The students are growing up so fast! It is the last quarter of second grade for our rising third graders!
Spring is in the air! The first day of spring is officially, Sunday, March 20th! The second graders will be playing some “spring” graphing games in celebration of the new season!
The children have been enjoying the beautiful weather with the sun and crystal blue skies. They are so excited about being able to go outside without their jackets at recess. My purchase of new balls, jump ropes, Frisbees, and sidewalk chalk have delighted the students’ playtime.
International Night was wonderful! Thanks to all the parents and children who helped make the night a success!
Report Cards for the 3rd Quarter: will be distributed on Thursday, March 24. Please sign and return report card envelope. Keep the report card for your reference.
Science Lab on “Pushes and Pulls.” The second graders enjoyed learning about pulleys, incline planes, wheel and axle, and simple machines. Thank you to our wonderful parents who volunteered-Mrs. Armistead, Mrs. Carnegie, and Mrs. Murzi-Neville.
The leprechaun visited our classroom during lunch and escaped without a trace! The second graders were so excited as they searched for the little green man. His green footprints were evident of his appearance. The children observed shamrocks, green glitter, and the unsuccessful capture of him in the student-made leprechaun traps. Instead the sneaky pixie bestowed many gifts and candy to our class. It was a priceless moment to see the smiles and astonishment of the leprechaun visit.
Our math class graphed “Lucky Charms” cereal along with many other shamrock games on Thursday in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Lots of smiles!
Field Trip: Thank you for returning the field trip forms. If you have not turned in your child’s lunch choice for the field trip, please send ASAP.
Math:
3.1
Study guide is due on Monday. The Grade 3 Unit 2 Assessment is scheduled for both Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
New Math Unit – Patterns in Addition and Multiplication
This unit, students will solve one and two step word problems using a variety of strategies for multiplication and division within 100 and assess the reasonableness of their solutions using mental math. They will also begin to recognize patterns in multiplication and work to develop ideas about area and perimeter. Students will understand the meaning of a square unit. They will use tiling by multiplying to find the area of plane figures. Students will also be able to draw arrays to represent the area and perimeter of a given plane figure. By the end of this unit, they will be able to find the missing side length of a rectangle when given one side and the area or perimeter. Students will find rectangles with the same areas but different perimeters, and with the same perimeters but different areas.
MCC3.OA.9 - Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations.
3.2
Study guide is due on Monday. The Grade 3 Unit 5 Assessment is scheduled for both Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
At the end of the week in math, the students will practice telling and writing time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes.
Example:
MCC3.MD.1 (DOK 2)
Jamie has to catch the bus at 2nd Ave. She rides the bus until the 7th Ave. stop, where she gets off. If she rides the bus to work and back home every day Monday-Friday, how much time does she spend riding the bus each week? Show your work below.
Bus Schedule:
2nd Avenue @ 9:00am
5th Avenue @ 9:05am
7th Avenue @ 9:10am
9th Avenue @ 9:15am
Answer:
(10 x 2) x 5 = 100 minutes or 1 hour and 40 minutes
2nd Avenue starts at 9:00am until 9:10am at 7th Avenue where she departs the bus at 9:10 So, 9:10 – 9:00 = 10 minutes each day
She has to go to work and return home which takes 2 trips. Multiply the amount by 5 for the number of days.
Example:
The third grade classes go to lunch each day at 12:00pm. They eat for 30 minutes and then have a 15 minute recess. If it takes them an additional 2 minutes to get back to class, what time do they get back to class?
12:00 + 30 minutes = 12:30
12:30 + 15 minutes = 12:45
12:45 + 2 = 12:47pm
MCC3.MD - Measurement and Data
MCC3.MD.1 - Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
MCC3.MD.2 - Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.
MCC3.MD.3 - Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs.
MCC3.MD.4 - Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units-whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
In this unit students will:
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes.
Solve elapsed time, including word problems by using a number line diagram.
Reason about the units of mass and volume.
Find the perimeter of polygons; use addition to find perimeters; solve for an unknown length and recognize the patterns that exist when finding the sum of the lengths and widths of rectangles.
Graph data that is relevant to their lives. While exploring data concepts, students should Pose a question, Collect data, Analyze data, and Interpret data (PCAI).
This unit works to develop ideas about time, volume, and mass, area and perimeter. Students will need to measure time to the minute. They will also solve word problems involving addition and subtraction about time intervals using a variety of strategies. Students will also use grams, kilograms, and liters to estimate and measure the mass of objects and volume. Students will use all four operations to solve one-step word problems involving masses and volumes that are given in the same units. Students will further their understanding of area and will be able to find the missing side length of a rectangle when given one side and the area or perimeter. Students will find rectangles with the same areas but different perimeters, and with the same perimeters but different areas. They will also solve real world problems involving area and perimeter of polygons.
