Dear Parents,
Can you believe that we are halfway done with the school year? In Writing, the students have been working on opinion pieces as well as adding to and revising their historical figure monologues. Ms. Jessica Espinoza from the Alliance Theater has been helping us understand what a monologue looks and sounds like - she played Mary Musgrove while I played Johnny Appleseed - and took us further into character study by reading "Henry's Freedom Box", then sitting in the "hot seat" and answering questions from the students in the role of Henry Box Brown.
In Math, our 3.1 group is exploring Geometry and the attributes of different polygons and our 3.2 group is extending their knowledge of place value and the forms used to express numbers. The students loved the challenge of using OSMO tangram blocks in STEAM lab to build the different shapes in each level. In Science, we are continuing to explore Fossils and this week will be examining some fossils from my family's travels and next week will create cast and mold fossil models in STEAM lab.
Math 3.1
MGSE3.G.1 Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a Georgia
larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
MGSE3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a
unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape.
MGSE3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step "how many more" and "how many less" problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
MGSE3.MD.4. Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units— whole numbers, halves, or quarters.
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
MGSE3.MD.7 Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
a. Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.
b. Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.
c. Use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.
Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
MGSE3.MD.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of
polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown
side length, and exhibiting rectangles
Math 3.2
Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
MGSE4.OA.3 Solve multistep word problems with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a symbol or letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
MGSE4.NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in any one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 ÷ 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division.
MGSE4.NBT.2 Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
MGSE4.NBT.3 Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
MGSE4.NBT.4 Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
Jenny M-G
