This week, we continued work with arrays, started our celery transpiration experiment, got into the spirit of things with a “dead word” activity, and met our 7th grade Buddies and carved pumpkins. Our introduction to multiplication continued as we first skip counted by 2s, 4s, and 8s and began noticing how the numbers are related […]
In math we approached multiplication through a study of stamps. We borrowed Mike’s stamp collection and noticed how stamps are art, history, and math! As sets stamps help us explore multiplication since they are arrays arranged in rows and columns. We solved for how many stamps are in each set and how much the set […]
Our short week was chockfull of learning experiences and celebrations! We started this week with “Muffles Truffles” in math. Part of learning math is working together to make meaning of problems and learn from one another as we apply different strategies to solve the problem. This problem in particular was multi-step and involved different types […]
Design Challenge: How would you adapt your house to prepare for a weather event that could result in flooding? Third graders have been learning about weather, hurricanes, landforms, and the water cycle, so they were well prepared to grapple with their first design challenge using materials from our Maker Nook. Julianne also leant us supplies […]
