This Friday will be field day and our class color is purple. We will be called Skrivanek's Surfer Dudes! Mrs. Ford's class color will be gray and they will be The Fab Fords. Our Friday schedule will be a bit different with no specials that day so here it is:
Veterans Day Practice in cafeteria- 8:30-9:30
Field Day on the field-10:15-11:45
60th Assembly on
Hardtop-11:45-12:15
Lunch in cafeteria 12:35
Recess 1:05
Movie in Skrivanek's room 1:45
Towards the end of the week we will begin studying multiplication. We will start off VERY simple and work our way to more difficult concepts. Students will brainstorm things that come in groups: 2 eyes, 3 wheels on a tricycle, 8 sides on an octagon, etc. We will discuss that multiplication is actually just equal “groups of” things. Through a game called “Circles and Stars”, students will represent 5 “groups of” 3 with 5 circles and 3 stars in each circle. Students will use repeated addition ( 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15) to discover the total amount of stars. We will then connect this to the multiplication sentence of 5 x 3 = 15. The latter part of the week I will be introducing multiplication arrays. We will learn equal rows of things such as 4 rows with 3 cookies in EACH row ( 4 x 3 = 12). Please look out for any opportunities at home to point out “arrays” or “groups of” things. Example: If your family is making cookies, use multiplication to find out how many cookies are on the pan. If the football team scored 3 touchdowns, use multiplication to find out how many points in all.
Some students are now on multiplication facts and some are on addition and subtraction. Either way, the FF test take on Halloween was inputted into the grade book, so this week will be just practice.
In Science this week we are continuing our study of Energy. We have discovered Mechanical Energy so far and how it is the Energy of motion. We will review Mechanical (Potential and Kinetic) Energy learned in detail last week, and then we will move on to Heat/Thermal Energy. The students are also becoming familiar with what Force is-a push or a pull, and how energy is transferred from one object to another.
It's going to be a great week of learning with the kids :)
Love, Ms.S
Movie in Skrivanek's room 1:45
In Math we are working on BAR MODELS!!! It can be a difficult concept to grasp at first, but it is really quite beneficial for our visual learners. This is an extension of 2nd grade. Your child learned in 2nd grade how to solve one step addition and subtraction problems. In 3rd grade, the word problems are double step. I am attaching a YouTube video to help you. This is the actual page we worked on this past Friday.
Towards the end of the week we will begin studying multiplication. We will start off VERY simple and work our way to more difficult concepts. Students will brainstorm things that come in groups: 2 eyes, 3 wheels on a tricycle, 8 sides on an octagon, etc. We will discuss that multiplication is actually just equal “groups of” things. Through a game called “Circles and Stars”, students will represent 5 “groups of” 3 with 5 circles and 3 stars in each circle. Students will use repeated addition ( 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15) to discover the total amount of stars. We will then connect this to the multiplication sentence of 5 x 3 = 15. The latter part of the week I will be introducing multiplication arrays. We will learn equal rows of things such as 4 rows with 3 cookies in EACH row ( 4 x 3 = 12). Please look out for any opportunities at home to point out “arrays” or “groups of” things. Example: If your family is making cookies, use multiplication to find out how many cookies are on the pan. If the football team scored 3 touchdowns, use multiplication to find out how many points in all.
Some students are now on multiplication facts and some are on addition and subtraction. Either way, the FF test take on Halloween was inputted into the grade book, so this week will be just practice.
In Science this week we are continuing our study of Energy. We have discovered Mechanical Energy so far and how it is the Energy of motion. We will review Mechanical (Potential and Kinetic) Energy learned in detail last week, and then we will move on to Heat/Thermal Energy. The students are also becoming familiar with what Force is-a push or a pull, and how energy is transferred from one object to another.
It's going to be a great week of learning with the kids :)
Love, Ms.S
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