Another great week for everyone!
Grades are currently online and all graded assignments came home on Friday. Grades that are below a 70% can be corrected and turned in for a grade adjustment!
Here is what we were up to this week.
Reading/Writing: We started foo the week with a graphic organizer that the students listed everything that the knew about the desert. They listed the animals, plants, insects, dangers, good points, and climate that they already knew about in the desert. Then we looked through Arizona Highway Magazines and cut out pictures of these things. We created a picture graphic organizer that is hanging in our classroom!
We also read the Cactus Hotel. This book goes through the life cycle of a cactus. It also talks about how important Saguaro cactus are to all the animals that live in the desert. They make their homes in living and dead cactus. Student drew a beautiful picture of the desert and use descriptive words to describe their desert scene. We also worked on some comprehension questions.
Our cookie writing is still going on. We will be editing paragraphs next week on 3 different types of cookies that we have tried.
Math: We are continuing with chapter 1. We are reviewing place value, number grids, tally charts, time, money, and looking through our tool boxes and Student Reference Books. We also learned to gather information using a Tally Chart and display it using a bar graph.
Science: This week we talked about what a plant needs to grow. We also decided to see if a plant could grow without soil. Students put 4 different kinds of seed into a dish. They soaked them in water for just a minute and poured the water out. Then they sat the seeds over night. Today when the observed them they noticed 3 big differences. We are going to continue watching them and do another project with them next week.
Spelling: Students received a new spelling list. The list consisted of any words that they missed on this week's test, and words that each child is misspelling in their every day wrtiting.
Morning Work: Each morning students are completing 2 assignments:
Read 4 Today and Write 4 Today. The reading assignment has a short 2 to 3 sentence paragraph and 4 questions to answer about it. The writing assignment either has 4 questions about writing and grammar or over the course of a week the student is asked to organize, write, revise, edit and publish a very short story. On Friday the students were assessed on both of these. Graded tests will come home on Monday.
Reminders:
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Computer Lab 8/19/08
This blog is being posted so we can use it in computer lab.
In class and on the announcements we have been talking about responsibly. We talked about all different ways that you can be responsible at home, at school and in the community. Your assignment is to post in the comment section of this blog.
Tell me 3 ways that you are responsible at home, 3 more ways your are responsible at school and 3 ways you can be responsible in the community.
Think about the posters we made in class.
Spell the best you can and don't forget to sign your first name only.
We will learn how to copy and paste so you can use this format.
Home:
1.
2.
3.
School:
1.
2.
3.
Community
1.
2.
3.
In class and on the announcements we have been talking about responsibly. We talked about all different ways that you can be responsible at home, at school and in the community. Your assignment is to post in the comment section of this blog.
Tell me 3 ways that you are responsible at home, 3 more ways your are responsible at school and 3 ways you can be responsible in the community.
Think about the posters we made in class.
Spell the best you can and don't forget to sign your first name only.
We will learn how to copy and paste so you can use this format.
Home:
1.
2.
3.
School:
1.
2.
3.
Community
1.
2.
3.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Week of 8/11/08
We had a great week in room 16! It was filled with tons of fun, hands-on learning.
Every day we started off with Reading and Writing 4 Today. These activities practice skills Monday-Thursday and then on Friday the skills are tested. I am happy to report that our class did tremendously well on both of the tests!! Way to go 3rd graders!
In writing this week, we continued with our chocolate chip cookie writing. We have tasted and written about Bakery Fresh Cookies as well as store bought cookies. We are using descriptive words to help our reader be able to make a "mental movie" of our experience. I wonder what type of cookie will be next?? We will continue this lesson next week! We have also started writing in our writing journals every day!
In reading this week, we read read several different versions of The Three Little Pigs. With each of these we compared and contrasted the diferent elements of the story. The setting, characters, villans, what all of the houses were built out of, etc. We also spent time discusssing bullying, this fit in well with the Three Little Pigs story, because we all know that the Big Bad Pig is the ultimate bully! We learned that there were two types of bullying and what we should so if we are bullied.
