Description
Get ready to kick off your March math review with a basketball-themed learning challenge! This engaging 3rd-grade basketball math resource brings the thrill of tournament season into your classroom with hands-on games and activities that make practicing key math skills fun and competitive. Students will work through a bracket-style challenge, reinforcing multiplication, division, rounding, and more as they compete in exciting math matchups. Whether used in math centers, partner games, or whole-class review, this resource keeps students engaged while deepening their understanding.
Inside, you’ll find math centers, engaging worksheets, and a bonus writing activity to connect learning with the big basketball tournament. Each game is low-prep and easy to use, with clear instructions and printer-friendly black-and-white options for convenience. Whether you’re looking to celebrate basketball season or simply want to spice up your math review, these activities will have students dribbling their way to success!
Allow your students to spiral review concepts they’ve learned throughout the year by completing a variety of activities in the March MATHness booklet. Students will love exploring different concepts individually or with a partner through these fun activities. They’ll create a bracket and track their favorite basketball math games along the way.
A basketball bracket bulletin board is also included to create a large display of your student’s favorite math games. They won’t even realize how much learning is going on!
What’s Included in this basketball math resource?
10 basketball-themed activities that are perfect for the month of March or any other time of the year.
✔ Bar Graphs & Pictographs – Interpret and create simple graphs
✔ Addition to 20 & Subtraction from 20 – Strengthen fact fluency
✔ Place Value – Build number sense with tens and ones
✔ 10 More, 10 Less – Practice mental math strategies
✔ 120 Chart Missing Numbers – Strengthen number sequencing skills
✔ 2D Shapes – Identify basic shapes and their attributes
✔ Comparing Numbers – Use greater than, less than, and equal to
✔ Basketball Bracket Bulletin Board
✔ March MATHness booklet cover
Students will compete in a March Mathness bracket, just like the big basketball tournament! As they complete each math center, station, or color-by-number activity, they’ll vote for their favorites until one game is crowned the ultimate March Mathness Champion!
Most of these March Madness math activities are simple one-page activities or require manipulatives and materials that are readily available in most classrooms.
Prep is quick and easy… Just print the student booklet pages, gather the materials listed, and you’re ready for a fun and engaging math class!
Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ Engaging & Interactive – Students stay motivated with a fun tournament-style challenge
✅ Low Prep – Just print and play!
✅ Perfect for Math Centers & Stations – Great for independent or small-group practice
✅ Ideal for 1st Grade Math Review – Reinforce key skills while having fun
Bring the excitement of March Madness into your classroom with this basketball-themed math bundle! Perfect for math centers, morning work, early finishers, and test prep throughout March.
Read about how to use this resource on my website.
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