What a great spring break! Everyone should be rested and ready to go for another 7 weeks of awesome school!
Due to Georgia Milestone testing, visitors or volunteers will not be allowed in the building from Tuesday, April 12 through Wednesday, April 27. This includes classroom helpers, science lab, and lunch. We welcome you back on Thursday, April 28.
3.1 Math
Students will continue to learn about area and perimeter. They will practice measuring square units. A quiz is scheduled for Thursday.
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.
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.
MCC3.MD.5 - Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
MCC3.MD.5.a - A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area.
MCC3.MD.5.b - A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
MCC3.MD.6 - Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
MCC3.MD.7 - Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
MCC3.MD.7.a - Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.
MCC3.MD.7.b - Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
MCC3.MD.7.c - Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.
MCC3.MD.7.d - Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.
3.2 Math: We will be reviewing elapsed time with word problems and on number lines, determining the volume of objects using millimeters, measuring the mass of objects by grams and kilograms, using a thermometer to measure temperature, creating bar graphs to represent data in thousands, comparing lengths of objects and measuring lengths.
A quiz is scheduled for Thursday. Students can use packets, prior quizzes, and pre-assessments to help them study.
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.
Writing
Today, we began our final writing unit. We are returning to informational writing, but this time with the idea of writing like scientists do. This week we will be working as a class to design and conduct an experiment. Throughout the process I will model for the students how they should write up each step in the process. This will give them the tools to begin designing and writing their own experiments and lab reports.
Grammar
In grammar we will continue to be working with a thesaurus to find the just right words to use in our writing.
Social Studies
The personal finance study guide was distributed today to the second graders. Students should bring their study guides and social studies textbook to school every day. The quiz for the personal finance unit is scheduled for Thursday. Students completed an “Economic Booklet” to help them study. TAG students will attend their classes after testing is complete on Friday.
SS2E4 - The student will describe the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.
Students need to know:
Reading
Next week we will finish up our study of traditional tales. We will end by comparing fairy tales. Students will look at two different versions of the same fairy tale and think about how they are the same and how they are different.
Due to Georgia Milestone testing, visitors or volunteers will not be allowed in the building from Tuesday, April 12 through Wednesday, April 27. This includes classroom helpers, science lab, and lunch. We welcome you back on Thursday, April 28.
3.1 Math
Students will continue to learn about area and perimeter. They will practice measuring square units. A quiz is scheduled for Thursday.
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.
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.
MCC3.MD.5 - Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
MCC3.MD.5.a - A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area.
MCC3.MD.5.b - A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
MCC3.MD.6 - Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
MCC3.MD.7 - Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
MCC3.MD.7.a - Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.
MCC3.MD.7.b - Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
MCC3.MD.7.c - Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.
MCC3.MD.7.d - Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of the non-overlapping parts, applying this technique to solve real world problems.
3.2 Math: We will be reviewing elapsed time with word problems and on number lines, determining the volume of objects using millimeters, measuring the mass of objects by grams and kilograms, using a thermometer to measure temperature, creating bar graphs to represent data in thousands, comparing lengths of objects and measuring lengths.
A quiz is scheduled for Thursday. Students can use packets, prior quizzes, and pre-assessments to help them study.
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.
Writing
Today, we began our final writing unit. We are returning to informational writing, but this time with the idea of writing like scientists do. This week we will be working as a class to design and conduct an experiment. Throughout the process I will model for the students how they should write up each step in the process. This will give them the tools to begin designing and writing their own experiments and lab reports.
Grammar
In grammar we will continue to be working with a thesaurus to find the just right words to use in our writing.
Social Studies
The personal finance study guide was distributed today to the second graders. Students should bring their study guides and social studies textbook to school every day. The quiz for the personal finance unit is scheduled for Thursday. Students completed an “Economic Booklet” to help them study. TAG students will attend their classes after testing is complete on Friday.
SS2E4 - The student will describe the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.
Students need to know:
- Services
- Goods
- Needs
- Wants
- How to make spending and saving choices and what you give up when making a choice (opportunity costs and benefits)
- Banks
- Income
- Consumer
- Producer
Reading
Next week we will finish up our study of traditional tales. We will end by comparing fairy tales. Students will look at two different versions of the same fairy tale and think about how they are the same and how they are different.