General Math: Booklet 3

General Math: Booklet 3 – Place Value, Measurement, and Geometry from Pattern Press blends mathematical exploration, visual learning, and hands-on activities to help students build a deeper understanding of numbers, geometry, measurement, and mathematical relationships.

This math curriculum resource includes a 49-page Parent/Teacher Guide and a 69-page Student Workbook designed to help students think critically, recognize patterns, and strengthen mathematical reasoning through discovery-based learning.

Students investigate place value across multiple bases, work with geometry and measurement concepts, explore number relationships, and build problem-solving confidence through games, recording strategies, and meaningful mathematical discussions. Lessons encourage children to move beyond memorization into genuine understanding by connecting concrete experiences with abstract math concepts.

The Parent/Teacher Guide includes lesson instructions, games, sample dialogues, teaching support, and the Answer Key. The Student Workbook provides practice pages and activities that reinforce learning through exploration and hands-on application.

Topics included in this booklet:

• Patterns
• Geometry
• What’s My Rule? Game
• Number Lines
• Subtraction: Difference Between and Sums and Differences
• Place Value to One Hundred and One Thousand
• Trading Game: Recording
• Place Value: Three Ways to Record – Bases Four and Five
• Place Value: Three Ways to Record – Base Ten
• Rounding Off
• Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To
• Using Parentheses
• Measurement: Nonstandard and Standard
• Area: Nonstandard and Standard
• Reflections, Categories, and Continuums
• Transitive Property
• Perimeter of Rectangles
• Averages
• Patterns in a Counting Chart
• Answer Key

Also included in the General Organization Grade 3:

• Foreword by Professor Michael Butler
• Introduction
• Farm School Math Notes
• Teaching Techniques
• Arithmetic Conventions
• Math Journal
• Sequence Guides
• Lesson Planning
• Materials and Resources
• Base Ten Materials
• Series Overview

Core Learning Skills:

• Building place value understanding through multiple number bases
• Exploring geometry and spatial reasoning concepts
• Strengthening logical thinking and pattern recognition
• Developing measurement and area concepts through hands-on activities
• Learning mathematical comparison and relational thinking
• Building flexible problem-solving skills
• Connecting visual models to mathematical recording
• Exploring algebraic thinking through patterns and properties
• Strengthening reasoning with number lines and averages
  

Perfect for:

• Homeschool math curriculum
• Students who learn best through visual and hands-on instruction
  
• Charter school and classroom math programs