- In ELA:
- The students have completed a narrative using the writing process and the triple whammy writing map. We have learned how to hook a reader by starting an introduction with a setting, onomatopoeia, dialogue and or a question. We learn to add details. We have done many Math quick writes and have utilized adjectives to expand our sentences with thoughtful descriptors.
- Also in ELA students are learning about more nonfiction text features using social studies and we've had many discussions on responsibility and gone over scenarios and talked about the difference between positive and negative consequences. Also in SS, students will be explaining the main topics of a paragraph by finding the evidence! When we are reading and come across a word we dont understand our minds are trained to use context clues.
- They have also explored character traits and have described many characters from different grade- level fiction mentor texts and have created a graphic organizer encompassing how a character changes throughout a story. At the beginning the reader learns the character's strength and weaknesses. In the middle the reader learns how a character thinks about life differently and as he or she reaches the climax they learn that main characters at the end show growth. Feeling and actions are discussed and how the character responded to the challenge in the story.
In Math we have started a new unit focused on place value. A hundred is a collection of ten tens. Two hundred is a collection of twenty tens etc.. We have broken apart or decomposed three digit numbers using place value. We will begin reading and writing the numbers in standard form(number form), expanded form and word form. The students will compare two three digit numbers using appropriate symbols (<, >, =). Students will skip count from zero by 5s, 10s, and 100s' to 1,000. Students will identify patterns when skip counting by tens. Often these problems are a part of a word problem.
Thank you in serving your child's success as a reader, writer and a mathematician!
Mrs. Elias e have started a new unit focused on place value. The purpose of this letter is to provide you background about our new unit. One of the most important concepts your child will be learning is that a hundred is a collection of ten tens. All of our place value work is centered on this idea.
Focus of the Unit
- Break apart (decompose) three-digit numbers using place value
- Read and write three-digit numbers in standard form (using numerals), expanded form, and word form
- Compare two three-digit numbers
- Skip count by 5s, 10s, and 100s to 1,000
Building off Past Mathematics
Previously students explored two-digit numbers to understand that each digit represents the amount of tens and ones. Students have compared two-digit numbers based on the value of the tens and ones using the appropriate symbol (˂, ˃, =). In this unit students will extend their place value understanding as they begin reading, writing, and comparing three-digit numbers. Students will also begin counting within 1,000 by 5s, 10s, and 1,000s.
Strategies That Students Will Learn
- Breaking Apart Numbers- Students will break apart numbers using hundreds, tens, and ones. This is also referred to as decomposing numbers. For example, 345 can be broken into 3 hundreds + 4 tens + 5 ones or 34 tens + 5 ones.
- Reading and Writing Numbers- Students will write numbers in three different ways. Let’s look at 345.
- Standard form uses numerals: 345
- Word: three hundred forty-five
- Expanded: 300 + 40 + 5
- Skip Counting –Students will skip count from zero by 5s, 10s, and 100s to 1,000. As students become more proficient, they start at any number between 0 -1,000 and skip count. Students could be asked to skip count by 10s to complete the following pattern: 159, 169, _____, _____, _____. Often these problems are a part of a word problem.
- Comparing Numbers- Students will compare the value of digits within a three-digit number, starting in the hundreds place, to determine which number is greater (275 ˂ 527). Students will be asked to compare different number forms:
- 300 + 7 + 60 ˃ 20 + 5 + 200
- 35 tens ˂ 281