In this ongoing course, learners will take on the role of both the consumer and the operator of a grocery store to learn about 3D shapes, money, tax, weight, area, multiplication, division, measurement, geometry, place value, fractions, time and much more using an interactive pretend grocery store game! Third-graders will love learning and practicing math in this virtual grocery store!

At the beginning of class, the learners and teacher will have a discussion about the topic(s) of the week so the teacher can assess prior knowledge of the subject. 

All activities within this course have been aligned with National Common Core State Standards for 3rd Grade Math. 

Throughout the class, the teacher will introduce and teach the topic(s) using the “I Do, We Do, You Do” method. This instructional method starts with the teacher giving an example, followed by the teacher and learners solving a problem or completing a task together, then finally, the learners are given a problem or task to complete on their own, with support given as necessary.  

This class is best for learners ages 7 to 9 or at a 3rd grade math level. Learners do not need to know the concepts or topics of the class beforehand. We will learn and review in class. 

Because this class is ongoing, learners can enroll at any time. Classes do not build upon each other. 

Materials will be displayed and used in a Google Slide presentation that is screen shared on the teacher's screen only. No other material outside the normal Outschool Zoom classroom is needed. 

**The topics will rotate according to the schedule below:**

**Summer 2024**
“Let’s Celebrate” Summer Series - Classes in June, July and August will be summer-themed. Please read the lesson descriptions below for more information.

Week of Jun. 17 - Summer Picnic
-Add up the cost of the fruits and vegetables for a picnic
-Add the cost of the deli meat, cheese and bread for sandwiches
 
Week of Jun. 24  - Ice Cream Pool Party
-Estimate how many of each ingredient you will need for all the guests
-Add, subtract and multiply to purchase the right number of packages of each ingredient
-Add up the cost of the ice cream party ingredients

Week of Jul. 1 - Backyard BBQ
-Weigh meat and calculate the total cost based on price per pound
-Weigh side dishes and salad from the deli and calculate the total cost based on price per pound

Week of Jul.  8 - Lemonade Stand
-Calculate the sales, expenses and profit from a lemonade stand 
-Compare the profit to the sales goal set at the beginning of the class

Week of Jul. 15 - Ice Pops
-Choose the best sized and best priced juice from the store
-Measure the right amount of juice or yogurt to pour into popsicle molds
-Measure and mix ingredients to fill popsicle molds (whole numbers and fractions)

Week of Jul. 22 - Camping Trip
-Multiply and add to determine how much food will be needed in the wildnerness
-Estimate the total cost for food the trip
-Compare estimate to actual cost

Week of Jul. 29 - Smoothie Shack
-Add up costs of fruit, juice and yogurt
-Multiply by quantities needed
-Report sales, expenses, profit/loss

Week of Aug. 5 - Road Trip
-Compare and contrast the cost of buying food at restaurants, rest stops, etc vs. purchasing at the grocery store and bringing a packed lunch on the trip

Week of Aug. 12 - Family Reunion
-Divide fruits into fractions (halves, thirds, quarters, etc.). for the fruit salad
-Dividing vegetables and using fractions to set up the salad bar

Week of Aug. 19 - Bake Sale Fundraiser
-Organize a back-to-school fundraiser for your local school
-Choose inexpensive but quality ingredients
-Decide on a price that will generate profit
-Add and multiply to calculate sales over a period of time
-Subtract to find amount of money raised for your school

Week of Aug. 26 - Farmer's Market
-As a customer: Use addition and subtraction to stay within a set budget, compare price and quality of produce at the grocery store vs. the farmer’s market
-As a vendor: Use mathematical reasoning to find the approximate profit/loss from the day’s sales



**2024-2025 School Year**


Week of Sept. 2  - 3D Shapes (CCSS 3.G.A.1)
Identifying 3D shapes of items in the grocery store and sorting according to shape; 
Identifying and classifying quadrilaterals within print and non-print materials, and using a "quadrilateral" to create an ad for a grocery store food

Week of Sept. 9 - Shape Partitioning (CCSS 3.G.A.2)
Practice partitioning shapes into parts with equal areas by taking on different roles throughout the grocery store, such as baker or deli worker;
Express the area of each partitioned part as a unit fraction of the whole

Week of Sept. 16 - Multiplication and Division 1 (CCSS 3.OA.A.1)
Interpret products of whole numbers as the total number of objects in an equal group by acting as a customer who needs to buy multiple items that contain the same quantity, a manager who needs to order many quantities of the same product, and/or a cashier who is ringing up several of the same priced item. 

