Welcome back! I hope you have a wonderful five day break with your families! We are going to hit the ground running until Winter break. Let the three week countdown begin!
On Monday, we will start out with a multiplication review of the meaning of multiplication, multiplication arrays, and paired tables with multiplication. The students will review all old concepts and have a quiz to test their mastery of multiplication on Monday.
On Tuesday, 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.
In Science last week, we dug into dirt and learned about Weather, Erosion, Soil, and decomposing. We had a fun time on Friday playing "The Rotten Game," and trying to predict how long it takes certain materials to decompose. This week will start a weather/ natural disaster unit. We will learn about Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Landslides this week. Next week we will study Volcanoes and Earthquakes. We will watch some really cool "storm chaser" footage that the kids are sure to enjoy. We will try to link this learning back to last weeks concepts over weathering and erosion, and make the connection that all these things change the surface of our earth.
I'm expecting it to be a great week! Thanks for all you do.
Love,
Ms. S
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