Mrs. Barbin's Blog 3rd Grade Math 

We are in the middle of a fun project! In groups, the students have chosen travel destinations. They have been assigned the job of travel agent and must prepare a trip with options to potential clients. So far, we have created thermometers showing current temperature of our cities, bar graphs comparing airline flights, clocks showing flight departure and arrival times, and function tables comparing costs of hotel rooms. We will finish up with advertising and presentations next week. Here are some pictures of the children working on their projects today.

The Thursday before Easter, the students participated in an Easter egg hunt. Each egg was filled with a question from a previous TAKS test. The students had to solve each problem, record his or her answer, then find another egg. The pairs with the most correct answers at the end of 30 minutes won the hunt.

The students earn a salary each week based on performance of their weekly “job” combined with extra earned money for good behavior or acts of kindness. Jobs include such things as the classroom pencil manager, door holder, meteorologist, secretary, distributor, and many other jobs that help our classroom be a successful place to learn. At the end of the month, students are able to spend their money in a classroom store where they can purchase toys, school supplies, free homework passes, and the most coveted lunch in the classroom passes. Here are a few pictures from our last classroom store.

Friday (1/13) is a student holiday, as well as Monday (1/16) in honor of MLK Day. Thursday (1/12) is the last day of the second nine weeks. Report cards will go home on Tuesday (1/17). Please make sure you receive your child’s report card, sign it, and return it by the end of next week. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns regarding grades. Thanks!

We will take our 9 weeks Math benchmark exam on Thursday, January 5th. This will be modeled after the STAAR standardized test that the students will take in April and will cover all of the information that the students have been taught so far this school year.

Please make sure your child is well rested and arrives to school on time and focused. This will count as a major test grade for the second 9 weeks. Thanks!

Before Thanksgiving break, the 3rd graders planned a Thanksgiving dinner on a $40.00 budget by shopping through newspapers advertisements. They used their addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills to create a wonderful meal!

Today, we created our own number lines and labeled the different multiples by color in order to practice our multiplication skills. Here are some pictures of the kids in action!

We have begun working in centers in order to practice our Math skills with hands on activities. Check out some pictures from our first day working in centers!

Last week, we celebrated Red Ribbon Week in order to show our effort to say no to drugs. Here are some pictures from our fun dress up days.

Welcome to the 3rd grade math blog! Thank you for stopping by! My name is Mrs. Barbin, and I will be your child’s math teacher this year. I have our class policies listed to the right of the page, and I will keep this page constantly updated with important dates, along with special events going on at Odyssey Academy. I look forward to a wonderful year! Please check back regularly for updates.