I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and are well rested for the next three crazy weeks! They will be fast and furious.
This week we will be introducing division in third grade. Our study of division will begin basic, as we plan to use cubes and pictures to represent the process of dividing a larger group of things into smaller equal groups. Students will practice “acting out” the process of division. Through a mathematical story, The Doorbell Rang, students will divide Grandma’s 12 cookies equally among 12, 6, 4, and 3 friends.
Fast Fact Friday will be a grade this week. This quiz will be a combination of 10 addition facts and 10 subtraction facts. Students should continue studying facts each night. The expectation is that all of these facts are memorized by December. Starting January, students will begin studying multiplication facts.
In Science this week, we will be learning about weathering (the breaking apart of rock into small pieces) and watching a video called “Weathering and Erosion.” The students will look at all different pictures and examples of weathering and erosion on a flipchart and discover some of the most amazing landscapes that erosion and weathering create. In their journal, students will define weathering and erosion (the carrying away of weathered rock) and list the many agents of weathering: wind, water, temperature, plants, animals, chemicals, man. The student bring in a rock no bigger than a quarter for Science HW this week.
A special thank you for all you parents reading this and keeping up with the daily happenings of the classroom. It takes a village!
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