Last Day of School

We had an amazing last day of school today with our field day!  Although the class spent most of their day with other teachers, I did get to see them before the day was over.  Thank you for sharing your kids with me this year.  I'm always anxious to have some extra time with my family when the school year wraps up, but sad to say good-bye to the kids I've watched grow and learn.  

I hope you have a wonderful summer!

Lessons & Assignments Wednesday, May 18th

Language Arts - none - We reviewed parts of speech, main idea/details, synonyms & antonyms, and sight words today.

Math - none - We used our math block today to do some fun hands-on science centers.  The students got to explore inertia and fingerprinting with me, then made helicopters with Mrs. McConnell, and practiced classifying objects and more inertia with Miss Vegter.

Science - none - We took a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. today.  We learned all about being a zookeeper, and the unique animals at the zoo.

Social Studies - none - We used our social studies time to clean out our desks and lockers today.

Reminder:  Field Day tomorrow - no book bags needed!  

Lessons & Assignments Tuesday, May 17th

Language Arts - none - We reviewed concepts and skills today.  We finished up our part-of-speech review, worked on homophones, and contractions.

Math - none - We rotated through some math review centers today, brushing up on addition, multiplication, money, fractions, and geometry.

Science - none - We took our chapter 15 test today, and our 4th quarter assessment posttest.

Social Studies - none - We used our social studies time to celebrate a couple of classroom birthdays!

Lessons & Assignments Monday, May 16th

Language Arts - none - We did some review activities in class today.  We practiced finding the main idea & details, and parts of speech.

Math - none - We took some end of the year assessments.

Science - none - We reviewed for tomorrow's test.

Social Studies -none - We read a Scholastic News article about volcanoes.

Red Carpet Readers

Congratulations to Ysabell, Kaitlyn, Peyton, Grace, & Gwyn for all meeting their 4th Quarter AR goals.  Way to go ladies!  Mrs. Pratt and I are so proud of you!

Lessons & Assignments Friday, May 13th

Language Arts - None - We completed our DOL, and took our spelling and vocab tests today.  Students were also provided with time to make one final push towards their AR goals.

Math - None - We took our chapter 12 test today.

Science - None - We read about waves today.

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article on women's hockey today.

Lessons & Assignments Thursday, May 12th

Language Arts - study spelling and vocab - We completed our DOL and spelling page in class today.  We also took our reading tests today, and had time to continue working on our AR goals.

Math - None - We reviewed for our chapter 12 test tomorrow.

Science - None - We read about forces today.

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article today.

Surface Tension

We investigated forces such as gravity and surface tension today.  Students were challenged to make a paperclip "float" on top of the water in their cups.  Only one group was able to get it to work.  I sent home paperclips for my competitive friends that wanted to keep trying!

Distance & Speed

Today in science we read about distance and speed.  We learned that two things might go the same speed, but can stop at different distances.  We also learned that we can go the same distance, but move at different speeds.  We discussed how to measure with a clock and with rulers.  To test these concepts out, students had to work in teams to record the time it took to walk down the hall, and compare it to the time it took to crawl down the hall.

Lessons & Assignments Wednesday, May 11th

Language Arts - read passage, read AR book - We completed our DOL, spelling, and grammar page in class today.  We also reread our selection story.  Mrs. Pratt's small groups worked on grammar review skills, and my groups worked on our leveled readers.  This week's leveled reader was a play, and the kids did a great job reading their parts.  Friday is the last day to take AR quizzes, so reading an AR book is homework tonight.  Please complete and sign the form tonight.  We will fill in the quiz score tomorrow morning.

Math - None - We combined several skills today when we learned about relating shapes to fractions and area.

Science - None - We read about distance and speed today.  We had a fun time testing both of these concepts out in the hallway today.

Social Studies - None - We did not have social studies today due to the early dismissal.

Lessons & Assignments Tuesday, May 10th

Language Arts - read passage - We completed our DOL, grammar, and spelling pages in class today.  We read our weekly story, and practiced on Spelling City.  Today students had to use the 30 Hands app to demonstrate their spelling words.

Math - None - We learned about how to classify plane figures today.

Science - None - We had Ag in the Classroom today where we learned about cows, and had a chance to make butter!

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article today.

