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3rd grade sub plans: math

A 3rd grade math block for a substitute, 65 minutes: a warm-up on the board, then multiplication facts to 10 practice (a sheet with its answer key on its own page), partners checking each other, and early finishers writing problems of their own. 4 steps, written to be read once and followed.

Checked October 30, 2026. Made from Peabody Teach's own passages, worksheets and brain break cards.

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The math block

Math: multiplication facts to 10

  1. Warm-up: write these on the board and solve them together, asking a student to explain each step: 10 × 7; 2 × 10; 2 × 3.
  2. Hand out the multiplication facts to 10 sheet (16 problems). Print 24; the key is on its own page.
  3. Students work on their own for twenty minutes, then check with a partner.
  4. Early finishers write three problems of their own and swap with a neighbor.

📄 Multiplication facts to 10 (sheet and key)

The sheets, on their own pages

Subbing 3rd grade

Third graders read to learn: they can take a page of text and a set of questions, and most can write a full paragraph. Multiplication facts are often this year's math, so the sheets here are review a class has usually met.

  • Ask them to answer in full sentences that use words from the question.
  • Keep math to practice; if a sheet turns out to be new to them, switch to the warm-up problems on the board.
  • A new adult gets tested gently. Say the plan out loud in the morning, and stick to it.

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