writer's notebook decoration

On Thursday, we decorated our writer's notebooks. We use these notebooks during writing time- which is four days a week in our class (Tuesday-Friday). We decorated our notebooks with pictures that remind us of things that we love. Our notebook can be a source of inspiration when coming up with an idea for a piece of writing. Enjoy the pictures from Thursday. We had a great time!

a view of our classroom!

Hey there! We have been super busy learning the past 4 days. We are off to a fantastic start in 3rd grade! Enjoy a few pictures from our classroom...

We created this graph on the first day of school to graph our birthdays.

 We wrote about what we can do well.

 Our classroom wishlist.

 Essential Questions: what the focus of learning will be.

 Our classroom libary.

 A view outside from our classroom and the literary genres.

Our classroom.

 Our cubbies.

 We highlight our name before turning in our work to help us make sure we put our name on our paper.

 Mailboxes: student work is filed here by Mrs. Rice.

 Our door.

The flowers were created on the first day of school. The center of the flower has our name and a picture of ourselves. The petals are sentences about why we are special.

first day of school!

We had a great first day of school in our classroom! I hope your child told you all about the fun things we did today. I can't wait for day #2! :)

open house

Thank you to everyone who came out to open house! It was great to meet most of our new class! Can't wait to see everyone, bright and early, on Thursday morning!

Welcome Back!

School starts in just 4 days! This year will be full of learning and fun! Please visit our classroom blog frequently for photos of what we're up to, some of our fantastic work, and upcoming event reminders. I am so excited to be your third grade teacher!

Week of April 4-8

What we're learning...

- Math: geometry (coordinate grids and symmetry)

- Language Arts: grammar, cursive handwriting, and fiction writing

- Science: compost

- Reading: character's point of view

What's coming up...

- Book Fair: begins April 8 (this Friday!) through April 15

- McDonald's Night: April 14, 5:00-8:00, N. Fayetteville St. location

- Spring Break: April 22-27

Reminders...

- Please sign your child's planner daily. Also, please be sure to look over your child's homework each night. Please sign their homework reading log on Thursday evening.

- All work sent home in yellow Tuesday folders may be corrected and turned back in for credit. Please encourage your child to correct their assignments to improve their grades.

Mac and Finn Reader's Theatre

Week of March 28-April 1

Today, you will be receiving your child's progress report in their homework folder. Please review this report, sign it, and return it with your child on Wednesday.

What we will be learning about...

• Reading: we were be reviewing how to sequence fiction and nonfiction stories.
• Science: we will be learning about what compost is and how it helps the Earth.
• Math: we will be continuing to learn about fractions. This week we will focus on circle graphs and we will have a final test on fractions on Friday.
• Writing: we are currently working on short reports about ourselves. We are also reviewing grammar and continuing to learn our cursive letters.

Upcoming events...

• March 29: Spring into Reading night at 5:30-- come see our performance!!
• March 30: Field Trip to AHS to view a play, "We the People"
• April 8: Book Fair begins
• April 14: McDonalds night

art!

this week in room 205

Week of March 21-March 25

What we will be learning about...

• Reading: fact and opinion, we will using advertisements from TV and magazines to help us understand facts and opinions. We will be creating our our advertisement posters filled with facts and opinions. Ask us at home what a fact is and what an opinion is!
• Science: we will be doing a hands-on activity about the layers of soil. We will be examining how the particles of soil layer and what is in each layer. Ask us what we have discovered!
• Math: we will be continuing to learn about fractions. This week we will focus on mixed numbers and improper fractions.
• Writing: we are currently working on short reports about a famous person. We are also working on our cursive handwriting throughout the week as well.

Upcoming events...

• March 23: picture day: be sure to wear a smile!
• March 24: PTO night
• March 29: Spring into Reading night
• April 8: book fair begins
• April 14: McDonalds night

Upcoming Events

Monday, March 7: No School, Teacher Workday



Tuesday, March 8: First Semester Awards Day at 10:00 am



Tuesday, March 8: Field Trip to Asheboro High School for John Brown Jazz Concert (for more information go here: http://ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=611 and here: http://www.jbjazz.com/)



Thursday, March 10: McDonalds Night 5pm-8pm at the McDonalds on N. Fayetteville St.

Career Day 2011