August 29-September 2

M&M Arrays

We had a very tasty Friday! Students have been learning multiplication and how to group objects. Today we made edible arrays with M&M's! We made arrays using 20, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, and 3 M&M's. The best part was eating them as we tried out new arrays! 

Great Start to a New School Year!

It has been a busy week in 3rd grade. We have completed 6 days of school and we're starting to settle into a routine. Here's an update about what we've been working on:

Reading: 
We are currently doing an author study of Kevin Henkes. We've read "Chrysanthemum" and "Chester's Way." We'll end our study by reading "Owen" and comparing our favorite books by Kevin Henkes.

Writing:
We've been writing a LOT! We've learned how to write journal entries. Each time we read a book by Kevin Henkes we write about what we would do if we were characters in the story.

Spelling:
Our first spelling unit is School words. Your child has a spelling list taped inside their Planners. They should be practicing spelling words every evening. Our pretest will be on Thursday. If they score 100% they won't have to take the test on Friday. If not, that's okay! They'll have a second chance on Friday. :)

Math:
We have been reviewing addition and subtraction facts. This week we began working on reading and writing numbers and place value. Your child should be able to read and write numbers and recognize place value up to the thousands place.

Social Studies:
On Friday we learned about internet and computer safety with a training from Net Smartz and BrainPop Jr.

Science:
We completed our first experiment of the school year on Monday. We learned a new word - cohesion. Ask your child what it means - they should be able to tell you all about it! :) We experimented with cohesion when we figured out how many drops of water will fit on a penny. This Friday we will do our second experiment and try to make a paperclip float on water!

Here are our little scientists, hard at work!

Tasty Arrays

3rd graders learned how to make arrays using a very yummy ingredient - M&M's! They worked together to create various arrays to display multiplication problems. Then came the best part - eating their work!

Kyler and Quentin building an array with their M&M's

Quentin

Brock and Wyatt enjoying their M&M's

Lily and Skylee working together to make an array

Lexi and Levi using great teamwork to build an array

Ashton and Danielle making their array

Brock and Wyatt making sure their array is nice and straight

Alyssa enjoying her M&M's

Danielle loves her snack!

Dalten and Alyssa looking over their work

Thomas and Shyloh, doing a great job working together to make their array

Courtney and Alina taking turns placing their M&M's

Match Mine

Third graders have been learning about place value and making numbers using place value blocks. To review this skill, we played a game called Match Mine. Students worked in pairs and one partner made a number, then gave clues to their partner. Their partner then tried to make (or "match") the number with their place value blocks. The students had a great time giving clues and making numbers.

Skylee listens and places her blocks as Brody gives clues about his number

Levi checks to see if Kyler was able to match his number

Dalten listens to clues given by his partner 

Courtney is working hard on trying to match her partner's number

Wyatt arranges his place value pieces

Brody works on making a number for his partner