Short Week in Third

 This was a short week in third grade as we all enjoyed the first holiday of the year on Monday. Although it was even shorter for me as I recovered from my second dose of the Coronavirus vaccine, the students were still busy with projects and work to complete. 

On Tuesday, the students worked on completing their information posters about how plants grow. They also included answers to questions such as, "Do plants eat?" and "Do plants poo?" Then on Wednesday, the partners presented their posters to the class.

On Thursday, we reviewed what the students had learnt from the presentations and watched a few new BrainPop videos to expand their understanding of photosynthesis, as well as discover the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in the food chain. On Friday, students added questions and wondering to our Wonder Wall, and worked on two Seesaw assignments to demonstrate their understanding of the topics covered during Thursday's unit lessons. Those who have not yet completed the two assignments have been asked to complete them over the weekend as homework.

In math, the students worked on assignments related to data handling, creating their own line plots on Seesaw, and coming up with questions and answers about the data. Today we looked at sorting things based on characteristics. Students each received a photo with some facts about a certain animal and then had to find the other animals that belonged to the same group of animals. Once they found their group (Mammals, Birds, Fish, or Reptiles) then they had to come up with a list of characteristics that are shared by all members of the group. At first, this proved to be a very difficult task and took quite some time for the students to come up with. Next week, we will continue to use the same list of animals for some more data handling.