Ten Grade 3 lesson drafts for exploring ten-frame studio through models, conversation, and hands-on practice. Try three complete free sample lessons. A paid adult account opens all teaching guides, printable PDFs, and learning tools.
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Represent a small quantity efficiently before explaining a calculation. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Justify how a benchmark supports a mental strategy. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Connect an unknown addend with a subtraction relationship. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Defend equality across different arrangements. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Explain regrouped and ungrouped views of a teen quantity. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Justify a difference with a concrete part-whole model. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Explain why moving units preserves the value of a sum. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Justify a near-double strategy as a change from a known sum. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Distinguish a correct count from a relevant answer. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Use unmatched units to defend a difference. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.