Junior Blogger of the Week: Karalyn!

Hi I`m Karalyn here`s some facts about me.My hobby is dance and I do it with Charlsey.My favorite color is pink and my favorite number is 9.I like playing with my friends.I also like spending time with my family.My favorite vacation of where I`ve been is New York City.The thing thatI like best about it is the Empire State Building.Thats all about me.See you next time.Challenge 84 dividied by 6 =.

Junior Blogger of the Week: Zach!

Hi! My name is Zach! i would like to share a little information about myself. I am 8 years old and i like making videos. I also have a brother named Blake. My favorite subject in school is reading because I like reading about famous people. My pets are Zeke, a dog, Chloe, a cat, and Penut, a guinea pig. My favorite books are magic tree house. did you know that Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams,MA? Here is my challenge: When did Neil Armstrong go to the moon?

Learning About Democracy

Our social studies theme in 3rd grade focuses on the origins of American democracy. We start by discovering what ideas we have borrowed from ancient Greece, including the idea of democracy, the Olympic Games, architecture, and more.

As an extension, students completed an opinion writing piece stating what they thought was the most important idea we borrowed from ancient Greece. Check out some of their responses below!

This year, students will also be introduced to some Famous Americans who have expanded our rights and freedoms. The first person we studied was Paul Revere. Students learned how some of the work he did led to helping America gain our independence from Great Brittan, one of those things being the Midnight Ride.

Students recreated the map of the Midnight Ride showing places involved, as well as the routes of all three riders: Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes.

In other news, I wanted to congratulate our class on donating over $100 towards the Paulding Christmas project! Our class came in first place for all 3rd grade classes! Way to go!

-Mrs. Green

The Midnight Ride of...Who?

We have been up to so much the past month, and I haven't had time to post as much as I'd like to! The  focus recently in social studies has been Paul Revere and the work he did to help the colonies gain their independence from Great Britain.

As a culminating project, students worked as cartographers to create a map of the famous Midnight Ride. We discussed that although Paul Revere became famous for this because of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, he was not alone! He had help from Samuel Prescott and William Dawes. I will be posting some pictures of the maps soon.

Students also had the option of taking their learned further and researching one of the 13 colonies. Here are some of the projects:

Jaxon researched Georgia.

Morgan also researched Georgia.

Charlsey researched New York.

I was really impressed by the information the students came up with. Our next unit is Government, and students will be given an at-home task to show what they've learned about the three branches. I can't wait to see the creative ideas they come up with!
-Mrs. Green

Junior Blogger of the Week: Ellie!

Hello fellow friends as you may know my name is Ellie. I am 8 years old and I play Academy soccer for SSA with Chole, Ansley, and Payton Ryan. This is my first year playing for SSA but I have played since I was 3 1/2.  My favorite colors are  Blue and gray. I enjoy gymnastics and I have taken it for six years,but this year I am not doing it because of soccer. I am in Venture with Ansley, Sarah..... My favorite subjects in school  are  reading, writing, and art. I enjoy reading because it helps me speak and write better. I like writing because it helps me read better. I love art because you  can express your emotions whether you are  happy, sad, frustrated, or any thing else and art speaks to me. My favorite things  to read  are dork diaries and books about sports. something else I like to do is my Rainbow loom kit. I have many bracelets by following videos and a book. I have even made my own patterns! My challenge for you is to divide 492 into 4 equal parts. how big is each part?




                                       bye bye for now,    Ellie

Junior Blogger of the Week: Nina-Marie!

hi my name is Nina-Marie,
I would like to share some information about myself.The firt thing you should know is that im 8 years old and I was born in Iowa and I have a pet guinea pig.His name is Rockie.My family is from Belgium which is all the Atlantic Ocean.My favorite colors are blue and pink.My favorite subject in school is social studies since you get to learn more inter action about people.My hobbies are painting nails and making Rainbow loom braclets.My favorite foods are salad and spagetti my favorite dessort is Belgium chocolate. My favorite book is Fudge Bucks and my favorite movie is Cloudy with a Chance of meatballs 2. I hoe you learnd somthing about me heres my challenge What is the capital of Italy? I will give you a hint it is also a City in Georgia.

Junior Blogger of the Week: Alicia

Hi, my name is Alicia and i am eight years old .
i like to read and write .my favorite subjects are math and reading,because reading helps me think and i like learning different strategies in math .i also really like the book Because of Winn- Dixie , but the dewberry boys  were pretty mean . in the movie, otis played his guitar well.my favorite drink is water .  my favorite food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and my favorite dessert is brownies .  my favorite specials is music . Mrs carnes is really nice . here's a little challenge 8,876x9,876.  If  you can't do it guess.

Heat Day

Tuesday was third grade's Heat Day. We use this day to do some fun heat activities to help the students have a better understanding of the concepts. Mrs. Green worked along with Mrs. LaRocca on the Solar Tube station.

 

The Solar Tube showed how black absorbs light, heat moves by radiation from the sun, and how convection (heat moving through gases) caused the tube to lift. Some students made the connect about how this is similar to a hot air balloon.

Students, here are 2 questions for you: What was your favorite station from Heat Day, and why? What's something that you learned or you thought was interesting?

Try to respond to this question over Fall Break. I hope everyone has a great week off!

-Mrs. Green

Tuesday's Challenge

Hi Students!

Here is the challenge for today. It is worth ten coins if you get it correct!

