The Grade 3's have experienced their first week of school. The students are starting to find their way around the classroom and will continue to practice their daily routines. Each student understands that they serve an important role in the classroom. These super smart third graders came up with a set of classroom rules that they believe are extremely important in order to have a happy and welcoming environment to learn in. 3D parents should be super proud of their third grader because they are kind, helpful, and brighten up our classroom in their own special way. LITERACY We started off the week by reading the Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig. The invisible boy, Brian feels that nobody ever seems to notice hi m or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party, until, a new student joins his class. When Justin, the new boy arrives, Brian is the first to make him feel welcome. This story shows how small acts of kindness can help children feel i...
LITERACY Our book study for the month of October was focsued on the book Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. Whos is Crankenstein, you may ask? He may look like a regular school aged boy but when faced with a rainy day, melting popsicle, early bed time he transforms into a mumbling, grumpy Crankenstein! The students took part in a number of activities surrounding this book including writing a descriptive paragraph about their very own Crankenstein and a STEM challenge! In the STEM activity the students were challenged to create a calm down tool to use when they are about to feel cranky. It had a set limit of materials and it had to fit inside a pocket with a moveable part. The students made their initial sketch of their calm down tool and then got into groups and shared their ideas. Once they had some feedback from their peers, they finalized their design and started to build their fidget. They turned out amazing and the students were so proud of their creations! ...
LITERACY MARCH MADNESS: TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS Our second week of March Madness has been a blast. Thank you to all of our Mystery Readers for taking time to read to 3D! The students love trying to guess who their Mystery Reader will be each day based on the clues they receive each morning. The four books that were read this week are Memoirs of a Goldfish, Miss Raffety's Rainbow Socks, School Rules! and Wild Boars Cook. The students have voted and the two books moving on to the Elite Eight are Memoirs of a Goldfish and Miss Raffety's Rainbow Socks! Book Study: Earlier this week, I read the books "How to Catch a Leprechaun" by Adam Wallace and "The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose At School" by Laura Murray . These books provided students with descriptive vocabulary for their upcoming writing project and introduced them to their study of homophones. The students defined homophones as words that sound the same but have diff...
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