Reading Partners We formed reading partnerships this week and practiced sharing our thinking about a read aloud. Describing Matter To introduce matter, I told a fun story about an alien coming to earth. The alien took some items from earth back to his planet and left clues about the items since he didn't know the names of them. The kiddos had a good time guessing the items. We learned that the alien described the items based on physical properties. Then I challenged students to find two objects in the room and write a description of the items on a sticky note. They read their descriptions with a partner and tried to guess each others items. Everyone had so much fun trying to guess! Working with Bar Graphs using Desmos We used an online tool called Desmos to wonder & notice about a numberless bar graph. Students typed their responses in a text box and shared them with the class. This is a great way to ensure everyone participates as well as sharing mathematical thinking. The kiddos also wrote true statements and questions about a bar graph on Desmos. Students had time to read and interpret various graphs in news articles. Investigating Physical Properties of Matter These scientists really enjoyed classifying matter as they rotated through different stations to investigate magnetism, temperature, mass, texture, and the ability to sink or float. Everyone was engaged and thinking about matter! Interpreting Pictographs and Bar Graphs Using Nearpod Nearpod is an interactive tool I often use to engage students during lessons. It allows me to insert images into a presentation which students can interact with. For this lesson, I added a variety of graphs with various questions. It is great because the kiddos can draw on the images or type in a text box. Each slide is submitted so that I have a record of their thinking. I can also share specific student work with the class as examples or to prompt further thinking. How Far Can You Jump? I wanted to collect data to display on the board in an unorganized way, so I asked the kiddos to see how far they could jump. This proved to be very exciting! They could hardly focus on anything else while others were jumping. Each student recorded their data on a sticky note which they randomly placed on the board. Afterwards, I demonstrated how tricky it was to interpret the data when it was all mixed up. Of course I made it look really confusing, so the kiddos suggested I organize the data, or make it into rows which I did. We looked at the range and decided we could group some of the data together and also replace the sticky notes with dots, (or X's) thus creating a dot plot. Count Around the Circle We did our first count around the circle. First we counted by twos starting at 50. Then we counted by fours starting at 50. We looked for patterns and noticed the ones place was a pattern that repeated and that all of the numbers were even. This is a routine we will do often to help build number sense. Collecting and Recording Data about Raisin Boxes Summarizing and interpreting data from dot plots is a new skill for 3rd graders, so to make it more meaningful we collected data about the number of raisins in a box. I gave each student a mini raisin box and asked them to estimate the number of raisins in the box. I also asked them to think of an estimate that is too low and too high. This requires them to think more about what is reasonable. We recorded our estimates on a number line which requires thinking about the placement of numbers in relation to their value. After that, everyone counted the number of raisins in their box and collected all of our data. Then students recorded the data on a dot plot. Design Challenge-Building a Beanstalk During enrichment, we learned about the design process engineers use as we designed and built beanstalks. The challenge was to build the tallest free standing beanstalk out of 10 pipe cleaners. I was impressed with their ideas, collaboration, and designs. The winning beanstalk was 16 inches tall! I think we have some future engineers in our class!
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |