It's been a busy week in third grade! With events like the 1st Grade Program, our Papa John's pizza party and Story Parent, third graders were kept busy with activities, but also managed to get some work done. :) This week in reader's workshop, our focus was on point of view and nonfiction text features. Third graders read a Storyworks Jr. article titled "The Amazing Penguin Rescue." The article, about a massive oil spill that endangered the lives of over 40,000 penguins, was written with the intent of imagining you were a penguin trapped in the spill. Third graders were tasked with discussing the article in small groups, answering written response questions, and even writing a journal entry from the perspective of a penguin. Writer's workshop this week centered on typing the final draft of an opinion essay titled "Is It Ever Okay to Lie?" Third graders had to choose one side of the debate and write a five paragraph essay explaining their opinion. Students were challenged to use evidence and explain their thinking... Which was a stretch in thinking! Final copies will be traveling home soon. In math, third graders focused on learning different strategies to use when solving multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. We learned the "give & take" strategy, as well as "differencing" and "take away". We also reviewed the basic algorithms for both operations. Moving forward, third graders will take on multi-step word problems, and will soon be creating their own to share with fellow third graders! Our science lessons this week targeted the phases of matter: solids, liquids and gases. Third graders learned that you can change the phase of matter by adding or taking away energy. We will continue with this next week, and will conduct more experiments to 'solidify' our understanding! Business:
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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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