Growth Mind Set

 

Week Six Focus

I hope you all have a great weekend. This coming week will have the following events:

1. Monday  September 27th Mr. Mashburn will begin our school wide Zoom Open House between 4:30 - 5:00pm and then we will have our own Zoom Open House which will be hosted by Ms. Wilson and I between 5:00 - 5:30. 
2. Monday morning kicks off our annual Boosterthon.
3. Tuesday September 28th is individual picture day. All students will take pictures for the year book as well.

Our academic focus areas are as follows:

1. Spiral up addition word problem solving 
2. Solve with fluency one step problems involving subtraction within for numbers less than 1000 using strategies based on place value
3. Be able to represent numbers on a number line as being between two consecutive multiples of 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000
4. Spiral up on rounding, estimating sums and differences
5. Strengthening computational skills such as making ten and compensations
6. In Science students will measure and record temperatures of objects in degrees Celsius
7. Our project based learning this week is "Build Your Own Wagon".
8. We will still be doing the long Term Project on "Patterns in Nature" which will be moved to November and December.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Your child is responsible for making up any assignments missed. Be sure your child gets a good night's sleep and is at school on time in the morning. If possible, please try to set up dental or medical appointments after 1:00 pm.

Thank you for all your support and understanding. 

Mrs. Waters

Week Five Focus

Because of last week's storm, we will have our Unit One Assessments this week. 

In math, besides spiraling up place value and rounding, we will be continue working on estimating sums and differences, as well as solving one and two step word problems by using addition and subtraction.  In Science we will be learning about the changes in state of matter and properties of matter such as sink and float. We will need to adjust the timeline of our Genius Hour Project and I will add more options for students to work on their individual or team project. 

By now all students should be able to login to Reflex Math and Imagine Math account from home. Please work on Reflex math and imagine math at home for 15 to 20 minutes a day. I suggest 5~10 minutes for Reflex math, and 10~15 minutes for Imagine Math. We will have an open house on Sep 27th(5:00 - 5:45).  I will send out invites via LivingTree shortly. 

Please make up your work if you have missed any school day(s). Let me know if you need more time to catch up. 

Have a great week! 

Mrs. Waters

Week Four Focus

Last week our enrollment increased to 623 students. We will be expecting a new student in our class.

Please keep in mind for this week:

• In math class, we will be learning one- and two-step problem solving by using addition and subtraction
• In science, we will be learning about the physical and chemical changes of matter
• Tuesday we will have Unit 1 CFA Math Assessment
• Wednesday we will have Unit 1 Reading Assessment
• Progress reports will go home this Wednesday
• Thursday is Fall Holiday, no school
• Friday is a teacher service day, no school for students
• Please make up any assignments if you have been miss any school days

After teaching self-contained 3rd graders for a decade, I'm teaching math and science only this school year. The transition has been great.  After sharing with my students the draft, we'll be using the Math Magician Logo which my daughter has designed for us.

Have a great week!

Final Version

Draft

Week Three Focus

SEL – Social Emotional Learning

• Growth Mind Set / Grit TedTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8

• How to Make Friends

• Being Responsible

• Prioritization

Math

• Locate a number on a number line and find the closest or nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000.

• Estimate sums and differences by using rounding and compatible numbers 

• Review comparing and ordering numbers by using the correct symbol(s)

• Universal Screen BOY

• Complete Initial Math Benchmark

• Send parent's invite for Imagine Math (Wednesday Folder)

• Continue Genius Hour Project 1- Math in Nature: Find Patterns (Due in 4 weeks)

Science

• describe, classify, and predict changes in the state of matter

• explain how temperature changes affect matter

Homework will be checked by Friday.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Waters