Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: August

Skills Modifications:

1. Addition fact through 18:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Flash-cards with peer

· Oral Answers rather than written

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: September

Skills Modifications:

1. Identify objects on multiple attributes:

· Use of manipulatives

· Oral answers rather than written

2. Select appropriate problem solving strategy:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Adapt difficulty level

3. Add 2 numbers <100 w/wo regrouping:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

4. Add 3 or more one-digit numbers with renaming:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

5. Add 2 numbers with two renaming:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

6. Master subtraction facts through 18:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Flash cards with a peer

· Oral answers rather than written

7. Use <,><= :

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

8. Explain in words thinking strategies:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

9. A + 4 = 10 to ab = 12 (algebra):

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

10. Use front end estimation to add or subtract:

· Adapt difficulty level

· Limit estimation to nearest 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s & 10,000 (no front-end estimation).

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: October

Skills Modifications:

1. Identify missing elements in a pattern and justify:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

2. Select appropriate problem solving strategy:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Adapt difficulty level

3. Subtract two numbers <10,000without renaming:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

4. Subtract two numbers <10,000 with one or two re-namings:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

5. Explain in words thinking strategies for making computation:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

6. Explore calculator keys other than = that do an operation:

· Use of manipulatives

· Allow more time

· Adapt difficulty level

7. Illustrate unit of length (inch, ft., yd., mi.) and metric (cm., m., km.):

· Use of manipulatives

· Adapt difficulty level

· Use peer helper/buddy

· Use of visual aids

8. Read time on digital and dial timepieces:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Adapt difficulty level

9. Estimate by rounding up or down to the nearest 10 or 100:

· Reduce the number of problems

· Adapt difficulty level

10. Justify estimate of < or > true value:

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

11. Read and interpret pictographs and pictures representing more than a single unit:

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

12. Explore bar graphs:

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

13. Identify information on a labeled picture map using a picture-symbol key:

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: November

Skills Modifications:

1. Select appropriate problem solving strategy:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Adapt difficulty level

2. Master addition facts to 18:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Flash-cards with a peer

· Oral answers rather than written

3. Explain in words thinking strategies for making computations:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

4. Investigates congruence and symmetry:

· Use of visual aids

· Use of manipulatives

· Allow more time

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: December

Skills Modifications:

1. Selects appropriate problem solving strategies:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Adapt difficulty level

2. Explains in words thinking strategies for making computations:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

3. Applies the counting of collection of coins and bills up to $10 in a buying situation:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

· Use peer helper/buddy

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: January

Skills Modifications:

1. Selects appropriate problem solving strategies; explain in writing why a solution is correct:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Adapt difficulty level

2. Relates repeated addition to multiplication (begin mult. Facts through 12):

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

3. Explains in words thinking strategies for making computation:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

4. Determine amount of time elapsed:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

· Peer helper or buddy

Curriculum Map Modifications

Grade Level or Course: Third Grade – MATH

Month: February

Skills Modifications:

1. Selects appropriate problem solving strategies. Translate real-life situations involving multiplication and division:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

· Peer helper or buddy

2. Orders fractions using symbols and >,<,= :

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

3. Add and subtract decimals:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Adapt difficulty level

4. Develop concepts of tenths and hundredths:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

5. Explain in words thinking strategies for making computations:

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

6. Investigate congruence and symmetry again. Know circle, square, triangle, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, cone, cylinder, cube and sphere:

· Use of manipulatives

· Allow more time

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

7. Identify two dimensional shape on a three dimensional solid:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time

· Oral answers rather than written

· Use of visual aids

· Adapt difficulty level

· Peer helper or buddy

8. Solve simple probabilities:

· Use of manipulatives

· Reduce number of problems

· Allow more time