Check SPACE folders!

Report Cards will be in your student's SPACE folder tonight!  Please take out the report card to keep, then sign and return the manilla envelope!  Book orders also will be going home in the folders today.  The due date for them is November 15th!

Thanks!

Mrs. Young :)

Creating Shapes With Straws and Ties!!

We used plastic straws and twisty ties to create shapes!  We created triangles  and squares, then moved on to changing them into parallelograms and rhombuses!  

Our Public Service Announcements

In science, we put our water knowledge to use!  We have created Public Service Announcements that revolve around current water issues.  We have uploaded these to our school youtube account, so you will not be able to search for this video.  You have to have a link to view.  Here are the links to the videos!  The third graders did an amazing job working on these, a big thank you to Mr. Slabaugh for helping us with this project!

Our Great Oil Spill Project

Water Pollution is Disgusting

Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Oil Spills

Water Pollution Is Bad

Starship Version of Saving Water

Iowa Assessments!!

Let's Get Lost!

Pam Holtz, from Washington County Conservation, came today and did an activity to test our map skills with us!  We were divided into four teams for each class, and we were given an aerial map of the school.  We had to locate 8 different spots and navigate to them using the map!  At each spot our groups got a clue about an animal, at the end we put all the clues together to figure out which animal each group had!  We had a lot of fun and did a wonderful job!  Ask your student what their groups animal was! :)

Fall Party!

Our Fall Party will be November 1st, 2013 from 2:00-End of the Day!

Storybird Online

Today we started working on new stories through www.storybird.com. 

 I will send home login and password information tomorrow in SPACE folders!  

There is a link to this website on our 3rd Grade Symbaloo page!

Inspire 

your kids 

to read, 

write, 

and learn.

Inspired by our artwork, 

tools, and community, 

kids write and read more 

using Storybird, 

improving their 

language, 

cognitive, and social skills.

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Six reasons your kids will love Storybird:

Gorgeous art

Stunning illustrations stimulate the imagination and spark creativity.

 

Puzzle solving

Writers “unlock” stories they “find” within the artwork, teasing out themes & ideas.

 

Social reinforcement

Supportive feedback in a safe setting from friends, family, classmates, writers, and artists.

Grade Booster

Teachers and kids report higher grades in writing and reading comprehension when using Storybird regularly.

 

Safe and Secure

We PRE-moderate all stories and comments, provide privacy options, and encrypt passwords.

 

It's free

Storybird is free to use, with options to buy your stories as books or upgrade your account for special features.

Everyday Mathematics Games!

To work on our addition and subtraction facts we played Number-Grid Difference, Fact Dash, and The Workshop game!

Thank You!

Thank you for all the offers to bring snack!  I took the 7 offers, if yours was one of these a half slip of paper with your date was sent home yesterday!  Thank you for all the offers to help!

Super Kid!!

Congratulations to Josie for being this week's Super Kid!!!

Hink Pinks!!!

A Hink pink is a pair of rhyming words that matches a silly definition.  For example, a black bird that does not fly fast......a slow crow!!  We worked on solving 10 of these pairs and even made up some of our own!!  This was great practice rhyming words!

Picture Retakes

Picture retakes will be tomorrow!

Check Space Folders Tonight!

Check your SPACE folders tonight for the Unit 3 Family Letter.  This packet goes over what the students will be learning in the upcoming Unit 3 in math.  The last page includes an answer key for Unit 3 Homework!

Thank you!

Math Tutorial

I had a parent ask for these at conferences and thought everyone might be interested!

Partial Sums- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgGJqLvfH3Y

Trade-First Subtraction (Partial Sums Subtraction)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttNj4h1ORBQ

Walking Field Trip to The Kalona Historical Village Quilt Museum

To correlate with reading The Keeping Quilt in reading class, we visited the Kalona Historical Village Quilt Museum today!  First, Ms. Ferry showed us a quilt made by her great grandmother, and explained how quilts are made.  She then showed us a 9 patch quilt, as well as some other examples of 9 patch quilts that can be found on the sidewalks in Kalona.  Next students got to create their own 9 patch quilts with fabric by gluing it on to card stock. After making their quilts, students got to tour the Amish quilt museum and the English quilt museum. Ask your child about his/her favorite quilts - there were lots of really neat ones!