In Math you might have noticed that we sent home homework last week about telling time to the minute. This week we will take that knowledge a little further and learn how to determine Elapsed time. The strategy that we will learn and teach the kids can be seen in the YouTube video below.
Towards the latter end of the week we will work with the kids on Patterns in a list and Patterns on a number line. In each of the types of patterns, students will subtract "neighbors" to find the rule of each patterns. A pattern can repeatedly increase, repeatedly decrease, or grow exponentially. Patterns in a list are shown below:
Patterns on a number line are shown below:
There will be a Problem of the Week due this Friday as well as a Fast Facts test. This week's fast facts test will not be entered into the grade book.
In Science last week we finished up learning about the slow land changes of weathering and erosion. We briefly moved on to fast land changes and discussed earthquakes. We discussed as a class how the earth's crust in which we live on floats on top of liquid mantle. All students were shown videos of how our earth's crust is like a jigsaw puzzle and made up of tectonic plates. We talked about how these tectonic plates build up pressure among fault lines and cause earthquakes. The kids were really intrigued by this. This week we will go on to volcanoes and discuss the relationship between the tectonic plates and volcanic action. We will also dive into landslides and learn why they too are also considered fast land changes.
Important dates to keep in mind this week:
All week is Counselor Appreciation Week! We Love Mrs. Glass!
Monday 2/2- The 100th day of school
Tuesday 2/3-A STAARY STAARY NIGHT 5:30-6:30; 3rd grade teachers will discuss the STAAR test in detail with parents in the library.
Wednesday2/5-Spring pictures today, Scholastic order due for February order in Skrivanek's HR.
Friday 2/6- Progress reports go home.
Love,
Ms. S
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