Understanding Division

Today we began our Division Unit! We began by looking at Topic 6 with our Pearson enVision books and videos. We will also be looking at Topic 7 as the next couple of week's progress. All of these videos can be accessed online through your child's Ready Hub account. They will select the Pearson Easy Bridge icon and be automatically directed to their page. We use this in class frequently, so they know how to get logged in. Just like at school, their username is their student ID and their password is the same one they use to log into Ready Hub at school.

We also created an Understanding Division anchor chart in class! Below is an example of what we filled out on our anchor charts in class today. Just as we did with our Multiplication Representations anchor chart, we showed different ways to represent division problems using models and equations.

The most important vocabulary that was introduced in this unit were:

1. Dividend

2. Divisor

3. Quotient

These vocabulary word cards were sent home today along with 6 other words for practice from our enVision math books. These can be used at home to practice vocabulary words while your child is working on home work, practicing, or just for fun! :)

Happy Halloween!!!

We had such a fun-filled Halloween day! We did an investigation with pumpkins of different varieties where we looked at their different properties, and compared them. We looked at their color, shape, texture, hardness, size, and basic appearance. We also tested their sink or float ability in basins and tubs. The surprised expressions of floating pumpkins was great!

Multiplication Strategies

Science Fair

Shout out to all of our Science Fair participants from last Friday! I loved getting to listen to all of the explanations and presentations. Seeing how hard everyone worked and the end result was awesome. Way to go 3rd Grade!

Fall Conferences!

Constant Difference

Today we began looking at a new strategy to help with mental subtraction called Constant Difference. This involves taking our 2 numbers that we are subtracting, and changing them in order to help solve a subtraction problem easier mentally.

In class today, we completed this anchor chart and glued it into our math notebooks.

In order to subtract easier without having to regroup all of the 0's, we subtracted 1 from out minuend and our subtrahend. This kept the amount between each number the same. We then subtracted as we normally would and checked our answer with the inverse operation.

This anchor chart can be found in your child's math notebook. A video of this strategy can be found on your child's Pearson Math page. Pearson can be accessed by logging into Ready Hub. From there, click the Math Textbook link. Once inside the Math Textbook, click Unit 2, Topic 3. This will take you to a list of videos for 2-3. Both the Visual Learning Video and the Another Look Video are helpful in explaining this strategy.

If you have any questions, please let me know! 😊

SPIRIT NIGHT!

SPIRIT NIGHT TONIGHT! Come enjoy some DELICIOUS BBQ and have your teacher serve you bread with dinner! Be sure to have your child sign in at the front door so we can be the class with the highest attendance and earn a prize!

Cycle 1 Parent Survey

The end of the 1st Cycle is here! It seems like this cycle has flown by! At the end of each cycle, I will include a link to a Parent Survey through Google Forms. I would love any feedback you would be willing to provide to help as I write Snapshots each week and plan resources for helping at home. If the link does not work for you, please let me know. Thank you to those of you who have taken the survey already! I appreciate your feedback! 😊

You can take the survey on our blog page or by clicking this link  that was also included in our Snapshot and heading over to the Google Form.

***As you are answering questions, keep in mind the unit are going to increase in difficulty as we move through the year. A copy of our Math Year-At-A-Glance was handed out at Meet the Teacher. This document shows each unit along with the TEKS we will be covering and spiraling through throughout the school year. A list of those TEKS can also be found here by scrolling down to the 3rd Grade section.

Thanks!

Snapshot 10-1-18

Week of: October 1, 2018

Good evening!

And the winner for PTA membership is … 3^rd 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.

Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, October 2	Fall Pictures
Friday, October 5	Donuts with Dudes
	Gilmour Gallup *registration sheets sent home in Tuesday folders, agendas, and through Sykward email
	PRIDE PARTIES
	Unit 1 Assessment Test
Tuesday, October 9	College Shirt Day
Wednesday, October 10	PTA Skate Party

Upcoming Assignment due dates
Monday, October 1 *passed out in class 9-24	Math Homework: Solve One- and Two-Step Problems Using Addition and Subtraction stapled, and front and back
Wednesday, October 3	Math Classwork: Can You Show Two Ways – independent classwork assignment Science Classwork: Pearson Measuring Matter Quiz
Friday, October 5	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
Monday, October 8 *passed out in class 10-1	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

 THIS WEEK IN MATH:

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:

·         Solving addition and subtraction problems using the standard algorithm within 1,000

·         Estimating sums and differences (by rounding the numbers before solving)

·         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:

Place Value and Money

THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE:

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:

●        Collecting, recording, and analyzing information gathered and organized

●        The importance of accurate measurements

●        Whether or not the size and material of an object determines if it will sink or float

SCIENCE RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE

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:

Scientists Measure

Science Fair

Thank you so much for your dedication to helping your child learn.

