The Green Meadow Gazette
September 29, 2011
Upcoming & Important Events:
· Friday, October 7th – Dismissal at 12:30
Classroom News:
Rory: This week we received a postcard from New Jersey. It was from Thomas’ mom’s friend. We read it at meeting and learned that the capital of New Jersey is Trenton.
Dorinda: This week we have been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It’s about a little boy named Charlie. He finds a golden ticket so he goes to the chocolate factory that hasn’t been open in a long time. Right now in the story, the people are in the inventing room.
James: We’ve been doing number patterns in Math. Say we’re adding 7 for our pattern starting from 12. We would go 12, 19, 26, 33… I think it’s fun.
Joseph: This week in Writing Workshop we wrote seed stories about our lives. If we write a story, we will have a publishing party when we’re finished. We are in the collecting part of the process.
Alexander: This week we received a postcard from New Mexico. The capital of New Mexico is Santa Fe. Parents, please inform your relatives from different states to send postcards!
Lindsey: Last week we painted pictures of ourselves with watercolors. We started in pencil and then we traced over the lines with black crayon. The next day we painted over the crayon with watercolors.
Hannah: Ever since we started school, we have been collecting seed stories in Writing Workshop. Seed stories are little stories that can be made into big stories. When you write a seed story, you don’t write about the whole day, you only write about one moment with a person, object, or in a place.
Alonso: Our class learned about ordering numbers in Math. We did an ordering numbers activity in groups with white boards. It was fun because I like math. And it was also nice to learn something new.
Morgan: In Math we are learning how to compare numbers. You can use <, >, or = to compare. For example, 263 < 599. I like comparing numbers.
Samantha: In Science we are learning about the food groups. The five food groups are fruit, grains, vegetables, protein, and dairy. Try eat these food groups every day so you can be healthy.
David: Last week we read Time for Kids. It was about Hurricane Irene. I learned that half of a road broke down into the water because of the hurricane. I liked the pictures in Time for Kids.
Thomas: This week in Math we learned how to round numbers to the nearest hundred. We had a partner. We rolled the dice three times to make a 3-digit number and wrote our number down. Then we rounded it to the nearest hundred. The person with the bigger number got a point.
Reese: Last week we started book groups. We try almost every day to read in our book groups. All of us are reading interesting books. We are going to read all kinds of books. We read with our group, talk about what we read, and then write. I love book groups.
Graham: We received a postcard from Missouri this week, so we colored Missouri orange on our map because it’s in the Midwest. I like coloring our maps when we get postcards.
Aiden: This week we received a postcard from Washington D.C. It is not a state so we did not color it in on our map. I like the postcard project.
Robbi: Almost every day we have D.E.A.R. D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything and Read. If we read quietly for more than five minutes in a row, we can earn marbles. We have a choice to read with a partner or alone.
Henry & Brianna: On Mondays in Art, we do three things. My group (Henry) did the three leaf clover. We are making a leprechaun carrying a pot of three leaf clovers. There would be a rainbow shining on a patch of clovers. In Art, I (Brianna) chose to do three feet in a yard. My two partners and I chose to do that because it has to do with three things.
Kyleigh & Kyle: Last week in Music we danced. We also learned the Marvelous Toy song and played the drums. We all liked the new song we learned.
Hunter & Vinny: This week in Gym we played the Bucket Relay and Crazy
Tag. Taking the buckets was fun. We both liked both games.
Tag. Taking the buckets was fun. We both liked both games.
Kate & Cara: Last week in Library on Wednesday we talked about tall tales. Mrs. Patino read us Library Lil and another book. We also read two stories from a mythology book. At the end we checked out books.
Ms. Little: Thank you to all who attended Back to School Curriculum Night last week. I sent home handouts of the information I presented. Please let me know if you did not receive it, or if you have any questions about the third grade curriculum. Have a great weekend. J
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