We’ve had a crazy, wacky time in third grade. Nonetheless, we powered through and we’re coming out on top!
While I have been away, there have been a few hiccups along the way. However, I am hopeful my talk with my friends about being nice, supporting each other, including each other, and being kind will stick. This has been an ongoing thing for us in third grade, so I hope things will iron themselves out. The memory work for the week is: Matthew 5:9 (Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be children of God.) Due November 10. Math: We are wrapping up our third topic in math. We are taking the rest of the week to review and go over the things on the test. Continue to have them practice solving equations using the distributive property of multiplication. We spent the last few days of the topic learning about the associative property of multiplication, so have them answer some problems that have three factors. Encourage them to use the distributive property to solve harder equations with factors they are still learning (3,4,6,7, 8, or 9). Our math test will be this Friday. Writing: We started our new unit on Friday, and they are pretty excited about it. Our new unit involves them explaining or teaching someone how to do something. On Friday, we took some time to talk about “How-to” essays (process essays), and what they need to have, and why we write them. We’ve also taken some time to look at a few examples. We have looked at four samples, and we saw things that we should do and things we should not do. Our "Hot-to" essay unit is going to be one of our lengthier ones, so we will spend a great deal of time working on these. There may be instances where they have writing homework as well. Science: We finished our first chapter! We started chapter 2 today, which is on Electricity and Magnetism. We are working on using charts to help us organize our thoughts as we go through the chapter. The first chart we are using is a KWL. We are practicing identifying what we KNOW and what we WANT to know. At the end of each lesson, we will write down the things that we LEARNED, so we can always have that to reference. To introduce the topic to them, we watched an episode of the Magic School Bus, where the class learns all about conductors, insulators, light bulbs, batteries, and electricity. They really enjoyed watching Mrs. Fritz and her students. As we move into the chapter, we will watch other videos and get some hands-on experience with some of the things we will learn. Unlike in chapter 1, the quest project will be one that they can build. Depending on how extensive it is, they may be able to do pieces of the quest project at home with the help of one of you! Important Dates:
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