It has been a great week in third grade! Students have been busy learning about important people in Denver’s history and finishing final drafts of stoplight paragraphs. Third graders also participated in their first Reader’s Workshop station rotations and learned about variables in mathematical story problems. Social Studies this week centered on historical figures of Denver. Third graders learned about William Jackson Palmer, Mary Elitch Long and Barney Ford. They also studied the lives of Molly Brown, Soapy Smith and Baby Doe Tabor. Some of the individuals we learned about were upstanding citizens, while others were con artists and socialites surrounded by scandal. Be sure to ask your third grader more about the people behind Denver’s beginnings. They have some strong opinions on each! This week in writing, third graders edited and revised their stoplight paragraphs. Often, it’s difficult to make revisions on a writing project... Especially as a third grader! As a class, we discussed authors like Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, and Dav Pilkey. All of these writers go back and edit/revise their work over and over again until it meets their standards. This is what we need to do as writers! Third graders each received an editing and revising checklist that asked them to go back to their work and ensure it’s of the best quality possible. Third graders then wrote their final drafts and turned them in. Graded paragraphs will be going home next week, so you can see how hard your student has been working! Reader’s Workshop this week featured our first small group station rotations. Students read a true story about a passenger’s escape from the Titanic, answered critical thinking questions about their reading, worked on Wordly Wise vocabulary, read independently and responded to their reading. Whew! We will continue with stations next week, focusing on reading strategies and making inferences. In math, third graders were introduced to the term ‘variable’ and experimented with them in double digit addition and subtraction story problems. They were also challenged to solve the missing variable in equations. These operations required some complex problem solving, but third graders maintained a growth mindset! Next week, we will continue work with two-digit addition and subtraction story problems and take our Unit 1 assessment. Speaking of growth mindset… Third graders participated in a brief lesson where we watched the video below (Stuck on an Escalator) and discussed the language of a growth vs. fixed mindset. Third graders we given a list of common fixed mindset phrases and challenged to alter the language to fit a growth mindset. They did an awesome job! Moving forward, “Get off the escalator” will be a phrase we use to encourage independent problem solving! Business:
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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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