Mathematics Grade 3
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Strand: GEOMETRY (3.G)

Reason with shapes and their attributes (Standards 3.G.1-2).

• An Introduction To Quadrilaterals
  In this lesson the student is introduced to parallelograms, rectangles, and trapezoids and practices creating various types of quadrilaterals.
• Floor Tiles
  This lesson will help students identify and examine symmetry in geometric figures as well as describe and classify polygons.
• Geometric pictures of one half
  This task presents students with some creative geometric ways to represent the fraction one half. The goal is both to appeal to students' visual intuition while also providing a hands on activity to decide whether or not two areas are equal. Students should be given paper models of each picture which they can fold or cut and rearrange so as to help visualize why the shaded and unshaded areas are equal.
• Geometry (3.G) - Third Grade Core Guide
  The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides for Third Grade Mathematics - Geometry (3.G)
• Grade 3 Mathematics
  In order to assist educators with the implementation of the Common Core, the New York State Education Department provides curricular modules in Pre-K-Grade 12 English Language Arts and Mathematics that schools and districts can adopt or adapt for local purposes.
• Grade 3 Unit 4: Geometry (Georgia Standards)
  In this unit students will further develop understandings of geometric figures by focusing on identification and descriptions of plane figures based on geometric properties. Identifies examples and non-examples of plane figures based on geometric properties. Identify differences among quadrilaterals. Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes and those attributes can define a larger category (example: rhombuses, rectangles, and others have four sides and are all called quadrilaterals). Expand the ability to see geometry in the real world and can draw plane figure shapes based on attributes.
• Halves, thirds, and sixths
  The purpose of this task is for students to use their understanding of area as the number of square units that covers a region, to recognize different ways of representing fractions with area, and to understand why fractions are equivalent in special cases.
• Perimeter
  This lesson plan and activities will help students understand the concept of perimeter.
• Representing Half of a Circle
  Given a number of pictures of circles with darkened areas, students are asked to decide if half of the circle is shaded. This task is meant for instructional purposes, and students should have access to multiple copies of the figures and be encouraged to experiment by cutting them and comparing the pieces.
• Single Fraction Pointer
  This activity was designed to help students better understand fractions by practicing dividing a whole into a fraction and visualizing fractions on a number line.
• Venn Diagram Shape Sorter
  This lesson is designed to introduce young students to the concept Venn diagrams and explore different kinds.
• What Fraction of this Shape is Red?
  This Teaching Channel video shows how students can explore part and whole by creating pattern block designs. (4 minutes)

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