Wild Math Curriculum: Third Grade

Wild Math® Third Grade makes math active, engaging, and hands-on by taking learning outdoors. Using nature as the classroom, students explore multiplication and division facts with plants, animal life, and natural materials, and discover the relationship between perimeter and area by measuring gardens, playgrounds, buildings, and even tile patterns. Outdoor learning uses multiple senses, makes abstract concepts concrete, and keeps students engaged and focused.

The curriculum is organized into units covering the topics typically taught in third-grade math, with clear activity ideas for learning and practicing each skill outdoors. Each unit also includes a curated list of math-themed books and games, perfect for both outdoor lessons and indoor learning during cold or rainy weather.

A full year (40 weeks) of suggested lesson plans, a pacing guide, and a blank planning sheet are included to help educators and families stay organized while maintaining flexibility. Time is built in to strengthen essential skills such as multi-digit addition and subtraction before moving into more advanced concepts in upper elementary grades.

Math Topics Covered:

• Place Value

• Multi-Digit Addition and Subtraction Review

• Multiplication

• Division

• Fractions

• Measurement and Data (Length, Volume, Mass, Area, Perimeter, Graphing)

• Time and Money

• Geometry

(See thumbnails of the table of contents for a complete list of skills covered.)

Note: 3rd grade is what I call a catch-up grade. Time is built in for students to solidify skills from prior grades, particularly multi-digit addition and subtraction. Wild Math Third Grade contains the same instructions on how to teach multi-digit addition and subtraction as Wild Math Second Grade for review and those that are new to Wild Math. It contains some new and some favorite activities from Wild Math Second Grade.

Wild Math Third Grade is 69 pages in length and the planner is 41 pages. You will receive download links for two digital PDF files. You will receive a link to download both documents to the email address used in the payment process or your PayPal email.