From Ones to Thousands: Engaging Place Value Activities for 3rd Graders
Place value is the foundation of all the other math students learn in 3rd grade. In this blog post, you’ll find 3rd grade place value activities that will engage students and give them the firm foundation needed to start the year in math. Read on to learn about these place value activities.
Place value is possibly the most important foundational skill for math in any given school year. Yet, place value often gets taught quickly in math textbooks in order to move on to other concepts. Here are some 3rd grade place value activities to give your students more place value practice and build those foundational math skills.
Place Value Digital Math Escape Rooms
These math escape rooms for Boom™ Cards are one of my most popular resources! Students absolutely love them. Teachers love them too because they are no prep and self checking.
When I created these escape rooms, I wanted them to be easy for teachers to use. I wanted students to be able to complete them independently. These escape rooms proceed in a linear fashion. Students do not need to click back and forth to complete them. It makes it a cinch for students to complete the activities independently, which makes teachers’ lives easier.
I have place value escape rooms for place value to the thousands place, comparing and ordering numbers, and rounding to the nearest 10 and 100. You can check out these escape rooms here.
3rd Grade Place Value Worksheets
If you could use engaging worksheets to practice 3rd grade place value, I have just the thing. These worksheets are perfect for morning work, homework, practice, small groups, intervention, or in class work. There are a variety of worksheet types to engage students and go beyond boring drill worksheets. Mazes, color by number, riddles, and more are included.
If you could use a paperback workbooks version of these worksheets for small groups, intervention, your whole class, or your child, you can find the paperback version here on Amazon.
A Mix of Print and Digital
If you could use a mix of printable and digital place value activities, try these 3rd Grade Place Value Printable Task Cards and Digital Boom Cards. A printable version of each set of task cards is included, as well as a digital Boom Cards version. Many teachers like having both versions so that they can assign the work in different ways.
Task cards can be used in so many ways! To read more about 10 ways to use task cards, check out this blog post.
Plenty of 3rd Grade Place Value Activities for Practice
If you could use EVEN MORE place value activities for centers, all year review and practice, intervention, or review before state testing, check out this bundle.
This 3rd Grade Place Value Activities Bundle includes 18 activities for practicing place value to the thousands place, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, and comparing and ordering numbers. A variety of games, task cards, worksheets, and puzzles are included in this bundle.
I hope these activities engage your students to practice 3rd grade place value!
Laura at 3rd Grade Engaged
P.S. - If you are interested in the task cards featured in this post and would like tips for how to use them, read this post on 10 Amazing Ways to Use Task Cards.
