This week in third grade, students continued work on their Fidget Spinner opinion pieces. We used Google Docs to type up final drafts. In addition to typing practice, using Google Docs was a great way to learn some formatting skills like double spacing, putting a space after punctuation, and capitalizing titles. Third graders also learned how to share their pieces, add images, and make comments when making their final edits. It was quite the learning experience! Look for copies of their paragraphs coming home next week. In math, students jumped right in to multiplication! Unit 2 of Bridges in Mathematics challenges third graders to analyze their thinking and be creative with their problem solving strategies. Our classroom forums, where we discuss different strategies we can use to solve complex problems, have allowed third graders to share their thinking with the class. This opens new avenues for discussion and study, and encourages third graders to think about their problem solving in more ways than one! Reading this week was focused on story elements, specifically analyzing character changes and tracking plot development. As a class, we read a short story called, “Clean Start,” where a boy named Max creates a robot to do his chores, but eventually gives it away to someone that needs it more. As a class and in small groups, third graders discussed how Max changed over time and tracked his character change from selfish to considerate. We also learned about story plot, where we discussed terms like climax and rising/falling action. Next week, we will continue exploring story elements as well as work on our reading fluency. Thanks to generous donations from friends and family during Run 4 Funds, third graders were lucky enough to win and go on a limo cruise this week! Students had a great time dancing and listening to music while cruising around in their extravagant rides! Check out the pictures below to view the fun.
Monica
10/3/2017 09:54:33 am
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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
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