Grade 3

What is a column?

column

A line of things going up and down.

For example

On a calendar, all the Sundays sit in the first column.

In Grade 3

Children read tables by column and by row, saying out loud which way each one runs.

Watch out for

Children often mix columns up with rows. A column stands up and down, like a post holding up a roof.

Say it at home

Look at a timetable and ask your child to follow one column down the page.

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