January 11th, 2016

This week, students begin Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will explore different strategies for adding one- and two-digit numbers and gain facility with mental addition.

• Use doubles facts and near-doubles facts to find sums.

• Use nice numbers to find sums.

• Find missing addends using mental computation.

• Use +10 combinations to solve problems mentally.

Objective: SWBAT......

Students can use doubles and near-doubles facts to find the sums of small numbers.

3.NBT.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.

Vocabulary:

• Sum

Activity:

• Finish Unit 2 Pre- Assessment
• Easy CBM https://app.easycbm.com/Mr.%20Simmons
• Doubles in the Neighborhood
• SWB pg. 5-7

Debrief:

• Mental Math

Homework:  U2W1L1 Mental Addition Lesson 1

December 8th, 2015

This week, students begin Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will explore different strategies for adding one- and two-digit numbers and gain facility with mental addition.

• Use doubles facts and near-doubles facts to find sums.

• Use nice numbers to find sums.

• Find missing addends using mental computation.

• Use +10 combinations to solve problems mentally.

Objective: SWBAT......

Students can use doubles and near-doubles facts to find the sums of small numbers.

3.NBT.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.

Vocabulary:

• Sum

Activity:

• Finish Unit 2 Pre- Assessment
• Doubles in the Neighborhood
• SWB pg. 5-7

Debrief:

• Mental Math

Homework:  U2W1L1 Mental Addition Lesson 1

December 7th, 2015

This week, students begin Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will explore different strategies for adding one- and two-digit numbers and gain facility with mental addition.

• Use doubles facts and near-doubles facts to find sums.

• Use nice numbers to find sums.

• Find missing addends using mental computation.

• Use +10 combinations to solve problems mentally.

Objective: SWBAT......

Students can use doubles and near-doubles facts to find the sums of small numbers.

3.NBT.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.

Vocabulary:

• Sum

Activity:

• Unit 2 Pre- Assessment

Debrief:

Homework: None

December 4th, 2015

This week, students conclude Number Worlds, Level E, Number Sense, by exploring fractions and their relationships. Finding equivalent fractions and comparing fractions will be done with models.

Skills Focus

• Find and compare fractions on a number line.
• Use models to find and name equivalent fractions.
• Add combinations of fractions to equal whole numbers.
• Use standard comparison symbols to record the results of comparing of two fractions.

Objective: SWBAT......

• Understand fractions as parts of a whole.
• Students can find and compare fractions on a number line.
• Students can identify and name equivalent fractions.
• Students can identify and name equivalent fractions and add combinations of fractions to equal one whole.
• Students can use comparison symbols to record the result of comparing two fractions.

3.NF.3a Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.

3.NF.3b Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

3.NF.3d Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction

Vocabulary:

• denominator

• fraction

• numerator

• greater than

• less than

Activity:

• Unit 1 Assessment
• Writing Survey https://docs.google.com/a/adams12.org/forms/d/1JZXXz3q6ZfElU3S5INtLLz9xAIOaT_6FahJOgw0OV9k/viewform?c=0&w=1
• Unit Completed! Celebration

Debrief:

• Intro to Unit 2

Homework:  None

December 3rd, 2015

This week, students conclude Number Worlds, Level E, Number Sense, by exploring fractions and their relationships. Finding equivalent fractions and comparing fractions will be done with models.

Skills Focus

• Find and compare fractions on a number line.
• Use models to find and name equivalent fractions.
• Add combinations of fractions to equal whole numbers.
• Use standard comparison symbols to record the results of comparing of two fractions.

Objective: SWBAT........

• Understand fractions as parts of a whole.
• Students can find and compare fractions on a number line.
• Students can identify and name equivalent fractions.
• Students can identify and name equivalent fractions and add combinations of fractions to equal one whole.
• Students can use comparison symbols to record the result of comparing two fractions.

3.NF.3a Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.

3.NF.3b Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

3.NF.3d Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction

Vocabulary:

• denominator

• fraction

• numerator

• greater than

• less than

Activity:  

• Week 6 review SWB pg 74-75
• Weekly Assessment
• Unit 1 Assessment
• Writing Survey https://docs.google.com/a/adams12.org/forms/d/1JZXXz3q6ZfElU3S5INtLLz9xAIOaT_6FahJOgw0OV9k/viewform?c=0&w=1

Debrief:

• Intro to Unit 2

Homework:  None

October 26th, 2015
This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Number Sense. Students will begin to explore fractions as numbers, parts of a whole, parts of a set, and positions on a number line. They will begin to compare fractions and to recognize equivalent fractions.

