It was so nice to come back after a relaxing week off from school. We jumped straight into Module 3, where we are learning to add and subtract fractions. It's always a very fun unit of math.
We are also finishing up our Poetry Anthology projects. Students have been writing many different types of poems all centered around their poetry topic. It's been wonderful to see how creative everyone is! By Monday students should have their Poetry Anthology project submitted on Google Classroom and one slide of their presentation printed out. We will be hanging up their poetry in the classroom.
Today we started our new class novel,
Blood on the River, which tells how the English settlers created the colony of Jamestown. It's always a big hit in the classroom, and leads to a lot of great conversations with our social studies as well. We will be reading the book together, and students will be working with their groups to talk about vocabulary and think deeper about the story.
To celebrate KINDNESS in the month of December, all students have the opportunity to complete 31 kind acts. In their binder, students have a calendar filled with ideas for kind deeds. I can't wait to see how our class, and our school, spreads kindness.
Our class economy is really on a roll! So many of our students have been successful in earning and saving their money... they've already purchased their desks! Instead of owing rent every month, now they can keep that money.
A fun opportunity this month... students have the opportunity to get in the holiday spirit by gift wrapping their desks! I have many fun gift wrap options and students are able to use their class economy money to purchase a gift wrap for their table tops. We should have a very festive room for the month of December!
Also, a huge thank you from our school! Thanks so much to all the classes that participated in our Kindness to Caring Gift Card Drive. We were able to give all 9 families $200 worth of gift cards. We truly have an amazing community that is willing to reach out to others, and show our students that "acts of kindness" go beyond our school. Thanks again from the 3rd Grade Kindness Ambassadors!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Monday, December 4th
- Poetry Anthology submitted & one slide printed
- Library Books due
- Wednesday, December 6th