*Why do we call answers to problems such as 5 x 5 = 25 squares?

If you know, write down your answer and turn it in tomorrow. You can use any resources you need to.

See you tomorrow!
-Mrs. Green

Challenge Question

Students,

Here is the challenge question we talked about in class today. It is worth 10 coins! Do not put your answer on here. Write it on a piece of paper and turn it in tomorrow.

What is the name for a number that can only be found by multiplying it by 1? What are some other examples? 19 and 11 are examples. 19 x 1 = 19 and 1 x 19 = 19

If you think you know, write it down! You can use the Internet or other resources to help you.

Also, be sure to check out Jordan K.'s post below!

-Mrs. Green

Junior Blogger of the Week: Jordan K.!

Hi my name is Jordan K.and i'm 8 years old and I love to dance and I love the book Winn Dixie,butit is sad when Opal's mom went away.I love Math and Reading because Math helps me think better than Language Arts and Reading is my most favorite because I love Reading. I'ved learned how thermal energy movesheat and I'ved learned how conduction is when two objects are touching.Commutitive propertyis when 3+2=5 than the 5 goes with 3+2. E.x.3+2=5=3+2 . My favorite books are Goosebumps and Henry's adventure books.What is 624 divided by 60 equal if you can't get it you can just guess.

Junior Blogger of the Week: Jaxon!

Hi, my name is Jaxon and I am eight years old. My favorite food is taco salad, but i also like to eat at Japanese restaurants. My favoritedessert is cookie cake and my favorite drink is Diet coke. I like to play sports. My favorite sport is baseball, but i also like to play other sports such as football, basketball, and golf. This summer my baseball team went tothe Dizzy Dean World Series and we made it the Elite Eight. I just started playing travel baseball with a new team and I think it is going to be really fun. When I'm not playing sports I like to watch T.V., play video games,play outside, and read. My favorite book series is Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I also like books about baseball. My favorite subject in school is math. What I've learned so far this year is that there are many math strategies you can use to solve equations. I am going to give all a challenge. what is 92x27? Those are some interesting facts about me. Good luck with the challenge question!


-Jaxon

Junior Blogger of the Week: Ansley!

Helllo fellow classmates and teacher! As you may all know my name is Ansley and I am eight years old. some of my hobbies are art,talking,making people laugh, and etc.I like to play sports such as soccer, basketball, tennis, golf, and gymnastics, basically any kind of sport. My favorite food is a sub and my favorite drink is Deit Dr. pepper.My favorite junk food is donuts.I like to do jigsaw puzzles. My favorite subjects in school are reading, math, and science. I have learned how magnents attrcat and repel. I learned more about rounding and spelling. Also I realized that we had some reviews from last year. I suggest that for some of you guys to double check with strategies like place vaulue, number lines, and fact families. Some of you could even do division and multipilcation. I have favorite books such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and non-fiction sports and animal chapter books. My favorite author is Beverly Clearly because she puts a lot of comdey and thought in books.I like school because it gives you a lot of knowledge and ideas of how you want your life to be when you grow up. In school, I like venture because it gives you extra knowledge and extra smart teachers. But I love Mrs. Green just the same. I want to give you students a challenge. what is the answer to this problem : 96 divided by 4 equals? Are you up for the challenge? Well fellow classmates, that is all about me!

This Year's 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 so far? 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!

*-*If you need directions again for posting a comment, see the sheet that was sent home today.*-*

**Have fun blogging!
Love, Mrs. Green :)

First Week of School

We are off to a great start in third grade! We spent the first 2 days of school getting to know each other. On Friday, we worked on setting up some of our journals and getting organized.

Next week, we will be diving right in with our learning. Here's what's to come:

Reading-We will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie and our focus will be characters. I will also be assessing students' reading levels. We have our first trip to the media center on Friday for orientation and to check out books.

Math-Our focus will be on rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, but we will begin with some place value review. We will also be starting Number Talks, which is new to our classroom this year. A Number Talk is a daily conversation with the students as a group. It takes about 5-10 minutes and focuses on students solving math problems mentally and using a variety of strategies.

Writing-Students will be working on using writing to express their opinion on a topic using evidence/reasons.

Language Arts- We will start off with a quick review of nouns, but our main focus will be on plural and irregular nouns.

Science-Magnets! This unit is always a favorite with the students. We will be doing lots of hands-on experiments this year!

On another exciting note, it was released recently that Shelton was ranked #14 out of 1,165 elementary schools in Georgia based on our CRCT scores! I'm so excited for this year's group to blow the test out of the water yet again! You can see the other rankings HERE.

Have a great weekend!
-Mrs. Green

New School Year!

Hi! I hope everyone had a great summer! As you can see, we did not get a chance to use our blog last year, but I look forward to using this blog with my 2013-2014 class! 

For incoming students, this blog will be used in a variety of ways. I will occasionally post about what's going on in our classroom. Eventually, we will use this site as a student blog. Students will be able to post from school as the Junior Blogger of the Week. I will take time in class to go over with the students how this works. 

If you are accessing this blog and need our class website, here is the link: http://oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage.aspx?id=355198

If you need to contact me, the best form of contact is via email: LGreen@paulding.k12.ga.us 
Please let me know if you have any questions. As always, you can leave a comment at the bottom with or without having an account.

I look forward to this year with your child!

-Mrs. Green