Clarifying Lessons

Grade 3

Make a Hundred

Students roll a die seven times, each time determining whether to add that number of tens or that number of ones to try to make a sum as close to 100 as possible without going over. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.1A, B; 3.3A; 3.5B; 3.15D; 3.16A, B; 3.17A.

Oh No! My Ominoes!

Students use one-inch square tiles and paper ruled into one-inch squares to solve the problem of finding all the possible ways to arrange five squares into shapes called pentominoes. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.9A; 3.15C, D; 3.16A; 3.17A, B.

Palindrome Patterns

Students use addition to create numbers that are palindromes and organize their results to look for patterns. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.1A; 3.3B; 3.6A; 3.15C; 3.17A.

Pretzel Probability

Students make predictions and draw conclusions based on sampling and probability concepts. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.14C; 3.15A, B, C, D; 3.16A; 3.17A, B.

Related Number Pairs

Students use tables to organize and display related pairs of numbers, such as the relationship of the number of insects to the total number of legs. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.6A; 3.7A, B; 3.15A, B, C, D; 3.16B; 3.17A, B.

Things That Come in Groups

Students make a list of real-world objects that come in sets of 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Connect these sets to multiplication equations, and use the objects to create and solve simple multiplication problems. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.4A, B; 3.6A, B; 3.15A, B, C, D; 3.16A, B; 3.17A, B.

What Can I Make with 30 Centimeters?

Students compare shapes with perimeters of 30 centimeters by categorizing them and looking for patterns. TEKS addressed in this lesson: 3.11A, B, C; 3.13; 3.15B, D; 3.17A.