Ruth's Grandma-Guest Reader

We heard a great story called, Author, a True Story about Helen Lester becoming a published author.  She struggled and got rejected many times before, finally, she got her first book published!  She has a fizzle box which is where we got the idea for our Fizzler writing notebooks!  What a great story!  Thanks!

Firehouse and Conservatory!

Homework-Sept 27th

Spelling-Study for test

Homework-Sept. 26th

Math- HL(Home Links) p. 222

Spelling- Study for Friday's Test

FIELD TRIP TOMORROW!  Bring a sack lunch and wear comfy walking shoes! :)  Thanks to Mrs. Rao, Mrs. Doherty, and Mr. Crittenden for volunteering to chaperone!  Just FYI, we will be at the Firehouse around 10:30 and the Conservatory at Noon.

Homework-Sept. 25

Spelling-Next 10 words in spicy sentences

Permission slip to field trip

Homework-Sept. 24th

Math-NADA today (They're finishing up on their unit check-ins)

Spelling-First 10 words in spicy sentences (nothing special to do with them today)

Field Trip Permission Slips due ASAP!

Gia's Weekend with The General!

Grandma Watson-Guest Reader!

Lily's Grandma came and read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? to us.  How did she know we had just been dissecting other fruits (and counting the seeds) the day before?!  The story was a great with a lot of interesting info about pumpkins and how many seeds they *may* hold.

Pinwheels for Peace

Homework Sept 20th

Spelling- Study for Spelling Test

INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY tomorrow! Please wear white!

Thanks for all of the fruits.  We had a great time dissecting today! :)

Math Help with Elapsed Time (T-Chart)

Examples of Elapsed Time using a T-Chart

Start Time:9:15  

End Time: 11:30 /  Hours & Minutes

10:15                            1

11:15                             2 hours

-----------------------------------------------------
11:20                              5

11:25                             10

11:30                              15 minutes

Elapsed time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

Another example:

Start Time:4:45  

End Time: 8:10 /  Hours & Minutes

5:45                      1

6:45                      2

7:45                      3 hours

------------------------------------------------

7:50                      5

7:55                      10

8:00                      15

8:05                       20

8:10                       25 minutes

Elapsed time: 3 hours, 25 minutes

Elapsed Time T-Chart

Homework September 19th

Math- Worksheet on Elapsed Time.  We modified because we weren't ready to go to the minute yet, and are ONLY required to do numbers 1, 3, and 5.  If the students are up for a challenge they can try number 2 (and any others) and see how they feel.

Science - Fruit(s) with seeds (apple, strawberry, mango, cucumber, tomato, blueberry, kiwi, avocado, etc.)

Homework September 18th

Math-Homelinks p.217

Spelling-Next 10 words in spicy sentences

**Sorry, I forgot to post this once I got home!**  EEK!

The General with Stella and Family!

Photosynthesis Rap

Be careful...it's catchy! :)

Cool Plant Article!

Homework-September 17th

Math-HomeLinks p.216

Spelling-First 10 words in spicy sentences.  This week the students need to have 3 Commands, 3 Questions, and 3 Exclamations.  These don't all have to be done tonight, but can be spaced out between tonight and tomorrow.

Library books are due tomorrow, Tuesday!

Ms. Hattersley Guest Reader!

We got to hear "A Pet for Petunia" and LOVED it!  Petunia wanted a skunk for a pet and, shockingly, her parents told her "NO! They stink!"  Petunia set out to discover this truth for herself.

Thoughts from Gia

this week we learned to do fast forward,played with the bunny,and we started centers.In centers,we most of the time we do computer and reading or listening.  It was a great week.  PS.  Our teacher, Mrs. Meisinger said that we could have gum.

From Gia, the class blogger.

Homework-September 13th

Math-Math Journal p. 17 only

Spelling-Test tomorrow

Student Council Speeches prepared for those interested in running.

Homework-September 12th

NOTHING! :)

Homework-Sept. 11th

NO MATH homework tonight.

Spelling-Next 10 words in spicy sentences

*Ask a parent about what they remember of September 11th, 2001.

Homework-Monday, Sept. 10th

Math- Homelinks p.212

Spelling-First 10 words in Spicy Sentences

Mr. Siegler-Our First Guest Reader!

We were SO surprised by our Guest Reader this week!  Mr. Siegler read us Pirates Don't Change Diapers, which is the sequel to a story we read in class together (How I Became A Pirate).  We LOVED being one of the crew. "Argh Mateys!  Where be the treasure?!"  Thanks Mr. Siegler!

Homework- Wednesday, Sept. 5

Math-Math Journal p. 9 (some used "study hall" to complete this and it may not have come home...)  The students are also to bring to "survey" ideas, as explained in yesterday's post, to school tomorrow.  I gave them a post it to write these ideas on... it should be in the planner

Spelling-Next 10 spelling words to be written in spicy sentences.

October Conference Schedule

Click below for a link to the conference schedule.  If you haven't signed up for a time yet, please let me know by sending an email, a note, or write a comment in response to this post.  This will help secure your time.  I'll also try to email the attachment for those that weren't able to come to open house or were not ready to sign up.  Let me know if you have any questions!

October Parent/Teacher Conference Schedule (as of 9/4/12)

Homework- Tuesday, September 4

Math- Home Links p. 210-Problem 1 ONLY.  Also, the students have been asked to start thinking of a survey they'd want to give their classmates.  They will be asked to have two topics by Wednesday.  We'll be making tally charts and bar graphs with their collected data.  Some ideas would be "Favorite Pet," "Favorite Color," "Favorite School Subject," etc.

Spelling-First 10 spelling words in spicy sentences

Curriculum Night Information

It was great seeing many of you at Open House.  If you were unable to attend, you can click on the links to the following sign ups.  The Parent-Teacher Conference Form will be posted tomorrow on it's own link.  Let me know if you have any questions!  I've linked the two PowerPoints as well in case you're interested in seeing what we covered.  Thanks!

Apple Picking Interest

Book Club Interest

Guest Reader Sign Up

Paper or Electronic Newsletters

Parent Volunteers

The General (bunny) Play Date

Welcome Powerpoint for All 3rd Grade Parents

Meisinger Classroom Powerpoint