This week we:

• enjoyed 4 more read alouds. We have been focusing on good reader strategies and how READING is THINKING! 

  • • • Good readers:

        • • • make predictions

            • make connections

            • make mental images

• almost made it through all of our "kite strings" letters. We learned how to do the: i, j, u and t.

• completed our Reading Eggs placement tests. Reading Eggs is an individualized phonics program that reinforces the concepts that are taught in class. Students can access Reading Eggs at home. All of their login information is on their login sheet in their Kanga Pouches.

• wrote our next Flashback Friday entry. Students wanted to focus on chromebooks for their entry this week. 

• started our first writing unit on personal narratives. We have been learning about what a personal narrative is: a true story about your own experience.

This week we:

• practiced our new addition strategies.

• learned how to use Touch Math with subtraction. 

  • • Students say the big number first and then count back while touching the spots on the other number.

• logged into Reflex and started earning our first Green Lights of the year! Reflex is a basic facts program that is personalized to the students ability. 

This week we:

• explored the properties of solids, liquid and gases using three balloons: one filled with air, one filled with water and one filled with ice. 

• learned another meaning of the word volume: how much a container can hold/how much room a state of matter takes up

• completed a graphic organizer with our observation notes

This week we:

• played around with doodle art. We tried to recreate example doodles in circles as a form of practice for completing our art project.

• completed our positive and negative space art projects using our new doodle skills. 

Transition times in classrooms can be challenging. To encourage smooth and efficient transitions in 3B, we do Silent 30s. I give students instructions for our transition, for example, "Please put your books away and get out your whiteboards. Give me a Silent 30." If the students complete the transition request quietly and within the time given, within reason, they earn a Silent 30 point. Once they earn 30 points, they earn 30 minutes of free time. 

The students in 3B have been doing amazing with their Silent 30s and earned their first reward today! WOOHOO!