Welcome back! I hope you have a wonderful five day break with your families! We are going to hit the ground running until Winter break. Let the four week countdown begin!
On Monday, we will start out with a multiplication review of the meaning of multiplication, multiplication arrays, and paired tables with multiplication. The students will review all old concepts and have a quiz to test their mastery of multiplication on Monday.
On Tuesday, we will be introducing division in third grade. Our study of division will begin basic, as we plan to use cubes and pictures to represent the process of dividing a larger group of things into smaller equal groups. Students will practice “acting out” the process of division. Through a mathematical story, The Doorbell Rang, students will divide Grandma’s 12 cookies equally among 12, 6, 4, and 3 friends.
In Science this week, we will be learning about weathering (the breaking apart of rock into small pieces) and watching a video called “Weathering and Erosion.” The students will look at all different pictures and examples of weathering and erosion on a flip chart and discover some of the most amazing landscapes that erosion and weathering create. In their journal, students will define weathering and erosion (the carrying away of weathered rock) and list the many agents of weathering: wind, water, temperature, plants, animals, chemicals, man. The student bring in a rock no bigger than a quarter for Science HW this week.
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