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Grade 3 Math

Learning Packet

Week 1

Name _____________________

Dear Students and Families,

We hope you are safe and healthy while you are out of school and learning from home! In mathematics, you will be reviewing, applying, and extending content from the school year.

This week you will be focused on the topics of multiplication and division. The table below outlines how you might organize completing your math work for the week.

Day

Activity

Time

1

Stamp Arrays: How many different ways? (p.3-4)

30 minutes

2

Split Fish (p.5-6)

30 minutes

3

Squirreling It Away (p.7-8)

30 minutes

4

To Multiply or Not (p.9-10)

30 minutes

5

Dividing the Unknown (p.11-12)

30 minutes

If you need additional support with completing the activities, please use the following links:

· Eureka Math Parent Tips: This document aligns to the curriculum that is being used in DCPS. Note the key takeaways from the lessons students previously learned on pages 1-12.

· Khan Academy is a free resource that will provide additional practice and instructional video lessons by standard. https://www.khanacademy.org/commoncore/grade-3-OA

Multiplication with arrays

Multiplication in real world contexts

Simplifying multiplication

Intro to division

Key questions and topics you might want to explore this week are:

What arrays can we find in real-world situations?

Practice multiplication and division facts from memory with factors of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10.

Week 1, Day 1

Learning Target

I can represent the context of multiplication problems using drawings and equations.

Daily Fluency (10 minutes)

Part I

Part IIMonique says that if the sides of a rectangle are all whole numbers, it is impossible for the rectangle’s perimeter to be odd. Is she correct? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain your thinking.

Daily Task (15 minutes) Stamps can be purchased in rectangular sheets of varying sizes and number. For example, the sheet might have 6 rows with 10 stamps in each row. Investigate how many different ways sixty stamps could be organized into a rectangle. Include your work in the space below. Use expressions and pictures.

How many ways did you find to arrange sixty stamps on one sheet? ________________

Daily Closing (5 minutes) Write a 1-2 minute commercial to use at home when asked, “Describe your math work today.”

Week 1, Day 2

Learning Target

I can represent the context of a division problem using drawings and equations.

Daily Fluency (10 minutes)

Part I

Part IIWrite the multiplication and division fact family that goes with each array. Use the arrays to find each product if you need to.

Daily Task (10 minutes)

a. Describe what is meant in this situation by 12 ÷ 3 = 4.

b. Describe what is meant in this situation by 12 ÷ 4 = 3.

Daily Closing (10 minutes)Write a story problem to match this expression 56 ÷ 8.

Solve your problem. Write the answer here: _____________

Week 1, Day 3

Learning Target

I can use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems.

Daily Fluency (10 minutes)

Daily Task (15 minutes)

Austin likes to watch squirrels find and store acorns for the winter. Brown Squirrels can carry two acorns at a time. Gray Squirrels can carry three acorns at a time. Black Squirrels can carry five acorns at a time. There is a pile of 24 acorns.

A. How many trips would a Brown Squirrel need to make to store all of the acorns in the pile? Show and explain your work.

B. How many trips would a Gray Squirrel need to make to store all of the acorns in the pile? Show and explain your work.

C. How many trips would a Black Squirrel need to make to store all of the acorns in the pile? Show and explain your work.

D. If all three squirrels worked together to store the acorns, how many trips would the squirrels need to make to store all of the acorns? Explain your solution.

Daily Closing (5 minutes)

Write a two-dollar (or more) summary of the lesson. Each word is worth 10 cents. (For example, “the lesson is about” totals 40 cents.)

Week 1, Day 4

Learning Target

I can find an unknown number in a multiplication equation.

Daily Fluency (5 minutes)

Daily Task (20 minutes)

Many problems can be solved in different ways. Decide if the following word problems can be solved using multiplication. Explain your thinking. Then solve each problem.

A. Liam is cooking potatoes. The recipe says you need 5 minutes for every pound of potatoes you are cooking. How many minutes will it take for Liam to cook 12 pounds of potatoes?

B. Mel is designing cards. She has 4 different colors of paper and 7 different pictures she can glue on the paper. How many different card designs can she make using one color of paper and one picture?

C. Nina can practice a song 6 times in an hour. If she wants to practice the song 30 times before the recital, how many hours does she need to practice?

Daily Closing (5 minutes)

DJ Summary: Write what you’ve learned in the form of a favorite song.

Week 1, Day 5

Learning Target

I can find the unknown whole number in a division equation with whole numbers.

Daily Fluency (10 minutes)

Daily Task (10 minutes)

Tehya and Kenneth are trying to figure out which number could be placed in the box to make this equation true.

Tehya insists that 12 is the only number that will make this equation true.

Kenneth insists that 3 is the only number that will make this equation true.

Who is right? Why? Draw a picture to support your idea.

Daily Closing (10 minutes) What take away from the lesson will be important to know three years from now? Why?

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