Fraction Action

Over the last month, we have been working with fractions.  Third graders have several objectives to learn and master.  Students worked with picture models, number lines, fraction bars, and even rulers to gain a deeper understanding of fractions.  As always, these curious minds are like sponges.  We are learning so much!

We did this really great digital breakout on fractions. Not all students were able to finish but, boy, were they engaged and working hard!  The breakout not only works on our fraction standards, but it also has the students collaborating and using problem solving skills. If you and your child want to try the breakout at home, click on the link below.  You'll need to be logged into a Google account to solve the digital puzzles.  Let me know if you give it a go!

Escape the Galaxy

Of course, while working on fractions, we need to keep our multiplication and division skills strong.  Here is a similar digital breakout that works on multiplication and division.  Again, we worked on the breakout a couple of days in class, but not all students were able to get all the puzzles solved.  This would be a great way to keep the learning growing at home.

Escape the Submarine

Forces of Flight

We love Project Lead the Way! Our last module was about the forces of flight.  There were five activities that we worked our way through.  Each activity was a project based, hands on scenario that had the students using science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to learn about flight.



We started by learning about balanced and unbalanced forces.  Ask your child if they know the four forces of flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Through the study of flight, the students were introduced to Newton's laws of motion. We used an app to design different gliders, then we created gliders from our blueprints.  Last, we tested our gliders from our own binder launch pad.

In our final project of the flight module, students will create another glider that would carry weight or cargo.  The scenario was that there was a community in Nebraska that needed some relief supplies.  The gliders could get there faster than trucks on the roads.  Students have to design a glider that would carry as much cargo as possible to Nebraska.  Nebraska is 120 cm from the launch site.  Students will get three flight trials.  They are to record at least one trial and reflect in the caption.  Please check your child's SeeSaw in the next couple weeks to see their flight trail video. 

Happy Heart Day

I couldn't think of a better group to spend this Valentines Day with!  We celebrated with yummy treats, the cutest decorated boxes, sweet cards, and beautiful friendships.  We even had a dependent and independent clause candy bar hunt.  It's just not Valentines without complex sentences.

The students posted about their creative Valentine box designs on SeeSaw.  Please check out our learning journals with the SeeSaw family app.  Email me if you need the access code to see your child's digital portfolio.