Objective: SWBAT........ Understand fractions as a number.

Understand fractions as parts of a whole.
Understand fractions as parts of a set.
Understand fractions as a position on the number line.
Compare fractions using manipulatives.
Find equivalent fractions using manipulatives.

3.NF.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.

Vocabulary:

• denominator

• fraction

• numerator

Activity:  

• Week 4 review SWB pg 50-51
• Weekly Assessment
• Curriculum Based Measures

https://app.easycbm.com/Mr.%20Simmons

Debrief: 

• Goals for CBM

Homework:  None

August 31, 2015
This week, students begin Number Worlds, Level E, Number Sense, by investigating the meaning of place value. Students will compose and decompose numbers as well as gain an understanding of the role that regrouping plays in place value.

Objective: SWBAT........ decompose a number into tens and ones.

3.NBT.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100

Vocabulary:

• Place Value

Activity:  

• Number decomposer
• Number Snapshots 10
• SWB pg 4-7

Debrief: 

• Practice sheet Sharing

Homework:  None

April 3, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students conclude Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will use variables to represent the unknown in one- and two-step addition problems and solve for the variables using subtraction.

• Students can solve for geometric shapes used as variables in equations.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Equation
• Variable

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: Front- end estimation vs. Reference- point estimation
• One Shape Cover-up
• SWB pp.66-67

Debrief: 

• Exit Slip: Reflect question on page 67

Homework: None

April 2, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will explore when and why to estimate sums as well as several methods for estimation.

• Students review skils learned this week and complete the weekly assessment.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Estimation
• Front- end estimation
• Reference- point estimation
• Rounding

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: Front- end estimation vs. Reference- point estimation
• Take weekly assessment
• Introduce new unit

Debrief: 

• Mental math

Homework: None

March 31, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will explore when and why to estimate sums as well as several methods for estimation.

• Students can use rounding for estimating.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Estimation
• Front- end estimation
• Reference- point estimation
• Rounding

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: Review Front- end and Reference- point estimation
• SWB pg. 58-59
• Rounding
• SWB pg.60-61

Debrief: 

• Discuss reflect question in SWB pg.61

Homework: Computational Estimation: Lesson 4

March 30, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will explore when and why to estimate sums as well as several methods for estimation.

• Students can use different strategies for estimating.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Estimation
• Front- end estimation
• Reference- point estimation

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: estimation and place value
• Estimation Strategies
• SWB pg. 58-59

Debrief: 

• Discuss reflect question in SWB pg. 59

Homework: None

March 20, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will continue to explore using partial sums and renaming strategies as they move toward the use of the standard addition algorithm.

• Students can determine when an estimated answer is sufficient.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Estimation

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: Partial- Sums
• Estimate or Exact?
• SWB pg. 56-57

Debrief: 

• Exit slip: Estimating

Homework: None

March 19, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will continue to explore using partial sums and renaming strategies as they move toward the use of the standard addition algorithm.

• Students can recognize that nice numbers close to the numbers in a problem can be used to estimate the answer.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Estimation

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: How much do I have?
• What is estimation? How can I use an educated guess to get to an answer that is "good enough"?
• SWB pg. 54-55

Debrief: 

• Exit slip: Estimating

Homework: None

March 18, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will continue to explore using partial sums and renaming strategies as they move toward the use of the standard addition algorithm.

• Students can recognize that nice numbers close to the numbers in a problem can be used to estimate the answer.

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying
• Estimation

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: partial- sums with three three-digit numbers
• Mistake or Not?
• SWB pg. 54-55

Debrief: 

• Discuss reflect question on page 55

Homework: None

March 17, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will continue to explore using partial sums and renaming strategies as they move toward the use of the standard addition algorithm.

• Students review skills learned last week and complete the weekly assessment.

3.NBT.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.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: Review for weekly assessment
• Take weekly assessment

Debrief: 

• Exit slip: mental math

Homework: None

March 16, 2015
Objective: SWBAT........

This week, students continue Number Worlds, Level E, Addition. Students will continue to explore using partial sums and renaming strategies as they move toward the use of the standard addition algorithm.

• Students review skills learned last week and complete the weekly assessment.

3.NBT.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.

Vocabulary:

• Addition
• Double Fact
• Near Double Fact
• Nice Numbers
• Grouping
• Regrouping
• Partial Sum
• Carrying

Activity:  

• Warm-Up: Adding using partial- sum and carrying
• SWB pg 48-49
• Review for weekly assessment

Debrief: 

• Exit slip: mental math

Homework: None