Informational Writing Publishing Party

Today we celebrated our fabulous Informational writing pieces with students from the other 3rd grade classrooms. We learned about so many different topics and saw how our author-friends used the different nonfiction conventions to teach us.

Good Bye to Mrs. DiPietro

The Third Grade sang We're Gonna Miss You When You're Gone to Mrs. DiPietro today. We wish her the best on her retirement .

Hour of Coding

 

Today we participated in An Hour of Coding.  We had SO much fun!  We're going to continue working on coding in class this year.

 

 

 

 

Salem Witch Trials

As part of our unit on the Puritans we learned about the Salem Witch Trials in class.  Here a link if you are interested in learning more :

http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/index.phphttp://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/index.php

Topic 3 Math Assessment and the Chrome Books

Yesterday we logged on to our brand new Chrome Books to take our Topic 3 Math assessments on line.  The students did a fabulous job navigating their way through the Pearson website along with working out their problems on a separate piece of paper. 

Plimoth Plantation

We had a wonderful time today visiting Plimoth Plantation.  We experienced daily life of the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims of the 17th century. 

 

Educational Links

Every week we go to the computer lab.  We will be working on a variety of different topics.  So far, we have worked on Dancemat Typing and Fun 4 the Brain.  These are both fantastic sites that your child can log on to at home.  Dancemat Typing gives your child practice with keyboarding skills in a fun-filled way .  http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr


Fun4thebrain.com has practice tests as well as fun mathematics games that the children can play.  http://www.fun4thebrain.com/

We are going to begin a unit on the Wampanoag Native Americans and Pilgrims.  The following site brings you right to the plantation.  We will be visiting this site in the classroom in the coming weeks.

http://www.plimoth.org/

Parent Information Night on Envisions and new Report Card

There will be a Parent Information Night to present the new math program "Envisions" and to go over the new Report Card with parents on Wednesday, Novemeber 6th at 6:30 at Oak Street Elementary School.  If you can attend I'm sure it will be well worth your while.

Lunar Eclipse Wednesday, October 8th 6:25 am

What is a lunar eclipse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9smPJ7d_A5c



How to watch a lunar eclipse:
http://mashable.com/2014/10/06/lunar-eclipse-october-8/

Writer's Workshop

We have been working on our first Personal Narratives.  We have chosen a small moment story to tell.  We are in the process of drafting and revising.  Here we are working with our partners :

Summer Reading Celebration

We were fortunate enough to enjoy the storytelling by Len Cabral at school on Wednesday.  He was amazing!! Thank you to the PCC and to the Kennedy students and families.  100% of our Third Graders participated in summer reading!!

Mystery Reader

Please consider being a Mystery Reader in our class this year.  Mystery Readers are scheduled to come in on Wednesday afternoons from 1:15-1:30.  Check out  the following link on Signup Genius to learn more... Hope to see you soon!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084eaca92fa31-room

Welcome to Room 5

Welcome to Room 5. We're off to a great year.  Here are some pictures of our Math Workshop :

 

 

We've already started learning cursive!! Everyone is doing so well!!

 

 

We love our Brain Breaks with GO NOODLE!

Butterflies!!!

We arrived this morning to a full butterfly habitat.  Unfortunately we will be letting them go in our butterfly garden this afternoon after we get a chance to observe them.  They may have been enclosed for 3 days so we want to give them the freedom they need to thrive.

 

May Update

Wow, even though April was a quick month we accomplished so many things!  Our field trip to the Providence Philharmonic with Mrs. Mac was fantastic.  The students completed and presented their research on an historic figure from Massachusetts at our annual Wax Museum and they did an amazing job. 

We are working on Personal Essays in Writer's Workshop.  The students are writing about subjects that have meaning for them, sports, special people and places in their lives and animals, among other things. 

In math we are finishing up a unit on Area and this week we are taking the Mathematics MCAS exam.  The children are well prepared.  I am confident that they will do well.  Please encourage your child to get to bed early and eat a healthy breakfast. We will be ending the year with a unit on division.  I anticipate this may be difficult for the students who have yet to master their basic multiplication facts.  It is imperative that the students practice their facts in order to develop automaticity and mastery.  PLEASE set aside time every day to practice these facts.

In Science we are starting a unit on Living Things that will include plants and butterflies.  We are anxiously awaiting the arival of our butterfly larva.

Next week we will begin our annual reading incentive program.  Reading daily is such an important activity in all of our children's lives.  Please encourage them to read.

Personally, I'd like to thank you all for all of the wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week goodies that we have enjoyed.  I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
:) Jill

April Update

Spring is finally here!!! It's great to be able to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and our fabulous playground again.  In class we have been very busy finishing up a unit on Poetry.  The children have written numerous poems that they have compilied in to books.  We will be celebrating and sharing our poems with each other soon.

In Math we are completing a unit on Fractions and Line Plots and are moving along to Bar Graphs, Pictographs and Capacity.  In the next few weeks we will also be preparing for the Math MCAS tests that will be given to our third graders on May 6th and 7th.

Our interactive read aloud book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.  It's such a fabulous book for visualization and character trait study.  The students are working in pairs or in one case, a triple to read Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. As the back of the book reads :"Everything King Midas touched turned to gold.  John Midas had... The Chocolate Touch!"  This is another fun and engaging story. 

This week invitations were sent home for our annual Wax Museum along with a checklist to help the students along with completing their projects.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  I'm looking forward to seeing you all on April 30th at 9 am :)

Fraction Games

Watercolor Painting with our Haikus