Third Grade Thinkers!

Well, third graders did a lot of thinking this week. Friday was the first day of MEA testing. I was so proud of how hard they worked and the stamina they showed! This week we will be testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday...phewwwww! Encourage your children to rest. I would also encourage healthy snacks!Third grade will have NO homework this week! 

In math we have been working on multiplication and division. I would like to congratulate the following students for memorizing all their multiplications facts:

                                                      Dylan Dupius

                                        Nick Needham

                                        Duncan Carlisle

                                       WAY TO GO!!!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Holly

Our Week

Miss Cloutier was in charge this week! She did an awesome job and didn't miss a beat! Third grade is very lucky to have such an AWESOME student teacher!

In math we continued to work on Unit 6. On Tuesday, third grade will have their unit test. We will start Unit 7 after the kids long weekend. Again, Miss Cloutier and I will split the class for math. It is a great opportunity for all of us!  On Friday, we had a little math break and the kids worked on optical illusions...they came out VERY cool!

Third grade is getting much better at multiplication facts! Congratulations to Dylan Dupuis for being the first third grader to finish all 30 facts in a minute! Keep practicing!

Next week we are going to start reading fables and folktales! We will eventually tie this into our writing. As we learn more about different stories and how they are written third graders will get to write their own story!

On Monday and Tuesday third grade will have a science test of Social and Group Behaviors. We will start our next scope on Natural Hazards and their Impact. I think the kids will enjoy this scope!

IMPORTANT: 

MAINE SCIENCE FESTIVAL

The science festival is this weekend!! I think third graders will LOVE it! I will be attending on Friday night and all day on Saturday. I would love to see all my third graders there!

Here is the schedule:

http://www.mainesciencefestival.org/

On Friday we were treated to popcorn from Mr. Cyr...just because it was Friday and kids love popcorn(and so do teachers). Mrs. Chandler delivered a Dr. Seuss treat...yum!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I think I can feel spring in the air!

*We are still looking for some bigger scissors for our classroom! 

Third grade is in need of larger scissors! If you would like to help us out by sending some in that would be great!

Thanks so much!!!

Third Grade Update

I feel like it has been awhile since I have updated...third grade has been VERY busy! I can NOT believe it is March. They say time flies when you are having fun and I have to say I am having a blast in third grade!

In math we are in full swing with multiplication facts! PLEASE have your child practice facts at home. It is so helpful to them to be fluent in multiplication facts. Using flashcard for 10 minutes a night will make all the difference for them and their math skills. If you need index cards to make them please let me know and I will be happy to send some home! We will be starting a chart and reward system for third graders that are fast with facts!

Third grade finished their unit on European Explorers. They finished the unit by writing an informational letter and their own explorer!

We had an awesome community reader come visit on Monday. Thank you so much to Helen Cheney! Third grade loved the story, the stars, and the hat! Mrs. Cheney is a natural...I think we will be seeing more of her in the future!

On Monday we also started a science unit on Social and Group Behavior. Third graders had fun with some interesting activities to help them understand how animals live in herds and hunt for food. They also wrote their first CER...Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. This is a part of our new science program that helps students think more in depth about science reasoning.

These pictures show students in their herds and their pack leader trying to lead them to a water source.

These pictures show the children in herds hunting for food. The children discover it is more beneficial to stay in a pack and share food.

We ended our week with a 3, 4, 5 project to honor Dr. Seuss. We the book "Oh the Places You'll Go" and followed it up with a group project. The students were put into groups and had to pick a country, make a hot air balloon, themselves(mini), the flag, and look up facts about their country. It is so fun to see them work together! We have an awesome group of children!

As you can see we had a great week! 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Holly