With our first full week back at school in the books, third graders are officially back into their third grade routines! This week was chock-full of new learning. In math, third graders learned about the difference between weight and mass. Science featured more seed studies. Reading featured more work with book clubs, and writing centered on research for our endangered animals project. Knowing the difference between weight and mass was part of our math curriculum this week, as well as understanding the difference between volume and length. Third graders learned that weight measures the gravitational pull on an object, whereas mass looks at the matter an object is comprised of. Third graders used measurement cups to help in their understanding of volume, specifically liters and milliliters. We also explored the difference between grams and kilograms and centimeters and meters. Next week, we will apply this learning to story problems as well as exploring fractions. Science this week centered on the make-up of seeds (seed coat, embryo, and cotyledon) as well as how seeds travel. Third graders explored the difference between dry and wet lima beans, eventually dissecting them to find a plant embryo inside. Third graders are also taking care of their own seeds with their table groups, and many are sprouting successfully! Below you’ll find pictures of our present science experiments. Our endangered animal projects have begun, and third graders are in the midst of researching their chosen animal on the computer. Third graders have been taking notes and logging important facts about their animal on a Google Doc. It’s clear that their typing skills have improved since the beginning of the year, and we will keep practicing both at home and school! Once students have gathered enough information about their animals, we will begin the writing process. In reading this week, third graders continued meeting with their book clubs and discussing the characters and events within the pages of their books. Third graders also responded to their reading in their reading response journals, eventually sharing their work with Mrs. Minatta and each other during group meetings. That's all for now, thanks for reading! Have an excellent long weekend :) 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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