Winterlude was a lot of fun. Thank you very much to our parent volunteers who helped make the day so successful!
For the next few weeks Math homework will be to complete an Application Problem. Application problems are word problems that are used across the school board to help students analyse, apply and explain math concepts that have been learned in class. It is very important that students get more practice with word problems since a large part of the students' Math grade is how well they complete Situational problems. A situational problem is a word problem with multiple steps and components. A lot of students understand the concepts taught in class but have a hard time when asked to apply this knowledge in another setting. In order to do well in an application/situational problem students must not only answer the question, but justify why their answer is correct. They must show all their work and make sure it is neat! I've attached this week's application problem (Trading Points) to this post as well as an example of a situational problem (Knights of the Tower). ![]()
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The day before the break students were given some gingerbread men to decorate. Here are some pictures of their creations!
I`ve also shared a picture of the Geome-tree we made together. ☺ I wanted our class to make something that could potentially be sold at the Snowflake Bazaar and Breakfast at PETES on December 9th.
Unfortunately we ended up not quite making enough to sell. Students ended up keeping however many they made which they were happy about as well! Here are some photos of the process, and finished products. This week we are starting multiplication! Our first activity aimed to get students remembering what multiplication really means.
That 2 x 5 is the same as 2 equal groups of 5. To do this, students were given 24 blocks and needed to find out how many ways we could split the number into equal groups. Afterwards they wrote the corresponding multiplication sentence. Here are some pictures of the students at work! Last week we were working on subtracting with borrowing. This topic can be confusing for a lot of students so we tried out a lot of different strategies. One strategy is by remembering the short poem seen on these mini posters students made. Like with any skill, the more we practice the better we become!
All students are now signed up for typing.com! Yesterday we had the laptops and spent some time logging in and trying out the website.
Typing.com is a free website that provides students with the opportunity to start working on or improve their typing skills. After having worked mostly with students in the older grades, I have noticed that although they are very capable with technology, a lot of students are not very efficient at typing. This can really be a hindrance when it comes time to type an entire page or more on the computer. This gave me the idea to incorporate typing into my grade 3 class! Not only is typing a useful skill, but it will also help students with letter recognition and eventually provide practice with reading and spelling words. If you would like to use the website at home, here is the link: typing.com I've created a username and password for all students so they can go to student log-in and keep track of their progress. Username: [student's name] + petes (Ex. finleypetes) Password: student During the Daily 5, first students write in their journals following the daily writing prompt. Once they are done that, they have a choice of what they can work on next. These choices are:
Here are some photos of students at work during the Daily 5. On Friday afternoon I thought it would be fun to practice Math skills on the school laptops. Although most of the time was spent getting students used to logging on to the computers and opening a web page, everyone seemed to enjoy the tech time. Definitely something we will do again in the future!
Here is the website we visited: www.mathplayground.com/index_addition_subtraction.html The school had some visitors from the Ottawa University Teacher's College. They came to the school and set up different Math stations for students to try. It was fun seeing students so engaged while also doing Math!
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