Marvelous Monday - Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is this week.  We will have daily reminder for the students to say NO to drugs!  Today students were encouraged to wear red.  Tomorrow they are asked to wear sweats.

After the morning announcements we began our literacy block.

Today the students red their opinion paragraphs to a friend, made changes, and turned it in (online).  Then they cut apart their new word work words, wrote their initials on the back of each, and completed a header sort.  After that, they worked on the Goods and Services Google Slides presentations.  Next they wrote thank you notes to Mr. Leggett for his visit with us last week.  Finally, they practiced writing the letters f, p, and j, in cursive.

As they worked, I met with guided reading groups.

Orange:  We began with our new word work sort focusing on the long /a/ sound spelled a - consonant-e and -ai and the short /a/ sound.  After that we continued identifying the main idea of a paragraph using the fist and last sentences to help us.  For HOMEWORK the children need to read page 17 in their book and identify the main idea on a sticky note.

Pink:  We began group with our new word work sort which focuses on adding -ing to the end of a base word.  If the word ends in an -e, you drop the -e before adding -ing...if it doesn't end in -e, you do nothing, just add the -ing.  Next we continued identifying the main idea of a paragraph by looking at the first and last sentence and thinking about what the section of text is "mostly about".  For HOMEWORK the children need to read page 18, in their guided reading book, and identify the main idea on a sticky note.

Green:  We began group with our new word work sort which focuses on the long /o/ sound in the first or second syllable.  After that we continued using the first and last sentence , in a section of text, to identify the main idea.  For HOMEWORK the children need to read page 15 and identify the main idea of the page on a sticky note.

Blue:  We began group with our new word work sort which focuses on the prefixes in-, re-, ex, and de-.  After that we continued using the first and last sentence , in a section of text, to identify the main idea.  For HOMEWORK the children need to read page 21 and identify the main idea of the page on a sticky note.

After our literacy block the children enjoyed outdoor recess and lunch.

When they returned to class we reviewed some of our emergency procedures to prepare for our scenario drill this afternoon.  This included what to do in the event of an earthquake, a tornado, a code blue, a code red, or a building evacuation.

After reviewing and practicing some of these scenarios, we began our math block.

This week we are focusing on representing and interpreting division situations.  So, in small group today we practiced modeling and representing division situations.  We also identified what each number in the equation represented.

During math with a partner the children played Multiplication Bump to increase their fluency with the 3's facts.

During the technology rotation the students played Camel Times Table, accessing it via the Third Grade Web Site, to practice skip counting.

For HOMEWORK the children will view a Khan Academy lesson and practice the skill using two links on Google Classroom.

Due to our scenario drill preparation, we did not get to science.  We will tomorrow!  :-)