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