A Third Grade Thanksgiving!

To celebrate Thanksgiving, we had a Third Grade Thanksgiving feast!!  We were so fortunate to have so many parent volunteers to help serve the meal, and thank you thank you to everyone who donated food for the feast!! We had vegetable stew, popcorn, apples, trail mix, corn bread and pumpkin fluff for dessert!  Yum!  :)

Thank you, parent volunteers!!

Identifying Genres!

In Reader's Workshop, we are working on identifying different genres of literature!! This was a fun interactive bulletin board for the hallway!

Our classroom bulletin board display!!  

Click here for the printables for this Genre activity!!  

A Fun Way to Practice Reading Fluency!

 In Reader's Workshop, we are working on both comprehension and reading with fluency.  These Reader's Theater plays were a fun way to practice reading with fluency!  The kids had so much fun in their costumes!! 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks

The entire "Goldilocks" cast

Hansel and Gretel

Last, but not least... The Three Little Pigs!! :)

Writer's Workshop Celebration!

We have been working so hard in Writer's Workshop this year!!  So far, the students have published one Personal Narrative and one Realistic Fiction story.  To celebrate all of our hard work, we read our published stories to the students in Kindergarten.  It was so much fun!! An added bonus was that this year's Kindergarten teachers, were last year's Second grade teachers.  So the students got to show off their hard work to their teachers from last year!

So excited to get to read with Mrs. Corson! 

Thank you , Kindergarten!! 

Fall Party

 On Tuesday afternoon, we had our Fall Party!  We are so fortunate to have so many wonderful room mothers!  We played games, made bookmark crafts, and ate yummy treats!  What a great way to kick off Fall Break! Thank you, Room Mothers!! 

Candy Corn Relay!

Yummy!

Learning about Measurement with Pumpkins!

This week we had a fun pumpkin activity that also helped us learn about measurement! We started by estimating the height, weight, circumference and length of the stem for five different pumpkins.  Then, it was time to get out the measuring tapes to measure the actual size of the pumpkins.

Getting out the measuring tapes!

Working with partners!

Getting Ready for Donuts and Dads

After a day of Acuity testing, we ending our day by making centerpieces that will be used on Friday for Donuts and Dads.  The kids did a GREAT job.  The pumpkin "leaves"  each have a message for dad!  :)

I loved this student's message to his dad :)