Grade 3 Pacing Guide Overview 2015-16

The Pacing Guide Overview is a quick look at the school year. It provides suggested time frames for each unit in Math Expressions across the 2015-16 calendar year. Please refer to the Pacing Guides for each individual instructional block for detailed information on the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

SLCSD Instructional Blocks and Math Expressions (MX) Units and Lessons / General Education Pacing
Instructional Block 1: MX Unit 1 and 2 / August 24 – Nov. 6
MX Unit 1Multiplication and Division with 0-5, 9, and 10

Lessons 1-6: Meanings of Multiplication and Division: 5s and 2s
Lessons 7-9: Patterns and Strategies: 9s and 10s
Lessons 10-14: Strategies for Factors and Products: 3s and 4s
Lessons 15-19: Multiply with 1 and 0

Lessons 6, 9, 14, and 18 may take 2 days / August 24 – September 30
19 Lessons: 26 days
MX Unit 2Multiplication and Division with 6s, 7s, 8s and Multiply with Multiples of 10

Lessons 1-8: The Remaining Multiplications
Lessons 9-15: Problem Solving and Multiples of 10

Lessons 8, 13, and 14 may take 2 days / October 1 - November 6
15 Lessons: 24 days
Interim 1: November 6
Instructional Block 2: MX Unit 7, engageny and MX Unit 3 / Nov. 9 – Jan. 22
MX Unit 7Explore Fractions

Lessons 1- 5: Fraction Concepts
Lessons 6-9: Equivalent Fractions

engageny Module 5 Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line

Lesson 8: Represent part of one whole as fractions with number bonds
Lesson 16: Place whole number fractions and fractions between whole numbers on the number line
Lesson 22: Generate simple equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models and the number line

*Block 5 includes more of engageny Module 5. Based on student needs, you may include more of these lessons during this block. / November 9 – December 11
12 Lessons: 21days
MX Unit 3Measurement, Time and Graphs

Lessons 1-5: Length, Capacity, Weight, and Mass
Lessons 6-10: Time and Date
Lessons 11-15: Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Plots

Lessons 1, 11, and 13 may take 2 days / December 14 - January 22
15 Lessons: 19 days
Interim 2: January 22
Instructional Block 3: MX Unit 4 and 5 / Jan. 25 – March 30
MX Unit 4Multidigit Addition and Subtraction

Lessons 1-6: Understand Place Value and Rounding
Lessons 7-10: Addition and Subtraction Strategies and Group to Add
Lessons 11-18: Ungroup to Subtract

Lessons 8 and 11 may take 2 days
MX Unit 5 Write Equations to Solve Word Problems

Lessons 1-6: Types of Word Problems
Lessons 7-11: Solve Two-Step Word Problems

Lessons 5 and 8 may take 2 days / January 25 – February 26
18 Lessons: 24 days
February 29 - March 30
11 Lessons: 17 days
Interim 3: March 30
Instructional Block 4: MX Unit 6 / March 31– April 29
MX Unit 6 Polygons, Perimeter, and Area

Lessons 1-4: Analyzing Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Lessons 5-11: Area and Perimeter

Lessons 5 and 10 may take 2 days / March 31- April 29
11 Lessons: 22 days
Interim 4: April 29
Instructional Block 5: engageny Math Module 5 / May 2 – June 3
Review for SAGE based on student need
engage nyMath Module 5: Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line

Topic D: Lessons 14-19: Fractions on the Number Line
Topic E: Lessons 20 -27 Equivalent Fractions
Topic F: Lessons 28 - 30 Comparison, Order, and Size of Fractions

/ May 2 – June 3
17 lessons: 23 days
STMath: SLCSD Recommended Curriculum Order
Multiplication Concepts→ Multiplication→Division Concepts→Division→Multiplication and Division Situations→Multiplication and Division Relationships→ Fractions Concepts→Fractions on the Number Line→Comparing Fractions→ Volume and Weight→Time to the Minute→Intervals of Time→Scale and Measurement in Graphing→Place Value Concepts→Rounding Three-Digit Numbers→Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping→Addition and Subtraction within 1000→Unknowns in Two-Step Problems→Shapes→Concepts of Area and Perimeter→Number Patterns→Challenge

For more information on the pacing of lessons, see page xxx in MX Teacher Edition.