3rd Grade Study Time Workbook

Putting Numbers to Use

You will find, compared so some series, this series moves along at a rather brisk pace as far as presentation of facts and concepts are concerned. And, because children learn by doing, there is also a lot of review of previous exercises in most lessons.

• There are two short poems and one longer poem that mentions God in the workbook.
• Both Canadian and US currency is used throughout the workbook.
• Both Metric and Standard measurement systems are taught.

Concepts Introduced:
• Addition: Meaning of; terms; facts; column; endings with/without bridging; carrying to thousands; checking by adding up/by subtraction; choosing the right sum
• Calendar Facts: Days, weeks, months, year, leap year, writing dates the short way
• Counting by: 2, even/odd, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100
• Division: Meaning of; writing facts 3 ways; terms; families 1-10; table numbers; using zeros; checking by subtraction/multiplication; labeling even/uneven division answers; choosing division or multiplication; division with 1 place divisors and 3 place dividends; long division: one step even/uneven; short division: even/uneven; choosing the correct quotient
• Dozen / Half Dozen
• Estimating: sums and remainders to nearest ten
• Fractions: Of an object or group
• Graphs: Pictograph; horizontal bars
• Geometric shapes: Circles, rectangles, squares, triangles
• Measures:
     Linear: Centimeter, inch, foot, yard, meter, mile;
     Liquid: Teaspoon, tablespoon, cup, int, quart, liter, gallon;
     Time: Second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, leap year;
     Weight: Ounce, pound, gram, kilogram
• Mixed computations with: Addition, subtraction, multiplication
• Money: Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar, $1, $2; writing money amounts; adding/subtracting money amounts; making changed for $0.25, $0.50, $1.00
• Multiplication: Meaning of; families 1-10; writing multiplication facts; terms; factor/product; table numbers; multiplying with 4-digit multiplicands; multiplying by zeros; checking by addition/division; multiplying money numbers; choosing multiplication/division; choosing the right product
• Number words: To 5 digit numbers
• Perimeters: Triangles, rectangles, squares
• Place value: To ten thousands
• Roman Numerals: To 100
• Rounding Numbers: to tens, hundreds
• Story Problems: Using addition; subtraction, multiplication; division; tricky words; making addition/subtraction story problems; 2-step problems
• Subtraction: Meaning of; terms; facts; borrowing from tens, hundreds, thousands; finding differences; checking by addition; working with zeros in borrowing; choosing the right remainder
•Symbols: Greater than, less than, equal; feet, inch, degrees
• Tally Marks
• Telling Time: To the hour, half hour, quarter past/till, 5 minutes, minute
• Temperature: Fahrenheit freezing/boiling point; reading thermometers