We were introduced to blogging by Principal Miller this week. She grabbed our attention with the concept of each child having their own blog site. Students then created their own "paper blog" to practice before starting the REAL deal. This safe educational site will be used to respond to reading, create poetry, write stories and more. All blog posts and comments will come to me for approval before being added to the site. You have already received a list of usernames and passwords for all the educational sites we will use this year.
Ask your child about their social studies pop-up book assignment. Students that did not return their choices were assigned Willard East as their topic. Miss Betty, in the office, is an excellent source of W.E. information. Research is the only part of this project that needs to be completed at home. We will use this research to create the pop-up book and write the report in class. The completed projects will be displayed in the 3rd grade hall at Willard East. Click here for another copy of the "research worksheet".
Math "rounding" part two! Our second strategy for rounding is looking at the number next door. If rounding to the tens place, look at the number in the ones place. If this number is 5 or higher, then round up to the next 10. If the number next door is 4 or lower, then round down to the next 10. I was very impressed with how quickly our class took the two rounding strategies and used them to demonstrate their rounding abilities. Try it out. Ask them to round some numbers. :)
You are receiving this new blog post earlier than usual. I will be out of the classroom on Friday and Monday. We have two fantastic substitutes to step in. Miss Bartels and Mr. Greenhaw will follow the lessons that I've left for the class. Some of you have been so sweet to ask or send a note about my absences. Typically, I never miss a day of school due to my own personal business. Unfortunately this year I have had some unexpected medical issues. I am fine and this will soon be behind me but when you add these absences to one day with a very sick toddler and two district meetings, it means SEVERAL days out of the classroom. Thank you again for your concern and I look forward to many more days in the classroom with your wonderful children!
Ask your child about their social studies pop-up book assignment. Students that did not return their choices were assigned Willard East as their topic. Miss Betty, in the office, is an excellent source of W.E. information. Research is the only part of this project that needs to be completed at home. We will use this research to create the pop-up book and write the report in class. The completed projects will be displayed in the 3rd grade hall at Willard East. Click here for another copy of the "research worksheet".
Math "rounding" part two! Our second strategy for rounding is looking at the number next door. If rounding to the tens place, look at the number in the ones place. If this number is 5 or higher, then round up to the next 10. If the number next door is 4 or lower, then round down to the next 10. I was very impressed with how quickly our class took the two rounding strategies and used them to demonstrate their rounding abilities. Try it out. Ask them to round some numbers. :)
You are receiving this new blog post earlier than usual. I will be out of the classroom on Friday and Monday. We have two fantastic substitutes to step in. Miss Bartels and Mr. Greenhaw will follow the lessons that I've left for the class. Some of you have been so sweet to ask or send a note about my absences. Typically, I never miss a day of school due to my own personal business. Unfortunately this year I have had some unexpected medical issues. I am fine and this will soon be behind me but when you add these absences to one day with a very sick toddler and two district meetings, it means SEVERAL days out of the classroom. Thank you again for your concern and I look forward to many more days in the classroom with your wonderful children!
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