Our school uses a Common Core Aligned edition of Everyday Mathematics curriculum, developed by the University of Chicago School of Mathematics Project (UCSMP). This curriculum is unique in that children both “do” and “think” mathematics. This promotes thinking and communicating mathematically. This math program parallels the national goals in that it requires a shift from arithmetic to problem solving and creates an environment that stimulates learning.


Program Highlights include:

• cooperative learning through partner and small group activities
• sharing ideas through discussion
• developing readiness through hands-on activities
• establishing links between past experiences and explorations of new concepts
• problem solving about real life situations
• practice through games
• ongoing review throughout the year
• informal assessment
• home-school partnership through Home Links
• daily routines

• Third Grade Everyday Mathematics instructional time will center on 4 areas:
  
  
  • Multiplication and Division:  from the use of equal groups, arrays and area models to more sophisticated strategies for finding products of multi-digit numbers
  • Fractions:  beginning with unit fractions and moving on to fractions of sets, mixed numbers and comparing fractions
  • Area:  as a property of two-dimensional regions; measuring area by counting unit squares, using arrays and multiplication
  • Properties of two-dimensional shapes:  comparing and classifying shapes based on shared attributes
  
  
  
  Through all grade levels students will work on Goals of Mathematical Practice:
  
  
  • Make sense of problems & persevere in solving them.
  • Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
  • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
  • Model with mathematics.
  • Use appropriate tools strategically.
  • Attend to precision.
  • Look for and make use of structure.
  • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.



Helpful Links to support student learning.  Several of these sites require passwords which most students have memorized.  Let me know if you need help accessing any of them.

ConnectEd- This Everyday Math site has support materials such as Home Links, Videos showing algorithms and of course, Math Games.

Brainpop - This site offers short videos on topics in math as well as all academic areas.  Videos are followed by quizzes and games.

Fun Brain - This site has many games and activities to support math learning.

Cool Math - This site also has games and activities to support math skills.

XtraMath - This site is used for practicing math facts from addition and subtraction to multiplication and division.

RedBird - This site offers lessons, activities, practice and games in all math domains.  It offers lesson customized to each student.

Reflex - This site offers practice of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.