Reminder - Early dismissal tomorrow

Lessons & Assignments Monday, May 9th

Language Arts-  read passage, grammar review 8 - We completed our DOL and grammar page in class today.  The students also had some time to review spelling words on the Spelling City app.  We reread our weekly story, then finished up a compare and contrast activity from last week.  The students had to compare and contrast the story we are reading to the video we watched on Friday.

Math - None - We learned about triangles today, and how to classify them based on their number of equal sides and the measure of their angles.

Science - None - We read about types of motion today, then went outside to try them out!

Social Studies - None - We finished watching our field trip presentation videos today.

Force & Motion

We started our final chapter on force and motion today in science.  We read about different types of motions (back & forth, zig-zag, straight line, fast motion, slow motion), then headed outside to try them out!  The students had to work with a partner to demonstrate a motion while their partners recorded it on the iPads.  We came back inside to show our videos and explain the motions we demonstrated.

Triangles

We learned all about triangles today!  Although the students are already familiar with triangles, today we learned that they can be classified by the number of equal sides, and the measure of their angles.  To practice this idea, we used spaghetti noodles and marshmallows to build triangles.  We discovered that if 2 noodles were shorter than the 3rd noodle, we couldn't make a triangle.

Red Carpet Reader

Congratulations to Josiah for meeting his 4th quarter AR goal!

Lessons & Assignments Friday, May 6th

Language Arts - None - We completed our DOL and spelling page in class today.  We also watched a movie clip of the old TV show, Ramona.  Next week the kids will compare and contrast Ramona in our story, and Ramona in the movie.

Math - None - We practiced drawing quadrilaterals today.  We had to review a bit from yesterday's lesson, and took some notes on types of quadrilaterals to help us remember their properties.

Science - None - We used our science time for math review today.

Social Studies - None - We continued watching our field trip presentations today.

Lessons & Assignments Thursday, May 5th

Language Arts - read passage, grammar review 2 - We completed our DOL and grammar page in class today.  We listened to our story, and practiced our spelling words on the ipads.  The students also answered their comprehension questions today.

Math - None - We took our mid-chapter quiz today, and completed lesson 12.5 on classifying quadrilaterals.  We discussed squares, rectangles, rhombuses, and trapezoids.

Science - None - We used part of our science time for math today.

Social Studies - None - We used our social studies time for math and corrections today.

Lessons & Assignments Wednesday, May 4th

Language Arts - read passage, grammar review - We completed our DOL, grammar, and spelling page in class today.  We listened to our weekly story on our ipads, and Mrs. Pratt updated everyone on AR progress.  Students were given time to work on their 4th quarter AR goals.

Math - None - We learned about parallel, intersecting, and perpendicular lines today.

Science - None - We took our chapter 14 test.  The results were amazing!  Well done 3rd grade!

Social Studies - None - We started watching our field trip presentations today during social studies time.

Red Carpet Readers!

Congratulations to Dom for meeting his 4th quarter A.R. goal!

Lessons & Assignments Tuesday, May 3rd

Language Arts-  read passage - We completed our DOL and grammar page in class.  We reviewed our vocabulary words, and read our weekly story.  We also took our STAR reading assessments today.

Math - None - We learned about classifying polygons today.

Science - None - We reviewed for tomorrow's test in class.

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article about dinosaurs today.

Lessons & Assignments Monday, May 2nd

Language Arts - read passage - We completed our DOL, spelling, and grammar page in class today.  Students were given our new spelling/vocab lists.  The tests over these lists will be on Friday, May 13th.  We also read our new reading passage together.  I introduced our new vocabulary words, and the students worked on their vocabulary packets today.

Math - None - We learned about angles today.  We learned the difference between angles that are greater than a right angle, less than a right angle, and ones that are right angles.

Science - None - We made maracas today to study how sound is made.

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article.

Vocabulary Slide Show

Click HERE for this week's vocabulary slide show.  

The test over these words will be on Friday, May 13th.

Lessons & Assignments Friday, April 29th

Language Arts - None - We took our spelling and vocab tests today.

Math - None - We learned about plane shapes, and discussed the difference between closed figures and open figures.

Science - None - We read about sound today.

Social Studies - None - We read a Scholastic News article about how headphones and earbuds can hurt your hearing.