What a thoughtful week the students have engaged in. On Monday and Tuesday the 3rd graders in Mosaic came together to read books about peace such as Why War Is Never A Good Idea and What Peace Feels Like. The children followed up with two activities, one where they made Pinwheels for Peace and the next day the students created peace doves with their own ideas about what peace feels like, looks like, sounds like, tastes like and smells like.
During theme this week we finalized our Hopes and Dreams for this school year. We read Appelemando's Dreams which helped the students to understand the importance of dreams and to dream big enough and bright enough for everyone to see. I can't wait to get photos of their dreams up on the blog soon!
In math we've focused on addition strategies. Here's a look at a few facts we've discussed:
Counting on Facts- just add 1,2, or sometimes 3
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| 5+2=7 "I counted on 2 from 5" |
Doubles Facts- add two of the same numbers
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| 4+4=8 "It's two of the same number!" |
Tens Facts-adding together numbers that equal 10
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| "Seven plus three makes a ten! So does six plus four." |
Neighbor Facts-adding together two numbers that are "next door to each other"
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| 5 and 4 are neighbors so are 5 and 6 |
Fast Tens-ten plus any number
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| 10 +6 =16 "You just add a 6 in the ones place." |
Fast Nine-nine plus any number
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| " You kind of move one over to make it a ten on the blue side and then add the others like a fast ten...so it's like 10+7, but then you subtract 1." |
We are all happy about school and learning a lot!!
