Math and Science Week of March 10th

Parents,

Now that Practice STAAR is over and we have collected data, 3rd grade will hit the ground running trying to ferociously get our kiddos ready for the real STAAR exam in late April.

In Math this week we will begin the study of 3-D shapes in Math.  We will become more familiar with terms such as base, faces, vertices, and edges.  We are categorizing our 3-D shapes into 3 categories.

This first category is 3-D figures that have curved surfaces like the sphere, cylinder, and cone.

The next category are prisms such as the cube, triangular prism, and rectangular prism.  Prisms are prisms simply because their faces are either rectangular or square.

The last category we are studying is Pyramids like the square pyramid, the rectangular pyramid, and the triangular pyramid.  Pyramids are simply named by whatever their base is.  Pyramid faces are always triangular with a point at the top:

Fast Fact tests are still every Friday.  Please continue to study with your child.  The goal is that they will know ALL their fast facts quickly before they enter 4th grade.

This week we will direct our focus to the Sun and Moon.  When the kids return from Spring Break, we will direct more focus onto the moon, the Earth, and their relationship.  Third grade is going to be trying something new in the next week or two by assigning online Science lessons over space on Learning.com.  Wish us luck!

As always, thank you for reading and have a wonderful Spring Break.  These kiddos have worked hard and deserve a break!

Ms. S