Third Grade Mathematics Pacing Guide
August 2012
Unit of
Study/Topic
Data Analysis /
Graphing
Timeframe
2 weeks
Approximate
Dates
August 29-Sept.
7
Primary Resource
Notes
MathLand, pp. 5-22
MathLand, GWM 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Keep 16.4 for CMT
See page 43 of
CT Standards for
Mathematics
document
Sept. 10-Sept.21
GWM Topic 2
CCSS: 3.MD.3
Addition and
Subtraction
CMT
3 weeks
(1 week for
addition and 2
for subtraction)
Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics, Grades K-3 (or K5)
Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction
Mental Math in the Primary Grades
Place Value to
1,000
Length
2 weeks
Sept. 24-Oct. 5
GWM Topic 3
2 weeks
Oct.10-Oct.19
Add 2- and 3digit
2 weeks
Oct. 22-Nov. 2
GWM Topic 4 (omit 4.3)
Mini Metric Olympics
GWM Topic 15.1 and 15.2 only
GWM Topic 5
Geometry
2 weeks
Nov. 5 –Nov. 21
Fractions
3 weeks
Nov. 26- Dec. 14
Estimation
(lengths and
areas)
1 week
Dec. 17-Dec. 21
Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction
GWM Topic 6.1-6.3
Teaching Student Centered Mathematics K-3, Shape Sorts , p. 221
https://sites.google.com/site/corbyk2/home/grade3resourceguide
(Corby’s fraction planning guide)
Estimation
(numerical
estimation
strategies)
Multiplication
1 week
Jan. 2-Jan. 9
https://sites.google.com/site/corbyk2/home/estimation
https://sites.google.com/site/corbyk/estimation
3 weeks
Jan. 10- Jan. 29
GWM Topic 8
Mastering the Basic Math Facts in Multiplication and Division
Division
2 weeks
Jan. 30 - Feb. 13
GWM Topic 9
Mastering the Basic Math Facts in Multiplication and Division
Time
1 week
Feb. 14- Feb. 25
Probability
1 week
Feb. 26-March 4
Subtraction 2and 3-digit
Connecting
Multiplication
and Division
2 weeks
March 5-March
19
March 20-April
12
GWM Topic 18
https://sites.google.com/site/corbyk2/home/grade3resourceguide
See Elapsed Time
MathLand Grade 3, Unit 10
Possibly GWM, Topic 15.3-15.5
GWM Topic 16.4 only
GWM Topic 12
Perimeter and
Area
Fractions
3 weeks
April 22-May 10
MathLand Grade 3, Unit 7 (weeks 1 and 2)
3 weeks
May 13-31
GWM, Topic 17.1, 17.3, and 17.4
More resources needed
3 weeks
Mastering the Basic Math Facts in Multiplication and Division
Minilessons for Early Multiplication and Division
GWM, Topic 14.3 only?
GWM, Topic 20
3.OA.5
3.OA.3
3.OA.4
3.OA.6
3.OA.7
3.OA.9
3.NBT.3
3.0A.8
See Unit 5 of
CCSS document.
See Unit 7 of
CCSS document
(3.NF.2)
See Unit 8 of
CCSS document
(3.NF.3).
Liquid volumes
and masses,
measuring
lengths (marked
with halves and
fourths of an
inch)
2 weeks
June 3-14
MathLand Grade 3, Unit 7 (week 3) Contain It
GWM, Topic 19.4 and 19.5 only
See Unit 4 of
CCSS document
(3.MD.2 and
3.MD.4)