Cold Days call for Hot Chocolate!

Holiday Program

Thank you for your patience in waiting for the videos to upload!  Click on the link below to see them:

Program: "Do You Hear?"

Program: "There's Someone in the Chimney"

Program: "Three Ships"

Winter Fun

Well, snow has officially made its appearance...right in time for last recess.

The President joined us for last recess. 

Hour of Code

Did you know that our class is filled with computer coders?  Here is proof:

Questions!!!!!!

The students are developing their questioning strategies this week.  One activity that we are doing is asking questions before, during, and after a story.  Today, I showed the students the David Weisner book, Tuesday. They each wrote questions that they had after looking at the front cover and the title page.  Next, we looked at the book (it is an almost-wordless picture book with flying frogs) and wrote questions as we "read".  In order to share the questions, the students "Mingled with Music".  The video below shows them as they walk around the room while the music plays, stops and finds the nearest student, and shares the questions they wrote. The music starts, and off they go again!  I hope you enjoy the video!  They sure enjoyed the activity.

(This link is to the shared google album that I created for our class.)

Third Grade Videos

Dec 7 to Dec 11

Hello families!  Here are out learning goals for the week:

Reading: The students are investigating the question "How do geography and natural resources affect a community?"  They will be reading about this in their textbooks and small readers. They are also identifying the strategy of asking questions to understand something. The Word Study for the week will focus on the endings -ed and -ing.

Vocabulary: tourist, village, trade

Math: Multiplication Strategies

Writing: Dictionary Poems

Remember, the Winter Music Program will be next week on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The 3rd-Graders will be performing their songs at 9:30 a.m.