Junior Blogger of the Week: Giovanni!

Hello I'm Gio.I don't have much to say but anyways, here is some information about myself and about my life:I'm 9 years old.I was born in Washington state. I'm atalian :).My favorite things to do are play Xbox360 with my friends and I like to do airsoft\BBgun wars.My brothers name is Dante.My moms name is Veronica.My dads name is Wilmer.I have a few questions to ask: 987 times 15= ?
What lines of lattitude run through Washington state?
99,968 times 7=?
Find as many oxymorons as you can.
How long is it from Washington state to Georgia in miles? (you may need a map).

Junior Blogger of the Week: Emma B.!

Hi class! My name is Emma B. and I am going to share some information about myself. I am 9 years old. I LOVE to dance and draw. (Those are my hobbies.) My favorite sport is tennis (even though I don't play tennis.) And I love music! My favorite subject in school is is math,and my least favorite thing we learn is UNRAVVEL. We just learned about Cesar Chavez and how he helped migrant workers get good pay and living conditions. I made a tip for adding 9 here it is: if you add 9+5 you get 14 because the 4 in 14 is one less than 5. So it is the same thing with anything else plus 9. here are all of them: 9+2=11, 9+3=12 etc.  So  like 9+8=17 because the 7 is one less than 8. My favorite are The Dork Diaries series and any mystery or any adventure books. Here is my challenge for you to solve: What did Thurgood Marshaal help end? Please try this challenge!! Here is a fun fact about my family:I have a BIG family,so we all can't sit in one room for Christmas Eve dinner!!

~Emma B.~

This Week in Class

So far, our Junior Bloggers of the Week have been doing a great job! Students, if you haven't had time to comment on someone's post, please do so! This week, we've been getting ready for the CRCT by reviewing test-taking skills. The learning hasn't stopped, however; we are still learning new things! In reading, we are continuing our figurative language unit with the chapter book, Punished! In math, we've moved on to algebra and are learning how to describe and extend numeric and geometric patterns. In language arts, we have been learning about singular and plural possessive nouns. These can be tricky at first for students! In social studies, our study of Cesar Chavez has come to an end, and we are reviewing map skills.

Challenge Time!

Challenge #1: Today, we read this quote from Professor Wordsworth in Punished!: "Why are there two ways to spell 1, and three ways to spell 2, but only one way to spell 3?" For coins in the classroom, what are the spellings of the words that the professor is talking about?

Challenge #2: Extend this pattern: 3, 5, 25, 27, _____, _____, _____

Have a great week!
-Mrs. Green

Junior Blogger of the Week: Ian!

Hi my name is Ian.I am nine years old.I like collecting rocks, and I just got finished with basketball.My favorite subject is math,reading ,and writing.I have learned DMSB.Recently, If your having trouble with it
you should practice division or.you could practice it.My favorite book is  a book called Dragonbreath.If you know division alot.You should try this out: 1,250 divided by 125 = -----.My favorite color is green.I like turtles. My turtle's name is Patrick.Please comment on the problem.

Junior Blogger of the Week: Scott!

Hi.My name is Scott. I am 9yrs. old. I like to play Xbox 360. My favorite sport to play is football.

  My favorite subject is math because there's a lot to math then just addition,subtraction,multiplication,& division.

  We are learning about LBJ. I like him because he wanted to help other people not just himself.

  My favorite books are problably the 39Clues series .

QUESTION 540 divided by 6 =?

Junior Blogger of the Week: Emma L.!

Hi everyone, it's me Emma L.I'd like to start off my post with some things you may not know about me . I LOVE to dance and sing, my favorite song artist is Michael Jackson, aand my favorite food is broccoli and strawberries.My favorite subject is social studies because we learn what they did for our country and we always looked on the bright side of what they did. I also like a book called Sugur Plum Ballerina. I'd like to hand off a challenge for all of you!


                                                                  **CHALLENGE**
                                                                     What is 84 divided
                                                                      by 4?

Conference Week

Hi Parents and Students,

This is our all-important conference week! We will be discussing the scores from your child's District Benchmark Assessment, progress so far this year, as well as the upcoming CRCT. I look forward to meeting with you all this week.

This Week in Class:

In reading today, we began the book, Punished! by David Lubar. We will be reading this book as our chapter book study for the next few weeks, and it is a great tool to teach figurative language (anagrams, puns, oxymorons, etc.).

In math, students have been learning about different types of graphs. So far, we've covered tally charts, bar graphs, and line plots. This week, we will cover pictographs and line graphs, focusing on interpreting them and using data to create them.

In language arts, we've been working on pronouns and how they replace nouns. We also finished up our Response to Literature writing sample. Students chose a book to read and had to make a text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connection.

Our social studies time has been very interesting, as we've finished Lyndon B. Johnson and have moved on to our last famous American, Cesar Chavez. We also have learned about latitude and longitude and how we use these lines to locate places on Earth.

CHALLENGE: Today's challenge actually has a reward! Today, we talked about possessive pronouns. Choose one of the following pairs of words: your/you're, their/they're, its/it's. For the pair of words you picked, explain what the difference is between the words (1 coin). Then, give an example sentence using each word correctly (2 coins). Remember to make your examples ORIGINAL. Don't copy the work of someone else. Also, don't forget to sign your name after your comment.

