October in Room 5

This is a picture of last years' Vocabulary Parade.  Our class has searched for and found some fabulously interesting words in the dictionaries.  They are working on preparing their visual representations of their words for 10/30. The students will need to be prepared to present their word and it's definition on the 30th.  On the 31st we will join the other third grade classes in the cafeteria to share all of our new words and their meanings.  By the end of  the day we will have learned 84 new words!!!!


In Math the students have done a nice job mastery telling elapsed time by using a number line.  Please continue to work on basic math facts at home.  Next month we are going to begin multiplication!

Last week we had our first Publishing Party.  The students shared their first Personal Narratives with their classmates.  They were all so interesting and enjoyable to read.  This week we have started our 2nd Personal Narrative pieces.  We are going to be raising the quality of writing by introducing time lines for planning, finding the heart of the story, the turning point and paragraphing appropriately. 

Our Solar System Test is this Friday.  Study guides have been sent home.  There is also a study guide posted below.  Later this week we will be playing a game of Solar System Jeopardy to review.