Illustrative Mathematics Grade 3 Course Guide - Teachers

Required Materials

Required Materials for Grade 3

Materials Needed for Unit 1

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.2	Sticky notes	none
A.5	Materials from a previous lesson	none
A.7	Materials from a previous lesson	none
B.9	Connecting cubes or counters	none
B.10	none	Card Sort Equal Groups (groups of 2)
B.11	Materials from a previous lesson	none
B.14	none	Card Sort Unknown Numbers (groups of 2)
C.16	Connecting cubes	none
C.17	Connecting cubes or counters	Card Sort Arrays (groups of 2)
C.18	Connecting cubes or counters	none
C.21	Connecting cubes or counters Inch tiles Tools for creating a visual display	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 2

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Pattern blocks Scissors	Pattern Blocks to Compare Shapes (groups of 1)
A.2	Inch tiles	Use Square Tiles to Measure Area (groups of 2)
A.3	Inch tiles	Card Sort: Rectangles (groups of 2) Time to Tile (groups of 1)
A.4	Folders	none
B.5	Inch tiles	Match Expressions and Areas (groups of 30)
B.6	Patty paper Rulers (whole units) Scissors	Same Rectangle, Different Units (groups of 2)
B.7	Materials from a previous activity Materials from a previous lesson	none
B.8	Rulers or straightedges	none
B.9	Rulers (centimeters) Rulers (inches) Tape (painter's or masking) Yardsticks	none
B.10	Inch tiles Tools for creating a visual display	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
C.15	Grid paper Scissors Tools for creating a visual display	New Bed and Desk (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 3

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Base-ten blocks	Card Sort: Numbers in Their Different Forms (groups of 2) Numbers in Different Forms Round Table (groups of 1)
A.2	Base-ten blocks	none
A.3	Base-ten blocks	none
A.4	Base-ten blocks	none
B.7	Base-ten blocks Tools for creating a visual display	none
B.8	none	Diagrams and Algorithms (groups of 2)
B.9	Base-ten blocks	none
B.10	Base-ten blocks	none
B.12	Paper clips Pencils	Greatest Difference, Smallest Difference (groups of 2)
C.16	Index cards	none
D.18	Sticky notes Tools for creating a visual display	Card Sort: Situations, Equations, and Diagrams (groups of 4)
D.20	none	Info Gap: Bake Sale (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 4

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Connecting cubes or counters Tools for creating a visual display	none
A.2	Connecting cubes or counters Tools for creating a visual display	none
A.5	Tools for creating a visual display	Card Sort: All About Bugs (groups of 2)
B.7	none	Division Round Table (groups of 1)
B.8	Materials from a previous activity	Card Sort: Multiplication (groups of 2) Card Sort: Multiplication Recording Sheet (groups of 2)
B.10	Colored pencils, crayons, or markers	none
B.11	none	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2) Card Sort: Different Expressions, Same Rectangle (groups of 2)
C.12	Base-ten blocks	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
C.13	Base-ten blocks Connecting cubes or counters Tools for creating a visual display	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
C.14	Base-ten blocks	none
C.15	Base-ten blocks Sticky notes Tools for creating a visual display	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
C.16	Base-ten blocks	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2) Number Cards (0-10) (groups of 2)
C.17	Base-ten blocks	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
D.18	Base-ten blocks Connecting cubes or counters	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)
D.19	Base-ten blocks	none
D.20	Base-ten blocks	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2) Compare Stage 4 Division Cards (groups of 2)
D.22	none	Centimeter Grid Paper - Standard (groups of 2)

Materials Needed for Unit 5

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	none	Card Sort: Partitions (groups of 2) Fold and Name (groups of 4)
A.2	none	Partition the Strips (groups of 2)
A.3	none	Fraction Match Part 2 (groups of 4) Fraction Match Part 1 (groups of 2)
A.4	Colored pencils Folders Materials for creating a visual display	Secret Fractions Stage 1 Cards (groups of 2) Secret Fractions Stage 1 Gameboard (groups of 2)
B.5	Scissors	Card Sort: Number Lines (groups of 2) Fold and Label the Number Line (groups of 1)
B.7	Base-ten blocks Number cubes	Number Line Scoot Stage 2 Directions (groups of 2) Number Line Scoot Stage 2 Gameboard (groups of 2)
C.10	Materials from a previous lesson	none
C.12	Number cubes	none
D.14	Materials for creating a visual display	none
D.15	Colored pencils Paper clips	Spin to Win Recording Sheet (groups of 2) Spin to Win Spinner (groups of 2)
D.18	Paper Rulers or straightedges	none

