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-Thursday Mar 2, Dr. Seuss Day (Read Across America Day) I have planned a fun day of reading on Thursday. The students are working toward either a pajama or bring a stuffed animal to school day based on good behavior. I will let you all know Wednesday afternoon if they've earned this special prize! -Thursday Mar 2, EL Night 6:30 - 8:00p Please join us as the students' final products are showcased. This is an opportunity for the students to lead you through our process of learning. -Tue Mar 7, Art Opening Party, 3:30 - 5:00 The 3rd grade crew will have art from our bridge expedition on display at News Seasons Orenco Station for the month of March. The art opening party will be in the dining area. New Seasons, 1453 NE 61st Ave http://cvcsgrade3crew.weebly.com/ Homework for this week: -Read each night for at least 20 minutes -Xtra math fluency practice xtramath.org (or multiplication flashcards) -book report due Tues 2/28 -spelling Math This week, we started division. We used story problem examples to understand that division is splitting a number into equal groups. Individually, we worked on whiteboards to practice representing division in different ways. We used equal groups, repeated subtraction, and the number line to represent different problems. We had a good discussion on how different strategies will work for different people. Many of us really understand division by using equal groups, while others prefer the number line. Listen to your student explain what division is Ask your student to represent and solve 12 / 4 using either equal groups, repeated subtraction, or the number line Extend the learning by practicing division problems at home Literacy We started the second book in the Upside Down magic series called Sticks & Stones and we love it so far! Reading series books can be fun because the setting and characters are familiar and it gives us a great opportunity to compare and contrast the stories. We also did a lesson on the difference between the main idea and topic of a text. This is something many of us have been struggling with, so doing a whole group lesson helped to clarify this. We learned that the topic of a text is the general subject, while the main idea is what is specifically being said about the topic or the point the article is trying to get across. Listen to your student describe what has happened so far in Sticks & Stones Ask your student to explain the difference between the topic and main idea of a text Extend the learning by watching the BrainPop video that we used to help us understand this https://youtu.be/THX0XRB54Yk Expedition We have been using expedition this week to build our bridge models and put the finishing touches on our bridge proposals and sketches. It has been great to see how much the students have grown over the course of this expedition in their ability to persevere when building bridges becomes difficult. In pairs, we worked on Chromebooks to type up our proposals and will begin conferencing with Ms. Kerry for final revisions and edits. Listen to your student describe how it was for them to use Chromebooks in class Ask them to describe the process of building a bridge the second time around Extend the learning by discussing the bridge proposal found here: http://www.edcarpenter.net/portfolio/wildwood-trail-bridge/
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