Weekly Update-August 28

Whew! Another week has flown by here in room 215, and we have been super busy. Keep reading to find out what we've been up to...

In the Classroom

I enjoyed reading the student cards for their Me Museum! Mrs. McClelland also took pictures for me so I could see their displays.

In math, students have been reviewing their understanding of our number system and place value. We have discussed the 3 ways to name numbers; standard form, word form, and expanded form. We also talked about how to compare numbers using greater than and less than symbols. We have learned some new games this week like Place It and Place Value Compare. Here we are playing a Toss and Talk game about number lines.

In Social Studies this week, we learned about communities. Students learned about different symbols of our country such as the flag and national anthem. Each student then designed a flag that would represent our classroom community.

We voted on the flag we thought would represent our class the best. The winner is...

Jiya's flag!


In reading, Mrs. McClelland and the students have been learning about our classroom library and how to be successful readers. In writing, students have been conducting classmate interviews. They finished the interviews this week and will be publishing them next week. We also wrote our first Weekly Journal letter. This notebook will hopefully be a wonderful keepsake for your family for years to come. Please write a letter back to your third grader and return the notebook no later than Wednesday of the following week.

Our class blogger for the week, Geeth, took pictures during Art this week. Students learned about warm and cool colors, as well as geometric and organic shapes.

Upcoming Events

September 2-Fall Picture Day (order forms in Friday folder)
September 7-No School, Labor Day
September 11-Flip Flop Hop (see note in Friday folder)
September 22-Get the Scoop Night and PTA meeting

First Week!

 We have had an amazing few days here in room 215! We have done many activities and games to get to know each other, learned all about the rules and expectations, and are quickly forming a wonderful community of third graders. Here are a few pictures of our week. 

We used the Senteo response clickers to play Would You Rather. We learned most of our class would choose to have blue hair over blue teeth!

We made name tags for our lockers. 

Students made Comet Commitment posters to review the five big ideas; Kind, Safe, Cooperative, Respectful, and Responsible. 

Caroline, our blogger for the week, took pictures of our morning Thursday. 

This is Caroline's game board from the math game Snake. This is a wonderful addition and strategy game that only requires paper and dice. Ask your third grader how to play!

Meet the Teacher

This summer flew by, but I am so excited to be back in room 215! Last night was Meet the Teacher, and it was a blast meeting all the new third graders and their families. I'm looking forward to a wonderful year. Here are some pictures of the classroom all ready to go last night!