Math Worshop Menu

Thanks for a great link, Ms. Brown! The students will use it to define math terms during their math workshop stations.

Math Dictionary

During our math workshop, students are responsible for:

- completing a paper worksheet
- practicing fluency with: flashcards, our Multiplication Mania game, or ipads (if we have them)
- meeting with me for small group
- defining vocabulary words
- Completing an activity to practice the math content we are focusing on. Currently, our focus is fractions.

At the end of the week, students pass in their completed work along with their Math Workshop Menu. We then attach a rubric to the completed menu. A point is taken off every time a student is seen off task. Between must do's and can do's there is always something TO DO!

Rocket Run

Finally....pictures!

We had such a fun time running to raise money for our school.

We got a little crazy...

And a little sweaty...

But sharing a good time with great friends made it all worth it!

A special thank to all the parents who helped out! It would not have worked without you!

Earth Materials

I absolutely love our AMSTI science kits. Next week, we will start learning about earth materials. To kickstart the unit, we did a word study using the prefixes bio-, zoo- and geo- and the suffix -ology.

Next, we dug through Chips Ahoy cookies with nails to simulate how we would break apart our mock rocks.

We had a blast checking out which rocks contained calcite based on our vinegar tests. Rocks that had calcite fizzed in vinegar.

The kids loved it! Might there be some future archeologists in this room?!

January Tidbits

WOW, we're already halfway through third grade! I can't wait for another exciting semester! Here are a few things have been doing since coming back:

1. comparing different types of communities
2. learning how to draw conclusions
3. learning how to multiply and divide fluently

Visit next week to view photos of different activities we have done to learn multiplication!
As we continue to work on multiplying and dividing, we will also be introducing money.

Some helpful websites to boost math fluency with multplication include:
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/maths1.html
http://www.factmonster.com/mathmoney.html
http://www.multiplication.com/games

To practice money, you can visit the following sites:
http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?MakingChange
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money/

These are just a few! To view more, visit our Dean Road Website!