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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: multiplying by multiples of 10, missing factors and stories with tens, equal groups and array stories, measurement stories, two-step stories, a letter for the unknown, and estimating to check
2-digit times 1-digit, times as many, and true or false with × and ÷ (lessons 7.8 to 7.10) for the states that teach them in 3rd grade

3rd Grade Math CurriculumUnit 7

These are the lesson plans for Unit 7 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.

← Previous unitUnit 6: Add and Subtract Within 1,000 Next unit →Unit 8: Patterns

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.

7.1 Multiply by multiples of 10

PrintableMultiplying by Multiples of 10: sheets 1-3
ToolBase Ten Blocks: build equal groups of rods
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.1

7.2 Missing factors and stories with tens

PrintableMultiplying by Multiples of 10: sheets 4-5
ToolBase Ten Blocks: share the rods into equal groups
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.2

7.3 Equal groups and array stories

PrintableMultiplication and Division Word Problems: sheet 4 (sheets 1-2 to warm up)
MakerWord Problems: Problem Type All Types, Multiplication and Division checked, Addition and Subtraction unchecked, Number Range 1-100
QuizWord Problems Quiz: the Multiply and Divide level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.3

7.7 Is it reasonable?

PrintableTwo-Step Word Problems for 3rd Grade: sheet 4
PrintableEstimate or Exact? sheets 2-3
MakerRounding Numbers: Round to Nearest 100, Number Range Lowest 100, Highest 999
QuizRounding Quiz: the Estimate level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.7

7.8 2-digit times 1-digit ★

PrintableMultiply 2-Digit by 1-Digit: sheets 2, 3 and 5
MakerColumn Math Equations: Multiplication, Range Within 100, Set Digit Count, Digits 2 digits
ToolBase Ten Blocks: build equal groups of tens and ones
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.8

7.9 Times as many ★

PrintableTimes as Many: sheets 2, 4 and 5
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.9

7.10 True or false with × and ÷ ★

PrintableTrue or False: Multiplication & Division: sheets 1-4
ToolMultiplication Chart: find two facts with the same product
Exit ticket3rd Grade Word Problems Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 7.10

★ Taught in 3rd grade in some states.

Skills Covered

Multiply by multiples of 10 (3 × 40 is 12 tens)
Missing factors and stories with tens
Equal groups and array stories with ?
Measurement stories with × and ÷
Two-step stories with all four operations

An equation with a letter for the unknown
Round to estimate and check an answer
Multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number
Times as many with strip diagrams
True or false equations with × and ÷

How to Use This Pack

Ten lesson plans, one for each lesson of a unit on word problems and multiplying by tens, in teaching order, after an overview page that lays the unit out day by day: a pre-check, the ten 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. Every story lesson has students find the total, the groups and the size of each group, or draw a bar model, before they write an equation. Lessons 7.8 to 7.10 are for the states that teach a 2-digit number times a 1-digit number, times as many and true or false equations with × and ÷ in 3rd grade. The exit tickets and the unit test are separate packs, made for these lessons.

At Home

Teaching at home? Use the warm up and the "Try it together" step as a short lesson, and act the stories out with counters, cups or paper strips. The "Words to use" are the way to talk about it, and 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 is the total, how many groups, how many in each?" before any equation
Keep the class chart of story types on the wall for the whole unit
Sort the exit tickets into got it, almost and not yet to plan the next day

Common Core Standards Alignment

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

3.OA.A.3 Solve story problems about equal groups, arrays and measurements by multiplying or dividing within 100, using drawings and equations.
3.OA.A.4 Solve for the missing number in multiplying or dividing equations, such as 7 × ? = 42 or ? ÷ 3 = 6.
3.OA.D.8 Solve two-step story problems with +, −, × and ÷, using a letter for the missing amount, and check answers by estimating or rounding.
3.NBT.A.3 Multiply a single-digit number by a multiple of ten from 10 to 90, such as 4 × 70, using place value and properties.
4.OA.A.1 Read a multiplication equation as a comparison (24 = 3 × 8: 24 is 3 times as many as 8) and write comparisons as equations.
4.OA.A.2 Multiply or divide to solve story problems that compare amounts (times as many), using drawings and equations, and tell them apart from comparing by adding.
4.NBT.B.5 Multiply numbers up to 9,999 by one-digit numbers, and two-digit by two-digit numbers, with place-value strategies shown in equations, arrays or area models.

3rd Grade Word Problems Lesson Plans

3rd Grade3rd Grade Math Curriculum

Lesson plans for every lesson of a unit on word problems and multiplying by tens, from 4 × 70 to two-step stories with a letter for the unknown. 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

10 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 (11 pages in all)

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