Thanksgiving Website

In technology today we will explore the Mayflower and Plymouth colony:

Mayflower website

World Series Week!

Third Grade is ready to cheer our Giants on this week!
In addition, we will continue studying Religion, Spelling, Math, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Cursive, Spanish, and all those other things…

Have you noticed how nicely your student's cursive is looking?  They are working very hard now on learning to write their names in cursive script.  This week we will be practicing writing our spelling words in cursive during the week.  The weekly test, however, will still be in printing.

We have been learning about Jackie Robinson in our Reader.  Some of the 3rd graders were surprised to learn that he was a real person and not just a character in a movie!  We will spend some time this week investigating the real man behind the number 42.  It gives us a great research topic for World Series week!
Here is the link to one video I will be sharing with the class this week:  Jackie Robinson Video

Starting this week I will be sending home the Class Dojo reports with the students' graded work on Tuesdays.  It seems reasonable to cut down on the number of days you are looking for papers to sign, check off on, examine, etc.

This week in technology we will be investigating maps!  We will be using Brain Pop Jr. to assist us in our investigations.  If you want to join us, here is the link!  Brain Pop Geography

To aid in subtraction sometimes we use base ten blocks.  Here is an online set that we use in class to better understand regrouping.  These may help at home as well.  online manipulatives
You must choose grade 3 and base ten blocks to access this!

October 13th

On Friday in our classroom we like to play Math games!  One week we played Yahtzee and last week we played "Sum it Up!" with dice and math tiles.  Yahtzee is an excellent game for the students' logic and addition skills.  As they grow in their math abilities they'll be able to use their multiplication skills to add their scores.  This would be a great addition to your family board game library!

In "Sum It Up" you make a 3X3 grid.  Each player rolls 2 dice and records each die as one digit of a two digit number.  (So, if you roll a 6 and a 2 you would record 62).  Roll again and record that roll underneath.  Then, add your two numbers together.  The player with the highest sum wins!  Challenge your child to play with 3 digit sums…add together 3 numbers…play with subtraction.  This is another good family activity!

In honor of Columbus Day we will do a web quest to learn more about Columbus' journey to the new world.  If you'd like more information, here is the link: Columbus cyberhunt
Columbus game 

And remember…GO GIANTS!

September Happenings!

We have been busy this month in 3rd grade!
We have learned about friendship in Religion and Reading and Social Studies.
We have learned about the desert in Science.
They have enjoyed 3 art lessons:  making a maple leaf person, making texture rubbings for a desert scene, and a special art lesson with Mrs. Spiegel making scarecrows!
In technology we are learning how to navigate a website and use the search engine to find an image.

We have Spanish and PE on Mondays and Wednesdays, Music on Thursdays, and Theater Arts once a month on Tuesday afternoons.  Technology and library are first thing Monday morning.

Friday, September 19, is Pirate Day!  Please send your child in uniform but accessorized like a pirate!  Hats..tattoo sleeves, bandanas, parrots...no weapons please!  Thanks to the Ansari family for providing a special pirate treat for us!

Iowa testing begins on Monday, Sept. 22.  Please be sure your child comes to school having eaten a full, nourishing breakfast and supplied with a healthy snack.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

New Week!

Today's technology lesson:  Rounding practice and finding a pirate coloring page
rounding games

Enrichment Classes

Hello Parents and Greetings from our Third Grade classroom!
This morning we had technology for the first time and watched really cool desert videos!
If your kids want to watch them again, just follow this link:
desert videos