Tag: Grade 3

21 JAN

Celebrate Chinese New Year!

Celebrate Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year provides many cross-curricular opportunities for students to learn about Chinese culture. Below, you’ll find links to crafts and lesson plans to help you celebrate. We have also included a printable color-by-number Chinese lantern. Instruct students to solve the subtraction equations near the bottom of the page and color the drawing by using the difference that corresponds with each color. (For example, 9 – 8 = 1 , and 1 is black, so all the spaces with a 1 should be colored black.) Once students have completed the math and done the coloring, use the lanterns to decorate for your celebration!

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New Year New Me
19 DEC

New Year, New Me!

As 2017 begins, students should start thinking about what the New Year will bring. Resolutions give us a chance to be daring and try new things, and this week’s free download can help with that.  Students can use the graphic organizer to brainstorm ideas for new games, new books, new activities and new foods to […]

Halloween Geometry PDF
28 OCT

Halloween Geometry

Halloween Geometry I’m not sure what it is about Halloween, but it always makes me think about geometry.  To some people, geometry is scarier than a ghost.  But for a math teacher, Halloween is an opportunity to review the basics of geometry, with a fun and spooky twist.  This year’s Halloween activity is based on […]

22 OCT

Pablo Picasso

This week’s activity combines Pablo Picasso’s birthday (October 25th), Halloween, and an English Common Core activity all in one lesson!  There is a lot of information about Pablo Picasso on the internet, and we highly recommend previewing any sites your students will use.  Some of Picasso’s work may not be appropriate for elementary aged children. […]

13 AUG

Back To School

There is something exciting about going back to school each year. The new school year is full of so much hope and possibility.  At Bright Ideas Press, we are also very excited for the new school year to begin.  This is the 14th year of publication for Simple Solutions, and our newest addition, Simple Solutions […]

04 JUN

Summer Baseball Math

  Summer has just begun; don’t let your kids strike out on their math skills!  Have them stay sharp with this baseball math worksheet.  Click on the grade that they have just completed to download a baseball field loaded with math questions.  Have them answer each question, encouraging them not to get three wrong—that would […]

06 DEC

12 Days of Christmas Math

Have you ever wondered HOW many gifts your true love would give you if they followed the directions in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas”?  This is a problem that I have all of my students solve the class before Winter Break each year.  The only direction I give is to ask the students HOW […]

08 NOV

Third Grade is a HOOT!

We were recently contacted on Pinterest by a lovely third grade teacher who saw our post about the 2nd Grade Common Core Math books.  She was specifically interested in seeing samples of our new 3rd grade Common Core Math books.  Unfortunately, Pinterest was not working properly and prevented us from replying to her comment, but […]

31 OCT

Happy Halloween from Simple Solutions!

It is a cold, rainy day in Northeast Ohio, but we aren’t letting that dampen our spirits!   Here are some photos of our staff working hard on the Common Core books! Don’t they look spooktacular? Even Kiely dressed up!                 Celebrate in your classroom with these fun and […]

26 JUN

An Ant’s Eye View

Ant Problem Solving Problem-solving from an ant’s perspective! A large ant has just invaded your picnic. The ant is 0.5 inches tall. Measure picnic items such as a can of soda, a blade of grass, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, or other objects that might be found at a picnic. Use the chart […]