Read to self time

Macie found a quiet nook.

Uriah enjoys the comfy, blue chair.

Adley chose to read at her desk.

Joseph enjoying a good book at his desk.

I love this quote, and I so enjoyed listening to a TedTalk by this speaker. I would have loved to have heard her in person. I want to keep this in the forefront of my mind this year. They are such powerful words.
(photo credit to toddlerapproved.com)

Science journals!!

Students are doing a scientific drawing of a plant. It is a pre-assessment of their learning. It helps me to see what they already know about plants. Students are to draw, color, and label all the parts of their plant. We leave the following page blank. At the end of the unit, they make another scientific drawing of a plant. Then we compare their pre and post drawings. Students are always so excited to see how much more detailed their post-drawings are...it is very clear to them how much they have learned!

Alex is adding labels to his scientific drawing of a plant.

David and Gavin are also adding labels to their scientific drawings.

         Nailani is adding color to her scientific drawing. All scientific drawings have to follow the ABCD expectation...that is they have to be Accurate, Big, Colorful, and Detailed with labels.

Bella, Madi, and Isaac are making scientific drawings about the actual plants they are growing. Since we don't have cameras to take pictures and record the plants' growth, we have to record it with a drawing.

Tony, Lisa, and Adley are working hard to do the best scientific drawing of their plants that they can.

Nailani, Mia, Josiah, and Uriah are in various stages of creating their scientific drawing of their plants.

My Third Grade Team

Couldn't do this job without them!

Homework help

Hopefully this picture will help you with any questions about number bonds or the count by strategy from homework lesson 5.

Upcoming Learning

Reading: We have been discussing the idea of realism and fantasy with our story Boom Town. Students can determine if a story is realistic or fantasy and give evidence to support their thinking.

Writing: Currently we are writing acrostic poems to display during Open House. Next we will focus on identifying parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs and also giving examples of each. Eventually, students will be required to use all of these parts of speech in 3 different kids of sentences: simple, complex, and compound.

Math: We are building the foundation for multiplication and division. Students are beginning to understand that multiplication is using equal groups to find a total. Division is taking a total and separating it into either 1) equal groups or 2) an equal number in each group.

Science: Our science unit is called Plant Growth and Development. We plant seeds soon, watch them as they grow into plants, and travel through the entire life cycle.