Materials Needed for Unit 6

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	Materials from a previous activity	Measure Around the Room (groups of 5)
A.2	Materials from a previous activity Materials from a previous lesson	none
A.3	Materials from a previous activity Materials from a previous lesson Rulers (inches)	Notice and Wonder Rulers (groups of 4)
A.5	Glue or tape Materials from a previous lesson Scissors Tools for creating a visual display	Let's Make a Line Plot (groups of 2)
B.6	Chart paper Markers	none
B.7	Markers (dry-erase)	none
C.11	Materials from a previous activity	none
D.12	Tools for creating a visual display	Card Sort: Giant Pumpkins (groups of 2)
D.13	none	Info Gap: Pig Weigh-Off (groups of 2) Info Gap Pumpkin Weigh-Off Cards (groups of 2)
D.15	Materials from a previous activity Tools for creating a visual display	none
D.16	Paper clips Pipe cleaners Rulers Tape (painter's or masking) Yardsticks	none

Materials Needed for Unit 7

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.1	none	Shape Cards Grade 3 (groups of 2)
A.2	Bags or envelopes	Quadrilateral Cards Grade 3 (groups of 2) Triangle Cards Grade 3 (groups of 2)
A.3	Counters Folders Materials from a previous lesson	none
B.6	Paper clips	What Does It Take to Build the Shapes? (groups of 4)
B.8	Tools for creating a visual display	none
C.10	none	Info Gap: A Garden and a Playground (groups of 2)
C.11	Scissors Tape	Square Dot Paper Standard (groups of 1)
C.12	Scissors Tape	Square Dot Paper Standard (groups of 1)
D.13	none	Square Dot Paper Standard (groups of 1)
D.14	Colored pencils, crayons, or markers	Info Gap: The Bundle (groups of 2) Square Dot Paper Standard (groups of 1)
D.15	Tape	Square Dot Paper Standard (groups of 1)

Materials Needed for Unit 8

Lesson	Gather	Copy
A.2	Markers Tape (painter's or masking)	none
B.4	Materials from a previous activity	none
B.5	Materials from a previous lesson	none
B.6	none	Survey a Large Group (groups of 4)
B.7	Materials from a previous activity Materials from a previous lesson	Draw Scaled Graphs (groups of 1)
C.8	Materials from a previous lesson	Card Sort: Multiplication (groups of 2) Compare Stage 3 Multiplication Cards (groups of 2) Card Sort: Multiplication Recording Sheet (groups of 2)
C.9	Materials from previous centers	Rectangle Rumble Stage 3 Grid (groups of 2) Number Cards (0-10) (groups of 2) Rectangle Rumble Stage 3 Spinners (groups of 2) How Close? Stage 5 Recording Sheet (groups of 1)
C.10	Glue or tape Materials from a previous activity Tools for creating a visual display	Find the Match (groups of 24)
C.11	Materials from previous centers Number cubes	none
D.12	Chart paper Markers Picture books	none
D.13	Chart paper Markers	none
D.14	Chart paper Markers Picture books Rulers	none

Materials to Gather - Additional Details

Bags or envelopes

Gallon bags for collections and materials

Base-ten blocks

Chart paper

Colored pencils

Colored pencils, crayons, or markers

Connecting cubes

1 inch multifix cubes, often called linking cubes

Connecting cubes or counters

Counters

Folders

Glue or tape

Grid paper

Inch tiles

Index cards

Markers

Markers (dry-erase)

Materials for creating a visual display

Materials from a previous activity

Materials from a previous lesson

Materials from previous centers

Number cubes

Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.

Paper

Paper clips

Pattern blocks

Patty paper

Typically this is used to separate hamburger patties, but because it is small and semi-transparent, this is a helpful tool for geometric investigations.

Pencils

Picture books

Throughout the year, books that are read to students or used by students in centers are referred to as picture books in these materials. The term picture book refers to books with only pictures or books with both pictures and words.

Pipe cleaners

Rulers

Rulers with both centimeter and inch units will be used. Rulers can also be used as a straightedge.

Rulers (centimeters)

Rulers (inches)

Rulers or straightedges

Rulers (whole units)

rulers marked in whole units, cm on one side, inches on the other

Scissors

Sticky notes

Quantity is measured in individual sticky notes, not packages.

Tape

Tape (painter's or masking)

Tools for creating a visual display

Any way for students to create work that can be easily displayed to the class. Examples: chart paper and markers, whiteboard space and markers, shared online drawing tool, access to a document camera.

Yardsticks

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