We have a great week in Room 29 doing all sorts of exciting Halloween learning activities which culminated in our fantastic Halloween party on Friday. Thanks to our room moms and volunteers for all the great food and fun!
All our students did such a great job on their mystery mask project. They had fun parading through the other 3rd grade classrooms in their masks! Aren't they adorable!
This week in Language Arts students worked on a non-fiction text features scavenger hunt using National Geographic for Kids magazines and some of their non-fiction texts from our classroom. They had to find various text features, cut them out, and paste them down in a folder. Everyone had a great time looking for captions, maps, charts, headings, and all sorts of other text features that help readers better understand non-fiction stories.
In Writer's Workshop, students learned how to organize their writing into sub-topics and create chapters for the non-fiction books they are writing. They also learned how to "try on" new structure/strategies to help them organize their thinking and come up with new ideas. Some of the structures we learned about were: boxes and bullets, pros and cons, and cause and effect. Students had plenty of opportunity to try on these strategies to see which ones worked best for them and their topics. I am learning all kinds of great information about hockey, swimming, soccer, polar bears, Himalayan cats, and many other topics about which your children are experts as I conference with kids and look over their work.
In science, we spent time reviewing for our unit ending test on rocks and minerals and took the test. Next week, students will be moving on to learn about Matter with Mr. Bassett!
Students got the chance to be the teacher this week in math. First, they worked in cooperative groups on elapsed time problems. Each group had to solve their problems and display their thinking on chart paper. Later, students worked in small groups at their tables to answer questions about weights. Then they had the chance to come up to the Smartboard and teach their question and strategy to the rest of the class.
In addition to our regular activities, this week we had some special fun because of Halloween. For morning work, children had the chance to write their own, original spooky stories. They also worked with partners to create an original mystery, which they shared with the class.
On Friday, we had a fabulous time eating goodies, playing games, and making crafts during our Halloween party. Please see pictures of all the fun on our Edline page under the Rockstars at work and Play heading in the right hand sidebar.
We have successfully filled up our classroom bucket again! Congratulations to everyone in room 29 for their great behavior, their kindness to others, and their hard work. We will be having a celebration of reading/pajama day on Friday as a reward. There will be a note with further details going home in your child's folder this week.
A reminder that there is no school on Tuesday due to election day! Don't forget to get out and vote!
Hope everyone had a happy, safe Halloween!
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