Math was busy this week as well! We started the week learning about number grids. The students were introduced to number grids last year, but we took them to a new level with larger numbers. We also tried our hands at some number grid puzzles. They were challenging,but fun. We also learned to use our Student Reference Book (SRB). This is new to third graders. We will use it often this year to help us with our math lessons. It is also a great help to parents if they need help understanding the math lesson. Students are welcome to take them home every eveving, but they will need to be returned to school every morning!
In unit study, we did two fun hands-on activities. The first was a bean pod observation. We learned what a property was and used our new knowledge to describe the bean pod. We also learned that seeds come from FRUIT. Hmmm, then why do we call cucumbers and tomatoes vegetables? Ask your child and they will be able to tell you!!! We ended the week with a fruit dissection activity. It was messy, but fun and full of learning! The students dissected many different fruits, counted the seeds, and then listed the properties of each seed. When they were finished, they sorted the seeds by common properties (size, shape, texture)
As you can see, we had a great week! As we were leaving on Friday, one of the students said, "Wow, its already time to go home?" That was music to my ears! I know that they were engaged and learning and forgot about the time!!!
Don't forget to post a blog, vote in the poll, and have a GREAT weekend!!
Every day we started off with Reading and Writing 4 Today. These activities practice skills Monday-Thursday and then on Friday the skills are tested. I am happy to report that our class did tremendously well on both of the tests!! Way to go 3rd graders!
In writing this week, we continued with our chocolate chip cookie writing. We have tasted and written about Bakery Fresh Cookies as well as store bought cookies. We are using descriptive words to help our reader be able to make a "mental movie" of our experience. I wonder what type of cookie will be next?? We will continue this lesson next week! We have also started writing in our writing journals every day!
In reading this week, we read read several different versions of The Three Little Pigs. With each of these we compared and contrasted the diferent elements of the story. The setting, characters, villans, what all of the houses were built out of, etc. We also spent time discusssing bullying, this fit in well with the Three Little Pigs story, because we all know that the Big Bad Pig is the ultimate bully! We learned that there were two types of bullying and what we should so if we are bullied.
Math was busy this week as well! We started the week learning about number grids. The students were introduced to number grids last year, but we took them to a new level with larger numbers. We also tried our hands at some number grid puzzles. They were challenging,but fun. We also learned to use our Student Reference Book (SRB). This is new to third graders. We will use it often this year to help us with our math lessons. It is also a great help to parents if they need help understanding the math lesson. Students are welcome to take them home every eveving, but they will need to be returned to school every morning!
In unit study, we did two fun hands-on activities. The first was a bean pod observation. We learned what a property was and used our new knowledge to describe the bean pod. We also learned that seeds come from FRUIT. Hmmm, then why do we call cucumbers and tomatoes vegetables? Ask your child and they will be able to tell you!!! We ended the week with a fruit dissection activity. It was messy, but fun and full of learning! The students dissected many different fruits, counted the seeds, and then listed the properties of each seed. When they were finished, they sorted the seeds by common properties (size, shape, texture)
As you can see, we had a great week! As we were leaving on Friday, one of the students said, "Wow, its already time to go home?" That was music to my ears! I know that they were engaged and learning and forgot about the time!!!
Don't forget to post a blog, vote in the poll, and have a GREAT weekend!!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
August 8, 2008
The first two days of school were a huge success!
On Thursday, which was the first day of school, we had lots of fun. We started off the morning taking a tour of the school. We found the restrooms, the teachers lounge, the office, the nurse, the police officers office, the music room, the lunch room, the P.E. room, the art room, the playground, where to line up AND our own classroom. When we finished the school tour, we took a tour around our own classroom.
Then, it was time for our first visit with Mrs. Marcy, the music teacher. We had a great time with her.
When we got back from music it was time to do a little writing! The class learned a little about their new teacher, Mrs. Sheber. I told the class all about me and my family. After learning about me, everyone in class wrote a letter to me so I could learn about all the students in our class. We even used the correct format for letter writing, heading, greeting, body, closing, signature. Finally, after a very busy morning, it was time for lunch and lunch recess.
