Perimeter and Area expectations

We are now beginning our Area and Perimeter Unit.  The expectations for these measurement skills are as follows:

•       estimate, measure, and record the perimeter of 2D shapes using standard units
•       estimate, measure, and record area
•       compare and order various shapes by area using congruent shapes and grid paper
•       describe the relationship between the size of a unit of area and the number of units needed to cover a surface

You can help your child practise these skills by asking them to estimate the perimeter of their bed, their dresser, the table, and the backyard.  Ask them how many post-it notes they would need to cover a book, the kitchen floor, or front of the refrigerator.  Remind them to tell you if they are estimating using cm or m.

Linear Measurement Expectations

We have now begun our unit on Measurement.  We will begin with Linear Measurement where the students must learn to do the following:

• estimate, measure and record length, height, and distance using standard units (cm, m, km)
• draw items using a ruler, given specific lengths in cm
• compare standard units of length and select and justify the most appropriate unit to measure length
• compare and order objects on the basis of linear measurements in cm and m (100 cm=1m)

Practise these skills at home by asking your child to estimate the length of an object in your home, and you give an estimate too.  After, measure it using a ruler or measuring tape and whoever is closest wins 10 points.  First person to 100 wins!  You can also choose an object and ask your child if they would measure that in cm or m.

Here is our anchor chart with benchmarks that you can review at home. 

Geometry Learning Goals

We are beginning 2D Geometry before the holidays.  We will then move on to 3D figures.  The expectations are as follows:

• I can identify and compare various polygons (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons) and sort them by their geometric properties (# of sides, side lengths, # of interior angles, # of right angles)

• I can use a reference tool to identify right angles and to describe and compare angles as greater than, equal to, or less than a right angle

• I can compare and sort prisms and pyramids by their geometric properties

• I can construct rectangular prisms and describe geometric properties of prisms

• I can solve problems requiring the greatest or least number of 2D shapes needed to compose a larger shape in a variety of ways

• I can explain the relationships between different types of quadrilaterals 

• I can identify and describe the 2D shapes that are found in 3D shapes 

• I can describe and name prisms and pyramids by the shape of their base

• I can identify congruent 2D shapes by manipulating and matching concrete materials

Tangram Game

Shapes Game
Angles NumberRock Song
Angles Song (BINGO)
Quadrilateral Game
Quad Game

Science Test on Monday

Here is a little study guide on the things you need to know for our Plants and Living Things test on Monday. You can look through and re-read parts of our Science duotang and return on Monday.

• Basic needs of a plant

• How humans use plants in everyday life

• How people hurt and harm plants

• How people help and save plants

• Plant adaptations/Survival tactics

• Photosynthesis

• Parts of a plant

Addition and Subtraction

Here are the expectations for our new unit on addition and subtraction!

Number Sense - Addition & Subtraction

• I can solve problems involving addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, using a variety of mental strategies
• I can add and subtract 3-digit numbers 
• I can use estimation when solving problems using addition and subtraction 

Encourage your child to go on Xtramath.org and practise their math facts or quiz them while you are in the car on numbers that you see on license plates.  Ask them to estimate how much two items at the store will cost altogether.  When planning for Christmas get togethers, ask them how many plates, or buns, or cookies, etc, you will need altogether.  

Adding and Subtracting Games

http://www.abcya.com/clear_it_addition.htm

http://www.abcya.com/estimating.htm

http://www.abcya.com/jet_ski_addition.htm

http://www.abcya.com/marble_drop_addition.htm

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-3/add-two-numbers-up-to-three-digits-word-problems

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-3/subtract-numbers-up-to-three-digits

Data Management expectations

We began the beginning of our Data Management Unit on Monday - here are the new learning expectations and some tips on how you can practice at home:

• I can collect data by conducting a simple survey 
• I can collect and organize and display data in charts, tables, and graphs with appropriate titles and labels 
• I can read data presented in charts, tables, and graphs, then describe the data using comparative language 
• I can interpret and draw conclusions from data 
• I can demonstrate an understanding of mode and identify the mode in a set of data 

Some ways that you can practice at home:
Sort objects at home (sort fruit & veggies into the fridge after shopping, sort coins in different ways), take surveys at home (who likes chicken more than beef, what type of pizza does everyone like in your family), if you see a graph or table in a book, newspaper, magazine, social media - ask your child to show you the labels, ask which is most popular, which is least popular, what does the graph tell you.

Here are some sites to check out:

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/51/bar_charts

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/interpretingdata

Our September Focus

Thanks for checking us out, and please be sure to star/bookmark this site for easy access!  I will be periodically posting on here to let you know of our learning goals, posting videos, or tips on how you can continue your learning at home!  

Our focus in math is Place Value!  Here are our learning goals for this unit!

• I can count forward (by 1,2,5,10,25, 100) and backwards (by 2, 5, 10, 100) using a variety of tools

• I can represent, compare, and order numbers up to 1000

• I can read and write whole numbers

• I can identify and represent the value of a digit according to its position in the number (3 in 324 is 3 hundreds)

• I can compose and decompose 3-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones using concrete materials

• I can round 2-digit to the nearest ten

• I can represent and explain the relationship among the numbers 1, 10, 100, 1000

Try to help your child consolidate this learning at home by having them skip count while waiting for the light to change in the car, while waiting for their sibling to get dressed, and while waiting for commercials to be over.  When shopping and looking at prices, ask your child to round the dollar amounts to the nearest 10. When a number comes up in a book, on the tv, or in an address, ask them to tell you which digit is in the 100's column, or 10's column, or 1's column and what it's value is.

Base Ten Fun

Comparing Number Values

Place Value Hockey

Rounding Numbers

Halloween Rounding Game

In Religion, we have been working on our unit on Samaritans on a Digital Road - teaching us all about being safe online.  

We are learning about Retelling in our Literacy block.  Grade 3's are working on writing a recount with interesting details and transition words.  Thursday our first recounts will be coming home to be reviewed and signed.  

In reading we can see how Fix-Up Strategies help us when are struggling to decode a word.  Watch for a bookmark to come home to help your child and you remember some of the strategies so they can use them while reading.

 As always, please feel free to contact me with a note in the agenda if you have any questions.  

Thank you!