A Peek at Our First Week of 2009

In Math, we are beginning multiplication. We will need to learn and memorize our multiplication tables. We are starting a new Science theme: The Human Body & Nutrition. In Reader’s Workshop on Monday, we reviewed story elements while reading Pete & Pickles. We discussed the different genres of fiction and nonfiction. This week we focused on Realistic Fiction books. We read Thank You, Mr. Falker and Going Home. We also read Axle Annie and the Speed Grump. In Writer’s Workshop we worked on more personal narratives about First Times and Last Times. We received 8 new postcards this week from the states of: Kansas, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Tennessee, Georgia, and West Virginia. On Thursday we did Flexible Math Groups in the afternoon. We visited other third grade classrooms for math. Today is Polar Express Day, since we missed it on December 19th due to the Snow Day. Today we had our first Spirit Day Assembly. The whole school gathered in the gym and recognized students who were generous during the month of December. Abel received the award from our classroom! Congrats, Abel! We also learned our new School Pledge which is: “Today I promise to do my best, I will be responsible with my actions, I will be respectful to myself and others, and I’m ready to learn!” Kindergarten shared with the whole school some of their songs (like the alphabet song and the months of the year song). Next month, the Spirit Assembly will award respectful students! We also started using Tumble Books this week, which is a website where we can read and listen to books online. This week in cursive, we learned the letters h and k. Siyana is taking Speedy home this weekend. Have a good weekend!

P.S. We FINALLY were able to paint our landform models that we made quite awhile back. They took forever to dry, but we painted them this week. Check out the pictures below: