I've enjoyed going into both third grade classes this month to work with students on some fun rhyming riddles called "Hink Pinks." Given a specific clue, students had to decide on two one-syllable rhyming words to fit the clue. For example, an "overweight feline" would be a "fat cat." A Hinky Pinky or a Hinkety Pinkety works the same way with more syllables. For example, a "silly rabbit" is a "funny bunny." Students worked in pairs and trios to solve these riddles, and they really stretched their thinking in a fun way!
A small group of Mrs. White's students has been working with me during math to extend their understanding of addition and subtraction. These students have been estimating then finding sums and differences of four-digit numbers both with and without regrouping. They have also worked on developing their math vocabulary with a matching activity which included words such as addend, sum, difference, algorithm, compose, and decompose among others.
During reading, a small group of students has been working to develop stronger skills and strategies for reading nonfiction texts. We are using a Scholastic resource called Brain Bank which includes small leveled readers for science. Students will be assessed on their written responses following their reading of each book. |