Money, Money, Money!

Earlier this week, I talked a little about our Third Grade economy system. The students earn credits and may have debits throughout the year and at the end of each quarter, the students practice their entrepreneur skills by creating and selling a product (or service). We are blown away each quarter! The students are so creative! Take a glimpse into yesterday's sale. Click on the first photo check out a short flipagram that showcases the event!

Third Grade Sale

I love, love our Third Grade Economy. It's so interesting to see how students embrace our economy system. There are students who work hard to earn every.single.dollar.possible. They spend very little and count their "money" often.

One of our favorite activities is our Third Grade Craft Sale.  Students make and sell items or a service at our quarterly sales. We've had students sell bracelets, lip gloss, ornaments, just to name a few. 

Students sell and buy items during these sales. 

Our next sale is Friday. We can't wait to see what the kids make to sell! 

Language Arts Block

We got back into the swing of things this week. Students were excited to begin our new book study with The Year of Miss Agnes. Our focus is how a character's environment and culture impact behavior. Below are students participating in a shared reading experience of a chapter.

We are continuing to track the daily temperature of our area and Koyokuk, AK. Last week we had record cold temps. Now look at the current temp in Koyukuk! Wow! Can you imagine?

Looking forward to a great week!

The Year of Miss Agnes

We are studying the text The Year of Miss Agnes in Language Arts. This fictional story takes place around Koyukuk, AK. We will be recording daily temps for our area and Koyukuk. My plan was for the students to understand how our two climates are so different and to better understand the hardships faced by the characters. However, today's comparison may confuse them! Are we in Alaska?!

Celebrating the Holidays

This is the time of year I miss teaching First Grade. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE third! But I do miss Polar Express Day, Celebrations around the World, and Grinch Day. This year with snow days and testing, we did very few holiday activities. Students did get to participate in math and literacy stations.

We did celebrate the holidays with our annual Holiday Party. Thank you to our WONDERFUL third grade parents for making our holiday parties so meaningful!

Hello?...Hello?...Is this thing on?

Well hello there! Long time no see. We have been busy, busy here in third. I just have not gotten around to posting things. Honestly, we've been so busy I haven't even taken that many photos! You know how it is. "I'll do it tomorrow." And then you blink and it's four months later! I am hoping to post much more in the new year, but I am not making any promises :).

 One event that I did take photos was our Veterans' Day Assembly held November 11th. It was so heartwarming. Each grade level sang a patriotic song and every veteran there was recognized. Take a look!

 

The Third Grades sang a beautiful song to our veterans that moved us to tears! Here's a short clip.

 

How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World

What do you think? Could we dig a hole to the other side of the world? This is the question that was posed to students as our first science unit began. We read the book of the same title. After our discussion we went on a treasure hunt looking for the Earth's treasures of soil, rock, sand, water, and air. Check us out as we work as scientists to explore the earth around us.

Mrs. Holt-Taylor

We are SUPER READERS!

Welcome to the 2013 school year! I am Mrs. Langston and I teach Language Arts to our third grade students. We have had an exciting start as we begin to explore our literate lives and learn what "real reading" looks and sounds like. Here's a peek of what we have been up to the last few weeks.

Where do readers read? What do readers read?

 

Real Reading vs. Fake Reading. We are SUPER READERS! We will...

Read with Expression

Use strategies to decode unfamiliar words

Make Connections

Use text to support our thinking

Challenge ourselves

Pause at Periods...and much more.

This lesson came from Hope King.

We are now learning about metacognition. This is all helping us prepare for our first unit of our Language Arts program. I am counting down to the big reveal!

Everyone Needs A Buddy

Last Saturday was a special day for one of our Third Grade Friends. With permission from her family, we are excited to share the special day with you. The Buddy Walk of Cincinnati supports the National Down Syndrome Society and helps raise funds for research and education. The Third Grade Team was proud to support our friend and this important cause. Students donated money throughout the week and on the most beautiful Saturday, we gathered at Sawyer Point to support Team Elizabeth.

 

Team Elizabeth raised $725!! Thanks for your support! If you still want to donate, please click on the photo below.