Fun Friday events

Bloggers: Addison, Kailyn

We had fuel up to play 60 events to get our heat pumping and to have a little fun.We went to the gym to do a obstacle course. We did 7 stations that includes doing a Lambeau leap on mats, jumping over different things, hula hooping, we also did push ups in the space between the latter. That day was the best. Everybody loved it.

Plants

For the last couple of weeks we have been growing Wisconsin's fast plant.Each student planted about nine seeds.They are starting to grow their true leaves.We are experimenting  to see if the seeds will grow in clay and sand.So far each one has some little sprouts.

By Trista and Abby
Annika - Photographer

CAFE

Today we launched our classroom CAFE.  I wish that meant food, but it doesn't.  CAFE stands for comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expanding vocabulary.  It helps us organize our reading skills and what we need to work on.

MAP Testing = Complete!

This morning we completed our MAP testing for the fall.  The students took one math test and one reading test.   They did such a great job; you should be proud!  They listened carefully to get on the Chromebooks correctly.   They tried their best, read carefully and it showed.  I'm excited to see what they all can do this year and how much they will also grow after seeing such great starting scores! (Especially when this is brand new to them.)  

3rd Grade Consensogram

Last week we met as a 3rd grade to learn a little bit more about ourselves.  The students each had 9 stickers to place on large chart paper.  Each piece of paper had a questions.  Students put their sticker to the best answer of the question for them.  They had lots of fun seeing what was most popular.

Welcome 3rd Grade!

Welcome back to another school year! I am so honored to work with your family this year.  Please check back frequently for happenings about our room.  We will be featuring student bloggers and photographers as something new this year!  Enjoy!

Wow - it's been too long!

I sincerely apologize for the length of time between posts.  Unfortunately the blog is an easy thing to push to the back-burner!  Here is going to be a quick update on a few things we've been up to!


We have  a FABULOUS writing celebration for our first (long, difficult) unit of narrative writing.  The kids worked SO hard during this trimester.  It was fun to have a chance to share their writing with others in the grade as well as have a little "toast" to all the things we learned.

We also had a fun time with our kindergarten book buddies right before Thanksgiving.  We made a dinner plate glyph and also pumpkin muffins - YUM!

We also labeled Nolan as we began to learn about the bones in our bodies.  We only need to learn the common names in third grade but it was fun to try with the scientific names!