It was another awesome week in grade 3 and the students did a great job dealing with our BLUE days and lack of getting fresh air due to the crisp, cold weather!
In math this week we did some review of 3 digit addition with regrouping. Students have been working on demonstrating an understanding of adding 3 digit numbers up to 1000 concretely, pictorially as well as symbolically by using personal strategies. We have also worked on solving problems in contexts that involve addition of 3-digit numbers. As well, students have been working on their estimating skills and solving one step addition equations that involve a symbol (x) to represent an unknown number.
Here is our Math Discussion about X representing the unknown number:
Question: What do you think the 'X' in this question means?
JV – "I think
that the 'X' means that there is a number missing"
DB – "It’s a number
you don’t know or what you call an unknown number"
Question: X + 7 + 10
GT - "I think X is 3 because I
know that 3 +7 = 10."
CL – "I got 3 too because
I took 1 away from the 3 and added it to the 7 which made it 2 + 8 and I know that's equal to 10."
Question: 5 + X = 10
KB – "I made 10
with my fingers and took away 5 and then I had 5 left."
Question: 20 = 10 + X
SH – "X = 10. It’s
the same thing but it's just backwards. It's really like saying 10 + something = 20 and I know that 10 + 10 is 20."
Question: 100 = X + 60
KG – "I think
the X is 40 because I know that 6 + 4 is 10 so then that means 40 + 60 = 100."
Question: 12 = X + 6
EV - "X = 12
because I know that 6 + 6 is 12 so I just read it backwards."
In science we have been looking closely at Minerals. So far we have discussed:
What is a Mineral?
Minerals are defined as solid, inorganic, naturally occurring substances. They have a definite chemical formula and general structure - like Grandma's special cookie recipe!
What is the difference between a Rock and a Mineral?
What is a Mineral?
Minerals are defined as solid, inorganic, naturally occurring substances. They have a definite chemical formula and general structure - like Grandma's special cookie recipe!
What is the difference between a Rock and a Mineral?
Over the past few weeks the students have been working really hard on developing and practicing their oral stories about the Hoodoos. We have just started recording our these stories using iMovie and a green screen! Stay tuned for the sharing of their awesome work!
We continue to discuss and work on understanding Character Traits in both the stories we are reading as a large group and independently. This week students listened to the story Me...Jane and shared their opinions about the type of character they thought Jane was. Ask your child to tell you how they described Jane's character.
This week for gym class we started to learn about the awesome game of Ringette! We talked about player equipment, some of the sports unique rules as well as the similarities and differences between ringette and hockey. So far we worked on our stick handling skills, partner and lead passing skills as well as the flip shot. Next week we will talk a little bit about the history of the game as well as continue to develop our skills, ending our week with some game play.
To learn more about Ringette you can check it out here: Ringette Canada
On Friday your child was given a green paper with information regarding tickets for our upcoming Christmas Concerts. If you would like tickets, please fill out the form and return it as soon as possible! Thank you :)
Upcoming Important Dates and Reminders
- Dec 17 – Christmas Concert (K-2 performance times @ 1:00pm and 6:00pm)
- Dec 18 – Christmas Concert (Gr 3-6 performance times @ 1:00pm - 6:00pm)
- Dec 19 – Last Day of School before Break
- Dec 19 – Report Cards go home
- Dec 20 – No School (PD)
- Dec 21 – Jan 5 – Winter Break
- Jan 6 – No School (PD)
- Jan 7 – School Begins
