Get ready for the class of 2028!
This week has been absolutely one of my favorite first weeks back EVER! In four short days, we have done the normal back to school procedure stuff (where are the glue sticks, how do you sign out of the room to get to the bathroom, etc.) but we have done a lot of other great things. Check out some picture of us in action this week!
One of the most important things we will learn and practice in third grade will be how to engage in civil discourse, meaning, how to have respectful conversations with people who may believe in different things. This means that you enter and leave a discussion without needing to change the mind of the other person, but that you listen intently and you might just learn something new about a topic or about the person you are engaged with. This is a hard skill and your third graders rocked it OUT!
In math, we explored number talks, sharing our thinking, mystery numbers, and our viewpoints of past years of math instruction. Getting some of the cobwebs out helps to put us on a strong path for the future!
Have you heard about the new lunch line in the cafeteria? It’s the fanciest thing since sliced bread! You’ve got to see this place!
After reading a book about how problems can get in the way of our dreams, we set goals for ourselves and made the promise to not let anything get in the way of our best efforts this year!
While doing the LOOOOOONG wait for the buses, some of my friends even took advantage of the time to help me put our classroom library together and then dig into a good book! This was NOT staged, I promise!
We remembered how to log on to the computers and did some beginning exploration of our GoogleClassroom! We made a post about what it means to build a community within our classroom full of students who respect the rights of each other. We also voted for our Student-Council Association (SCA) representative and alternate! We’re looking forward to being served by Carly and Delilah!
In reading, we learned about making predictions and using context clues (synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples) to help us figure out the meaning of new or difficult words in text. Here are some pictures of us working around the room on a context clue activity. I was looking to see how much self-control and direction following ability they had at the end of the day on a Friday, and I must say, I was VERY impressed with them!
Overall, I’d say it was a solid first week!
