C-2, The Class of Awesomeness!: BBQ Pork Sandwich

Hello everyone!

Today was a magnificent day! We began by going through a lesson on subtraction through the zeros (e.g. 405 -123, 500 - 125) using manipulatives, and we continued to check our subtraction answers using addition! We worked in collaborative group using Guidance Counselor to help us be more effective working with one another! (NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly SL.3.1b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion SL.3.1c Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others)

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We also looked for personality traits of characters in The Lion and the Mouse, The Grasshopper and the Ant, and in Ramona the Pest! (RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers)

We continued to work on our expository writing before lunch. (W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly W.3.2a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. W.3.2c Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information W.3.2d Provide a concluding statement or section)

After lunch, we used Science Spin to model how to find the main idea of a paragraph and look for details as evidence to support the main idea. (RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea)