Parents,
FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS, and more FRACTIONS!
On Monday we will review comparing fractions that we studied this past Thursday and Friday. Which fraction is greater? Which fraction is less? It's hard for third graders to make the realizations that the larger the denominator is of the fraction, the smaller the pieces actually are.
On Tuesday we will have our Math Practice STAAR test and take break from actual lessons that day. The students will be testing from 8:00-12:00. Our specials that day will be from 1:15-2:05.
All of 3rd grade has been preparing for our Math Practice STAAR Test. The students will be given 4 hours to complete 46 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.
On Wednesday we will take everything that we have learned about fractions and practice them in word problems. The students will review how to read a word problem, decode what it means, decipher what it wants, and draw it out to solve. The kids will also be bringing that home for HW on Wednesday.
On Thursday it's back to testing. The kids will be taking their practice STAAR Reading test from 8:00-12:00. Lunch is from 12:00 to 12:30. Recess is from 12:35 to 1:10, Specials are from 1:15-2:05, and our Valentines Party will be from 2:05-2:55! What a day, huh?
On Friday it's back to normal! We will review fractions and take a Fraction Assessment over all of our Fraction learning. The entire test will be word problems. The students will need to apply the strategies that have been taught to attack these fraction word problems. Look for this assessment in your child's Tuesday News day folder 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.
Our Multiplication Fast Facts are going well. This week's scores will not be recorded in the grade book but please continue to study multiplication fast facts will your child!! It is so important to know them all before entering 4th grade!
In Science next week we will review Weather tools one more time (flashcards were sent home last this past Friday the 8th) and then move on to the Water Cycle! I will teach the kids a really fun song about the water cycle and we will illustrate it in our journals.
Thanks for reading!
Love,
Mrs.S
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