“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
– Dr. Seuss
– Dr. Seuss
VIP DAY - September 30th
Our class is getting very excited about VIP Day that will be held at our school next week. Students came up with an invitation to write and decorate in order to invite their VIP's. They are anxious to show them things that they have been learning about in school this year and to just spend time with them. VIP Day begins at 10:30 and lasts through the end of the day. Our class will be having their official VIP activities after lunch, but we certainly want to have our VIP's go to lunch with us! Third graders start getting ready for lunch at 11:30 in order to arrive in the lunch room by 11:40. Valued VIP's often have many classroom stops to make and may be hoping to catch grades K-2 for lunch at an earlier time as well. Our class will be finishing up their reading testing before lunch, so we will not be doing VIP things until after lunch. We understand you are busy on VIP Day too, but we would love to see you stop by! Students that bring in a signed permission slip from their parent to leave with their VIP for this day, may leave at 2:00. We look forward to seeing you!
Our class is getting very excited about VIP Day that will be held at our school next week. Students came up with an invitation to write and decorate in order to invite their VIP's. They are anxious to show them things that they have been learning about in school this year and to just spend time with them. VIP Day begins at 10:30 and lasts through the end of the day. Our class will be having their official VIP activities after lunch, but we certainly want to have our VIP's go to lunch with us! Third graders start getting ready for lunch at 11:30 in order to arrive in the lunch room by 11:40. Valued VIP's often have many classroom stops to make and may be hoping to catch grades K-2 for lunch at an earlier time as well. Our class will be finishing up their reading testing before lunch, so we will not be doing VIP things until after lunch. We understand you are busy on VIP Day too, but we would love to see you stop by! Students that bring in a signed permission slip from their parent to leave with their VIP for this day, may leave at 2:00. We look forward to seeing you!
Learning Engineering Design
Students have practiced the scientific process making vehicles and now we are comparing and contrasting that process to the engineering design process. Our first task in discovering the similarities and differences between these two ways of thinking and to create lifeguard chairs. Below you will see how we are doing with this activity. We will be testing out our designs tomorrow.
Students have practiced the scientific process making vehicles and now we are comparing and contrasting that process to the engineering design process. Our first task in discovering the similarities and differences between these two ways of thinking and to create lifeguard chairs. Below you will see how we are doing with this activity. We will be testing out our designs tomorrow.
Ready, Set, Go...
We have been learning about the scientific process in our class. We have read about it, practiced parts of it in our books, and finally put it into action by identifying a purpose with a hands-on activity. That purpose was to build a vehicle that could win a race. Students used research based on their knowledge and discussed different types of vehicles. This information was used to form a hypothesis, or guess, about how to get the fastest outcome during the race. Students investigated materials such as paper, large and small crafts sticks, toothpicks, straws, skewers, spools, and lifesavers. These items were used in various ways by students to design what they had imagined as the best solution. Students took their models to the gym where Mr. Carpenter served the race official for the event. Some vehicles would not move, some moved a little, and others quickly made it along the track. Whatever the outcome, students had fun and were able to return to the classroom to analyze why these things happened with the prototype they had built. Students came up with many possible problems that could have contributed to the success or lack of success that they had. Changes like size, weight, and material types, were some of their considerations about what could be switched to improve their outcomes. Top racers were Vinny, Logan, Julian, Cohen, and Gage, but everyone won in the scientific process!
We have been learning about the scientific process in our class. We have read about it, practiced parts of it in our books, and finally put it into action by identifying a purpose with a hands-on activity. That purpose was to build a vehicle that could win a race. Students used research based on their knowledge and discussed different types of vehicles. This information was used to form a hypothesis, or guess, about how to get the fastest outcome during the race. Students investigated materials such as paper, large and small crafts sticks, toothpicks, straws, skewers, spools, and lifesavers. These items were used in various ways by students to design what they had imagined as the best solution. Students took their models to the gym where Mr. Carpenter served the race official for the event. Some vehicles would not move, some moved a little, and others quickly made it along the track. Whatever the outcome, students had fun and were able to return to the classroom to analyze why these things happened with the prototype they had built. Students came up with many possible problems that could have contributed to the success or lack of success that they had. Changes like size, weight, and material types, were some of their considerations about what could be switched to improve their outcomes. Top racers were Vinny, Logan, Julian, Cohen, and Gage, but everyone won in the scientific process!
Elementary Books Read Aloud Online
Here are a few links for online books that are available to various reading levels that John Wolf from Indiana Literacy Liaisons shared.
Children's Storybooks Online Many wonderful free childrens books are available to read at Children's Storybooks Online. Stories span age ranges from preschool to young adults.
SillyBooks Animated children's books, music, puzzles and children's games that teach young children to read and write.
Storynory Storynory has published a new audio story every week since November 2005. Our lead storyteller is Natasha whose lovely voice will charm and beguile you. We draw on fairy tales by theBrothers Grimm or Han Christian Anderson. We seek out unusual stories from around the world.
Storyline Online Streaming video program featuring famous people reading children's books aloud.
Signed Stories Hi! This is your website. It’s got lots of great books to see in sign language and subtitles. Hearing family and friends can listen to the stories too. You can all watch together! We’ll add more books. So keep coming back to see what’s new. Tell your friends … click on the windows… explore…and have FUN!
Just Books Read Aloud This site was specifically compiled to be ad free, clutter free, let children follow links to unintended locations free. The site is also JAWS compatible for visually impaired parents and students.
Here are a few links for online books that are available to various reading levels that John Wolf from Indiana Literacy Liaisons shared.
Children's Storybooks Online Many wonderful free childrens books are available to read at Children's Storybooks Online. Stories span age ranges from preschool to young adults.
SillyBooks Animated children's books, music, puzzles and children's games that teach young children to read and write.
Storynory Storynory has published a new audio story every week since November 2005. Our lead storyteller is Natasha whose lovely voice will charm and beguile you. We draw on fairy tales by theBrothers Grimm or Han Christian Anderson. We seek out unusual stories from around the world.
Storyline Online Streaming video program featuring famous people reading children's books aloud.
Signed Stories Hi! This is your website. It’s got lots of great books to see in sign language and subtitles. Hearing family and friends can listen to the stories too. You can all watch together! We’ll add more books. So keep coming back to see what’s new. Tell your friends … click on the windows… explore…and have FUN!
Just Books Read Aloud This site was specifically compiled to be ad free, clutter free, let children follow links to unintended locations free. The site is also JAWS compatible for visually impaired parents and students.
Xtra Math & Moby Max
Our class uses Xtra Math & Moby Max to help students with fact practice in our classroom. These programs help students to learn facts along with building their speed and knowledge of facts. Students can access these math activities just we do in our classroom by going to our class webpage, selecting the program desired, and then logging in with your student username and pin (Student Usernames and Pins are kept on homework folders). The nice feature to these programs is that parents can also log in and check on progress. These links test the student and then moves them through adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division facts based on the child's performance. I truly appreciate it matching student needs and I think parents will appreciate knowing exactly what their child knows or needs to know. Check it out! Our class code is: HYSMRJZK if you need to set up your account at home. |
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