3rd Grade
PMI Materials
Place Value
 Base 10 Blocks
 Lab: “Place Your Number Value”
o Place Value Board
o Digit tiles, 40 (4 sets of 0 to 9)
o Container for digit tiles
o Tokens, 10
o Target Number Strips (see RAFT Blackline Master on page 5), 1 per round
o [A pattern for the game board & digit tiles can be downloaded at http://www.raft.net/raftidea?isid= 576.]
 Lab: “Carpet Square Math”
o Carpet square or equivalent, ~45 cm x 45 cm (18” x 18”)
o Bottle caps, 6
o Permanent marker
 Lab: “1000 Wins”
o Playing cards (with face cards and 10s removed)
o Paper
o Pencils
Multiplication
 Lab: “Commutative Cookies”
o “Cookies” (cup lids or equivalent), 6
o “Chocolate Chips” (brown beads), 36
o “Cookie Sheets”, 2 (patterns can be downloaded at http://www.raft.net/raft-idea?isid=655)
o Six-sided die, 1
o Small container for beads, 1
o Optional: To make cookie sheets reusable, use clear page protectors and erasable
markers
 Lab: “Good Times Roll”
o “Good Times Roll” board
o 2 dice (either 10-sided or 12-sided)
o (NOTE: if using 10-sided dice, a “0” should be read as “10”)
o 25 small game pieces of one color
o 25 small game pieces of a different color
 Lab: “Carnival Math”
o Box, empty, ~45 cm x 60 cm (1½ ft x 2ft)
o 25 Portion cups
o Permanent marker
o Hot glue or tape
o 10 "game pieces" to toss (small objects that can be written on with permanent marker)
Division
 none
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Time, Volume and Mass
 Number line or ruler (slide 32)
 Lab: “Foam Squeeze Frenzy”
o Foam pieces (sponges or other similar objects)
o Small mixing bowl or equal
o Watertight plastic storage box or cafeteria tray
o Graduated beaker or metric measuring cup (500 ml)
o 30 second timer
o Water
o Record or data sheet
Fractions
 Pattern Blocks
 Lab: “Flip Over Fractions”
o Pre Made Equivalent Fractions Manipulatives - or o Paper or cardboard strips per team, uniform width, 30 cm (12”) long, different colors each
side, preferred
o Scissors
o Ruler
o Permanent marker
o 2 spinners labeled: (1,2,3,4) and (2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,“free choice”),
o or 2 dice as described above
Graphs
 Tape Measures (slide 113)
Shapes and Perimeter
 none
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