Grade 3 Overview: Introducing Fractions

Grade 3 is an amazing time of huge discoveries in math! After comprehensive practiсe

with addition and subtraction in previous grades, students now encounter multiplication
and division, get a first taste of fractions and area measurement, delve deeply into arrays,
and even touch on algebra.

Such a wide and varied agenda inspired Happy Numbers to create a curriculum that
will both develop deep conceptual understanding and meet strict educational standards,
enabling future academic success.

Because all critical areas of Grade 3 require work with arrays, Happy Numbers
supplied the course with a large variety of visual models. Plenty of elements contribute to
both the clarity of mathematical operations and students’ consistent immersion in new
math themes with a smooth transition from concrete to abstract.

Let’s go ahead and take a look at how Happy Numbers can strengthen your math
lessons for Grade 3 students!

All exercises mentioned below are part of the Happy Numbers course for Grade 3.
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Multiplication

The Grade 3 curriculum is mostly devoted to multiplication. Happy Numbers reveals it

through addition models with concrete objects learned in previous grades. This clearly
demonstrates that multiplication is basically the same as repeated addition. Also, the use
of models with concrete objects helps to develop deep understanding of the process and
helps students grasp basic principles.

First, students simply count the objects. The exercise appears familiar at first…
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… but it turns out to be counting of equal groups, which leads to the real meaning of
multiplication.

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Then, they learn that an object itself and a group of objects have different meanings
and can be represented numerically.