This week, we finished up Unit 2 of Math Trailblazers by exploring subtraction facts and testing how quickly we could figure the differences to our subtraction flash cards. In Writer's Workshop, we have been working on beginning our stories with a strong lead, or first sentence. We looked at some texts from our classroom libraries and saw how authors' leads were in different forms: dialogue, action, a question, or a description of the setting. We practiced starting our personal narratives with strong leads this week. We will be publishing one of our favorite seed stories next week. In Reader's Workshop we've been exploring nouns, verbs, and adjectives and making meaningful connections to what we read. In Social Studies, we learned all about maps & about our continent, country, state and city. We all took a quiz on Friday to test our knowledge of our home address & phone number. This Thursday was our FIRST collaboration time with our 'online' buddies. Our classroom will be working with another 3rd grade classroom in Mount Prospect, IL. We will collaborate using technology throughout the year. This experience teaches us that two classrooms, from different buildings and different school districts can come together to collaborate! This year we will 'knock down the walls of our classrooms' to take learning and sharing to a whole new level! Check back often to see what we're up to! On Thursday we had our first Skype video conference call where we met our online buddies. Then, we broke up into 6 groups and used Google Chat to get to know our buddies even more! It was a blast!
Remember: We are going on a field trip to Sonny Acres' Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday! If you have not turned in your permission slip & $6, please turn it in ASAP Also, the Kennedy Carnival is on Thursday night! Remember, you may buy wristbands before the event for $10! Only children need wristbands, not adults! But children MUST be accompanied by an adult!
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