March 22, 2024

 Announcements

I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break! 

Third grade will be MAP testing April 16-19. Please avoid any appointments or vacations during this time. We will test in the morning times. More information will be coming soon!

We had a relaxing camping day filled with reading by flashlight, watching a movie, and smore's treats!

In the Classroom

We finished our Benchmark unit this week by looking for the central message in a narrative story as well as a poem. 

Students finished their opinion piece this week. They were asked to read two stories about the same character, choose a trait to describe him, and support their answers using evidence from the texts. 

We finished our Fraction unit this week with a test. After Spring Break, we will get back to multiplication and division. Please continue to practice multiplication facts with 3rd graders to help improve their fact fluency.

We finished our Weather and Climate unit this week. Mrs. Hanson came in each day to do a Lego Engineer project with us. Students learned about where and when in Missouri we have to worry about flooding. Then students used Lego kits to design and code a working floodgate! Here is a video of a working floodgate as well as pictures from our week with Mrs. Hanson.

We also had a special guest visitor on Friday morning! We were able to meet and learn from Beth Finnelo who is the morning meteorologist on KOMU. 

Upcoming Events

No School, Spring Break-March 25-29

No School, Teacher Workday-April 8

Capitol Field Trip-April 11

Early Dismissal-April 24

Paxton Fun Run-April 26

Comet Culture Night-May 9

March 8, 2024

  Announcements

Thank you to everyone for attending our Parent Teacher Conference! This was our last scheduled conference, but please let me know if you would like to meet again before the end of the year.

MAP testing is quickly approaching! Third grade will be testing April 16-19. Please avoid any appointments or vacations during this time. We will test in the morning times. More information will be coming soon!

Please note there is no school on March 20 for a teacher workday.

In the Classroom

In reading this week, students have been using fictional texts to practice various comprehension skills. We analyzed a story to find the moral, made connections, and recounted story events. 

Our writing this unit consists of students completing all three genres; narrative, opinion, and informative. You will find their narrative piece in the Friday folder. They were asked to analyze the story for plot elements and then finish the ending. We also began looking at an informational text about archeologist Mary Leakey. Students were asked to write about how she changed the world. 

We have been working hard to learn all about fractions this week! Students identified fractions on a number line and learned how to use benchmark fractions to compare. 

We began our Weather and Climate unit last week. Students learned how to analyze the clouds to determine if a storm is coming. We also learned about weather predicting and climate patterns.

Upcoming Events

No School, Teacher Workday-March 20

No School, Spring Break-March 25-29

No School, Teacher Workday-April 8

Capitol Field Trip-April 11

February 15, 2024

  Announcements

There is a form in the Friday folder with your date and time for Parent Teacher Conferences. Please let me know as soon as possible if we need to reschedule. Thank you in advance for helping me reach our 100% attendance goal!

Last week, we visited the Technology Museum in our media center! The students had fun seeing how technology has changed over time and getting to explore. We were able to use a sewing machine, make a phone call on a rotary phone, and even use a pen and quill!

We had our last class with Ms. Zapata for nutrition this week. We learned about the digestive system as well as the 4 taste bud categories of sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Students were able to sample a food from each of these groups. 

We had a great Valentine's Day! 

In the Classroom

In reading this week, we used an article about innovations to help the deaf or hard of hearing. Students identified important and unimportant information and also used sequencing to determine the order of events. 

Students are busy drafting their technology opinion piece. Most students are done with their first draft. We will work on revising, editing, and publishing next week. These pieces will be ready for you to take home at our conference.

In math this week, we continued our focus on multiplication. We used a multiplication/division diagram to help with word problems and used our strategies to solve problems with larger factors. For example, we can solve 5 x 12 by breaking the 12 into a 2 and a 10. Once we solve 5 x 2 and 5 x 10, we can add the products together. 

We have continued studying Missouri's role in the Civil War this week. Students have learned about causes of the Civil War, the Missouri Compromise, and Dred Scott. We will do a short health unit next week before starting our Weather Unit.

Upcoming Events

No School-Teacher workday, February 16

No School-President's Day, February 19

Conference Week-February 26-29

No School-March 1