This 3rd Grade Math Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Color By Number Resource includes 6 student pages for introducing or reviewing Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add and 5 answer keys. Finding class time during the day to allow students to work on their math skills can be challenging!
But recalling those skills quickly will help your students master the harder math skills ahead of them! You will love how easy it is to prepare these 3rd Grade Math Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Color By Number Resource for your class.
You will love the no prep, print and go ease of these Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add printables for your 3rd grade class. This addition strategy, use the break apart strategy to add, is an essential skill to master for 2-digit and 3-digit addition in third grade.
UPDATED AUGUST 23, 2021
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This 3rd Grade Math Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Color By Number Resource includes FIVE Answer Keys, this helps you quickly and efficiently check your students work in a very short amount of time.
** Additional Important Information **
I have no math problems on the cute little children's skin and hair, allowing your students to select any skin tone color and any hair color. The directions read, "You pick the color for any empty areas." This also allows for some creativity after their math is done by selecting additional colors of their choice for the borders and other blank remaining areas. This feature is a real hit with my teacher buyers!
*** Terrific Teacher Feedback! ***
- Sarah P. said, "My students LOVED this resource. We were learning how to add using the break-apart (expanded form) strategy to add three digit numbers. Before my students could do this, I needed to review the value of digits in a number - this resource helped with that and made it fun. I also used this resource for morning work."
- Nicole W. said, "This resource is a great way for students to practice rounding. The pages are fun and interactive, and my students loved them. They are great way for station work and early finishers. Thank you!"
- Beth Ray (TpT Seller) said, "The students enjoyed completing this activity, it was something other than a "normal" lots of problems worksheet."
This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Color By Number Resource Includes:
Page One - A cover page stating "Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add" that can be used for a cover sheet for your file folder in your files. It can also be a folder cover for your students, give them a file folder with this cover and they can keep all the student sheets in the file folder to work on during math centers, morning work, or as a fast finisher activity. You can take a large piece of construction paper, 12 inches X 18 inches, fold it in half and use that as a "File Folder" to hold your students' work too.
One of my favorite uses for this cover page is to use it as a workbook cover and staple the other six pages with it, perfect for a Fast Finisher book!
Page Two - This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Page has a cute little boy and an adorable little girl on this solve and color page. Students solve the Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add problems on this page and then use the Color Code to color it in. A fun idea is to have the students do the math during morning work, and then they can use color pencils, markers, water color paint, etc. to color by code during math center time or seat work time.
Page Three - This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Page has a cute little teddy bear reading a book and enjoying a nice warm drink in his pumpkin mug on this solve and color page. Students solve the Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add problems on this page and then use the Color Code to color it in. Another fun idea is to have the students do the math for homework, and then they can use color pencils, markers, water color paint, etc. to color by code during their math morning work time!
Page Four - This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Page is one of my very favorites! It has a cute little dog with his doggie bowl and a big WOOF to color too! Students solve the Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add problems and then use the code box to color their answers!
Page Five - This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Page has 16 Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add problems on this page. When your student is done solving these problems, there is also a little girl and a fancy border that they can color for fun!
Page Six - This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Page has 16 Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add problems on this page. When your student is done solving these problems, there is also a little boy in the corner that they can color for fun!
Page Seven - This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Page has 10 COMPLEX Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add problems. There are underlined spaces to help your students to remember and do all the steps involved with adding two 3-digit numbers. This page is perfect for an end of the week, end of the skill, assessment.
Pages Eight to Thirteen - Six Answer Keys
Page Fourteen - Weekly Lesson Plan Ideas and Suggestions
Pages Fifteen to Twenty-Six - NEW FREE BONUS FILE
A Twelve Page Letter From Me! This letter includes many ways to use Center Games, Task Cards, and Color By Number in your classroom!
Please Note --- This letter is NOT included in the TpT description of actual page numbers. This letter is a FREE bonus for my TpT followers! Thank you, Fern :)
Monday - Use pages 5 or 6, as a Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add pre-assessment. Plan your small groups for the week around the data from this and your other observations.
Tuesday - Use page 5, the 16 Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add math problems that break the 3-digit number down using their place value skills as morning work. Depending on the level of your boys and girls, they can complete the page alone, in pairs, or in a group. You can have the answer key on the board so that they are copying the correct answers as a very basic, low math level activity. OR Once the boys and girls are done, you, or a student, can project the answer key, covering up the problems and call them out one at a time, while revealing the answer.
* During math rotations, use page 2, a cute little boy and an adorable little girl solve and color page to review Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add during your student seat work time.
Wednesday - Use page 6, the 16 Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add math problems that break the 3-digit number down using their place value skills as morning work. Depending on the level of your boys and girls, they can complete the page alone, in pairs, or in a group. You can have the answer key on the board so that they are copying the correct answers as a very basic, low math level activity. OR Once the boys and girls are done, you, or a student, can project the answer key, covering up the problems and call them out one at a time, while revealing the answer.
* During math rotations, use page 3, the cute little teddy bear reading a book solve and color page to review Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add during your student seat work time.
Thursday - During morning work, classwork, small group instruction, or seat work, have the students complete pages 5 & 6 copied front to back, the Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add pages as a review. You can have the students self-correct the page or peer sharing to review and come to a final answer together, all sorts of review possibilities.
OR PLAN B - Just give one of the pages from 5 and 6, (the easier page) Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add pages as a final assessment.
* During math rotations, use page 4, the cute little dog with his doggie bowl solve and color page to review Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add during your student seat work time.
Friday - Use page 7, the Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add page that has 10 problems as a final assessment.
Weekly Homework - You can use any and all of these pages as your weekly homework review, they are completely student self-directed so you will not have any problems or concerns with parents that are unable to help their children with this assignment. Win-Win for everyone!
This Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Color By Number Resource Is Perfect for...
• Remediation and RTI groups
• Substitute teacher folders
• Scoot and Read the Room games
• Concentration
• Match Game
• Go Fish
• Assessments
• Fine motor skills work
• Indoor recess
• Morning work
• Emergency sub tubs
• Homework packets
• Math Night with Parents
• Math Centers Assignments
• Early morning arrival students
• After school tutoring
• Before school tutoring
• Small Group Work
• Morning Work Worksheet
• Seat Work
• Substitute Teacher Days
• Homework
• Morning Work Tubs
• Independent Practice
• Early Finishers
• Tutoring
• Clip Board Time Worksheet
• Indoor Recess
• And so much more!
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*** Excellent for a substitute teacher folder, or sub tub! ***
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1,000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
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A Quick Recap of What's Included for You in this Use the Break Apart Strategy to Add Color By Number Resource:
* A folder cover and/or center cover and/or workbook cover
* Six student pages
* Five answer keys
* Weekly Lesson Plan Ideas and Suggestions
* A Twelve Page Letter From Me! This letter includes many ways to use Center Games, Task Cards, and Color By Numbers in your classroom! This number of pages in this letter is NOT included in the TpT description of actual page numbers.
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