Week of Sept. 23 - Multiplication and Division 2 (CCSS 3.OA.A.2)
Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers by equal sharing or equal partitioning by dividing the total number of products per shelf, case or box, by dividing a grocery bill among family members, friends or roommates, by dividing work hours or tasks among employees and/or by dividing equipment among several departments within a store. 

Week of Sept. 30 - Multiplication and Division 3 (CCSS 3.OA.A.3)
Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in different situations around the grocery store, acting as both the consumer, employee, employer, contractor and more. 

Week of Oct. 7 - Multiplication and Division 4 (CCSS 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.6)
Determine the unknown number in a multiplication or division equation (8 x ? = 48; 15/?=3) by helping a customer stick to a budget, helping a stocker fill the shelves, help a contractor set up a new display, and/or a department manager order products for their section of the store. 

Week of Oct. 14 - Relate Multiplication and Division 1 (CCSS 3.OA.B.5)
Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Use the commutative property of multiplication to arrange bakery items, use the associative property as an employee to prove to your boss that a job was done correctly, and use the distributive property to fill a section of your department using similar, but slightly different, products. 

Week of Oct. 21 - Solve Multi-Step Word Problems (CCSS 3.OA.D.8)
The manager is on vacation, and she’s left you in charge of the store while she’s gone! Solve two-step word problems using the four operations to successfully run your grocery store or department for the day. Practice using a letter (variable) to represent an unknown quantity. 

Week of Oct. 28 - Arithmetic Patterns (CCSS 3.OA.D.9)
Identify arithmetic patterns and explain them using properties of operations by helping the manager of the cash office. 

Week of Nov. 4 - Rounding to 10 and 100 (CCSS 3.NBT.A.1)
Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100 by shopping for recipes, party guests, supplies and/or inventory. Practice rounding to the next 10 or 100 when paying with cash.

Week of Nov. 11 - Add and Subtract within 1000 (CCSS 3.NBT.A.2)
Practice fluently adding and subtracting within 1000 around the grocery store by helping the manager(s) review revenues, expenses and profits.

Week of Nov. 18 - Multiply by Multiples of 10 (CCSS 3.NBT.A.3)
Multiply whole numbers by multiples of 10 to calculate sales of products, total weight of deli products, total weight of produce, salaries/wages of employees, and more.

Week of Nov. 25 - Fractions 1 (CCSS 3.NF.A.2)
Understand and represent fractions on a number line by using a ruler and measuring tape to help set up displays, measure equipment, and/or measure width of deli products. 

Week of Dec. 2 - Fractions 2 (CCSS 3.NF.A.3)
Identify, understand, recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, as well as compare fractions, as both the consumer and the business. 

Week of Dec. 9 - Time (CCSS 3.MD.A.1)
Tell time to the nearest minute, measure time intervals in minutes, and add/subtract time intervals to solve problems as the consumer, such as the time to return to the deli/pharmacy, the number of minutes until opening/closing, the amount of spare time to shop between planned events, and also as the employee/employer/business to calculate the total time worked. 

Week of Dec. 16 - Volume and Mass (CCSS 3.MD.A.2)
Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg) and liters (l) to follow recipes as the consumer or baker, mix cleaning solutions as the custodian or employee and/or prepare prescriptions as the pharmacist. 

Week of Dec. 23 - Data & Graphing (CCSS 3.MD.B.3, 3.MD.B.4)
Draw a scaled picture graph and scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories to help keep track of an annual fundraiser and/or a goal set for the store or each employee. 
Show data by making a line plot to show sales, profits or similar information. 

Week of Dec. 30 - Perimeter (CCSS 3.MD.D.8)
Solve problems involving perimeters of polygons, including the perimeter given the side lengths and finding unknown side lengths by setting up the breakroom for a celebration and solving various problems in different departments. 

Week of Jan. 6 - Area (CCSS 3.MD.C.5, 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7)
Measure area by counting unit squares and by using multiplication and addition to find the area of each section to ensure there is enough space for each department and/or to renovate the floor, walls or ceiling of a particular space. 

Week of Jan. 13 - Money (Review)
Review coins, bills and their values, use all four operations to find totals, make change, use coupons, and/or calculate sale prices. 


Once topics have been cycled through, we will begin again. Occasionally, new topics will be added to the rotation.