This is a picture of Niagra Falls by New York State. They are lovely falls with huge amounts of water from the Great Lakes pouring over the rim. We were able to go right down to the base of the falls on a touring boat. My picture is a bit fuzzy because of all the mist coming off of the water. Speaking of "bases", the blog post or handed in post of the week has to do with baseball.....Here it goes!!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
If David Ortiz, from the Boston Red Sox, got up to bat 4 times in 7 World Series games, how many times did he get up to bat? (by the way, that guy is amazing and I don't even like the Red Sox!!) Write a multiplication problem using the information. Then write your own multiplication word problem using the numbers 5 and 6. We haven't started multiplication yet, but it will start in 1 week. Remember....Multiplication is just repeated addition!! The post attempt is worth 2 green tokens!!
Housekeeping:
Monday, November 4, 2013: PLC Early Release
Wednesday, November 6, 2013: PE. Wear some good shoes for active participation.
Thursday, November 7, 2013: Active Recess with Mr. Rodel. Starts at 9:45 at the first recess.
Friday, November 8, 2013: Money due for Class "Adventure" Book
Thursday, November 14, 2013: End of the First Trimester
Thursday, November 14, 2013: AR Reading goal due.
Friday, November 15, 2013: No School. Record Day
Language Arts:
We are SO PROUD of our third grade. They have been writing some amazing opinion pieces about:
Heroes
Muffins
Cereal
2 stories by the same author
Favorite Halloween Monster
This is more opinion writing than we have ever done before. We have a few more left to write. I an honestly say that these kiddos have been doing a wonderful job with their writing and are getting better and better each time we write.
This week our story is called: The Talking Cloth by Rhonda Mitchell. It is about a wonderful aunt who travels the whole world collecting interesting items. She displays the items in her home. It is a fun week for the kids to bring and share things they collect. I have a huge collection of piano music (but that is SOOO Boring!!) I bring in a sample of my husband's coin collection. The kids really like that.
SPELLING LIST FOR THE WEEK:
PLEASE SEE THE LIST IN THE FRIDAY FOLDER!!!
MATH!!
On Wednesday of next week, our class will participate in a Math Performance Task. This will be somewhat like what they will see on the Common Core Assessment. It will be a word problem with several Math skills we have been learning and practicing. These are the skills which will be addressed:
Rounding to the nearest 10
Rounding to the nearest 100
Addition within 999
Subtraction within 999
Place value recognition.
Then, we will begin the introduction to Multiplication. Common Core Standards require the students to be fluent in multiplication and division facts through 10 x 10. Hooray for Multiplication!!
Social Studies:
Over the past week, the students have been reading and studying why people move to different areas. Some move for job opportunities. Some move because of recreation, population, and resources. Some move to because of weather and family. We will continue to learn and read about different people and why they choose to live in a variety of different communities.
HAVE A GREAT FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER!!
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