Happy Fake Friday! (Actually, it's Thursday, but there's no school for your kiddies tomorrow)Coming Home Tonight...
The Great Poetry Race - I only put a couple of copies of the recording log in each poetry book. Once this is full, please use any regular lined sheet of paper. Record the title and sign for each time the poem is read. Thanks for your support!
Gr. 3 Science Quiz: Coming home tonight...some students needs to spend a little more time reviewing at home. I gave two days of review in class as well as two days of review at home. This should have been plenty of time to prepare for a quiz. Thank you parents for your support. The next quiz on Gravity will be on Tuesday. I will show the video today and again on Monday and we have the quiz on Tuesday.
Gr. 3 Math Test on Geometry 2D Shapes - Tuesday. I will send math duo tangs home tonight for the weekend and on Monday night for review. Here is an example of how a student should be able to describe a 2D shape...
This is a trapezoid. It is also a polygon. It is a quadrilateral because it has four sides. Two of the sides are equal. It has four vertices. It has four angles; two obtuse angles and two acute angles.
- parallel lines/sides - lines or sides that do not intersect and if they went on forever, would not intersect
- quadrilateral - any 4 sided figure (such as a trapezoid, rhombus, square, and rectangle)
- polygon - any 2-D shape with at least 3 straight sides and angles
- parallelogram - a 4 sided figure with opposite sides parallel (such as a rhombus, square, and rectangle)
- congruent - shapes that are exactly the same size and shape
Students should be able to identify the shapes and describe them by these attributes:
- name
- number of sides
- number of vertices
- number of parallel sides
Also, students should be able to compare two shapes and discuss what is similar and what is different.
Monday next week, I will also begin teaching about Mass and Capacity. This is part two of the Measurement unit that might help bump up some marks.
GRADE THREE KEY CONCEPTS: - Capacity = the amount of liquid a container can hold.
- Capacity is measured in litres and millilitres.
- 1L = 1000 mL
- a glass is approximately 250 mL
- 4 glasses is equivalent to 1L (250 mL + 250 mL + 250 mL + 250 mL = 1L)
GRADE TWO KEY CONCEPTS:
- Capacity = the amount of liquid a container can hold
- Estimate, measure, and order the capacities of various containers using non-standard units of measure
As you can see, the Grade 2 expectations are very simple and quite few. I WILL BE TEACHING the class as a whole group, so the grade twos will learn how to identify containers that can hold more than a Litre and containers that hold less than a Litre.
Math Quiz on Mass and Capacity - Thursday
Ok, that's enough for now...going to have a family movie night now! Enjoy your long weekend!Coach Wilson
SECRET QUESTION: What is the total of 5 x 2 and 3 x 4?
