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 |