Third grade students continued to work with Math Exemplars and
were introduced to Hands On Equations (a program that teaches
kids to solve algebraic equations) with Ms. Myers. In addition,
Ms. Myers created and implemented a problem based learning task
with the children (see the article above that will also appear
in the city-wide gifted newsletter). Many students from this
class also participated in the Virginia Math League Contest
which consists of a set of 30 challenging problems that students
must be completed in just 30 minutes. What is unique about their
participation is that the contest they do is written for 4th
graders. High ability math students in 3rd grade are invited to
participate in the 4th grade contest, and some of these 3rd
graders scored higher than some 4th graders on the 4th grade
contest! See the results for the contest in the earlier post.
With Ms. Cuthbertson, some 3rd grade students worked on the
William and Mary unit Journeys and Destinations. These children
read and discussed the no