Snapshot 9-24-18

Good evening!

3^rd grade is currently in the lead for PTA membership!!! The deadline to turn in PTA membership forms is this Monday, September 24. The winning grade level gets to have a pajama day! Wednesdays at the rec have started! If you child is walking to the rec center after school, please send a note that lets us know. We want to make sure we know where everyone is going after school so we can help keep them safe. J

Upcoming Dates
Monday, September 24	PTA Membership Deadline *The winning grade level gets a pajama day!
Thursday, September 27	Molix off campus – students will have a substitute this day
Friday, September 28	Spirit Stick Sales
	Family Sports Night *following PTA meeting
	End of Cycle 1
Tuesday, October 2	Fall Pictures
Friday, October 5	Donuts with Dudes
	Gilmour Gallup *registration sheets sent home in Tuesday folders, agendas, and through Sykward email
	PRIDE PARTIES

Upcoming Assignment due dates
Monday, September 24 *passed out in class 9-17	Math Homework: Pages 113, 95, and 115 stapled, and front and back Science Homework: Unit 1 Review stapled, and front and back Students may also bring home any science fair work they are struggling to finish in class or may get behind on at the end of the week and bring back to class 9-24-18
Tuesday, September 25	Science Classwork: Science Fair Project *a list of required tasks can be found in the packet that was sent home 9-11-18
Friday, September 28	Math Classwork: Crayon Model Drawings
Monday, October 1 *passed out in class 9-24	Math Homework: Solve One- and Two-Step Problems Using Addition and Subtraction stapled, and front and back Science Homework: We will be focusing on completing any missing, incomplete or making corrections for science investigations as our science homework this week. If your child does not need to complete or correct any science investigations, they do not have science homework this week! J

 

THIS WEEK IN MATH:

This week, we will continue our unit on addition and subtraction with a focus on regroup. We will be looking at subtracting across zeros. We will also be looking more at how model drawing (strip diagrams and number lines) helps us to solve problems.

 Some of the areas we will be focusing on this week are:

·         Estimating sums and differences

·         Representing addition and subtraction using base ten blocks, strip diagrams, and number lines

·         Using different strategies to add and subtract

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.

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 Playground - Adding with Regrouping – View the video from Math Playground that discusses regrouping when adding. The video works through 2 digit addition and uses bas ten blocks to show how numbers are regrouped.

Math Playground - Subtracting with Regrouping – View the video from Math Playground that discusses regrouping when subtracting. The video works through 2 digit subtraction and uses bas ten blocks to show how numbers are regrouped.

Math Playground - Regrouping 3 Digit Numbers – View the video from Math Playground that discusses regrouping with 3 digit numbers when adding and subtracting. The video uses bas ten blocks to show how numbers are regrouped.

Softschools - 3 Digit Addition with Regrouping – Play this game from Safe Schools that walks you through addition with regrouping step by step. Enter the numbers for each place value one at a time to ensure you are adding correctly.

Math 4 Children - Subtraction Billionaire – Answer subtraction question in this game that is similar to Who Wants to be a Millionaire!  Choose to play by yourself or as a team. You can even “phone a friend”, get a 50/50 answer choice, or poll the “audience”. If we have time, we are SO playing this game in class!

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:

Place Value and Money

THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE:

This week, we will finish working on Science Fair. Tuesday is our last in class day to work on the required portions of our Science Fair projects that are due in class. We will focus on writing our hypotheses and our project experiments in class Monday and Tuesday of this week. If students feel they need to bring home any portion of this project on Monday night in order to have enough class time to work Tuesday, they are more than welcome!

During our Science Fair lesson, we will be reviewing the following:

●        Fair testing is necessary in science and engineering

●        Components of a fair test

●        Designing a fair test

●        Identifying testable variables

●        Collecting, recording, and analyzing information gathered and organized

●        How to make measurements with appropriate units

●        The importance of accurate measurements

Once we have completed our Science Fair projects, we will begin our new unit over properties of matter! This week’s focus will be on the sink or float ability of different objects. We will also be discussing 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.

Some of the areas we will be focusing on this week are:

●        Collecting, recording, and analyzing information gathered and organized

●        The importance of accurate measurements

●        Whether or not the size and material of an object determines if it will sink or float

SCIENCE RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE

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:

Scientists Measure

Science Fair

Thank you so much for your dedication to helping your child learn.