Let’s Dance
We have been learning high and low sounds and notes, singing songs together, and playing instruments for different words and sounds in the song. We have been putting motions with the songs and dancing around the rooms.
People on the move
We are talking about people on the move. How did America become so great? How were the states formed? We are also learning about importing and exporting products.
Faith
We are learning about Abraham and his faith. We learned about God telling him to sacrifice his only son. He was a man who trusted God even though he did not understand what was happening.
What can we see?
We are learning about science and how it works. Our class has a microscope that we use to look at things that we set under it. We looked at crystals under that microscope and discovered they were salt crystals. It was fun guessing!
2X2=4
It has been a fun two months. So far, September we started out with subtraction and addition. October took us to measurement and multiplication. Yes, 3rd grade is multiplying!
Self Portraits
Students have been having lots of fun making Heuri Matisse-style self portraits and practicing with the color wheel.
Miss Kleinschuster
Dollars and Sense
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we are completing our first unit, titled Dollars and Sense. We learned about building a community, trading & swapping, smart saving, money; it’s value and how kids can have a business. One of the stories we enjoyed most was when we read how money is made in the U.S. Mint. We have also learned that when we read an unknown word we should look to see if it has a prefix or suffix, spot the vowels, split into syllables and read the word. As we learn to LOOK, SPOT, SPILT & READ we are going to become awesome readers.
Mrs. Jimenez
Benchmark Tests
Unit Benchmark tests are being done this month. It’s our chance to show off how much we learned in Unit 1. All of our reading skills, grammar practice, and hard work will pay off. We can’t wait to see what the next Unit theme will be… Maybe money? Or friendship? Or animals? Or perhaps something international? There are so many amazing books to read!
Literacy day Fun
We’re blasting off into reading this year! We hit the ground running and we’re so excited to see what this year will bring. Bringing our stuffed animals in for Literacy Day was so much fun. If we’re ever home and want to read out loud we can read to our stuffed animals. It might seem a little silly at first, but it’s a great way to practice reading. (And we think it’s a lot of fun too!)
Miss DiGiovanni
Mavis Beacon
We have just started their fall typing unit. We are currently taking a fall speed test and will be working on improving their typing skills for several weeks. We are working mostly in Mavis Beacon, though 1st and 2nd Grade are getting to use Word pad as well.