What a week it's been in third grade! Our transition back from Thanksgiving Break was a smooth one. Students eagerly jumped back into learning and did a great job of completing assignments, working together, and participating in classroom discussions! In math this week, our focus was on establishing an understanding of multiplication and division as inverse operations. We reviewed multiplication and division concepts and applied our learning by solving word problems and even algebraic equations! Our math warm-ups this week were dedicated to making reasonable estimations. After making initial estimates an explaining their reasoning, third graders were provided clues to the actual answers. It was so fun using a process of elimination to solve. Click on the pictures below... can you make the correct estimate? Literacy this week was all about analyzing cause and effect relationships. We first reviewed the meaning of cause and effect, then applied our learning to various examples. We concluded the week with the article, "The Killer Smog". It detailed the Great Smog of London (1952) that brought the city to a standstill and the eventual creation of the Clean Air Act. It was certainly a tragic event, but led to some positive changes. In Social Studies, third graders learned all about the climate, landmarks, and culture of the Southeast Region. Students researched a southeastern state during their asynchronous learning time. While we were all together, we enjoyed learning about the various foods, tourist destinations, and types of music that all originated from the Southeast. Comments are closed.
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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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