Math games for 3rd grade

Teaching place value in 3rd grade is an important mathematical concept for students to master. Learning more complex place value strategies will help

Ok… we’ve all been there. Where you peer out to your classroom and you’re having a via GIPHY Kind of day. This is seriously every teacher’s worse nightmare. What’s a teacher to do? I mean you have what you thought was a pretty good lesson planned, limited supplies, and of course hardly any time […]

Stinky Feet will forever be my favorite way to review for math! When I saw this from Kelsee { @mrshudsonteaches on Instagram } I knew I’d love it (and my students would too!). As a forme…

Joe McCormick and Quyen Nicol 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️ on Instagram: "My 7th grade son came home and said he played a fun game called Skunk in his math class. I immediately googled “Skunk math game” and found it was no prep and only involved a pair of dice! We played it today with both our classes and it was an instant hit. Hope this tutorial helps. If not, google it. 😂 Shout out to his awesome math teachers for this idea!"

If your students are anything like mine, they love puzzles. I like to use math puzzles with my math class in many different ways and one of my favorite kind

Practice multiplying with Mulitplication Tic Tac Toe. This free printable multiplication game uses math worksheets for a no-prep activity!

Do you use Kaboom! in your classroom? It has been my go-to center for the past few years, whether I'm teaching Firsties, or now third graders. If Kaboom! is new to you, or it is something you haven't yet tried in your classroom, here are some great reasons to give it a try:

This simple little place value number game is a favourite of Maddie's (aged 6) at school and at home. Use it to practice recognising numbers, writing numbers and place value, along with problem solving. You can play with two or more people and it is great as a whole class game on the whiteboard (with teacher vs students) or just in pairs (parent and child/two children). You can use this activity for practicing two digit numbers (with tens and ones), three digit numbers (hundreds, tens and…

Fabulous for math revision, check out these 10 fun math dice games! Includes place value, number facts, fractions & geometry games played with dice.