What a frigid week we’ve had at Cottonwood! Thankfully, third graders warmed things up with a lot of hard work and brain power. Highlights from this week include: Wrapping up our third unit of Bridges in Mathematics, finishing our tour of the Southeast, beginning the typing portion of our persuasive writing, and reading about King Midas. Unit 3 of Bridges has officially come to a close! Many third graders are now experts on multi-digit addition and subtraction, specifically on determining which strategies (algorithm, number line, constant difference) work well for them in solving complex problems. We have had lots of practice with multi-step story problems in the past few days as well, which is an important skill to master in third grade and beyond. Next week, we will begin Unit 4: Measurement and Fractions. We will continue with the unit after winter break. Third graders concluded their tour of the Southeast with visits to Memphis, Tennessee and Montgomery, Alabama. Students shared what their favorite stop on the tour was and drew pictures of their favorite moments. We even listened to popular music from the region, tapping and dancing to the beat of the music. Next week, we will begin studying the Civil Rights Movement. We will focus on major events as well as key individuals like Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Jackie Robinson. In reader’s workshop this week, third graders travelled to the library with Mrs. Sianko to learn about “Unexplained Phenomena” like Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster. In class, students read short stories with their reading groups and delved into Greek Mythology while reading a short play centered on King Midas. Students did a great job answering questions about the text, specifically the central theme of the story and its moral. Third graders are hard at work typing their persuasive essays about the class pet we should get. They will continue the typing and editing process into next week, and share their essays to the class by Thursday. Today, we also learned the science behind snowflakes! We watched a short video about how they form, and read about the life of Wilson Bentley (the man responsible for discovering that no two snowflakes are alike). We then made our own snowflakes! We plan to decorate the classroom with them for the winter. Next week will be our last week of school before winter break. Be sure to click the links below to learn more about our winter celebrations!
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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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