Hello Room 5! I hope you are having a restful and relaxing warm weather weekend!
This week has been busy even with it being a short week with Family Day on Monday. In writing, the students continue to work on accurate use of transition words and event writing after reading several books and the students had to retell main parts of the story.
In Mathematics, the students continue to explore related facts in multiplication and division. They are learning about arrays, number lines and showing equal groups of items. They are also learning the language to use when discussing multiplying and dividing various things.
In Social Studies, we have been discussing the goods of the various countries we study in Grade 3 and how these goods are produced from various natural resources. The students completed a scavenger hunt where various goods and natural resources were displayed around the classroom and then they had to categorize them. We have also talked about the differences between imports and exports of goods within the countries to meet their needs and effect their quality of life.
In Science, students looked at measuring volume and pitch. They had the chance to make a kazoo and realize how they could alter the position of the straws in order to change the pitch that their instrument made. We also discussed how sound can be measured in decibels and the damage that can come from hearing too many high level decibel sounds with our ears.
Next week, we begin the month of March and soon spring will be here! I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and don't forget to wear your formal uniforms on Monday please!