Sunday, September 7, 2008

3RD Lessons for the week of 9/8/08

MATH 3RD GRADE
9:30-10:45AM


9/8: AIM: STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE SKIP COUNTING BY ONES AND TENS.
VOCABULARY PLACE-VALUE ONES TENS SKIP COUNTING

LESSON: 1. COUNT BY 2’S THRU 9’S UP TO 100
2. COUNT BY 10’S THRU 20’S UP TO 100
3. Problem-solving
HW:

9/9: AIM: STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE SKIP COUNTING BY ONES AND TENS.
VOCABULARY: PLACE-VALUE ONES TENS SKIP COUNTING

LESSON: 1. COUNT BY 20’S THRU 30 UIP TO 100
2. COUNT BY 30’S THRU 40 UP TO 100
3. PROBLEM-SOLVING

Homework: workbook page 5 problems # 1-6 on loose-leaf. Copy word form and rewrite in standard form.

9/10: AIM: STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO PRACTICE SKIP COUNTING BY ONES AND TENS UP TO AND OVER 100.
VOCABULARY: PLACE-VALUE ONES TENS SKIP COUNTING

LESSON: 1. COUNT BY 50’S THRU 99
2. COUNT BY TENS PASSED 100
3. PROBLEM-SOLVING
Homework: workbook page 5 # 7-21 in notebook. Questions and answers.



9/11: OPENING SCHOOL MASS 9AM
AIM: Math 3 cancelled

9/12: AIM: students will skip count by tens and hundreds up to 1,000, while identifying numerical patterns.
VOCABULARY: PLACE-VALUE ONES TENS HUNDREDS SKIP COUNTING
LESSON: 1. SKIP COUNT UP/BACK BY TENS AND HUNDREDS
2. EX. COUNT BY 25 : START AT 50 END AT 325. HOW MANY 25'S?
3. PROBLEM-SOLVING



3rd grade
Science
2:00-3:00 pm

9/8. Aim: Students will describe how scientists use the methods of science in their work.
Vocabulary: scientific method/ observe/ question/ hypothesis/ experiment/ conclusion
Lesson: 1. Vocabulary development
2. Read, analyze, and identify how Dr. Mah Kooyman used the scientific method to find out if plants need gravity to grow. Textbook pages s1-s5/ questions and answers
3. Compare: hypothesis vs. guess
4. Create a flowchart showing the method s of science. Textbook page s6


9/9. Aim: Students will describe some skills scientists use when they follow the scientific method.
Vocabulary: scientific method/ classify/ infer/ measure/ predict/ interpret data
Lesson: 1. Vocabulary development/reinforcement
2. Skills activity: classification.


9/10. Aim: Students will explore the nature and care of the body’s nervous system.
Vocabulary: cerebellum/ cerebrum/ medulla/ brain/ spinal cord/ nerves
Lesson: 1. Explain the workings of the five senses? Textbook page R32
2. How are messages sent to and from the brain?
3. Compare and describe the job of each three parts of the brain.
4. Draw/sketch and label the brain. Textbook page R30


9/11. Aim: Students will continue to explore the nature and care of the body’s nervous system.
Lesson: 1. Review vocabulary and responses to questions from prior day lesson.
2. Students will conclude drawings of brain and proceed to compare with peers.
3. Each student will deliver a three-minute presentation of their drawings.

Homework: Reread textbook pages s1-s7 and answer the following questions on loose-leaf.
1.How does a scientist answer a question?
2. What was the question Dr. Kooyman was trying to solve?
3. What was the result or conclusion of her experiment with corn? Did it support her hypothesis? Due 9/12/08


9/12. Aim: Test: The Scientific Method and how scientist’s like Dr. Kooyman uses it to solve problems. Rescheduled for 9/16/08