Hello Families!
I hope you all enjoyed your Snow Day yesterday! Oein and I were pretty bummed that it wasn't snowy enough to build a snowman and it was too soggy to stay out for long! Oh well, at least we were able to rest up for one extra day!
Last week the kids took the Unit 5 Math Assessment. From those assessments it was very clear that some students really understood the decimal/fraction concept and some were still working through it. This was made apparent by the computation problems, as well as the two written response areas. This is an area that will come up throughout the year in their math journals.
Also last week, we began exploring line segments, rays, lines, parallel and intersecting lines in Unit 6. Today our District Math Assessments were delivered and the third grade teachers agreed that we would have the students complete the D.M.A. first, before moving on in Unit 6. Many students finished the assessment today and I'm sure the others will finish by tomorrow. When that is complete we shall continue to conquer geometry!!
I was very excited to bring in my copies of The Mystery at Eagle Harbor and The Secret of Bete Grise Bay that I had ordered for the class! We began with the introduction and chapter 1 on Friday, and today we read chapters 2 and 3. It's already getting juicy!! There is a mysterious woman with green eyes who always seems to know where are characters are and a slinky black cat that is following them! Hhhhhmmmm....
We are still plowing through our essays! We are working on those nice, detailed support paragraphs that really bring out why we have the opinion we do. Some students find they are struggling with giving examples, but when I suggest they use events and examples from their own life and experiences, that seems to give them a jump start!
We are moving along nicely here in room 204 : )
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