It’s been an awesome week in third grade! Third graders have been busy researching endangered animals with a focus on how these creatures survive, why they’re endangered, and how people can help save them. Third graders all chose their own animals, learned the animals’ endangered classifications, and have been using online resources to learn all they can. Now that students have thoroughly researched, we will begin crafting reports on each animal. Eventually, third graders will create web pages to educate others on conservation efforts.
In math, third graders jumped into a new unit: Multiplication, Division & Area. During this unit of study, students will solve multiplication and division problems, calculate the area of rectangles, and use arrays to model and solve multiplication and division problems. We’re off to a great start! Lately, Reader’s Workshop is all about nonfiction! Specifically, understanding the main idea and tracking how it can change throughout a text. Students have been using a variety of resources to track main idea, including an online tool, Newsela. The resource serves is an online newspaper with articles geared toward students. Our class has been reading articles on a variety of endangered animals, linking our learning with our animal reports. We’ll continue using Newsela for the remainder of the year. This week, third graders also had a chance to work in partnerships to determine the main ideas of different non-fiction texts. See pictures of collaboration in action below! 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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