Third Grade Holiday Math Word Problems! Math Story problems! Great resource for Winter Holiday Math Small Group Instruction, Math Centers, Purposeful practice and more! Digital version included compatible with Google Slides and Google Classroom! Differentiated with three different versions! Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division multi-step story problems! Math Project included!

SAVE 20% BY PURCHASING THESE RESOURCES IN A BUNDLE! Set your students up for success this Winter Holiday Season with these engaging seasonal resources!

The weeks before winter break and after 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 in both resources 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 in both resources 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.

This BUNDLE includes:

• Two winter holiday seasonal & differentiated math story problem resources (Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Diwali, Chinese New Year & Las Posadas are all represented).
  • One Winter Holidays Around the World project (28 pages)
  • One Differentiated Holiday Math Story Problem Resource (Each page is a fun seasonal theme, and includes seasonal-themed word problems) 3 different levels and 12 questions per level
  • An answer key for every page.
  • A digital and printable version of every page!

Description of the Winter Holidays Around the World Math Project:

The winter holidays included in this project are Diwali, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, Christmas and Chinese New Year. While some of these holidays are religious, this project focuses on the non-religious traditions celebrated during each of these holidays. Each holiday includes the following:

• A brief informational reading page that gives a background on the holiday
• A two-page task/related set of story problems related to the holiday traditions/celebrations
• One page of fluency practice related to the holiday

The following topics are covered throughout the project (this guide can help you pick and choose which parts you would like students to work on. For example, you might want some students to only do the fluency pages from each holiday, or you may want some students to only do specific holidays etc.)

• Plan the Trip (can be aligned to Social Studies map-reading standards)
• Diwali (3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.C.7)
  • Firework Height: rounding and addition and subtraction within 1,000
  • Days of the Celebration: multiplication fluency with facts within 100

• Hanukkah (3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.8)
  • Hanukkah Gifts: division fluency within 100 (with divisors 3-10) and multi-step problems
  • Chocolate Coins: multiplication and division fluency within 100

• Las Posadas (3.MD.A.1, 3.NBT.A.1)
  • Parade Problems: elapsed time problems with start and end time unknown
  • Pinata Candy: Rounding to the nearest 100 within 1,000

• Kwanzaa (3.OA.C.7, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3)
  • African Flags: multiplication within 100 fluency and subtraction within 1,000 fluency
  • Kwanzaa Principles: multiply by multiples of 10

• Christmas (3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.8, 3.NBT.A.3)
  • Tree Farm: multiplication fluency in the context of multi-step problems (multiplication within 100 and also multiply by multiples of 10)
  • Christkindl Market: multiplication fluency within 100

• Chinese New Year (3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.D.8, 3.NBT.A.3)
  • Dragon Dances: Multi-step division problems within 100, and a few dividing by multiples of 10 challenge problems)
  • Red Envelopes: Division fluency within 100

Description of the Holiday Math Story Problems Resource:

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

• 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 resources work well for independent purposeful practice, partner work, math centers, small group instruction and more!

Resources open as ZIP files and include a printable (PDF), and a digital (Power Point) version of the resource. The digital version is compatible with Google Slides.

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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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