[Math] Place Value Study Guide

Grade 3: Place Value Study Guide

Quiz Date: __Oct 4, 2018 Thursday_____________________

Students should have an understanding of the following:

• Composing and decomposing 3-digit numbers
• (i.e. 456 is 4 hundred, 5 tens, 6 ones... 5 hundreds, 7 tens and 9 ones is 579)
• Standard name: 389; Base ten name: 3 hundreds, 8 tens, 9 ones
• Showing numbers in different ways
• (i.e. 45 can be shown as 4 tens and 5 ones or 3 tens and 15 ones)
• Comparing numbers (i.e. 57 > 40... Read as: 57 is greater than 40)
• Rounding numbers to the nearest ten or hundred (i.e. Round 678 to the nearest ten: 680)
• Show how you know in a number line
• Show numbers using an exact amount of block (e.g., show 235 using exactly 19 blocks)
• *For extra practice students can visit abcya.com and play the games under the “Numbers” section

Reminder App

I would like to let you know that I've been sending out reminder messages to your email or phone, and if you didn't get a chance to join, please use this code to receive reminders from me.
This is our class code. @3f7fg8

International Dot Day

We celebrated International Dot day by creating dots on the paper plates. The primary classes were assigned a specific colour, and created a beautiful artwork on the bulletin board by the office. Our classroom worked on the Blue dots and we used oil pastels and paints. 

This global wide event was inspired by the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. It contains a powerful message of a creativity, courage and collaboration. "The Dot" is a story about a young girl, who in Art class, begins with a small dot on a piece of paper and becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage. For more information about Dot Day, please visit the website: http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/

To hear a reading of "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds, follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CHBrRyPb2I  

Make Your Mark, Share Kindness... 

In Our Science Class..

We started the Stability: Strong and Stable Structures unit.
Here are some images of what we discussed in the class.

We walked around the school building to find some natural structures and man-made structures.

If an object is stable, that means that it will stand firm, it won't fall over. Yesterday, we tested with three different cardboard tubes on a tray to see which tube would fell over first.

Based on our experiment, we learned that short structures are more stable than tall structures.

Today, each group was provided with a tray, three different sizes of cardboard tubes, dried beans, a tape, and an elastic band. Our mission was to create a more stable structure with the tallest cardboard tube.

Scientist in School : Parent Volunteer Needed

Below note was sent home today. If you are interested in volunteering, please send the form. Thank you.

Parent Volunteers Needed

We will be having Scientist in the School come in for our Stability and Structures unit on

Friday, October 5th, 2018.   We are looking for parent volunteers to run stations with

small groups of students during the workshop.

Ms. Kwak’s session will be in the morning from 8:30 am-11:45 am.  

Please let us know if you are available to volunteer for this interactive workshop.

Please visit School Cash-Online to pay and provide permission for your child to participate

in this program.

Learning Skills and Work Habits

Here are learning skills and work habits that we discussed in the class. 

Science Materials

Science Materials

Dear parents,  

We are have started our new science units on Strong and Stable Structures and Movement.  

To help us with our science experiments and projects for this unit, we are asking for
your help collecting materials. We are asking for donations of the following items.

- paper towel roll TUBES  (They must be paper towel tubes and not toilet paper rolls.)

- empty boxes - empty soda cans (rinsed)

- shoe box lids - popsicle sticks or wooden stir sticks

- lids from jars - straws

- Newspapers  (not flyers) - masking tape** (especially needed)

- Play Doh or plasticine

*If you are sending in boxes from food products, please make sure they are peanut free products.

Please send in any of the items you have available by the first week of October.
The items we need the most is paper towel rolls, newspaper, and tape.  We appreciate your contribution,

Thank you,

Ms. Kwak

p.s: Thank you for those of you who already sent the materials.