This week was a quick but busy one! I cannot believe we are already a week into November. The students are improving leaps and bounds each day! Take a peek into what we did this week:
Math: Students were introduced to a new word: capacity. They learned to estimate the capacity of containers using milliliters and liters. Capacity is a tricky concept for third graders. We spent some time looking at what a liter looks like and what a milliliter looks like. I think with a bit more practice they will master the concept! Literacy: Students learned to find the main idea of a non-fiction text and support it with details. Students used a strategy called box and bullets. In box they state the main idea of the article and then support the main idea using three bullet points. They really enjoyed the article we read on Friday titled "Disgusting Body Matter". We all had a laugh or two! :) Writing: This week we put our personal narratives on hold and responded to our pen pals who live in the Philippines. The students were beyond excited to respond to them! It was enjoyable to watch students become so interested in what life is like for their pen pal. Science: We explored how we can benefit from natural forces (wind, water, and gravity) by reading about wind turbines, dams, and what life would be like without gravity. Students also learned about how people can reduce the impact of natural forces. They were given a scenario where the weatherman announced extreme winds or lots of rain to be expected in the next couple days and had to come up with a realistic plan of how they would reduce the impact of strong winds or lots of rain to protect their house from being destroyed. They enjoyed coming up with the best possible plans! Enjoy your long weekend! We will be back with spelling and math fact tests next week!
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I told the kiddos I was speechless. On Friday, our class found out that we won the golden shoe in P.E., the golden cat in Language, and the golden tray for lunch. This year at Hiteon we have implemented golden awards in all of our special classes as well as at lunch. Every month a class is chosen by each specialist and is given the golden award based on their behavior. Our class received three of the seven or eight awards. WOW! The entire staff kept commenting on how amazing of a class we must be. I couldn't agree more! These students work so hard to be the best they can be, and I could not be any more proud of them! We have our awards on display to remind of us of all the hard work we have been committed to. Way to go, third graders! Math: We worked with weight this week. Students learned that a gram is smaller than a kilogram and it takes 1,000 grams to equal 1 kilogram. Students also discovered the word "kilo" means 1,000. Students had the opportunity to compare a gram to a kilogram by holding a 1 kilogram bag of rice and a 1 gram paperclip. Literacy: We are learning about non-fiction texts. Students learned how text features (heading, sub-headings, pictures, captions, etc) can help them identify the main idea before they even read it. Students read a couple different non-fiction articles and discussed how the text features helped them understand what they were going to read. We are also reading aloud the book Shiloh. Students beg me to keep reading when it is time to stop. Science: We are still working through our unit on "How the World Works". Students made a poster describing how force affects them in their everyday life. Some of them came up with very creative responses! They also learned about forces of nature (i.e. wind, water, gravity). Writing: Students have nearly put their final touches on their personal narratives! We will be moving forward with expository writing next. Students will also spend some time next week writing back to their pen pals who live in the Philippines. They can't wait to learn all about them!! At home: Please ensure your student is getting to school on time as well as getting to school. Attendance is very crucial as they can quickly fall behind. Continue to practice those math facts! I am going to sound like a broken record by the end of the year, but I am really wanting these students to be fluent in their facts! Students should also be reading for 30 minutes a night. I had a discussion with some students earlier in the week about the importance of reading at home. Thank YOU for all of your support!! Students are collaborating with their group to identify forces found in everyday life. They were given a picture of people playing at a park and they had to circle anyone or anything that was displaying a push, pull, gravity, magnetism, or friction force.
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Sept. 14th- First Day of Online Learning
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