Happy New Year!

Welcome back! It seemed that students were happy to return to school today especially after four snow days making for an extended winter break! We started our day sharing our winter break fun with others!

Then we reviewed the importance of reading to self each day! Students did a fantastic job and showed no loss of stamina! Yippee! In writing, we got back to our informational pieces and met with our writing partners for a final edit. Publishing starts Monday!

In math, we did some review of time and patterns and jumped into probability!

Key vocabulary: certain, likely, unlikely, impossible

What is the probability of spinning an odd number? -certain

What is the probability of spinning a number greater than 20? -likely

What is the probability of spinning number 51? -unlikely

What is the probability of spinning a 3-digit number? -impossible

You can practice with your student by making your own spinner at home and/or using colored paper squares in a bag, etc. Have fun!

We finished our day with a fun New Year resolution activity! Ask your student about his/hers!

Finally, we can't wait to start science on Monday! 2014 is here, and we are excited about the second semester!

Happy Holidays!

Today we enjoyed our holiday party! Thanks families for organizing and helping!

Students made snowflakes!

They ate delicious snacks!

They played "Pass the Present..."

...and unwrapped it layer by layer!

They tried to guess the word on their back!

And they even had a snowball "fight!"

It was lots of fun! Thanks to all again!

Happy Holidays!

Christmas Song Mix!

Check out our class Christmas song mix where each student tells what he or she would like for Christmas this year!

Click HERE to listen to the song!

Thank you, Mr. Smith!

Holiday Ornaments

Today we made holiday ornaments with our third grade school pictures! We hope you enjoy them and cherish them for many years!

Buddies!

Yesterday we met with our buddies! We taught them about putting first things first and made stockings to show our wants and needs for the holidays this year!

Plains Indians Tribe Projects

Students worked in pairs to research a Plains Indians tribe and then used Google to create a presentation to share their new knowledge! Click here to view all student projects!

Social Studies Project

In social studies, we have been learning about the Plains Indians. Today we started a project! We're researching Plains Indians tribes and creating Google presentations! Stay tuned!