Curriculum for Grade 3

Students build upon their knowledge of addition to identify factors (how many groups, how many objects in each group) and to compose and solve simple multiplication equations. They work with groups of 2-5 identical objects, beginning with models of identical concrete objects, such as bunches of bananas and fingers on a hand. As students progress, they work with more abstract objects (identical beads) and objects in an array.

Students continue to work with concrete and more abstract objects to build models of division. They use the "dealing” method to create a given number of equal groups and also create groups of a given size. Based on these models, they answer the questions, "How many groups?” and "How many in each group?” They compose and solve division equations and determine the missing factor in multiplication problems.