Telling Time

We have spent a lot of time this week learning about clocks.


We have named the parts of an analog clock, and we have practiced telling time on an analog clock.


We discussed that the are different ways to say what time it is. For example, 4:15, a quarter past 4, or 15 minutes past 4.


Lastly, we have worked on elapsed time!!



Elapsed time takes a lot of practice. These pictures are of my class working on some elapsed time problems. They are working so hard!


Tonight they have homework on this skill. Be patient, they will get it!


We will continue to practice this skill in class.


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More Inventions

Stosh and Reed did a fabulous job sharing their discoveries today.



Reed made a poster to tell us about the invention of Legos. Stosh made a book explaining how and when plastic was discovered. Great job, boys!!!!!

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Invention Projects

Wow!!! The students had to choose a discovery and/or invention and research it. I was very impressed! They did a fabulous job collecting data, organizing data, and presenting data!


Morgan did a poster on the invention of the marvelous IPAD.


Meg Catherine did a informative PowerPoint on the IPOD!!!


Lily presented a poster about the invention of bifocals.


Meah had a poster on the telephone.


Kaitlin made a book about the electric oven. She said she chose this discovery because her oven at home died! Ha!!


Jamison shared a model of an electric motor. The children were quite impressed!


Luke made a model of a traffic light. He used a shoebox, colored cups, and Christmas lights. Adorable!


Erin made a fabulous display on hair products. She used this week's Imagine It story to help her!!! It was awesome!


Jazlyn made a poster to tell us about her invention, the telephone.


Noah made a creative book on the refrigerator. It opened up like a real refrigerator.


Joseph created a collage and shared with us about the lightbulb.


Abby shared a pamphlet on the automobile.


Nate shared about the invention of the car.


Caroline made a pamphlet about the invention of cotton candy. She even gave everyone in the classroom a container of cotton candy. Yummy!!


Olivia made a commercial about the invention of the toothbrush. It was very entertaining.



Abby shared an informative PowerPoint on the invention of magnets. She did an experiment with the class, and she gave each child their own personal magnet to take home.


We have two more projects to share......be on the outlook for more amazing work!!
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Christmas Crafts

We had two sweet moms come up to school on Friday to help us make 2 Christmas ornaments.











Thanks, Mrs. Amber and Mrs. Leslie!!! We had a good time!


We hope to finish them on Monday. We ran out of time on Friday. They are are going to pretty hanging on your tree this year.

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Student of the Month

This is our student of the month for December (INITIATIVE). Way to go, Abby!!!!



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Congrats

Here are our spelling bee winners!!! Congratulations, Olivia and Abby!!! They both will participate in the school spelling in January!


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Important Info

Please make sure you read over this year's multiplication guidelines with your child tonight. These guidelines are in your child's DOG book today. Please sign the contract and return it to me tomorrow. Thanks so much!!!



Let the memorizing begin.......
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Surprise!!!

Look what was delivered to me at school today. Thank you, sweet Caroline. I love birthdays that keep going and going!!!!


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Sarah, Plain and Tall

We completed our first chapter in our book study today. The boys and girls have an enrichment activity to complete tonight at home.


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A Birthday Surprise

My sweet class surprised me today with a birthday party. I had no idea because my birthday isn't until Friday which falls during the Thanksgiving Break. With early dismissal due to weather, they managed to still pull it off!


Look at this adorable cake. Jennifer Farris created it!


It was almost too cute to eat!


The boys and girls sang to me, "Cha Cha Cha" and all!


I received a very generous gift from my students! I am definitely being spoiled by this group of parents and students this year!


I appreciate each and everyone of these boys and girls. You and your parents have made this birthday super special for me. I love you all!!


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BreakFEAST

We celebrated Thanksgiving with a yummy FEAST this morning.


We had casseroles, bacon, sausage, cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, etc.


We are THANKFUL for our wonderful parents for preparing this feast!


Yummy in our tummies


The boys and girls were all smiles!


Mrs. Cleveland did a wonderful job organizing this for our class.


I think their eyes were bigger than their stomachs.


Mrs. King and Mrs. McComb were also there to help serve our hungry third graders.

It was a TASTY morning!!! Happy Thanksgiving!

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A great book....

We read this fabulous book today. Ask your child to tell you about it!


It goes along great with our Money Unit!

Multiplication in Progress

Wow!!!! Look at our lists NOW! They are almost FULL! Thanks for your help last night. Our 11's are still a little weak, but we can continue to try to think of some.



We took these groups and created math stories today. We wrote word sentences, addition sentences, and multiplication sentences.


This was my example for the class.


Erin's math story: There are 3 meals a day. I ate 3 meals for 6 days. I had 18 meals in all. 3+3+3+3+3+3=18. 3x6=18


Abby's math story: There are 8 hot dogs in a package. I have 2 packages. There are 16 hot dogs in all. 8+8=16. 8x2=16.


Meah's math story: There are 3 lights on a traffic light. I have 4 traffic lights. There are 12 lights in all. 3+3+3+3=12. 3x4=12.


Caroline's math story: A dog has 4 legs. I took 4 dogs on a walk. There were 16 legs in all. 4+4+4+4=16. 4x4=16.


Jamison's math story: A starfish has 5 arms. I saw 3 starfish. There were 15 arms in all. 5+5+5=15. 5x3=15.


Abby's math story: A traffic light has 3 lights. I saw 3 traffic lights. There were 9 lights in all. 3+3+3=9. 3x3=9.



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