Holiday Math Story Problems! Digital version included compatible with Google Drive & Google Classroom! Engage students in story problem practice through these fun third grade math story problems! 3rd Grade math multiplication and division practice! Differentiated and aligned to the standards! Holiday math! Christmas math, Kwanzaa math, Hanukkah math, Las Posadas math, Diwali math, Chinese New Year math! Word problems/story problems!

The weeks before and after winter break are very exciting for students as they look forward to, and share stories from their winter holiday celebrations. It can be hard to find math resources that are aligned to the standards and also keep students engaged during this exciting time which is why I made these story problems. The word problems in this resource all lend themselves to visual models and are very helpful for teaching other problem-solving strategies such as labelling and finding the unknown.

The word problems are all about the non-religious traditions at various winter holiday celebrations. Holidays included in the word problems are Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Las Posadas and Chinese New Year. Each story problem includes a brief explanation of the holiday, so parent/teacher support is recommended for reading the story problems.

These word problems are differentiated with three different versions so that you can work on problem solving skills with your students at all levels! Use this simple guide to determine which set of problems is best for each student. Just look for the level icon at the top of each page. Students can work on the level that is appropriate for them or you can have students work their way up through all three levels!

These story problems focus on whole number multiplication and division, as well as addition/subtraction and mixed-operation story problems. It also includes multiplying by multiples of ten (i.e. 4 x 30), as well as rounding, unknown factor and elapsed time problems. All three levels are aligned to standards 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.8, 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, and 3.MD.A.1

• One Candy Cane Level: basic problem-solving skills. Mostly single-step word problems. Multiplication and division within 100. Addition and subtraction within 1,000 with some regrouping. Basic story problem structure with result unknown in most problems and some missing factor problems.
  
• Two Candy Cane Level: intermediate problem-solving skills (on grade-level): One-step and two-step word problems. Multiplication and division within 100. Addition and subtraction within 1,000, most with regrouping. Mixed word problem structure with change unknown and result unknown and missing factor.
  
• Double Bell Level: advanced problem-solving skills (on grade-level and above grade-level) Multiplication and division within 144 (and a few extend to higher mult/div numbers 4.NBT.B.5, and 4.NBT.B.6). Addition and subtraction with regrouping on all problems within 1,000. Mixed word problem structures with unknown in all places as well as compare problems, most which require bar models to solve.

These story problems work great for math centers, small group instruction, distance learning and more! If you don't have time for students to do an entire project like my Third Grade Math Holidays Around the World Project then this is a great option for a quick math activity!

Includes the following types of word problems:

• add to
• take from
• put together/take apart
• compare
• rounding to nearest ten and hundred
• multi-step word problems
• single-step word problems
• array multiplication
• missing factor multiplication
• multiplying by multiples of ten (ex: 3 x 40 or 4 x 30)
• division
• elapsed time

This product includes

• Four pages of word problems for each level (3 challenging word problems per page) (a total of 12 questions per level--36 total questions (12 total pages).
• Each page is a fun Holiday theme, and includes Holiday-themed word problems (Related to holiday festivities (all non-religious)).
• An answer key for every page.

Resource opens as a ZIP file and includes a printable (PDF), and a digital (Power Point) version of the resource. The digital version is compatible with Google Slides.

Includes the following standards

• MP1
• MP4
• 3.OA.A.3
• 3.OA.B.6
• 3.OA.C.7
• 3.OA.D.8
• 3.NBT.A.1
• 3.NBT.A.2
• 3.NBT.A.3
• 3.MD.A.1

Happy Holidays!

I hope you enjoy these fun and rigorous math story problems!

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About the Author

Melanie Doppler--Math Coach Connection taught in a 3rd and 4th grade multi-age classroom in a Title 1 public school in Wisconsin for 3 years, 5th grade math and science for 2 years in a public school in Tennessee, and spent 1 1/2 years as a math coach. She has her BS in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is committed to creating fun and creative products that are differentiated and aligned to the math content standards!

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