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Grade 3 Every DayMathematics

Ontario Mathematics Curriculum Grades 1 to 8, 1997Everyday MathematicsGrade: 3

© Math Wizards, 2003All rights reservedDeveloped by T. TaskerMay be photocopied for classroom use. Further replication or commercial use is strictlyprohibited.

Specific Expectations Covered:M6:estimate and measure the passage of time in five-minute intervals, and in days, weeks,months and yearsM9:estimate, read and record temperatures to the nearest degree CelsiusM11:make purchases and change for money amounts up to $10, and estimate, count and recordthe value up to $10 of a collection of coins and billsP7:use environmental data to create models of patterns (eg. Monday - sunny, Tuesday - rainy)and display the patterns on a chartD3:generate questions that have a finite number of responses for their own surveys

Table of Contents:1. Counting the Days2. Temperature Graphs3. Merlin’s Math Store4. Weather Patterns5. Daily Graphs

These activities are contained in their own separate resource because they are meant to beactivities that become a part of the classroom’s daily routines. It is through the continuousrepetition that students gain understanding and confidence with these mathematical skills.

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Present

Past Future

Counting the DaysCreate a place holder for counting days like the one depicted below. This could be sewn, ormade with plastic cups. There are a variety of commercial ones for sale as well. Have a monitoradd a cube to the one’s pouch everyday. After ten have been added, change the ten ones for oneten.

You may also want to have a number line, like the one depicted below, that provides studentswith a visual representation of the date and a sense of the days going by.

Grade 3 everyday math covers:M6:estimate and measure the passage of time in five-minute intervals, and in days, weeks, months, and years.© Math Wizards, 2003

Temperature Graphs

Everyday temperature activity:1) Have a weekly monitor who checks a thermometer that’s placed on the outsideof a window.2) The monitor then leads the hotter-colder temperatures game (the class makesguesstimates on the temperature, and the monitor tells them whether it is hotter orcolder). The teacher can mark the limits on a number line to help studentsvisualize their guesses.3) Once the class has guessed correctly, the monitor then goes to the meteorologycentre to graph the temperature on a line graph.

The graph found on the following page has the x-axis labelled as days. It will benecessary to write in the y-axis of temperature and the graph title (for example:Our Temperature Graph in September).

You may want to photocopy the temperature graphs on overheads to makecomparisons between two months. Or you can create a border around theclassroom of the temperature graphs. If you make a border make sure the scalesmatch up (for example, your y-axis in September will probably start at 5 degreesCelsius whereas in February your y-axis will start at -15 degrees Celsius) bymatching the numbers not the paper itself.

Grade 3 everyday math covers:M9:estimate, read, and record temperatures to the nearest degree Celsius.© Math Wizards, 2003

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Merlin’s Math Store

Method:1) Set aside a bulletin board and make a sign reading “Merlin’s Store” or your own store slogan.2) Place garage sale, dollar store, free promotion items etc. on the bulletin board, with amonetary value.3) Give a bank account to each student.4) With stamps or photocopied money, have students gain and lose money for various things inthe class (make money for helping out or being kind, lose money for a violation of a rule).

Grade 3 everyday math covers:M11:make purchases and change for money amounts up to $10, and estimate, count and record the value up to $10 of a collection of coins andbills© Math Wizards, 2003

Money Matters Bank Account Name:___________________________________

Penny

Nickel

Dime

Quarter

Loonie

Twoonie

Grade 3 everyday math covers:M11:make purchases and change for money amounts up to $10, and estimate, count, and record the value up to $10 of a collection of coins and bills© Math Wizards, 2003

Weather PatternsEveryday weather pattern activity:1) Lead the class in the “what’s the weather like today song” to the tune of “Mary had a LittleLamb.”

What’s the weather like todaylike todaylike todayWhat’s the weather like today[monitor’s name]

2) Have the weekly monitor check the weather and record it in picture format on the followingpage.

Grade 3 everyday math covers:P7:use environmental data to create models of patterns (eg. Monday - sunny, Tuesday - rainy) and display the patterns on a chart© Math Wizards, 2003

Weather Patterns

Month:____________________________________________

Meteorologist:___________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meteorologist:___________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meteorologist:___________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meteorologist:___________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meteorologist:___________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Grade 3 everyday math covers:P7:use environmental data to create models of patterns (eg. Monday - sunny, Tuesday - rainy) and display the patterns on a chart© Math Wizards, 2003

Daily GraphsThe following pages contain 70 questions that you can ask and graph the answers throughout theyear. These 70 questions are meant only as a springboard for more ideas that will arisethroughout the year in your classroom. You may want to have a box available where studentscan submit daily graph questions. This will allow your students to practice formulatingquestions with discrete answers.

