March 14-18, 2016
Third Grade News
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Spring Pictures - Wed., March 16th
Family Science Night - March 17 at 6:00 PM
Dress Down Day - March 17!
Achieve 3,000 Goal for March
NOTE: Students in Mrs. Eury's class must complete all 10 of their required articles in class.
Candy Bar Sale Continues!
Yearbook Sales End March 16
Calling All Dragons: It's Time to Jump Rope for Heart
Spring Break Stars March 25!
This Week's Learning Topics:
Math Topics:
3.G.1 Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories. (Mon.-Wed.)
3.MD.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters. (Thurs.-Fri.)
I Can:
I can find the perimeter of a quadrilateral. (Thurs.-Fri.)
What will we learn?
Students will continue exploring the common traits of quadrilaterals, as well as the specific characteristics for various types of quadrilaterals (parallelogram, rectangle, square, rhombus, trapezoid and kite).
Later in the week students will build on their knowledge of quadrilaterals and measurement to find the perimeter of quadrilaterals.
Reading Topics
RI.3.8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence) Read these two paragraphs. Can you tell how the ideas in the two paragraphs are connected? (time order, comparison of events/ideas, cause/effect) Can you find the part of the text that comes after this part? Can you find the next step/event/idea? What particular words or sentences help you know what comes next? What is similar about what is presented in these two texts? What is different?
I Can:
What Will We Learn?
Later in the week, students will build on this knowledge and describe the connection between two paragraphs in the same text.
Science Topics
3.P.1 Understand motion and factors that affect motion.
- 3.P.1.1 Infer changes in speed or direction resulting from forces acting on an object.
- 3.P.1.2 Compare the relative speeds (faster or slower) of objects that travel the same distance in different amounts of time.
- 3.P.1.3 Explain the effect of earth’s gravity on the motion of any object on or near the earth.