Crazy hair day was a crazy success! Many third graders came to school showing their Cougar spirit in a "crazed" way. This week in third grade, students started a new narrative writing project and discussed how illustrations impact our understanding of a story. We also began our final regional study of the West and continued work with geometrical concepts. In between, we began preparations for the PARCC assessment (that starts next week).
Narrative story-telling is our newest writing project, and third graders have hit the ground running! We are using the mentor text, Dog Breath, to guide our own writing. The story is about a dog named Hally Tosis. She is a good dog, but has incredibly bad breath. Hally’s family is considering getting rid of her, but after a series of events, Hally is allowed to stay. Third graders are mirroring this type of storytelling with their own projects. They created an animal main character that has a big problem in need of solving. Some examples include: a cheetah that’s too slow, a unicorn with a horn that’s too long, and a lizard that can’t stop laughing. We will continue with the project for the next couple of weeks! In reader’s workshop this week, third graders discussed and experimented with how illustrations can impact our comprehension of a story. Not only do they help us understand what’s going on, but they depict setting, character traits, and mood. We sorted through a variety of stories to test this theory, and it was proven! This week, third graders also began their study of the Western region of the United States. They embarked on a geography challenge, looking for important landmarks and cities within the regions. Next week, we will continue with this study, focusing more on the history/founding of major cities in the West. We will also start our science unit on rocks & minerals! In math, third graders also took some time to refresh their knowledge of shapes, specifically parallelograms and quadrilaterals. We focused on how the attributes of specific shapes are alike/different, and worked more with angles and parallel lines. Students completed a checkpoint to assess their knowledge thus far, and those are headed home today! Important dates/ Information:
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Mrs. Minatta is a third grade teacher at Cottonwood Creek Elementary. See and read all about what third graders are up to throughout the school year! Archives
March 2021
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