Have a great week!
-Mrs. Green

Junior Blogger of the Week: Noah!

Hello. I'm Noah. Here is some info about me. I am 9. I like to play video games, and watch TV. My favorite subject is Math. I like it because it has lots of important skills. My least favorite subject is Reading because UNRAAVEL takes too long. Recently I've been learning about long division. My favorite books are Diary of a Wimpy kid books. Can you answer this math challenge? 7x2x6=? Well I hope you can. Now for a happy story. Once opon a time it was Wednesday. We were having recess. Everybody wanted ice cream. So we got some. Then, we were all happy. THE END. That's all for my post.

Junior Blogger of the Week: Lauren!

Since I am Junior Blogger of the Week I am going to write about my life and my family. My name is Lauren and I love tennis and art. I play many matches of tennis and it's very fun. I like art. I draw all the time and even though it's hard to get the detail I want, I love to draw. I love my dad very much. He loves to joke around and be funny. My mom is very smart. She is currently a substitute teacher for Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry. I love her very much. I have two brothers. One is nice the other is a pain but I love them both. My dog is the cutest dog in the world. She is a min-pin. I love her so much. Every day after school she runs to me and jumps on me. She is like my own baby. As you can see, I love my family very much. Here is the question I want you to respond to: What do you like yo do during your free time?

 MATH CHALLENGE: Keri brought her pet turtle to school. If if he walks 1/2 a mile per hour, how many miles would he walk in 17 hours? If he walked another 4 hours, what would he be at then?

Weekend Reminders

Hi Parents and Students!

I hope you all had a wonderful day off yesterday. I wanted to remind everyone to make sure you set your clocks forward one hour tonight for Daylight Saving Time. Also, please don't forget that your second CRCT Booster Packet is due Monday. We will be filling in the back side of our grid so I can give away more prizes! If you haven't gotten a chance to respond to any of the earlier posts, please make sure you do. I definitely want to hear your feedback about the new educational sites (to the right) that have been posted.

Challenge Question: What is a prime number? Can you give some examples?

Have a great weekend!
-Mrs. Green

New: Educational Sites

Hi Students!

You all did a wonderful job last night trying out our blog and commenting correctly. A couple of reminders:
*Make sure you sign your name at the end of each post....no name = deleted!
*Make sure you are commenting on the correct post!
*Make sure your comments are meaningful. They should be 2+ complete sentences and should answer the question that's been asked.

Here's your next task:

*-* Try out one of the new sites on the side bar to the right. After trying one (or more) of the games, let me know what you thought about the game. What game/website did you try? What did you like about it? Was there anything you didn't like about it?*-*

Parents, don't forget that you can comment as well!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!
-Mrs. Green

Our First Class Post!

Hi students!

I know you were all so excited to try out our blog today. Here's the question to respond to: What has been your favorite thing (or things) we've done this year? It can be an activity, something we've learned about, or just your favorite part of class. Be sure to follow the BLOGGING ETIQUETTE we talked about today.

1. NO last names, phone numbers, or addresses!

2. You cannot write mean things about other students or name mean characters after other students!

3. You cannot leave mean comments (Writing a mean comment and then putting "lol" after it does not make it okay.)

4. Our blog is NOT facebook or texting. Make your comments meaningful!

5. You cannot publish a post that is not AT LEAST 2 complete sentences. A blog can help us become better writers!

6. Before posting, check your punctuation, capitalization, and spelling!

**Have fun blogging!

Love,

Mrs. Green  :)

Welcome!

Welcome to Mrs. Green's 3rd Grade Blog!!

I decided to begin this blog as an extra way of communicating with families about what's going on in our classroom! My hope is that this will also be a tool that students can use to update.
What's going on this week?

This week, we've had many things going on! During our Vocabulary/Word Study time, we've been working on multiple-meaning words and how they can be tricky when determining when to use them as a noun, verb, adjective, or other part of speech.

During our Reading time, we've been learning about making inferences. To make an inference during reading, you have to use clues from the text, as well as background knowledge. We've also been learning about our 7th Famous American, Thurgood Marshall. Today we learned how Thurgood worked diligently for civil rights by helping end segregation in schools during the 1950s and 1960s.

We've also been working on Response to Literature in writing. We read The Story of Ruby Bridges and were able to make text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections. I'm sure the students would love to tell you how similar Ruby's story is when compared to what was happening during Thurgood Marshall's time!

In math, we've been working hard to conquer LONG DIVISION! This is always a tricky concept for the students, but it is finally beginning to stick! We spent about 3 days just learning the process (divide, multiply, subtract, bring it down), and we've now been incorporating that knowledge into our math workshop problems for about 3 days.

COMING SOON:
Reading: Review for CRCT and Literature Study with the book, Punished!  by David Lubar
Language Arts: Possessive Nouns and Pronouns
Math: Data Analysis (charts and graphs) and Algebra
Social Studies: Lyndon B. Johnson and Cesar Chavez
Other: Test-Taking Strategies Unit

I hope everyone finds this new way of communicating helpful. My goal is to eventually have the students updating our website. Please come back to see our site!