I hope everyone has a lovely four day weekend! Please remember to return your reading logs on Monday! If you are bored over the long weekend, remember you can log on to ST Math, Front Row, Xtra Math, or Typing Web for some extra practice!
This week in reading we will start Unit 2 in our wonders series. Our essential question this week is: Why is working together a good way to solve a problem? The FOLKTALES we will read this week are "Roadrunner's Dance," "Anasi Learns a Lesson," and "Deltona is Going Batty." The skills we will work on are: making predictions, determining thre theme, using context clues, antonyms, and plural nouns (change y to i). This week's vocabulary words and definitions:
In math we will begin Chapter 4, which will dive deeper into multiplication. Student's should now have a good grasp on different ways to represent multiplication problems: drawing arrays, making equal groups, using a number line, skip counting, repeated addition, and the commutative property. Chapter 4 will focus on multiplying with different factors. For instance, lesson 4.1 work on multiplying with 2. At this point, students do not need to know their facts quickly or fluently. However, they should have a strategy for HOW to solve any multiplication problem thrown at them. In a couple of weeks, we will start working on really mastering the facts quickly/fluently. Chapter 4 should really help students to start recalling facts with more ease. I am impressed with their knowledge already - it truly is amazing to see the growth that third graders gain in math! Be on the look out for the multiplication flash cards we will be making in class. This will be something that students can be working on for a few minutes every night at home.
In social studies, we will continue to work on learning about the different Native American tribes and reservations in Montana. In science, I am hoping the glider parts will have arrive so we can start building and testing our gliders! Students should be able to identify the three main parts of a glider: fuselage (body), wings, and horizontal stabilizer.
Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures of everyday arrays!
Code Word = Folktale
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