It's been a quick, short week in third grade! Students were hard at work in all subject areas. In math, we have been working on double-digit multiplication strategies. Reading and writing centered on figurative language and incorporating it in poetry pieces. In Social Studies, we have been learning more about economics. We also had a presenter from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science talk to us about the geographic history of Colorado! In our Unit 7 study of Bridges in Mathematics, third graders are working to multiply single digits by multi-digit numbers (i.e. 4 x 28, 5 x 75). Many students already know the algorithm to use for these types of problems, and that is great! Right now, we are more focused on understanding number relationships, so we have been discussing partial products and the associative property (click the link to see what this looks like). Third graders caught on to this quickly, and the difficulty of word problems and multiplication-based projects has increased in difficulty to suit the needs of each mathematician! Reading and writing this week centered on figurative language, specifically similes and metaphors. Third graders were tasked with identifying both in written work like poems and short stories. Students then developed and incorporated similes and metaphors in their own poems. Third graders are in the midst of creating poetry portfolios that feature original work in a variety of forms. We have a class full of creative minds, and reading their poems is quite the experience! We will continue with this work next week.
Social Studies this week centered on our study of economics, specifically Wants vs. Needs and the resources we use to obtain both: Natural, Human and Capital. Many third graders had a difficult time coming to terms with video games and chocolate ice cream falling under "Wants" more so than "Needs." Who can blame them, though?! We also had a guest speaker from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science come teach third graders more about Colorado's geological history. Students were able to look at, touch, and even smell a variety of fossils dating all the way back to the Mesozoic Era. Check out the pictures below! Next week, we will switch gears and continue with our study of Matter & Energy in science. 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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