Ms.
Little’s Third Grade Beacon
January 17, 2013
Upcoming & Important
Events:
·
Friday, January 18th
– Book
orders due
·
Friday, January 18th
– Dismissal
at 12:30
·
Monday, January 21st
– Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day (no school)
Classroom News:
Seanalee: We made cards for
Cherokee, our new student. We welcomed her to our class. Her nickname is
Cherry. Cherokee liked the fish. We became friends.
Lily: We played Multiplication
Jeopardy! There are usually 4 or 5 teams in Jeopardy. We played to practice
what we learned about multiplication. I love Multiplication Jeopardy even
though my team did not win. I would play it again. It’s a good game!
Seamus: Last week we had Library.
Nathan and I played Mini Train. It was the most fun thing there. Almost
everybody else played Snail Bob 2. Mrs. Patino talked about computer safety. We
took a test about it and we got the questions right.
Logan: In Math we learned about
Mystery Numbers. We give people three or more hints to try to guess our mystery
number. Like you could say, “My number is a multiple of 5.” Or for a hint you
could do, “My number ends with a 4.” Once your partner figures it out, you do
it again.
David: On Friday we took a
multiplication test. There were 12 questions on it. I got all 12 answers
correct. I really liked it. I liked it because I like tests better than
learning new things.
Madison: We
changed seats on the second of January. At the time, we were also making a seat
for our new student, Cherokee. I’m sitting next to her! Katie is sitting across
from her. Emily is sitting diagonal from her.
Katie: When we finished The Tale of Despereaux, we voted on a
new read aloud book called A Series of
Unfortunate Events. We have only read one chapter of the book. At the
beginning of the book there is a family that lives in a mansion. The parents
let the kids go to the beach. The oldest kid is named Violet, the middle kid is
named Klaus, and the littlest kid is named Sunny. One day, the kids were
playing at the beach when they saw a man walk towards them. When he got to them
they saw it was only Mr. Poe. He told them their house burned down and their
parents died. He said he would take care of them now.
Phaydan: During Writing we did
Tigercast News. There were three different jobs. There were reporters,
newscasters, and videographers. We split up into 5 groups. I was a reporter
with Tatyiana and Cherokee. Madison and Lily were newscasters and Daniel was
our videographer. So that is my group.
Daniel: At Gym on the 11th
we did a gymnastics unit. We had to do a forward roll. We also did points of
balance. A point of balance is how many ways you can touch your body to the
mat. Last, we played tag.
Jesse: Our class watched a movie
in Science. It was about matter. The girl in the movie was talking about water
taking the shape of a cup because it’s a liquid. The girl combined cold and hot
to melt ice cream. During the movie Ms. Little stopped the movie and asked us
questions.
Ali: Last week we went to Mrs.
Messina’s class. There, we did a science experiment with play dough. First, we
felt the play dough. Next, we dipped it in water. Last, we felt how it was
after we dipped it in water. It felt slimy. Slimy is a property of the play
dough when it’s wet.
Elizabeth: A
few weeks ago we changed our reading groups into writing groups. In our writing
groups we finished our story booklets. A story booklet is when you write all
your scenes on separate pieces of paper from your story mountain. You also have
to draw pictures to match your scenes. Most of us are almost done with our
stories.
Tatyiana: We played recorders last
week in Music. We had Mr. M. as a music teacher because Miss Lilley was absent.
We played Jingle Bells on our recorder. Mr. M. played the trumpet. He played
Pink Panther and the Star Spangled Banner.
Jameson: We finished reading The Tale of Despereaux. First,
Despereaux went to save the princess. Then he traveled through the dungeon to
find her. Last, Despereaux saved the princess. My favorite part was when he
saved her.
Molly: We got a new fish. He is
red and really colorful. We named him Fireball. We have another fish, too,
named Sir Puffs a Lot. Someone has to feed him every day.
Colin: In Cursive we learned
capital C and E. My favorite is the C! C is my favorite letter because it
starts my name: Colin! We finished all the lowercase letters! Have a nice day!
Sophia: Last week we played
Multiplication Scoot. Ms. Little passed out little square cards with
multiplication problems on them. Then she passed out another piece of paper
that was bigger with numbered squares. Then we solved our own problem and wrote
it down on the square for that number. Then we scooted to the next desk to do
the same thing again and again until we got all the way around the class.
Nathan: Last week we did a
punctuation packet. We had to put the picture of each kind of punctuation. We
had to write what we use it for and we had to write two sentences using it. The
punctuations were a question mark (?), apostrophe (‘), exclamation point (!),
period (.), comma (,), and quotation marks (“ “ ).
Brenna: We have first grade
buddies. We are getting new partners. We can read to our first grade partner
and they can read to us. We go to their class sometimes and sometimes they come
to us. I like when I get to read to my partner.
Emily: At the beginning of the
month we made January calendars. First we wrote the word January at the top of
the paper. Then we filled in the days of the week in little rectangles. Then we
filled in all the days in the month and filled in all the special events we
have in the month. After that, we decorated it if we wanted to and then we
handed it in.
Tyler: Last Monday in Art we
made graphs of when we feel loved. First, we made a picture. Then we wrote when
we feel loved. Last, we cut out a heart. Then we gave it to Mrs. Santillo. I
feel loved when we go out to eat.
It was nice to be able to read about what your students are doing.
ReplyDelete-Barry Roche