College Week Pictures

Use this link to find pictures for your college week collage.  This is an in class project.

Britannica Images

Fractions

Fractions Tutorial
Fraction Review
Naming Fractions
Fractions Shoot
Fraction Matching
Fractions of a Group
Fractions on a Number Line Pacman
Comparing Fractions
Pizza Fractions
Virtual Fraction Strips
Comparing Fractions
Fishy Fractions
Fraction Golf
Equivalent Fractions

Telling Time

This week in math, we are working on telling time.  Students should be able to tell and write the time shown on digital and analog clocks.  Students should also be able to use words like "quarter to, quarter past, and half past" to describe the time.  Also, be sure your child understands that the hour hands gradually moves closer to the next hour as the minute hand moves around the clock.  If the hour hand has not gotten to the next number yet, remind your child to go back to the previous number.  This is often where students make mistakes when telling time.  Here are some resources to help your child practice these skills at home. 

Bang on Time
Time Bandit
Train Time
Hero Michael
Giraffe Dash
Comparing Time
Hickory Dickory Dock - Quarter/Half Past and Quarter/Half To
Basketball Time
Beat the Clock
Clockwise
Stop the Clock
Clock Shoot
On Time Level 4
IXL Clocks

Spelling

Students now have at home access to games and other spelling activities that go with our spelling curriculum.  Here are the direction on how to access these resources:

1. Go to http://my.zaner-bloser.com and
2. Type txstudent in the username box, zbspelling in the password box, and txschool in the school id box.
3. Select Online Games - 3 (for 3rd grade)
4. Choose the spelling unit for that week

This week we are on Spelling Unit 23.

Symmetry

Here are some activities to help your child learn about symmetry.

Symmetry
E-Lab Symmetry
Symmetry Game
Complete the Shape Symmetry

Higher Order Thinking Questions

Our 4th 6 weeks math CBA will be next week.  Here are the Higher Order Thinking Questions over the concepts we have covered this 6 weeks.  These are great problems to review with your child to help him or her prepare for the test.  

Subtraction

Division

2D and 3D Figures

Compatible Numbers and Estimation

Number Lines

Place Value

Many students are still struggling with regrouping in subtraction.  Here is a website to help students understand exactly what is happening when we regroup during subtracting.  This will help them gain a better understanding of when and how to borrow.  In 3rd grade, students need to be able to subtract using numbers up to 999.

Subtraction Manipulatives

Congruent Figures

This week, we are learning about congruent figures.  Two figures are congruent if they are exactly the same shape and exactly the same size.  It does not matter if the figure is turned a different direction.  It is still congruent with another shape as long as it is exactly the same size and shape as the other figure.  Here are some sample questions and games to help students learn more about congruent figures.

Congruent Figures
Ice Blocker
Congruent Figures Quiz
Carl's Congruent Concentration

More Geometry Games

Polygon Shape Shoot
Quadrilateral Shape Shoot
Symmetry Shape Shoot
Symmetry Lines Shape Shoot
Congruent and Similar Shapes

Main Idea and Supporting Details

We have been using this graphic organizer in class to help students grasp the concept of the main idea.  Students have to be able to locate supporting details to prove the main idea.  If they are unable to find any supporting details, then they probably have not correctly identified the main idea.  As your child reads at home, ask them to find the main idea of a paragraph or a book.  Be sure to have them locate supporting details.