mean 1 to 9 hundreds with no tens or ones.
2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers up to 1,000 as digits, in words, and in expanded form (like 300 + 40 + 7).
2.NBT.A.4 Compare three-digit numbers by looking at the value of each place, and record the result with >, = or <.
2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract to 1,000 with models and place-value strategies, working hundreds, tens and ones separately and regrouping tens or hundreds as needed.
3.NBT.A.1 Use place value to decide which ten or hundred a whole number is closest to, and round to it.
4.NBT.A.2 Read and write whole numbers to a million in digits, words and expanded form, and compare them by place value using >, = or <.
4.NBT.A.3 Round whole numbers up to a million to any place, such as the nearest thousand or ten thousand, by thinking about place value.

3rd Grade Place Value and Rounding Lesson Plans

3rd Grade3rd Grade Math Curriculum

Lesson plans for every lesson of a unit on place value, rounding and estimating, from the value of a digit to rounding on a number line and estimating sums. 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

8 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 (9 pages in all)

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