All-Star of the Week: Ryan:
Ryan was our incredible all-star last week! On Monday he shared with the class some of his favorite things from home. The class loved a picture he showed them where he was driving a car (a power wheels one of course) down the road and they laughed at many parts of his Sponge Bob book that he read to the class. On Thursday, he was surprised at lunchtime by his mom. He was all smiles to see her visit him at school!
Writing:
Last week in writing, the students were taught that good writers identify and develop the hearts or important parts of their stories. They were also taught that authors pay attention to paragraphing just like they do their spelling and punctuation. You'll see in the example writing piece below (sorry, the image wouldn't flip in the photo editing tools) that one of our third grade writers is grouping sentences together to make paragraphs. They know they have to have a minimum of 3 paragraphs (introduction, body and conclusion) but will be working toward paragraphing within each of those sections. Toward the end of the week, the students received a draft booklet and used a Narrative Checklist to examine their draft for future revisions and publication.
Reading:
In reading last week, we started our unit on Characters. The students learned that readers pay attention to and envision the way a character behaves to learn about them. They also practiced how to create theories about their characters based on the details they notice about them in the text. Lastly, they learned that readers connect to characters and empathize with them...this helps the characters come to life for the students! Our class read aloud is Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. Each day that we read this book to the class, they are listening to the actions and dialogue of Opal (main character) and we are discussing as a whole class, what clues the author is giving us that is helping us know what type of person Opal is. These rich discussions are helping the students then examine the characters in their own books in the classroom and hopefully at home too!
Geography:
The students have been zooming in from the Milky Way Galazy all the way to their own house to better understand where Troy, Michigan is in relation to the rest of the world. Here you see a group of third graders practicing for their geography quiz by taking the puzzle pieces (the 7 continents) and arranging them on the globe. They worked cooperatively to determine which continent was which along with each continents' location in our world. They had to label each continent as well as the major oceans that surround them.
Math:
Last week in math the students were practicing how to multiply and divide with 8s and 7s. They also practiced solving word problems, identifying types of word problems and writing word problems. The students were also taught a new math game called Spiral Multiplication. First, they set up their game board in a spiral as show below. Then, player 1 rolls a die. They multiply the # on the card by the # on the die. If they get it right, the move the # of spaces that are show on the die. If they are wrong, they don't move their game piece. Player 2 then rolls and multiplies. The first player to reach the end of the spiral, wins! This is an easy game to play at home too as it requires limited game pieces/materials...just a deck of cards (0-9) and a die!
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