Their portfolios are in order. Their scripts are written and practiced. The students have examples of their reading comprehension, their writing, and their cursive. They have an inventory of their behavior and feelings about school. Today they practiced with a partner reading their scripts and going through their portfolios. They are ready to take the lead!
It was great to see more students dressing up as jacks in a lumber camp. We had a great day going on a noun scavenger hunt looking for five examples of five different nouns (singular, plural, common, proper, and possessive) as we practiced when and how to use an apostrophe. Students also enjoyed making and eating axes made of cheese and pretzels. Students finished filling in their scripts to lead conferences next week. At the end of the day, we worked on our super hero papers. They look awesome! You can see for yourself at conferences! Our noun scavenger hunt! Delucious axes! Super Chloe wore her cape proudly! Just a few of our super hero pictures!
You still have time to order quality literature for inexpensive prices online. Books go wonderfully in Easter baskets (just let me know, and I will keep your order a secret). Our classroom code is FLZP8. I won't place the order until about 9:00 tonight, so order anytime before then! Just go to www.scholastic.com and click away!
Mr. Johnson, Clay's dad, brought in authentic lumbering tools that his great grandfather used in the Ludington area in the 1800s. It was great for the kids to see the actual, used and rusty tools. Thank you, Mr. Johnson! We read two nonfiction articles about using log marks in lumbering. We discussed why they used log marks and what they normally used to represent their logging company. Students had to draft log marks that they would have for their company, then they transferred their favorite oneti a log slice that Mrs. Roesler's husband cut for us. Thank you Mr. Roesler! We also did a shamrock drawing and coloring to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! We have had an exciting and busy week of learning. Our third graders have worked hard on finishing up their essays, publishing their essays on the computer, writing another essay in one sitting (rather than spread over an entire unit), being interrupted by a good book by some wonderful readers, learning about lumberjacks, and comparing characters from two different books that we read. Phew! Ty interrupting the class with a good book! Students are getting real good at using boxes and bullets with parallel structure to help organize their thoughts and ideas. We call it our planning for writing. Autumn was the super hero of the week- such a fitting title for her! She shared a book with us and shared her wonderful poster, too. She not only wore the cape, but wore a beautiful smile on her face. On Friday, we dressed up as different Shantyboys that work at a camp. We had a big push, cooks, barn bosses, blacksmith, and lumberjacks. It was so good to see the kids dressed up! Clay made a double sided ax and a two man saw out of cardboard and duct tape. I love his enthusiasm! Samantha interrupted with a good book while dressed like a cook. We also finished typing out our essays in the computer lab. We compared the characters Elmer and Jeremy from two different books by writing if we agree or disagree that they learned the same lesson. We first filled out a graphic organizer to help organize our thoughts, and then we used it to write a four paragraph essay, with parallel structure. We did most of it together, but students will soon be organizing and writing about two characters on their own. I am looking forward to next week with more learning! |
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