Happy THIRD Week of 3rd Grade:
Building Trust, Common Goals, GRIT, and OUR TEAM!
In our third week together, I wanted to really focus on breaking down our math stereotypes, or how we view "math class." Many students have already decided they don't like math. This week we began "math" differently in hopes of starting fresh and open. Students were quick to share stereotypes, or how "math class" usually goes. They also shared about being "good" or "bad" and how they know if they fit into these categories. Honestly, the pulls at my heart; some of these 8 and 9 year old amazing humans ALREADY view them unsuccessful at the entire concept of math.
In the Marshmallow Challenge we worked as teams towards a common goal, and thought about how being on a team means you work towards the TEAM'S goal.
We enjoyed building these towers!
In math, we were asked to look at things differently. We thought about how we would solve a "simple" math equation. We shared how we would solve it, and then thought about if our strategy was different or similar to one a teammate shared. We practiced looking for different ways to solve it, and thought about different perspectives. Through a "What Doesn't Belong" activity, we were tasked to think about numbers and "themes" we may see. It was pretty cool to hear these mathematicians share which numbers they felt did or didn't belong and why. We thought about challenging our brains to think differently and THAT'S where the brain growth happens!
In the book, They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel, we saw how different perspectives and schema (background knowledge) can shape how we see things. This book is one of my new favorites! It was pretty cool to see the lightbulb moments students had as they realized all the animals were seeing the cat differently... AND why they would see the cat how they did!
During Literacy Time we added to our schema, connected to stories, learned about self-monitoring, and continued to think about good fit books! We listened to Mrs. G. read from an old textbook of hers, and discussed how she read. The class was pretty surprised to here that I had NO IDEA what I had just read to them! I was so focused on reading words correctly and with expression, my brain couldn't keep up with the meaning! I had to go back and take apart words and sentences in order to really understand what I was reading! I wasn't self-monitoring and had no idea what I was reading about. This led to a discussion and we were able to go back and monitor while reading our class read aloud, Fish in a Tree, to make sure we understood what was going on!
During Literacy Time we added to our schema, connected to stories, learned about self-monitoring, and continued to think about good fit books! We listened to Mrs. G. read from an old textbook of hers, and discussed how she read. The class was pretty surprised to here that I had NO IDEA what I had just read to them! I was so focused on reading words correctly and with expression, my brain couldn't keep up with the meaning! I had to go back and take apart words and sentences in order to really understand what I was reading! I wasn't self-monitoring and had no idea what I was reading about. This led to a discussion and we were able to go back and monitor while reading our class read aloud, Fish in a Tree, to make sure we understood what was going on! 
Roll em! #talkingaboutmath pic.twitter.com/j9zeMfXq2K
— Mrs.Gleason-MBGrade3 (@gleasonMB3) September 21, 2018
A Peek into Next Week:
Roll em! #talkingaboutmath pic.twitter.com/j9zeMfXq2K
— Mrs.Gleason-MBGrade3 (@gleasonMB3) September 21, 2018
A Peek into Next Week:
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