Week of: October 1, 2018
Good evening!
And the winner for
PTA membership is … 3rd grade!!! We are so excited that we will be
able to have a pajama day! Science Fair research, procedures and writing
looked so good this week! Thank you for you flexibility with our Science Fair
project! I hope you all complete the entire project and submit it to our campus
Science Fair Friday, October 19.
More information about the requirements and specifications will be sent home to
those who are wanting to continue with Science Fair.
Your feedback as a parent is SO important to
me! I would love to hear your feedback in regards to our classroom and course
work from this first cycle. If you have a few minutes to spare, please fill out
my Cycle 1 Parent Survey.
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Upcoming Dates
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Tuesday, October 2
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Fall Pictures
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Friday, October 5
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Donuts with Dudes
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Gilmour Gallup
*registration sheets sent home in Tuesday folders, agendas, and
through Sykward email
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PRIDE PARTIES
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Unit 1 Assessment Test
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Tuesday, October 9
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College Shirt Day
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Wednesday, October 10
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PTA Skate Party
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Upcoming Assignment due
dates
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Monday, October 1
*passed out in
class 9-24
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Math Homework: Solve One- and Two-Step Problems Using
Addition and Subtraction
stapled, and front and back
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Wednesday, October 3
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Math Classwork: Can You Show Two Ways – independent
classwork assignment
Science Classwork: Pearson Measuring Matter Quiz
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Friday, October 5
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Math Classwork: Using Compatible Numbers – independent
classwork grade
Math Test: Unit 1 Assessment
*This test will
cover material from unit 1 and will include place value, comparing numbers,
ordering numbers, rounding, and determining the amounts of bills and coins.
Thank you for helping us remind your child to show their thinking by
reinforcing this at home! J
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Monday, October 8
*passed out in
class 10-1
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Math Homework: Unit 1 Review & Addition and
Subtraction Strategies Homework
stapled, and front and back
Science Homework: Sink or Float and Density
front and back
Complete conclusion for Lifeboat
Passenger investigation
Complete data,
illustration and conclusion for Foil Boat investigation
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This
week, we will continue our unit on addition and subtraction with a focus on strategies
and problem solving. We will continue to look at how model drawing (strip
diagrams and number lines) helps us to solve problems. We will also review
compatible numbers being numbers that get along well with each other and are
easy to work with mentally. For our purposes, we will be focusing on numbers
that give a sum or difference that is a multiple of 10 or 5.
Some of the areas we will be focusing
on this week are:
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Solving addition and subtraction problems using the
standard algorithm within 1,000
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Estimating sums and differences (by rounding the
numbers before solving)
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Applying multiple ways of solving addition and
subtraction
We will be representing these skills in our
math notebooks. Math notebooks can go home at any time for extra practice and
studying! Please be sure to return math notebooks to school each day so that we
may continue to take notes and work through examples in them.
We have been practicing multiplication
facts through game play and during our morning work each day in class. We will
soon begin reviewing multiplying 0s through 12s up to 12 in preparation for our
multiplication fluency unit that starts in a few weeks.
MATH RESOURCES
FOR PRACTICE
Math Playground - Thinking Blocks – We will use this in class during whole group
instruction to look at different types of strip diagrams and how to set them
up. During at home practice, students can go through specific operations, or
set it to random and fill in each part of the strip diagram as practice!
Math Games - Adding up to 1,000 – Solve addition problems by adding two numbers
together up to 1,000. Problems are written in standard algorithm. Use the scratch
pad to help solve problems!
Math Games - Complete the Subtraction Sentence – Use what you know about minuends, subtrahends and
differences to solve different subtraction sentences. Use the scratch pad to
help solve problems!
Soft Schools - Compatible Numbers Quiz – Test your compatible numbers knowledge with this
quiz! Remember, compatible numbers require us to round before solving
sometimes! This quiz has some large digit problems, but with compatible
numbers, they are much easier to solve mentally.
Soft Schools - Math Lines Game – Use your
knowledge of compatible numbers to match numbers that add up to make 10.
Destroy balls by forming pairs that add up to 10 and earn points!
These links can be
accessed on our Addition
and Subtraction Symbaloo here.
Resources will be added as we continue through our Addition and Subtraction
unit.
*Here are links to Symbaloos for past units:
We will continue looking at the sink or float ability of different
objects. We will continue using the terms “density” as it related to an objects
ability to sink or float, and “buoyancy” as it relates to an objects ability to
float. We will take our first look at STEAM instigations this week with
building foil boats that are able to hold the greatest capacity. This past
week, we looked at the capacity of a plastic cup “lifeboat” that will be the
perfect preparation for out STEAM investigation!
Some of the areas we
will be focusing on this week are:
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Collecting, recording, and analyzing information
gathered and organized
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The importance of accurate measurements
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Whether or not the size and material of an object
determines if it will sink or float
BrainPOP JR - Sink or Float – Annie and Moby investigate different items that sink
and float in this video from BrainPOP Jr. After the video, play the game that
allows you to drag different objects into the ocean to see if they will sink or
float.
Sesame Street - Sink or Float – Try to collect as many items as possible in the
treasure chest by clicking the items that will sink, rather than the items that
will float.
Discovery Education - Dive Right In – In this lab from Discovery Education, you will act
as a marine engineer! Test different shapes and materials that may make a
submarine sink or float in fresh and salt water. As you investigate, your
results are recorded in order to compare your data! To log into Discovery
Education, go through your Ready Hub account or click here and log in with your student ID and password.
*Here are links to Symbaloos for past units:
Thank you so much for your dedication to helping your child learn.
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