Dear Parents,
Please click on the following link to find out more about Everyday Math. This website includes family letters that explain the homework pages along with the answers!
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/family_letters/
Classroom Social
Ms. Musters' Class Social will be Monday October 5th at 5:30p.m. Please meet at the Mark Twain Pavillion for a chance to meet and mingle with the parents and the cute kids in Ms. Musters' class! Dinner and drinks will be provided. Look forward to seeing everyone there.
Story Surgery
We are in the process of learning the writing cycle. In this picture we are performing story surgery! Revision is when we look at our writing again and think about how to make it better by cutting something out, exchanging words, rearranging words, or adding more. Water Experiment Day
How perfect was it that it rained all morning on our water experiment day! The day was a huge success and the students learned so much about the different properties of water. I hope they take the knowledge learned today and continue to try experiments at home. Each child had a file with recording sheets of all six experiments. Please take a moment to have them teach you what they discovered. A HUGE thank you to Grant G's mom for all your help. I couldn't have done it without you!!! Our Favorite Place in the Room
is none other than the reading area. The students will choose the reading center at every opportunity. Art A La Carte
Our first Art A La Carte with Mrs. Hively was a huge success. The students did a great job asking inquiring questions before beginning their own works of art. Everyone (as you can see) is working very intently on the project. Number Words
In order to write a number in word form we thought it would be best if we learned how to spell number words. That led to a cooperative group activity where each group had to find the numbers and make a poster that everyone could read. Math WorkStations
We are busy working independently in math workstations. In these photos, we are using Toss and Talk to learn about place value.Toys Go Out
I am sure you have heard by now that we finished reading, Toys Go Out. Everyone enjoyed the book immensely and I thought I would turn their love for the book into a learning experience. First, we all brought out favorite stuffed animal ( I did too!). Next, we mapped out a story about our animal. The last step is to use the map to tell the story. We are writing drafts in our Writer's Notebooks. I cannot wait to read these exciting stories. In the meantime, we have begun book two which is Toys Dance Party!Graphing
In math, we are exploring data in the forms of a bar graph, tally chart and line graph. The way you organize the information is helping in finding the minimum, maximum, mode, range and median. We used a coded alphabet chart to determine the value of each letter in our names. Next, we put the letter towers together and graphed the results in the hallway! One conclusion for these problem solvers was that we were not accurate in our counting. Which led us to discover that there be another way to count instead of by one's. Science
We love going to ancillary classes twice in a row. You can accomplish a lot! Today the students performed an experiment and recorded the results in their science notebooks. I couldn't resist taking a look....The Discoverers!
The Discoverers had a great time with the summer tee-shirt activity! We recognized that we are all unique and different, but we are still a part of one community. Everyday several students present their work to the class and we learn a little more about each other. The students ask questions and give each presentation a round of applause. Great work, everybody!
Everyday Math Boxes
You will be hearing and seeing the math boxes through out the year. There are found in the workbook for Everyday Math. There are usually six boxes on a page and each box has a different type of problem. They may be for practice or for review. Summer Fun
We continue to build our community through getting to know you activities. The students first created a pattern around the perimeter of the plate. Next, they sketched a picture (a mental image) that could be used to tell a story about an event that happened during the summer. Last, they explored the medium of watercolors by painting the image. The results are hanging in the hallway. The project continued with an oral storytelling time where the students sat together and shared using the picture plate as an object to help remember the story. The last part of the project will be the written stories(which I am typing upon request). The First Test!!
Yes, it's true after only one week we had tests!! One of the tests this week was an open book test where the students had the option of working together to discuss the answers. They did a great job. I loved walking around the room listening to them talking about the book and deciding together on an answer.Friday is the big test day. We normally have a reading test, spelling, states, math and grammar test. Your students should be well prepared if they have been in class and have completed their homework every night. I told the students they should review this work with their parents when it comes home in the Tuesday folders. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
Water World
Our first planner is Water World. We are discovering a lot about water. Did you know that there is only 1% of fresh water available for human consumption? Ask your third grader what they know about the percentages and how it affects our world right now. In these pictures the students are working in groups to generate questions about a picture involving water.Getting to know you
We are working together to build a community and in the process we are learning so much about each other. This is our Tee-shirt project. The students had a great time creating a tee-shirt that shows some of thier favorite things. Once completed, the students will present the information to the class. Math All Around Us
The students worked together in cooperative groups to create a poster of everywhere they use math. They came up with some great answers. Then we practiced, "Stand and Deliver" where one student in the group spoke to the whole class telling what they wrote and why. Very impressive. In the beginning...
The fun part of the new school year is creating a new community for all the students. The first response from my old third graders: "It is so different in here. Everything has changed." This is only the first attempt to make our classroom a welcoming, safe learning environment for your children.
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