Day Question Label examples

1 Who was your teacher last year? Use previous teachers aslabels

2 What colour shirt did you wear today? blue, red, yellow, patterned,other

3 What colour hair do you have? blond, brown, red, black,grey

4 What colour eyes do you have? brown, blue, green, grey

5 What is your favourite leaf? maple, oak, elm, other

6 How many siblings do you have? 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, more

7 What kinds of pets do you have? dog, cat, hamster, fish, other, none

8 What is your favourite colour? blue, red, yellow, orange,purple, green, other

9 What is your favourite sandwich? ham, tuna, peanut butter,tomato, other

10 What is your favourite juice? apple, orange, grape,cranberry, other

11 What is your favourite drink? juice, milk, water, pop, other

12 What is your favourite fast food restaurant? Wendy’s, McDonalds,Burger King, KFC, TimHortons, other

13 What is your favourite fruit? apple, orange, pear, banana,other

14 What is your favourite vegetable? carrots, celery, potatoes,broccoli, other

15 What is your favourite ice cream? vanilla, chocolate,strawberry, other

16 What is your favourite pizza? vegetarian, pepperoni,hawaiian, cheese

17 What is your preferred time of day? morning, afternoon, evening,night

18 What is your favourite day of the week? Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday, Sunday

19 What is your favourite season? fall, winter, spring, summer

20 What is your favourite zoo animal? giraffe, hippopotamus, lion,gorilla

21 What is your favourite primate? gorilla, monkey, orangutang,chimpanzee, lemur, other

22 What is your favourite dog? lab, poodle, dalmatian, greatdane, other

23 What is your favourite Hogwart’s house? slytherine, gryffindor,ravenclaw, hufflepuff

24 What is your favourite Hogwarts student? Harry, Hermione, Ron,Draco, Ginny, other

25 What is your favourite Hogwarts professor? McGonagall, Snape,Flitwick, Trelawny, Sprout,Hagrid, other

26 What is your favourite cookie? chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal, other

27 What is your favourite subject? math, language, science, art,social studies, other

28 What do you like to do at recess? play on the swings, playbasketball, skip, hopscotch,other

29 What is your favourite sport? tennis, hockey, baseball,basketball, other

30 How did you get to school today? walk, car, bicycle, schoolbus, other

31 What is your favourite flower? tulip, rose, sunflower,daffodil, other

32 What is your favourite bird? blue jay, cardinal,hummingbird, eagle, other

33 What is your favourite cake? chocolate, vanilla, marble,ice cream, other?

34 What is your favourite kind of potato chip? original, ketchup, salt &vinegar, all dressed, other

35 What is your favourite shape? square, circle, triangle,hexagon, pentagon

36 What is your favourite number between one andfive?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

37 What is your LEAST favourite bug? mosquito, spider, ant, worm

38 What painting do you like best? have four pictures ofpaintings available, you maychoose to use four or fivefrom the Paint ME! Artresource.

39 What’s your favourite instrument family? woodwind, brass, string,percussion, keyboard

40 What is your favourite woodwind instrument? recorder, flute, saxophone,oboe

41 What is your favourite brass instrument? horn, trombone, tuba

42 What is your favourite string instrument? violin, viola, chello, bass

43 What is your favourite percussion instrument? drums, tambourine, triangle,xylophone

44 What is your favourite keyboard instrument? organ, piano, accordian

45 What is your favourite month in fall? September, October,November

46 What is your favourite month in winter? December, January, February

47 What is your favourite month in spring? March, April, May

48 What is your favourite month in summer? June, July, August

49 What kind of day do you like best? sunny, foggy, rainy, snowy

50 What is your favourite number sense andnumeration operation?

addition, subtraction,division, multiplication

51 What is your favourite kind of graph? bar graph, pictograph, linegraph, pie graph

52 What’s your favourite mode of transportation? walking, biking, rollerblading, scootering

53 What is your favourite long distance mode oftransportation?

car, plane, train, boat

54 What is your favourite swim stroke? front crawl, back stroke,breast stroke, butterfly

55 What is your favourite Canadian island? Baffin Island, PEI,Newfoundland, VancouverIsland, other

56 What is your favourite nut? walnut, almond, pecan,hazelnut, cashew

57 What is your favourite colour of jelly bean? red, orange, yellow, green,black

58 What is your favourite farm animal? horse, cow, sheep, pig, goose

59 What is your favourite board game? Monopoly, Checkers, Snakesand Ladders, Clue

60 What is your favourite way to listen to music? video, CD, radio, tape player

61 What kind of socks are you wearing today? white, black, brown,patterned, other

62 What is your favourite Canadian Maritimeprovince?

Nova Scotia, PEI, NewBrunswick

63 What is your favourite Canadian Territory? Yukon, NorthwestTerritories, Nunavut

64 What kind of toothpaste do you use? Crest, Colgate, Aim, other

65 What is your favourite book? Have four recently readbooks as labels.

66 What kind of shoes did you wear today? running shoes, boots, sandals,dress shoes, other

67 What colour is your backpack? red, blue, green, black,brown, other

68 How long is your hair? short, medium, long

69 What is your favourite medium to work with in art? acrylic, watercolour, pastel,pencil crayon

70 Who is your favourite group of seven artist? Harris, Carmichael, Jackson,Johnston, Lismer,MacDonald, Varley

Grade 3 everyday math covers:D3:generate questions that have a finite number of responses for their own surveys© Math Wizards, 2003