After lunch, we read the first story in our our reading books. We played a fun word game called RIVET and then read a story called Miss Nelson is Missing. As we read this story we talked about how the students in the story were behaving and how we should not act like them. At the end of the day we learned how to fill outour assignment books and got our first bit of homework! . It was a great day!!!
Our second day of school was filled with lots of learning.
We started the day off learning more about Mrs. Sheber by reading a short autobiography about her and answering some comprehension questions about it. Then we learned what makes each member of our class special. We wrote a sentence about what makes each of us special and drew a picture of ourselves.
After a little bit of morning work, the students got to meet Mrs. Paulson the PE teacher.
In math today we used our homework from last night to make a math project. The homework required us to find numbers that describe ourselves. We then took the information and made a math number quilt. Mrs. Sheber is going to make this into a class book so we can enjoy it for the whole year!
We began our science unit today. For the next few weeks we will be learning about plants. The activity we did today required the students to:-estimate how many seeds were in a cup.-sort the seeds into types-count the seeds-add together all the individual seed counts to find the total number of seeds-describe the properties of the seeds (color and shape)-estimate how many seeds would be needed to make a 6 inch line-line the seed up to make a 6 inch line-estimate how many seeds would weigh the same amount as a little bear-use a balance scale to weigh the seeds and the bear
This was a fun project that required the students to work in groups of 4 to 6 kids.
If you on the left side of the my bolg, you will see a spot that says "QUESTIONS??".
To earn five Sheber Shillings next week at school, click on the work comments right below this blog and answer one of the questions from the blue section.
See you all Monday!!
On Thursday, which was the first day of school, we had lots of fun. We started off the morning taking a tour of the school. We found the restrooms, the teachers lounge, the office, the nurse, the police officers office, the music room, the lunch room, the P.E. room, the art room, the playground, where to line up AND our own classroom. When we finished the school tour, we took a tour around our own classroom.
Then, it was time for our first visit with Mrs. Marcy, the music teacher. We had a great time with her.
When we got back from music it was time to do a little writing! The class learned a little about their new teacher, Mrs. Sheber. I told the class all about me and my family. After learning about me, everyone in class wrote a letter to me so I could learn about all the students in our class. We even used the correct format for letter writing, heading, greeting, body, closing, signature. Finally, after a very busy morning, it was time for lunch and lunch recess.
After lunch, we read the first story in our our reading books. We played a fun word game called RIVET and then read a story called Miss Nelson is Missing. As we read this story we talked about how the students in the story were behaving and how we should not act like them. At the end of the day we learned how to fill outour assignment books and got our first bit of homework! . It was a great day!!!
Our second day of school was filled with lots of learning.
We started the day off learning more about Mrs. Sheber by reading a short autobiography about her and answering some comprehension questions about it. Then we learned what makes each member of our class special. We wrote a sentence about what makes each of us special and drew a picture of ourselves.
After a little bit of morning work, the students got to meet Mrs. Paulson the PE teacher.
In math today we used our homework from last night to make a math project. The homework required us to find numbers that describe ourselves. We then took the information and made a math number quilt. Mrs. Sheber is going to make this into a class book so we can enjoy it for the whole year!
We began our science unit today. For the next few weeks we will be learning about plants. The activity we did today required the students to:-estimate how many seeds were in a cup.-sort the seeds into types-count the seeds-add together all the individual seed counts to find the total number of seeds-describe the properties of the seeds (color and shape)-estimate how many seeds would be needed to make a 6 inch line-line the seed up to make a 6 inch line-estimate how many seeds would weigh the same amount as a little bear-use a balance scale to weigh the seeds and the bear
This was a fun project that required the students to work in groups of 4 to 6 kids.
If you on the left side of the my bolg, you will see a spot that says "QUESTIONS??".
To earn five Sheber Shillings next week at school, click on the work comments right below this blog and answer one of the questions from the blue section.
See you all Monday!!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
August 7, 2008
It was so fun to meet all of you that were able to make it today! I think that this is going to be a great year. Tomorrow will be a great first day of third grade! Be sure to get a good night sleep, know what you are doing for tomorrow's lunch, and bring a healthy morning snack. See you in the morning!
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