This week we will be studying ..........

This week we will be studying base endings ed, ing, ed, er and est.  We will be reading and writing with words using the endings. We will also do our first writing assessment to a county writing prompt.  In Math we will continue with place value to ten thousands place.  Please keep helping your child at home with basic addition and subtraction facts.  In Social  Studies we will continue to study government and why government is important.  We should finish reading our Stink book this week about the Super Smelly Sneakers during our story time. Please encourage your child to read for 15 minutes each night.  Don't forget to read your way to the race, there is still time to read chapters or books for a free ticket to the race.  Friday will be spirit day wear your blue and orange.   It is going to be a wonderful week in third grade.

We are Back!!

We are back to learning in room 13.  We are enjoying being back together and starting our third grade adventure.  Be sure to check out our blog weekly and see what we are learning in room 13.

Halfway through our Summer break

I am sure everyone is enjoying their summer break!  Don't forget to be working on your summer think and stretch book.  It only takes a few minutes each day to do your brain workout. I hope all of you have been reading some good books this summer. I know I have! I have read 10 books so far!  I have planted lots of flowers and herbs this summer.  What have you been doing leave a comment to let me know.  So far my most exciting moment this summer has been going with my son to Virginia Tech for his orientation before he moves there in the fall.  It was a HUGE campus and it was fun to walk around and look at all of the buildings, I even got to ride the bus that takes students all over town.  Have a great Independence Day!!  I hope you get to enjoy some fireworks!  Does anyone remember what country's contribution was fireworks?

Our 1st week of summer!

We are almost finished our first week of vacation.  I hope everyone has started their Thinkstretch books.  I have finish my first book, The Mouse and the Motorcycle.  This will be a read aloud for story time.  I  have been busy with meetings and workshops.  I have learn some new tricks I can not wait to use in the classroom.  I will start learning to use the IPAD better since we will each have on and we will be able to use it all day.  Have fun enjoy your summer and don't let your brain drain.

ThinkStretch Summer Learning!!

Yesterday ThinkStretch Summer Learning workbooks were sent home.  Please encourage your child to do a little each day to stop the summer brain drain.  Click below to a link to the ThinkStretch website.  There are some great free activities!!

Thinkstretch Summer Learning

Awards Day!

As our year is ending we celebrated our accomplishments at our year end awards yesterday!Check out our Tweet!

Scholastic News Weekly Reader

It is no secret that our class loves Friday because that is Scholastic News Weekly Reader!!  We love the interactive aspect of Scholastic News Weekly Reader online.  After searching for text features and new vocabulary, we watch the video and make a few notes about what we know already and what we want to know.  Now is the fun part we let the interactive magazine read to us!  Now it is time to get out the highlighters and do the second read that is more detailed.  Now we are trying to find the main idea and at least 3 details.  We also try to answer what we wanted to learn.  This leads us to some great discussion and google searches to find out more.

Here is the link to the interactive Scholastic News

The students know how to go back and search the back issues and reread.  Please encourage your child to go back and share their favorites with you.  Play the games, discuss the vocabulary and enjoy the videos.  Scholastic News Weekly Reader also has an app for mobile devices and it is FREE!  The app has most of the same features as the web version.  We will move up to the 3rd grade version next fall.