Math and Science Week of Oct 29th-Nov 2nd

Dear Parents,

In Math this week, we will start the first two days off with the Math Benchmark.  Your students will be answering multiple choice questions over content from the first nine week, doing fast facts, and showing their knowledge on a Problem Solving Problem.  

Then, we will be approaching some new subject matter.  In 1st grade, your student was required to master time to the hour and half hour, in 2nd grade it was time to the quarter and five minute increments, in 3rd grade it's the whole shebang!  They will be mastering telling time on an analog clock to the minute in 3rd grade.  It has been my experience that that kids have a tough time with time (pun intended!).  When the clock gets into what we called "the danger zone," the majority of students will actually misread the hour of the clock.  So instead of writing 1:55, they would write 2:55, because the hour hand appeared as though it was on the 2.  Please work with our kids anytime you can and make them read an analogue clock for practice.

At the very end of the week (if we don't get behind!) will shift over to reading thermometers in the Fahrenheit and Celsius scale.  The most important thing we try to focus on when reading a thermometer is what kind of scale the thermometer has.  Does it count by 2's, 5's, 10's, etc..???  We will continue to review 3 digit subtraction over medial and two zeros simultaneously, so you will see that on the back of their time worksheets.

The fast facts this week will be BOTH addition and subtraction. This week's test will be inputted into the grade book so STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!

In Science this week, we will continue with our new unit of study.  We barely skimmed the surface of energy last week with all that went on with Red Ribbon Week and the two half days.  Students will begin studying the concept of Energy.  We will review four forms of energy: sound, light, heat, and mechanical.  We will start our flip book project in Science over the forms of energy.

Third grade is sending report cards home on Monday, so be looking for those in your child's HW folder!  Field day will be this coming Friday, November the 2nd.  Third grades time is from 10:00-11:30.  

Love, Mrs. S