The third grade students (or class three as they are referred to here) seem to be learning the material very quickly. In math class we have just begun learning division. On the first day of this unit, I asked the class if they knew what is meant by division. Many students raised their hands and the first student that I called on said, "It means that you sort items out equally." A pretty solid answer from a nine year old. Just having finished multiplication, we are now discussing how division and multiplication are similar (i.e. how 6x7=42 and 42/7=6 are related). Students also know how to solve division problems when they are given a missing part. So for example 8x?=40, ? = 5 because 4x8=40.
In grammar class this week we have been looking at prepositions which the student seem to have a pretty good handle on too. They can identify prepositions in sentences and can form their own sentences that contain prepositions.
In exciting news, I am establishing pen pals with a school back in Milwaukee that I observed at last semester. My third graders will be writing back and forth with second graders from Madison Elementary School. I think that this will be an eye opening experiences for the students on both sides and hopefully they will learn how people thousands of miles away are similar to them. Hopefully they are old enough to gain something from this opportunity.
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