Dr. Bober's 3rd Grade
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Passage 1: "Amos & Boris"
Passage 2: Understanding Your Feelings
Passage 3: TIME for Kids: Life Boats
Passage 4: Coyote Spills the Stars
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Passage 5: "The Bundle of Sticks", a fable
Passage 6: "Oral History"
Passage 7: "The Spider's Gift"
Passage 8: "Trouble in the Amazon"
Passage 9: "About Trees"
Passage 10: "The Skating Lesson" & "Onstage"
Passage 11: "The Oak" & "Clouds"
Writing
Prompt 1: Amos & Boris- Rewrite the Plot
Prompt 2: Oliver's Big Splash
Prompt 3: Secret Door- Write an Ending
Prompt 4: Magic Carpet- Writing an Imaginative Narrative with Action
Prompt 5: The Jet Pack Present- Write a Problem
Prompt 6: Beach Treasure- Include Figurative Language in Developing Plot
Prompt 7: The Fox as Herdsman
Prompt 8: The Mansion's Secret-Write an Ending
Prompt 9: Deep Sea Expedition- Include Dialogue in an Imaginative Narrative
Prompt 10: Snowmen at Christmas
Prompt 11: The Arctic Tundra- Revising an Article to include an Introduction, Transitions, and a Conclusion
Prompt 12: The Secret Society- Write a Letter
Prompt 13: Trina's Unusual Day- Write a Solution to a Problem
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Jackie Robinson: Mini-Bio
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Saving the Manatees
Native American Creation Stories
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The Legend of the Pointsettia
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Dr. Suess
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MULTIPLICATION FLASH CARDS
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Question 1
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Is fifty-six added to thirty-nine larger than 100? Explain how you know.
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A roller skating team has 10 members. Each team member has 2 skates. Each skate has 4 wheels. What is the total number of skate wheels that the team has? Explain your process for solving this problem.
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Smarter Balanced Assessment Sample Problem- Claim 1: Concepts and Procedures Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency. Assessment Target(s): 1 D: Solve problems involving the four operations
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Look at Figure Q and Figure R above. Mia said Figure Q and Figure R have equal areas and equal perimeters. She supported her thinking by saying that any two figures made of an equal number of unit squares always have equal areas and equal perimeters. Is Mia correct? In the space below, use numbers and words to explain why or why not.
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Common Core Targets- 3 E: Distinguish correct logic or reasoning from that which is flawed and—if there is a flaw in the argument—explain what it is. 1 I: Recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
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Violet and Anya are playing a game with a spinner. Each girl spins the spinner twice. They each multiply the numbers they spin. The person with the greater product is the winner. In the first round, Violet spins a 5 and a 4. Anya spins a 3 and a 6. Who wins the round? Explain how you know using math vocabulary.
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Ms. Flinn has a garden that is 12 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the area of Ms. Flinn’s garden? __________ square feet. She wants to make another garden that has the same area, but a different perimeter. Use your knowledge of making multiplication arrays (rectangles) to design a garden that has the same area (space inside), but a different perimeter (measurement around the sides) than Ms. Flinn’s garden. Explain how you know the two gardens have the same area using words, and/or numbers.
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Grade 3 Mathematics Sample ER Item Claim 3 Version 1.0
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Jeremiah found a pattern in the multiplication table. He says that the product of 4 times any number can always be broken apart into two equal addends. Is Jeremiah correct? Explain why or why not.
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Question 7
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Use mental math to solve 36 x 4. Explain your thinking process--what did you do to solve this problem?
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Anna has a bathroom floor that has a width of 8 ft and a length of 6 feet. She wants to put a rug in the bathroom that has a length of 5 ft and an area of 30 feet. Will it fit? How do you know? How much floor space is left uncovered?
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Anna and Jack are going to the movies. If the movie starts at 12:30, and lasts 1 hour and 40 minutes, will they be able to meet their friends for ice cream at 2pm? Explain your reasoning.
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The holiday party ends at 4:15pm. It lasts for 3/4 of an hour. What time does it start?
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Question 11
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On Saturday, it started snowing at 4:30pm. It stopped snowing at 7:12 pm. How long did it snow for?
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Jamal is filling bags with sand. All of the bags are the same size. Each bag must weigh less than 50 pounds. One sand bag weighs 57 pounds and another sand bag weighs 41 pounds. Explain whether Jamal can pour sand from one bag into the other so that the weight of each bag is less than 50 pounds. Explain your reasoning.
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Anna has 8 chocolate bars. Each bar was cut into 6 pieces. Anna ate three pieces. How many pieces are left over? Explain how you solved the problem using mathematical vocabulary. Then, show an expression you could use to prove your answer is correct.
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Bracelets are on sale for $7 each. Alyssa wants to buy 6 bracelets. How much will she pay? Alyssa solved this problem incorrectly like this: 6 × 7 = (3 × 7) + (4 × 7), Then she did: 6 × 7 = 21 + 28, and finally she got: 6 × 7 = 49. Find her errors and correct all parts of her work.
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Home
Reading
Passage 1: "Amos & Boris"
Passage 2: Understanding Your Feelings
Passage 3: TIME for Kids: Life Boats
Passage 4: Coyote Spills the Stars
2016 Election News
Survival
U.S. Presidents- Biographies
Passage 5: "The Bundle of Sticks", a fable
Passage 6: "Oral History"
Passage 7: "The Spider's Gift"
Passage 8: "Trouble in the Amazon"
Passage 9: "About Trees"
Passage 10: "The Skating Lesson" & "Onstage"
Passage 11: "The Oak" & "Clouds"
Writing
Prompt 1: Amos & Boris- Rewrite the Plot
Prompt 2: Oliver's Big Splash
Prompt 3: Secret Door- Write an Ending
Prompt 4: Magic Carpet- Writing an Imaginative Narrative with Action
Prompt 5: The Jet Pack Present- Write a Problem
Prompt 6: Beach Treasure- Include Figurative Language in Developing Plot
Prompt 7: The Fox as Herdsman
Prompt 8: The Mansion's Secret-Write an Ending
Prompt 9: Deep Sea Expedition- Include Dialogue in an Imaginative Narrative
Prompt 10: Snowmen at Christmas
Prompt 11: The Arctic Tundra- Revising an Article to include an Introduction, Transitions, and a Conclusion
Prompt 12: The Secret Society- Write a Letter
Prompt 13: Trina's Unusual Day- Write a Solution to a Problem
Listening/ Research
Guide Dog Puppy Training
Jackie Robinson: Mini-Bio
Inventions
>
Mary Anderson
Einstein
Thomas Edison
Landmarks
Anansi and the Sky Kingdom
Voting/ Election
>
Writing the Constitution
Saving the Manatees
Native American Creation Stories
Unique Animal Facts
The Gingerbread Man
The Legend of the Pointsettia
Snowflakes
The Universe
>
Stars & Constellations
Earth's Seasons
U.S. Presidents
3 Branches of Government
Dr. Suess
Math Games
Math SBAC At Home Practice
Homework Help
Reading
MULTIPLICATION FLASH CARDS
Math Facts Online Worksheets
Holiday Movies
holiday sing-a-long
SMART math
arrays
equal groups
measurement quantities
unknown factor or product
division unknowns
Projects
Native Americans
Photo Booth
News
Supplies Wish List
Ellis Island