We are getting ready to start Science Fair! We’re so excited to be doing this in 3rd
grade this year! Students will be completing part of this in class over the
course of 5 days. Students will need to come up with a testable question, and
be prepared to begin researching, form a hypothesis, and write their procedure.
Once we have completed our graded in-class work, those who wish to continue
their Science Fair project will continue at home until our mid-October due
date. More information will be sent out about this in the upcoming week.
We also have MEET
THE TEACHER this Thursday, September 13 in the school library! We hope to
see everyone there! 😊 Please see our
upcoming dates and assignments for the next couple of weeks.
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Upcoming Dates
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Monday, September
10
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Robotics Tryouts
*for those who receive a letter
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Tuesday, September
11
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College Shirt Day
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Thursday, September
13
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MEET THE TEACHER
First Session
6:00pm – 7:00pm & Second Session 7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Science Fair
Project Topic and Question due to Science teacher
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Monday, September
17
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Math MAP Testing
*we will begin at
8:20
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Wednesday, September
19
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Reading MAP Testing
*we will begin at
8:20
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Upcoming Assignment due
dates
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Monday,
September 10
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Math Homework: Comparing
and Ordering Numbers and Rounding
front and
back
Science Homework:
Metric Measurement
front and
back
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Wednesday,
September 12
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Science Classwork: Soda
Can Volume Investigation
*completed data
sheet and conclusion due at the end of class for a project grade
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Thursday,
September 13
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Science Homework: Science
Fair Topic and Question due
*This will be
sent home with students at the beginning of the week
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Friday,
September 14
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Math Classwork:
Money Mix and Match; Back to School Math Centers Booklet
*completed in
class for a classwork grade
Science Classwork:
How Heavy Is It Investigation
*completed data
sheet and conclusion due at the end of class for a project grade
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Tuesday,
September 17
*to be passed out
in class 9-10
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Math Homework:
Rounding to Solve and Money
stapled,
and front and back
Science Homework:
Volume and Capacity
front and
back
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*REMINDER: As per grading in grouping,
homework that is turned in late will have 10 points taken off for each day that
it is late. Homework that is more than 3 days late may not be accepted.
We
will begin our last lesson in Unit 1 over money. This set of money lesson will
only last this week. Our main focus will be on mixed money, using coins and
bills to determine amounts. We will also be reviewing the proper way to write
money, complete with a dollar sign at the front
of the number, and a decimal separating the whole numbers from the fractional
numbers.
Some of the
areas we will be focusing on this week are:
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Count a collection of bills and coins
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Show an amount of money using mixed bills and coins
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Read and write money amounts
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
GoNoodle - Getcha Money Right Video – We will be dancing to this Blazer Fresh video on
GoNoodle throughout the week as part of our Brain Breaks in math! Continue to
learning and dancing at home! GoNoodle is free to use and there are a plethora
of videos for all content areas, and growth mindset!
Khan Academy - Counting American Coins – View the video that discusses American Coins. Then,
practice counting and recording money with questions in words form, as well as
picture form.
ABCya - Learn to
Count Money – Choose a level
from counting coins that amount to less than a dollar, to coins and bills up to
$100. Match the money to the amount listed. The goal is to earn fish to win the
game!
FREE APP: Amazing Coin – There are 3 different games that the free version of
in this app rotates through. The most useful game has you “pay for items” by
matching the amounts listed with the proper coins in order to “buy food”.
Counting Coins – Watch the BrainPOPJr video on counting coins! Play
the game when you are finished where you can match mixed coins with different
priced objects.
These links can be
accessed on our Place
Value and Money Symbaloo here. This is the last lesson in this unit, but as I come
across other resources, they will be added to our Symbaloo. Let me know if you
find a great resource that your child loves to use at home and we can add it to
our Symbaloo!
We will continue
looking at measuring within the metric system. We will finish up measuring
volume and capacity of liquids this week with our soda can volume
investigation. We will then move on to measuring the mass of objects using
balance scales. We will also be preparing for our Science Fair lessons that
will take place the following week. Students will be required to come up with a
topic and testable question BEFORE
we begin our Science Fair lessons. These will be due, along with a parent signature,
by Thursday, September 13 for
teacher approval. More information about Science Fair will be sent home this
upcoming week.
Some of the areas we
will be focusing on this week are:
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How to make measurements with appropriate units
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Standard measurement units in the metric system
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How to measure
liquids accurately
Khan
Academy - Volume – View video that
discusses volume, then practice with questions that estimate volume! You can
also practice different word problems with volume. *When accessing from Symbaloo, click the navy Learner’s, start here
button, Math By Grade – 3rd, measurement and data, and then choose volume.
Discovery
Education - Meter Video – Students will log
into their Discovery Education accounts using Ready Hub. This video goes
through what a meter is, what we may measure with a meter, and what segments a
meter is broken down into.
BrainPOPJr -
Milliliters and Liters – Watch the BrainPOPJr video on centimeters,
Meters and Kilometers. You can also play a game that lets you drag and drop
items that are less than or greater than a meter. You can also view the
BrainPOPJr videos and play the games for Centimeters, Meters,
Kilometers and Grams and Kilograms
BrainPOP - Metric
Units – Watch the BrainPOP video on Metric Units and
play the game where you are able to watch a quick video and put events from the
metric time line in order.
These links can be
accessed on our Scientists
Measure Symbaloo here. As we continue through the unit, more links will be
added.
Thank you so much for your dedication to helping your child learn.
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