This is our last week of studying fractions! The first thing we will focus on is teaching the students how to write a mixed number and that there is such thing as 4 1/4 or 5 1/2. This week the students will learn how numbers can be broken up on a number line and how the space between 1 and 2 can actually mean 1 1/4, 1 1/2, 1 3/4, and then 2. We will relate this to money ($1.25, $1.50, $1.75, and $2.00) and Linear Fractions as a whole. We will teach the students the "swishes" method so that they can properly identify the spot on the number line and write the mixed number.
Our Multiplication Fast Facts are going well. This week we will have students on 4 different levels. The test this coming Friday on the 3rd will be taken for a grade.
The students had a Fraction Assessment this past Friday. The entire test was word problems and I was pretty proud that the students used and applied the strategies that were taught all week to attack these fraction word problems. Look for this assessment in your child's Tuesday News day and look over it with your child. Talk with your child about the importance of reading very carefully and how 1 word, like NOT, can change the entire meaning of a word problem.
All of 3rd grade is preparing for our Math Practice STAAR Test on February 8th. The students will be given 4 hours to complete 47 Math Word Problems on anything from counting money to reading a graph to fractions on a number line. We don't expect all students to Ace this test. It will be used for data purposes only to figure out who possibly might need a little extra Math help before the actual STAAR in April.
In Science this week, we will continue our study of Natural Resources and Conservation. Last Friday the 27th, all students brought home 2 paper books and a flow chart to help them study. We will have a Science Test over this content this coming Friday, February 3rd.
Its going to be another great week of learning!!!
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