We've cruised through a short week, and third graders really hit the ground running! In addition to learning new academic content, students displayed their Cottonwood spirit through participation in our Run4Fund$! It was great watching third graders fly through their laps, and many were determined to keep on going. All pledges/donations are due back Friday, September 13th!
In the classroom, math was all about balancing equations and using variables to represent unknown numbers. Third graders encountered problems that included unknown variables and worked to determine not only what the problem was asking, but find the missing information and solve. Reader's Workshop this week was all about making strong predictions and retelling a story. As readers, we make predictions without even noticing! Our goal this week was to notice, and also back up our predictions with explanations on why/how we thought something would happen. Retelling a story was also a teaching point this week. Often, when retelling a story, we feel the urge to talk about the whole thing and try to incorporate every little detail. As readers, our goal is to only feature the main points and engage in the retelling process to improve our overall understanding. Denver History this week was focused on the famous people of Denver's history. Specifically, those that made a name not only for themselves, but also for our capitol city. Our first individual of study was Molly Brown, known for her "unsinkable" personality. Third graders were riveted when learning about her travels, most specifically her plight on the Titanic. Next week, we will be studying even more famous individuals and work to discover their influence on Denver! *Don't forget! Our Denver field trip is Tuesday, September 17th. Our class is incredibly lucky and has already had multiple volunteers to chaperone. Unfortunately, we are only able to bring 4 chaperones with our class on the trip. Because of this, third grade teachers will randomly select chaperones from each class through a lottery system. If you are not contacted to chaperone by September 12th, this means your name was not drawn and we will not be needing you. Thank you all so much for volunteering. There will be another opportunity in the spring!* Also... Our story parent sign-up is live! Feel free to sign-up by clicking the button below. On your story day please bring in some books to read aloud to third graders. They love it! 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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