Ms.
Little’s Third Grade Beacon
April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013
Upcoming & Important
Events:
·
Thursday, April 4th
–
Dismissal at 11:25 for Conferences
·
Friday, April 5th
–
Dismissal at 11:25
·
Thursday, April 11th
– Open
House
·
Friday, April 12th
– Book
orders due
Classroom News:
Ali: In
our book groups after we read we talk about what we read. In my reading group
we are reading a book called Tales of a
Fourth Grade Nothing. Each time we read we look at the paper with questions
on it. The questions on it are discussion starters, like I wonder… I predict… I
was surprised when… Each person answers a question.
Seamus: Last week we watched a
video about Paul Revere. It taught us about the midnight ride and the
Revolutionary War. When it talked about the Sons of Liberty it said that the
leaders were John Hancock and Samuel Adams. The Sons of Liberty were a group of
colonists that wanted freedom from England. On the midnight ride, Paul
Revere rode around telling everyone that the Regulars were coming.
Molly: We read Time for Kids
last week and one of the articles was called Too Much Stuff! It was about a
girl and a boy who had a lot of stuff. The girl said she saw things on TV and
they looked really good, but when she got them they weren’t actually that good.
I have a lot of stuff too, and some does not work.
Tyler: Last week in Music we
first played Stella Ella Ola. Then we split up into groups of girls, girls, and
boys. And whoever didn’t want to play practiced on their recorders. After that
we played Doggy Doggy Where’s Your Bone? Finally, we went back to class.
Sophia: In Art last week we made
sculptures out of wood. We used wood glue. When we were done we did free draw.
Free draw is when we draw whatever we want. I drew a baby.
Phaydan: In Math, we played
Division Jeopardy. We had 4 teams. We had to find something we had in common
with everyone to make our groups. My group was Elizabeth, Cherrie, Sophia, and
Tatyiana. The more fake money the question was worth, the harder it was.
Katie: In Math, we divided by 0
and 1. An example is 0 divided by 1 = 0 and 7 divided by 7 = 1. The rule for
dividing with 0 is that everything is 0. The rule for dividing by 1 is that
everything divided by itself is 1, and anything divided by 1 is the number you
started with.
Colin: We are reading the 3rd
book of A Series of Unfortunate Events. I
love books! In this book, Aunt Josephine is afraid of almost everything, from
the front step to her car. We have read the 1st and 2nd
book. Now, we’re on the 3rd book. Also, Count Olaf has found them
again!
David: In Math, we practiced for
math MCAS. It was in a packet with three pages. The whole class did it
together. The questions were mostly word problems. It was fun. We also have to
do one for homework.
Nathan: In Math we had a division
test. It was a test that is based on division. There were all sorts of division
questions. Here is a question: Divide 30 buttons into 5 bags. How many buttons
would be in each bag? I LOVE MATH!
Daniel: We are learning about
geometry in Math. Geometry is the study of shapes. We looked at 3-D shapes like
cubes, pyramids, rectangular prisms, and cones. We made posters for our shape.
We made the posters in groups.
Lily: In Writing Workshop we
read Prudence Wants a Pet. We talked
about the big idea in the story. I like Prudence because she’s funny. Prudence
gets a stick for a pet… it breaks. At the end, Prudence finally gets a pet and
she loves it!
Cherokee: In Library Mrs. Patino
has us sit down and we talk about stories and we use the computers. Then it’s
time for book check out. We watched something about Paul Revere. Then we got to
play games on the computer. Then we left to go home.
Madison: We
received postcards from Arkansas and Maine. One of our
classmates had them sent in. Ms. Little has the person read the postcard at
meeting. Then Ms. Little put them with the other postcards. We have a lot of
postcards. We need to get all 50 states!
Logan: We played Division Scoot
in Math. Division Scoot is a math game. Every minute we scoot. On a little
paper on each desk is a math problem. There are big papers that we scoot with
and write our answers down on. The other paper we don’t scoot with.
Tatyiana: We played dodge ball and
soccer in Gym. We played soccer with a big ball. Then we switched the ball to a
small ball. I love soccer now! You get to play with your friends and have fun.
Jesse: We went to a presentation
in the cafeteria. The presenter’s name was Officer Phil and he did magic
tricks. He was really funny. He drew a stranger on a white board and he asked
us if the stranger should have a bushy mustache or a small mustache and we all
said bushy. Officer Phil talked about how we shouldn’t talk to strangers. Phil
brought out Cosmo the alien and he kept interrupting. I learned not to talk to
strangers.
Elizabeth: On
Monday we had extra Gym because we filled up the marble jar. In extra Gym we
played doctor dodge ball. When you play doctor dodge ball, you have a team
captain and they have to choose people for the team. I was on Madison’s team. And then you pick a doctor
and a nurse without the other team knowing. Then you start throwing dodge balls
and if you get hit you sit down where you are and the doctor or nurse can come
and high five you and you’re back in. If the other team hits the doctor or the
nurse then you can’t get back in.
Emily: Last week we learned a
new spelling choice. It is Sign Language. When we do Sign Language we have to
get a partner. When we get a partner, then we get our spelling notebooks, and
then we sit down somewhere and this is what we do. We look at the first letter
of the word and show it to our partner in sign language, and then we make all
the letters in the whole word. Our partner has to figure out which one of the
words on their list we are spelling out.
Seanalee: We learned what
homophones are. They are words that sound the same but they are not the same
meaning. One example is wood and would. One more is see and sea. We played a
matching homophone game. We matched the homophones that meant the same.
Brenna: We have 1st
grade buddies. We read with them last week. We can read to them or they can
read to us. We go every other Wednesday. Sometimes we go to Ms. Burns’ class
and sometimes they come to us. My buddy is Ann.
Jameson: Last week we went to the
Paul Revere Presentation. I was Paul Revere Jr. At the presentation, we learned
about Paul Revere and his ride. Everybody had a part in the presentation. I
learned that Paul Revere got captured by the British soldiers in Concord.
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