Primary 3 Mathematics

Students have completed their foundation years in Primary 1 and 2. Primary 3 marks the beginning of their bridging 2-year for upper primary. They will start to solve more advanced word problems.

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There will be three main focuses in the lessons:

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Concepts Empowerment

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• Students will be empowered in their various Mathematical concepts, such as:

  • Whole Numbers – Addition and Subtraction and their related Word Problems

  • Multiplication and Division – with and without regrouping

  • Solving of Word Problem involving the 4 operations.

  • Money

  • Length, Mass and Volume

  • Bar Graph

  • Fractions

  • Time

  • Angles

  • Parallel and Perpendicular lines

  • Area and Perimeter

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• Students transit from the foundational concepts in some of the topics.

• Students get to learn certain new topics, like Area and Perimeter, Parallel and Perpendicular lines, Angles and Bar Graphs.

• Students get to explore certain heuristic skill in problem solving, with much emphasis on Model Drawing, Making a Supposition, Guess and Check.

 

Thinking processes

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• Students will learn the 5 ‘What’s’ in problem solving.

• Students develop critical thinking skills with the help of the 5 ‘What’s’ and applying them to solve various kinds of problem sums.

• Students will practise using the steps of the 5 ‘What’s’ and internalise the strategy.

• Students will learn a set of “How to check” techniques for their derived answers. This will level up their understanding of the concepts taught in that topic.

 

Metacognition

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• Students will learn through the process of learning.

• Students will think about why they chose a particular approach to solve the problem by questioning their thought processes.

• Students will apply such skill when they are required to pose workable problems sums based on the concepts taught in class.