Read-in

On Thursday after we finished all of our testing, we decided to have a Read-in (kind of like a lock-in, but with books!) I invited some guest readers to our room to read to the class, and we all gathered around to hear the interesting stories! We then pulled up the comfortable chairs, bean bag, and the floor to read our own books and share with our friends!

Mrs. Edwards, our collaborative teacher, began our festivities by reading, Walter, the Farting Dog. I followed that with the book, I'm a Booger, Treat Me with Respect. After that, we went to a comfortable spot in the room to share our books with our friends.

Lastly, our ELL teacher, Mrs. Blakeney, read a story about Venezuela. It was neat to hear her speaking fluent Spanish as she told us about some of the customs of Venezuela!

Thanks to those of you who supported us in our effort to become great readers!

Time to shine........

3rd grade students are ready for testing in their sunglasses. Each day after standardized testing and practice is over, the students are treated to a little bit of fun in the afternoon. Today, we wore sunglasses to show that we were going to "Shine through the SAT's" while we went outside and threw frisbees to "soar through the SAT's". It's just our little way of motivating our students.

I'm Not Getting Up Today........

Maybe I should have stayed at home, but........

Where else can you come to work in your PJ's and rollers (and still have a job the next day)?

What are the chances?????

We had a great time with Math on Friday. We participated in math stations with activities based on probability.

We used number cubes to find the most/least likely outcomes and to find out whose "horse" wonn the race.....

We determined the probability of winning/losing at heads v. tails.....

We found the probability of winning/losing at Rock/Paper/Scissors.....

Math is GREAT fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Day For Up

It was a "Great Day for Up" in room 215 today! We had several children dressed "to the nines" as they walked through our hallways today!

It's great fun to celebrate Dr. Seuss and all he has done for reading.....even if you're celebrating in front of a class of 3rd graders wearing a formal gown and silver high heels!

Fair vs. Unfair

Yesterday we worked on determining fair/unfair, probability and chances. With questions like, "Is it certain or impossible that we will have Math today?" and "Is it certain or impossible that a pink elephant will fall from the sky?" we learned about chances.

What are the chances that someone out there had as much fun in math class as we did yesterday? I think it would be "unlikely"!

Finally catching up

I will soon (tomorrow) be catching up in math to the point where I can do some of the awesome activities Brandy has been doing. We will be working on Probability soon. My students are really missing Math centers. Maybe tomorrow.........