What a crazy first week back it has been! Even with the excitement of happenings over break and the snow day, third graders managed to get a lot done in a short amount of time. This week, we jumped into book clubs, started researching endangered animals, learned about seeds and fruit, and even talked about mass and volume!
With the transition into the second half of the school year, third graders began participating in book clubs with their reading groups. During reading block, students meet with their group members and read together. Groups stop to discuss important events in the story, make connections and inferences, and talk about character traits or conflicts within the story. This is a very collaborative process, and requires a lot of hard work! Third graders were excited to take on the challenge, and are doing well thus far. In writing, we are starting an endangered animals research project. Before beginning, third graders needed to expand their understanding of just what ‘endangered’ means; specifically, what types of animals are on the endangered species list. Third graders learned that that are different conservation classifications for animals that are considered endangered. Sadly, there are quite a few on the list. Next week, third graders will choose an animal to research, and begin collecting information for their project. Science this week centered on the purpose of seeds, what they are, and where they are found. Third graders also learned how to determine what foods are fruits. Hint: they aren’t always sweet! In math, third graders continued practice with time telling on analog clocks and worked on timeline representations of their daily activities. Today, we dabbled in work with kilograms and grams, as well as milliliters and liters. We will continue this work next week! Many students are still mastering their time-telling skills. Please encourage your third grader to practice at home! This week, students also got to meet and name our new class pet. After brainstorming a number of potential names together, we'd like to formally introduce… Frogenstein! Click on the pictures below to get an up close look. 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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