Vocabulary
decompose measire
elapsed time metric
estimate minute
gap nonstandard units
gram (g) standard units
hour standard units
kilogram (kg) time
liquid volume time intervals
liter (l) volume
mass
Reading Log: The reading log has changed! Students are now required to write 3-4 sentences about what they have read. Great comprehension skills in action! Please initial each day!
Writing
There are two weeks left of our poetry unit. Next week we will begin to study different types of poetry. Students will learn how to write a conversation poem, a list poem, and a story poem. They will apply the poetry skills from the beginning part of this unit to all of these different types of poems.
During the week before spring break each student will write, revise and publish a final poem that will show everything they have learned about poetry.
Grammar
Next week we will learn dictionary skills. This will help students know what to do when they can’t spell a word that they are trying to write.
Science
Next week we will finish up our motion unit. We have learned about motion, speed direction, pushes and pulls this week. The students learned to demonstrate how the forces of pushes and pulls can initiate and alter the speed and direction of motion. If something is moving along at a constant speed in a straight line, it will continue to move along at the same speed in the same straight line. It will not, all on its own, speed up, slow down, or change direction. Something else must push or pull on the object to speed it up, slow it down, or change its direction.
Next week we will look at how simple machines use these different types of motions to do jobs.
The quiz for this unit will be on Thursday, March 24. The study guide will be distributed on Monday. We will be reviewing simple machines throughout the week.
S2P3 - Students will demonstrate changes in speed and direction using pushes and pulls.
S2P3.a - Demonstrate how pushing and pulling an object affects the motion of the object.
S2P3.b - Demonstrate the effects of changes of speed on an object.
Reading
At the beginning of next week we will continue working on fairy tales. We have learned the elements that make up a fairy tale and are reading different fairy tales and finding those elements. We are also learning how to summarize or retell our fairy tales.
Toward the end of the week we will learn about the elements of a folktale and have chance to read different folktales.
Spring is in the air! The first day of spring is officially, Sunday, March 20th! The second graders will be playing some “spring” graphing games in celebration of the new season!
The children have been enjoying the beautiful weather with the sun and crystal blue skies. They are so excited about being able to go outside without their jackets at recess. My purchase of new balls, jump ropes, Frisbees, and sidewalk chalk have delighted the students’ playtime.
International Night was wonderful! Thanks to all the parents and children who helped make the night a success!
Report Cards for the 3rd Quarter: will be distributed on Thursday, March 24. Please sign and return report card envelope. Keep the report card for your reference.
Science Lab on “Pushes and Pulls.” The second graders enjoyed learning about pulleys, incline planes, wheel and axle, and simple machines. Thank you to our wonderful parents who volunteered-Mrs. Armistead, Mrs. Carnegie, and Mrs. Murzi-Neville.
The leprechaun visited our classroom during lunch and escaped without a trace! The second graders were so excited as they searched for the little green man. His green footprints were evident of his appearance. The children observed shamrocks, green glitter, and the unsuccessful capture of him in the student-made leprechaun traps. Instead the sneaky pixie bestowed many gifts and candy to our class. It was a priceless moment to see the smiles and astonishment of the leprechaun visit.
Our math class graphed “Lucky Charms” cereal along with many other shamrock games on Thursday in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Lots of smiles!
Field Trip: Thank you for returning the field trip forms. If you have not turned in your child’s lunch choice for the field trip, please send ASAP.
Math:
3.1
Study guide is due on Monday. The Grade 3 Unit 2 Assessment is scheduled for both Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
New Math Unit – Patterns in Addition and Multiplication
This unit, students will solve one and two step word problems using a variety of strategies for multiplication and division within 100 and assess the reasonableness of their solutions using mental math. They will also begin to recognize patterns in multiplication and work to develop ideas about area and perimeter. Students will understand the meaning of a square unit. They will use tiling by multiplying to find the area of plane figures. Students will also be able to draw arrays to represent the area and perimeter of a given plane figure. By the end of this unit, they will be able to find the missing side length of a rectangle when given one side and the area or perimeter. Students will find rectangles with the same areas but different perimeters, and with the same perimeters but different areas.
- Understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and addition.
- Find the area of a rectangle with whole- number side lengths by tiling it.
- Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in context of solving real world and mathematical problems.
- Construct and analyze area models with the same product.
- Describe and extend numeric patterns.
- Determine addition and multiplication patterns.
- Understand the commutative property’s relationship to area.
- Create arrays and area models to find different ways to decompose a product.
- Use arrays and area models to develop understanding of the distributive property.
- Solve problems involving one and two steps and represent these problems using equations with letters such as “n” or “x” representing the unknown quantity.
- Create and interpret pictographs and bar graphs.
- MCC3.OA.8 - Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
MCC3.OA.9 - Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations.
- Understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and addition.
- Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it.
3.2
Study guide is due on Monday. The Grade 3 Unit 5 Assessment is scheduled for both Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
At the end of the week in math, the students will practice telling and writing time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes.
Example:
MCC3.MD.1 (DOK 2)
Jamie has to catch the bus at 2nd Ave. She rides the bus until the 7th Ave. stop, where she gets off. If she rides the bus to work and back home every day Monday-Friday, how much time does she spend riding the bus each week? Show your work below.
Bus Schedule:
2nd Avenue @ 9:00am
5th Avenue @ 9:05am
7th Avenue @ 9:10am
9th Avenue @ 9:15am
Answer:
(10 x 2) x 5 = 100 minutes or 1 hour and 40 minutes
2nd Avenue starts at 9:00am until 9:10am at 7th Avenue where she departs the bus at 9:10 So, 9:10 – 9:00 = 10 minutes each day
She has to go to work and return home which takes 2 trips. Multiply the amount by 5 for the number of days.
Example:
The third grade classes go to lunch each day at 12:00pm. They eat for 30 minutes and then have a 15 minute recess. If it takes them an additional 2 minutes to get back to class, what time do they get back to class?
- 12:15pm
- 12:27pm
- 12:37am
- 12:47pm
12:00 + 30 minutes = 12:30
12:30 + 15 minutes = 12:45
12:45 + 2 = 12:47pm
MCC3.MD - Measurement and Data
MCC3.MD.1 - Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
MCC3.MD.2 - Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.
MCC3.MD.3 - Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs.
MCC3.MD.4 - Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units-whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
In this unit students will:
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes.
Solve elapsed time, including word problems by using a number line diagram.
Reason about the units of mass and volume.
- Understand that larger units can be subdivided into equivalent units (partition).
- Understand that the same unit can be repeated to determine the measure (iteration).
- Understand the relationship between the size of a unit and the number of units needed (compensatory principle).
- Explore the concept of covering a region with “unit squares”
- Counting the square units to find the area could be done in metric, customary, or non-standard square units.
Find the perimeter of polygons; use addition to find perimeters; solve for an unknown length and recognize the patterns that exist when finding the sum of the lengths and widths of rectangles.
Graph data that is relevant to their lives. While exploring data concepts, students should Pose a question, Collect data, Analyze data, and Interpret data (PCAI).
This unit works to develop ideas about time, volume, and mass, area and perimeter. Students will need to measure time to the minute. They will also solve word problems involving addition and subtraction about time intervals using a variety of strategies. Students will also use grams, kilograms, and liters to estimate and measure the mass of objects and volume. Students will use all four operations to solve one-step word problems involving masses and volumes that are given in the same units. Students will further their understanding of area and will be able to find the missing side length of a rectangle when given one side and the area or perimeter. Students will find rectangles with the same areas but different perimeters, and with the same perimeters but different areas. They will also solve real world problems involving area and perimeter of polygons.
Vocabulary
decompose measire
elapsed time metric
estimate minute
gap nonstandard units
gram (g) standard units
hour standard units
kilogram (kg) time
liquid volume time intervals
liter (l) volume
mass
Reading Log: The reading log has changed! Students are now required to write 3-4 sentences about what they have read. Great comprehension skills in action! Please initial each day!
Writing
There are two weeks left of our poetry unit. Next week we will begin to study different types of poetry. Students will learn how to write a conversation poem, a list poem, and a story poem. They will apply the poetry skills from the beginning part of this unit to all of these different types of poems.
During the week before spring break each student will write, revise and publish a final poem that will show everything they have learned about poetry.
Grammar
Next week we will learn dictionary skills. This will help students know what to do when they can’t spell a word that they are trying to write.
Science
Next week we will finish up our motion unit. We have learned about motion, speed direction, pushes and pulls this week. The students learned to demonstrate how the forces of pushes and pulls can initiate and alter the speed and direction of motion. If something is moving along at a constant speed in a straight line, it will continue to move along at the same speed in the same straight line. It will not, all on its own, speed up, slow down, or change direction. Something else must push or pull on the object to speed it up, slow it down, or change its direction.
Next week we will look at how simple machines use these different types of motions to do jobs.
The quiz for this unit will be on Thursday, March 24. The study guide will be distributed on Monday. We will be reviewing simple machines throughout the week.
S2P3 - Students will demonstrate changes in speed and direction using pushes and pulls.
S2P3.a - Demonstrate how pushing and pulling an object affects the motion of the object.
S2P3.b - Demonstrate the effects of changes of speed on an object.
Reading
At the beginning of next week we will continue working on fairy tales. We have learned the elements that make up a fairy tale and are reading different fairy tales and finding those elements. We are also learning how to summarize or retell our fairy tales.
Toward the end of the week we will learn about the elements of a folktale and have chance to read different folktales.