Maths for 3rd Class

Introduce flexible mental strategies and secure written methods for the four operations with small numbers, and the links between them.

Name, compare and find fractions of quantities, meet equivalence as a first look, and meet tenths as the first decimals with a gentle first touch of hundredths.

Estimate and measure length, weight and capacity with the right instrument and unit, and take a first look at renaming metric units.

Find perimeter by adding the sides, area by counting square units, and volume by counting unit cubes, all by counting with a first gentle link to multiplication.

Tell the time to 5-minute intervals across analog and digital, work with units of time and the calendar, and calculate with euro and cent in everyday money contexts.

Name and sort 2D and 3D shapes by their properties, name the parts of a circle, and recognise and compare angles as amounts of turn, all concrete and introductory with no degrees or protractor.

Find lines of symmetry and model reflections, turns, slides and tessellations; give and follow directions and read simple grid references, all concrete and visual.

Pose questions and collect, display and read data with tallies, pictograms and bar charts and the mode; describe and test the likelihood of events.

Find and use the rule behind number and shape patterns, read and solve number sentences with a missing value, and close the year with a cross-strand review.