How to Blow a Bubble

This week we will wrap up our unit on Sequencing by writing "How-to" paragraphs.

We practiced writing a "How-to" paragraph in cooperative groups. Can you guess what our paragraph was about?

You guessed it...How to Blow a Bubble! Here were some of the finished paragraphs and our art project.

Disguise a Turkey

One of my favorite projects is Disguise a Turkey. Students took home a turkey template and created a unique disguise so their turkey wouldn't get eaten on Thanksgiving. We used them as inspiration in writing to use quotation marks with what the turkey might say.

Here are some of the most unique...

Oreo Moon Phases

To extend our learning about the moon, we used Oreos to make the phases. 

CPR

This week the Club 21 kids and teachers got certified in CPR. Learn more about getting certified at this website.

Studying the Sun

This week we started our Objects in the Sky science unit. Here are some picks from our shadow experiment. We watched how our shadows moved from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Don't forget to complete the moon calendar each night.  If you happen to miss the moon, you can check out this calendar online.

myLinkCloud

While searching for an organizational tool, I found something that I have been looking for for a very long time...a way to organize all my 3rd grade links that, most importanly, I can SHARE with students and parents.  It's called myLinkCloud and is super easy to set-up and use.  Here is my myLinkCloud.

While I was preparing myLinkCloud, I also learned how to take a screen shot on my mac!  If you hold down command-shift-4, you can take a specific screen shot.  Exciting stuff!

Capitalization Machine

This week, we learned about proper capitalization. We read a book then made posters about the six rules of capitalization. Here are a few posters the groups shared...