Third Grade News
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Hopping Through November...We Welcome December!!
Kangaroo Hop!
3rd Grade Poetry Slam
Thursday, Dec 21, 2017, 02:30 PM
Spring Ridge Elementary School, Ridgefield Drive, Frederick, MD, United States
Our Weeks Ahead...
November 30, 2017 to December 13, 2017
Arts Integration -- Ecosystems
We are currently exploring how animals adapt to their habitats in order to survive. Students are working to design a beak for a bird that has had a change in diet. We will then continue to explore the design and engineering standards as we work to create a new habitat for Mrs. Getzandanner's rat, Piglet. The students will apply what they know about Piglet's needs, restrictions, and current environment to construct something that better meet the needs of both Piglet and Mrs. Getzandanner.
Arts Integration -- Economics
The students will begin to study basic economics and personal financial literacy. We will start with exploring the question, "How do people make economic decisions to produce goods and services for a global market?"
Math
This week we will assess our understanding of equivalent fractions and fractions on a number line. We will be returning our focus to deepening our understanding of multiplication and introducing division concepts. We will be exploring the connections between multiplication and area. We will also look at representing division as the inverse operation to multiplication.
Reading
Our focus for the next month, will be to understand and comprehend informational text. We will be looking at the structure of the text, text features, and author's purpose for writing. We will work to ask and answer questions, identify the main idea and supporting details, and summarize the text both orally and in writing.
Some great websites to use at home for informational text --
Writing
We have started our informational writing unit. The students started grouping their information using the boxes and bullets method. This strategy requires students to place the topic in the top section of the box and the details below in a bulleted list.
3rd Grade Team
Jessica Zambreny x61563 jessica.zambreny@fcps.org
Karen Nori x61575 karen.nori@fcps.org
Wendy Wampler x61573 wendy.wampler@fcps.org
Website: education.fcps.org/sres
Location: Spring Ridge Elementary School, Ridgefield Drive, Frederick, MD, United States
Phone: 240-236-1600
Twitter: @3rdsressteam