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Math update

We are wrapping up fractions this week, and will be moving on to Geometry.  Here are the common core standards for topic 11 - Geometry

Reason with shapes and their attributes.

CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.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.

CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.2
Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape.

 

There are a lot of vocabulary words associated with this unit. Here is a link to the vocabulary cards with definitions for this unit. 

I am excited to announce that Family Math Night is coming!  We have planned this special night for third, fourth and fifth grade students and their parents for Tuesday, April 15, 2016.  Look for  details on a flyer in with your child's report card.  We hope to see you there!

Read Across America Week

This week we had several guest readers in to help us celebrate Read Across America Week. Mr. Higginbottom came in and read Howard B Wigglebottom Listens to his Heart, and Howard B Wigglebottom Learns to Listen by Howard Binkow, Reverend Ana, Illustrated By: Susan F. Cornelison.

 

My mother, Mrs. Sullivan, came in to read Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partidge by Mem Fox and Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky.

 

 

Mrs. Higginbottom came in and read Sassafrass.

 

Mrs. Belisle came in and read some Goosebumps by R. L. Stine. 

 

Mrs. Barca came in to the whole third grade and read Duck, Duck, Goose. 

 

Mr. Morris came in and read Jumangi by Chris Van Allsburg to the whole third grade. 

On Friday we got together to read with Mrs. Zarrella's class. It was fun to hear the first graders doing some of the reading  It was also amazing how engaged all of the students were in their books.

 

Finally, the Cat in the Hat (aka Mrs. Fairweather) stopped in to read us The Cat in the Hat.