Super questions

Our class has been learning about how super readers ask super questions while they read.  Today, each table was given a different biography to read.  After the table read the biography, they were supposed to write FIVE super questions about their book.  We, then, "carouseled" to another table, read their bookend answered this super questions.  Our objective for the day was to be able to write/create and answer super questions.  Be sure to ask your students what are super questions.

Circles and Stars

Circle and stars is a game students play to practice multiplication facts.  Students are partnered using fair sticks.  Each set of partners are given 1 dice.  Each person has a dry erase board.  Partners take turns rolling the dice.  First roll is the number of circles drawn and the first factor.  Second roll is the number of stars in EACH circle, that is the second factor.  Students then multiply or count the number of stars to figure the product.  Easy and fun game to play at home.

Bean Division

Today we used beans to show that division is separating into equal groups or to show how many are in each group.  Just another tool for solving problems.  We spend a lot of time talking about the problem solving tools we have in our tool belt.  Tomorrow we will discuss how multiplication and division are opposites... another problem solving tool for our tool belt.

Veterans Day Fun

On Veteran's Day, we took an online scavenger hunt using QR codes to find facts about why Veterans Day is important.  We looked on three websites. We also learned about the Unknown soldier.  We scanned the QR codes to learn awesome facts about Veteran's Day.  We had to write down the important facts.  

 

Book Trailer

One of our reading groups got to be my guinea pigs.  They were given the task of reading a  book, Because of Mr. Terupt, then use an app called Haiku Deck to create a book trailer to share with others about the book and its important parts.  Click on the link below to see their trailers!!

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/fH2u5No9dX

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/LAafPHWix6

Pumpkin Math

We learn about quantitative data and qualitative data by digging in to some pumpkins.  We got to  pick  a pumpkin and name them.  We named then Bob, Bobby, and Lop.  We also did math with our pumpkins by taking out the seeds and counting the pumpkin seeds and we also weighed our self then held the pumpkin and weighed our self again then subtraced the smaller  number and thats how we got our answer.  We measured the circumference using a measuring tape.  

We also used adjectives to describe how the pumpkin looked, smelled, felt, and sounded. 

 

Halloween Partyyy

   October 29th, third grade students had the most awesome Halloween party in the gym/cafeteria.

We had lot of games.  One of the games was to hit a ghost balloon towards the pumpkins and headed back to their class the next person will do the same thing.  The next game you take a broom and sweep the pumpkin to the other pumpkin, and sweep it back.  After the games we ate snacks and took photos and felt monster teeth, ears, brains and eyeballs.  We had the most fun of all!!!