Fraction Fun!

We have been studying fractions.  We have identified fractions, compared fractions, and we have created fractions. 

One game you can do at home is to use dominoes to play fraction war.  You need at least two people to play the game. 
1. Divide the dominoes among the players.
2.  Put the dominoes face down.
3.  Each player will then turn one of their dominoes.
4.  Look at the dominoes to see who has the largest fraction.
5.  Whoever has the largest fraction keeps all the dominoes!
6.  The game continues until one person has all the dominoes.

Websites to practice fractions!
http://www.aaamath.com/grade3.htm#topic109
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/mrsthonus/math.cfm?subpage=150593

Below are pictures of fraction posters we made and some students playing fraction games. 

Figurative Language Practice

Happy New Year!  Our first week back from the winter break was a busy week!  In writing, we practiced four types of figurative language. 
First we discussed alliteration.  Alliteration is when you write a sentence using words that start with the same letter or the same letter sound.  For example: Dad did a dance downtown.
On Tuesday, we discussed onomatopoeias.  Onomatopoeias are sound words such as boom, crash, and honk. 
On Wednesday, we discussed idioms.  Idioms are phrases that mean something.  They know that I often say "don't spill the beans" if we read a book that they have read before.  The class knows that when I say that then I mean don't spoil the ending to the book. 
On Thursday, we discussed similes.  Similes are when you compare to different things.  For example, I am as crazy as a fox. 

See the projects some of the students in the class did to show figurative language.

This is an idiom book for the idiom "hold your horses."

This idiom "hold your horses" means to slow down.

This is an example of alliteration.

This is another example of alliteration.

  
 

This is the idiom "sly fox."




This is the meaning of the idiom "sly fox."



This is an example of a comic strip filled with onomatopoeias.

This is an example of an onomatopoeia poster.