Year 3 Maths

The place value of digits are the focus of this Year 3 Maths lesson plan pack and resources. Teach your class all about digit place value and how to read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words. The included slides clearly explain how t... Read More

Compare and order numbers with this Year 3 place value Maths lesson plan pack. Includes resources for recognising the place value of hundreds, tens and ones – plus a choice of activities including place value games. During the teaching input (with ... Read More

Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number with this Year 3 Maths place value lesson plan pack. Includes slides, teacher's notes and a choice of differentiated place value activities for counting in multiples of 10 and 100. Using dienes blocks a... Read More

This Missing Numbers lesson plan pack for Year 3 includes a range of resources for finding missing numbers. There's a variety of missing number problems for children to solve and addition number problems activities. The slides guide your class throug... Read More

With this counting in multiples place value Maths lesson plan pack for Year 3, children undertake a variety of activities to practise counting in 4s, 8s and other multiples – including counting in 100s. The slides use number chains to with missing ... Read More

In this first lesson, children will recap on their understanding of partitioning, and then use this knowledge to help them solve addition number sentences involving two-digit numbers. Children will be encouraged to show the steps of their working out... Read More

Children will recap on how to use partitioning to help them solve addition number sentences, and then discuss how to use this method to solve subtraction number sentences. Children can work in pairs to create number sentences for each other to solve,... Read More

Now that children are familiar with using the partitioning method, they will apply what they have learnt so far to help them solve number sentences that require the addition of more than two two-digit numbers. They will practise this skill by worki... Read More

Children will use their addition and subtraction skills and their knowledge of partitioning to solve number puzzles. They will learn how to reason about answers, and narrow down possible options in order to find the final answer. Read More

In this final lesson, children will find out what a mathematical statement is. As a class, they will learn how to investigate a statement, and decide whether it is true or false. Children then have the opportunity to investigate statements independen... Read More

The first lesson in this series warms their brains up by challenging them to add single digits and multiples of ten and a hundred mentally to three-digit numbers. The slides go through some examples for children to solve in their heads, before either... Read More

This lesson challenges children to use their mental addition skills to solve a variety of word problems. Using the ‘rucsac’ model to support their learning, children will have to identify what the question is asking them. The questions have some ... Read More

Some confused characters with different answers to a question provide the context for children to use the inverse to check the accuracy of an addition calculation. Using a number line, children will learn how to check their work (both for addition an... Read More

This lesson teaches your class to solve addition and subtraction problems using money. Some useful strategies are outlined in the slides to give your class some practise during the teaching input, before solving some problems that involve adjusting p... Read More

After some quick-fire addition questions for the children to solve mentally, the final lesson in this series challenges them to solve some missing number problems using the strategies they have learnt. As well as working out missing numbers for thems... Read More

In this first lesson, children will be introduced to subtracting mentally. They will learn how to subtract multiples of 1, 10 and 100 from three-digit numbers. Children can generate their own subtraction number sentences to solve, or in the alternate... Read More

The lesson begins with children answering some quick-fire subtraction questions. Your class are then introduced to the different vocabulary associated with subtraction. They will identify this vocabulary in word problems, and then solve them. Childre... Read More

Children will be introduced to the term ‘inverse’, and will learn how to use the inverse operation to check the answers to subtraction number sentences. They will use this method to independently check and correct given number sentences, or alter... Read More

In this lesson, children will be reminded of their understanding of the inverse operation and how it can be used to check answers. They will then learn how to use this knowledge to find missing numbers in subtraction number sentences. In the independ... Read More

In this final lesson, children will apply their knowledge and understanding of subtraction to real-life money problems. They will learn how to reduce prices, total amounts and then work out change from a specified amount. In their independent activit... Read More

The first lesson in this series encourages your class to recognise a variety of 2D shapes and describe their properties. The slides will show them some regular 2D shapes and challenge them to describe how they know what shape it is in order to start ... Read More

This lesson gives your class the chance to explore the difference between regular and irregular shapes. The slides give opportunities for children to identify shapes that are regular and irregular, as well as explaining the term ‘polygon’ and how... Read More

A farmer needs some help working out how much fencing to buy for her enclosures in this lesson! Your class will explore what the word ‘perimeter’ means before looking at how to calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes. Starting with counting... Read More

Now that children have had plenty of opportunities to refresh and expand their knowledge of 2D shapes, they can sort shapes according to their properties, including the number and length of sides, angles, and lines of symmetry. They will describe a v... Read More

The final lesson in this series puts their shape problem-solving skills to the test as they use tangrams to create a variety of shapes and pictures. Children will be given a variety of challenges to work through as they move the pieces of the tangram... Read More

The first lesson in this series explores units of measurement that are used to measure length, notably centimetres, metres and kilometres, and explores the relationship between them. Your class will also think about objects that could be measured in ... Read More

This lesson will hone their estimation skills as they make educated guesses about various lengths, before finding out how close their estimates were. From small classroom objects to the distance between London and Edinburgh, there is something to cha... Read More

