Mathematics / 3rd Grade / Fluency Activities
The table below includes fluency activities that engage students in practicing skills appropriate for the unit, organized by the Topics of the unit. In each table, the left column identifies the applicable skills of each Topic, and the right column identifies one or more activities (and variations of those activities) that align to each of those skills. To learn more about each fluency activity, including optional variations to increase or decrease the cognitive complexity for students, click on the activity.
For each Topic, you can choose to practice each of the following skills with whatever frequency you’d like, but be sure students get sufficient practice for each of the targeted skills. For the skills with more than one activity listed, you may choose to use all or just some of the activities, depending on which students find most engaging. You can also spiral previously introduced activities into later Topics if students need additional practice on that skill. Do not introduce an activity before students are taught that material in the regular math lesson, since these activities assume a conceptual foundation has already been built.
For more guidance on incorporating fluency practice into your lessons, see our Teacher Tool on Procedural Skill and Fluency.
Key:
Approaching
Place multi-digit numbers on a number line
2.MD.B.6
2.NBT.A.4
3.NBT.A.1
4.NBT.A.2
4.NBT.A.3
Whole Class Activity
Clothesline Math - Version 1
Add multi-digit numbers
2.NBT.B.5
3.NBT.A.2
4.NBT.B.4
4.NBT.B.5
Center Activity
Hit the Target - Version 1 - Use Game Board A
Get to __ - Version 1 - Use Game Board A
Subtract multi-digit numbers
Hit the Target - Version 2 - Use Game Board D
Get to __ - Version 2 - Use Game Board F
Add multi-digit numbers using mental strategies
Number Talks - Version 2 - within 100
Subtract multi-digit numbers using mental strategies
Number Talks - Version 3 - within 100
Round multi-digit numbers using a number line
Clothesline Math - Version 3
Estimate sums and differences within 1,000
High or Low? - Version 1
Hit the Target - Version 1 - Use Game Board B
Get to __ - Version 1 - Use Game Board B
Hit the Target - Version 2 - Use Game Board E
Get to __ - Version 2 - Use Game Board G
Number Talks - Version 2 - within 1,000
Number Talks - Version 3 - within 1,000
Skip-count by 2-5s and 10s
2.NBT.A.2
2.OA.C.3
3.OA.C.7
Choral Counting - Version 2 - Skip-count by 2s, 5s, and/or 10s within 100
Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation
3.OA.A.4
Four of a Kind - Version 2 - Use Card Set A
Choral Counting - Version 2 - Skip-count by 2s, 5s, and/or 10s within 100 Choral Counting - Version 2 Skip-count by 2s, 5s, and/or 10s within 100
Fluently multiply and divide within 100
Bump - Version 1 - Use Game Board A, B, and/or C
Flash Cards - Version 2 - Use Card Set A
Four of a Kind - Version 2 - Use Card Set(s) A and/or B
Choral Counting - Version 2 - Skip-count by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and/or 10s within 100 Choral Counting - Version 2 Skip-count by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and/or 10s within 100
Bump - Version 1 - Use any Game Board A-E
Flash Cards - Version 2 - Use Card Set(s) A and/or B
Four of a Kind - Version 2 - Use Card Set(s) A, B, and/or C
Four of a Kind - Version 2 - Use any Card Set(s) A-D
Apply properties of operations to multiply
3.OA.B.5
Math Flips - Version 1 - Use Card Set A
Flash Cards - Version 2 - Use Card Set(s) A, B, and/or C
Four of a Kind - Version 2 - Use any Card Set(s) A-E
Math Flips - Version 1 - Use Card Set(s) A and/or B
Equal Values - Version 1 - Use Card Set A
Flash Cards - Version 2 - Use Card Set(s) A, B, C, and/or D (except the final row of Set D)
Skip-count by 6-9s
Choral Counting - Version 3 - Skip-count by 6s and/or 7s within 100
Four of a Kind - Version 2 - Use any Card Set(s) A-F
Math Flips - Version 1 - Use Card Set(s) A, B, and/or C
Equal Values - Version 1 - Use Card Set(s) A and/or B
Flash Cards - Version 2 - Use any Card Set(s) A-D
Odd One Out - Version 1
Multiply and divide within 100
Four in a Row - Version 6
Choral Counting - Version 3 - Skip-count by 6s, 7s, 8s, and/or 9s within 100
Multiply single-digit factors by multiples of ten
3.NBT.A.3
Bullseye - Version 1
Count unit squares to measure area
3.MD.C.6
Count Em Up - Version 1
Multiply side lengths to find the area of rectangles
3.MD.C.7
Fill Up - Version 2
Use area models to represent the distributive property
3.MD.C.7.C
Math Flips - Version 2
Find the perimeter of polygons
3.MD.D.8
Tetrimeter - Version 1
Identify attributes of quadrilaterals
3.G.A.1
Quadrilateral Memory - Version 1
Identify unit fractions and wholes
3.NF.A.1
I Have _, Do You Have _? - Version 1
Count by unit fractions
Choral Counting - Version 4 - Skip-count by halves, 3rds, 4ths, 6ths, and/or 8ths
Identify fractions in a whole that is not partitioned into equal parts
Fraction Talks - Version 1
Place fractions on a number line
3.NF.A.2
Clothesline Math - Version 4
Down to the Wire - Version 2
Generate and identify equivalent fractions
3.NF.A.3.B
4.NF.A.1
5.NF.A.1
Fraction Connect Four - Version 1
Fraction Grab - Version 1
Compare fractions
3.NF.A.3.D
4.NF.A.2
Number Clash - Version 2
Order fractions
Swap Shop - Version 1
Compare fractions using a number line
Clothesline Math - Version 5
Relate time to a number line
3.MD.A.1
4.MD.A.2
Clothesline Math - Version 9
Relate measurement scales to a number line
3.MD.A.2
Clothesline Math - Version 10
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