Mathematics Pacing Guide Timeline
Third Grade
Month
Estimated
Time of Unit
Unit Number
September-October
5 weeks
1
Mid - October
2 weeks
2
November
2 weeks
3
Mid November January
10 weeks
4
2 weeks
5
February
Mathematics Third Grade Timeline – Revised March 2013
Unit Content
Place Value
 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit
arithmetic
ASSESSMENT
Addition/Subtraction
 Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in
arithmetic
ASSESSMENT
Arithmetic Patterns
 Developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication
and division within 100
 Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in
arithmetic.
ASSESSMENT
Understanding multiplication and division
 Developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication
and division within 100
 Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division
 Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in
arithmetic
 Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and
division.
ASSESSMENT
Solving problems with Multiplication and Division
 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit
arithmetic.
 Developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication
and division within 100
 Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in
arithmetic.
ASSESSMENT
1
Month
Estimated
Time of Unit
Unit Number
Unit Content
Fractions
 Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
 Represent and interpret data
 Reason with shapes and their attributes
ASSESSMENT
Measurement
 Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes,
and masses of objects.
ASSESSMENT
Mid –
February - March
6 weeks
6
April
2 weeks
7
Mid-April - May
2 weeks
8
Graphing
 Represent and interpret data
9
ASSESSMENT
Geometry
 Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes
 Reason with shapes and their attributes
 Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and
to addition
ASSESSMENT
Mid- May-June
5 weeks
Mathematics Third Grade Timeline – Revised March 2013
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