This lesson extends their knowledge of length by challenging them to estimate and measure a variety of objects and to choose which unit of measurement would be most appropriate. There is also the chance for some creative game-making! Read More

This lesson teaches your class how to compare lengths using the < and > symbols, as well as putting lengths in order from shortest to longest and vice versa. Read More

The final lesson in this series gives your class the chance to put all they have learnt about length into context as they solve a variety of word problems relating to length. The slides go through some example questions as a class before giving your ... Read More

The first lesson in this series recaps what your class already know about measurements of time and explores how they are related to each other. The slides for the teaching input start by looking at how years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and s... Read More

After recapping the different units of time and the relationship between them, children will look a little closer at comparing units of time and thinking about how long a variety of different activities would take. Would you measure eating a sandwich... Read More

This lesson recaps how to tell the time to the nearest quarter of an hour. The slides start by taking a close look at an analogue clock as they explore what each hand of the clock does, before reading the time on analogue clocks using the terms ‘oâ... Read More

Children are tasked with helping some confused characters work out where they are going wrong with telling the time on an analogue clock. Through each problem on the slides, children will have the chance to express their understanding and help clear ... Read More

Now that your class have mastered telling the time to the nearest quarter of an hour, they have the added challenge of telling the time on a clock with Roman numerals. The slides guide the children through the number system used by the Romans, before... Read More

The first lesson in this series introduces children to the three times table facts. Children identify multiples of three on a 100 square, and discuss any patterns that they see. They learn that multiplication can be done in any order. Children then p... Read More

In this lesson, children are introduced to the four times table facts. They play counting on games and identify missing multiples of four on a 100 square. Children learn that all multiples of four are even, and that this can be used to check answers.... Read More

Children are challenged to answer quick - fire questions using their knowledge of the three and four times table facts. They learn the definition of a ‘multiple’, and play a whole class game involving multiples of three and four. Children then ap... Read More

The lesson begins with the children identifying multiples of three and four in a set of numbers. They are then shown a number sentence with a missing number, and are challenged to find the answer. Children learn how to use division to find a missing ... Read More

This final lesson begins with children answering quick - fire questions about the three and four times table facts. They then apply this knowledge to scaling up problems in real - life contexts. Read More

Children apply their knowledge of the three and four times tables and their corresponding division facts to solve simple word problems around the context of Christmas. In their independent activities, children solve jigsaw puzzles by matching word pr... Read More

In this lesson, children learn how to multiply larger numbers by three and four using the partitioning method. As a class, they will solve word problems where they need to partition, multiply and then recombine to arrive at the answer. Children will ... Read More

Children learn how to divide larger numbers by three and four using a number line and the repeated subtraction method. They then use this knowledge in order to identify and correct common mistakes when using this method. In their independent activity... Read More

In this lesson, children find out how to use the inverse operation in order to solve missing number problems in both multiplication and division sentences. They will apply this knowledge in their independent activities by matching up number sentences... Read More

In this final lesson, children will apply their knowledge of the three and four times tables by solving problems using the trial and improvement method. They will be encouraged to explain their reasoning and justify their ideas. Children will use thi... Read More

What is a fraction? This first lesson begins with a brief recap on children’s knowledge and understanding of basic fractions, before moving on to focus specifically on tenths. They learn how to write and represent them in pictorial form, and practi... Read More

To begin, children will be reminded of what each number in a fraction represents. They then recap on how to identify and write a fraction of a set or shape. Children then progress onto learning how to find a fraction of a set or shape where the total... Read More

In this lesson, children begin to learn about equivalence. They use fraction walls to understand and recognise different equivalent fractions. In their independent activities, children identify and match up a range of different equivalent fractions u... Read More

In this penultimate lesson, children learn how to compare two fractions using the fraction wall, by stating whether one is smaller than or bigger than the other, or whether they are equal in value. They then progress to using this knowledge to order ... Read More

In this final lesson, children first identify and then solve a variety of different problems using their knowledge and understanding of equivalent fractions, comparing and ordering fractions, and finding fractions of amounts. Children also learn how ... Read More

The first lesson in this series recaps what each digit is worth in a three-digit number, as well as encouraging your class to be able to read and write numbers up to three-digits in numerals and words. They will practically add multiples of ten to a ... Read More

The slides in the lesson use both dienes blocks and place value cards to demonstrate how this apparatus can help children solve addition problem using their place value knowledge. Children will learn how to use partitioning to help them add one-, two... Read More

Your class will begin to move away from solving problems practically with objects as they work towards solving problems in the abstract using partitioning. They will add two-digit and three-digit numbers to a given three-digit number. Read More

In this lesson, your class will partition numbers in order to add or subtract them using a number line. They will work out what the given word problems are asking them to do and then write the question as a number sentence before solving it. There is... Read More

For the final lesson in this series, your class will consolidate their knowledge of place value by solving three-part word problems using number lines. The problems will involve addition and subtraction and bridging ten. Higher-ability children are c... Read More