We had a very busy short week in third grade. Students learned about the structures and functions of the human eye and were visited by Optometrist, Dr. Mitzi Lewis of the Vision Clinic.  Dr.  Lewis explained how the eye communicates with the brain and even how it can play tricks on you such as in optical illusions.

We played a division with remainders game using pretzels.  Students used dice to determine how many bowls their starting number of pretzels would have to be divided into equally.  If there was a “remainder” that student was able to keep those pretzels.  The remaining pretzels in the bowl were the number the next student started with then divided into bowls.  The goal was to have the most pretzels at the end that were collected from the “remainders.”  They had a blast playing this game.  It really helped them visualize how the concept of division with remainders works.