We reviewed for our math test today and will take the math test tomorrow (Friday). Please look over the review with your child and practice multiplication and division facts.
The book fair starts next week! Our class will have a chance to preview on Monday and then purchase on Thursday.
Tomorrow is comfy, cozy day! Dress in comfy clothes and bring slippers if you wish!
We will have our unit 4 math test tomorrow(Friday). We reviewed in class today and the review will go home tonight. Please review how to name a figure, diagonals, what congruent means, and symmetry.
Tomorrow is 11-11-11!! I think this is a pretty cool thing and we must celebrate! We will be stopping whatever we are doing at 11:11 to do a few fun things to celebrate. It will be so fun!
Here is a 3rd grade update:
Writing: We have finished our poetry unit and each student has created a poetry anthology. We very much enjoyed writing poetry and I can’t wait to share our published pieces at conferences!
Reading: As readers we are always thinking and using comprehension strategies to check our understanding. We have been working on our questioning/wondering skills by reading several stories including a few books by Chris Van Allsburg. We ask questions before, during, and after reading in order to understand what we read.
Science: The students have been doing some research on an animal and learning all about their habitat as well as adaptations that help them survive.
Social Studies: We have finished up our Economics unit and have just started learning about the History of Michigan. The History unit is a very interesting and exciting unit as we learn all about the Early People of Michigan and the Native American groups such as Ojibway, Ottawa, and Pottawatomi.
Math: We have finished our multiplication unit on 0-5 and 9 & 10 facts. We will learn 6, 7, and 8 facts in a later unit. Right now, we are learning all about area and perimeter. My math group will be having our math test Thursday.
Please continue to practice multiplication and division facts at home. It is very important that students practice facts to become fluent. This is vital to learning and understanding math concepts in later units as well as next year. Flashcards have gone home and if you have misplaced them you can always make your own or just write out the facts (1×4=4, 2×4=8, etc) Don’t forget to use Xtra Math as great fluency practice!
A Few Reminders!
Parent/Teacher conferences are Feb. 28-March 2. I e-mailed the conference schedule. Please let me know if you did not receive this. I look forward to sharing wonderful things of 3rd grade!
Please help your 3rd grader to remember to bring coats and boots to school. Temperatures will be turning colder again and our playground gets muddy and wet in areas. Thanks!
We will have our math test on Friday. We will be reviewing adding and subtracting fractions as well as division with remainders in class. Please use homework as a study guide too.
We will have our test tomorrow. It will cover area and perimeter.
Perimeter is the distance around a figure. Area is the number of square units in a rectangle.
We reviewed in class today and throughout the last couple days.
We have talked about the formula for area being A= b x h (base times height). Sometimes it is l x w for length and width. So we know that the area of this figure is 5 x 3 which equals 15 square units.
We know the formula for perimeter is P= b+h+b+h. So the perimeter of this figure is 5+3+5+3. This equals 16.
Please study this information with your child and also complete the review sheet that will come home tonight.
Our unit 2 math test will be tomorrow (Tuesday). We reviewed in class today. A math homework sheet will be coming home tonight for some extra practice before the test. Thanks for your support.
