October 16th

Language:
We are in our last week of our teamwork unit and read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever.



Reading:
Our Mini Lesson was on Summarizing. We discussed the SWBST method!


Math:
We started learning about Division today using an hands on approach. Diving counters into equal groups!


Science:
We started our new Unit in science about plants. Today we learned that bees pollinate flowers by taking pollen from the pollen dusters to the sticky stigma.

October 13th

Morning Assembly
Blake was our class spokesperson and he informed everyone that 3/4 of our class has brought their homework back everyday and our class has received 50 compliment cards from specials teachers this quarter! Averie and Kooper were announced as our 2nd quarter ambassadors. Way to go 3rd grade team!


Language:
We used teamwork to construct our very own patchwork quilt!


Reading:
All of our reading groups are enjoying their group books and our reading responses are leaps and bounds ahead of where we started.

Math:
We took our chapter 4 Test today. Everyone in our class earned an A or B on this test! Yay!

Social Studies:
We took our Maps Unit Test today.

October 12th

Language:
We Discussed the teamwork that it took to make the patchwork quilt and began making our own quilt squares out of paper.

Reading:
We focused on when, where and how to use commons in our writing using this text!


Math:
We did our Chapter review in order to get prepared for our chapter test tomorrow.


Social Studies:
We went outside to practice our cartography skills by constructing physical maps of our playground.












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October 11th

Language:
Today we practiced our sequence words and practice our spelling words using SpellBall!


Reading:
We reviewed and learned more Punctuation and what purpose it serves in our reading and writing.


Math:

October 10th

Language:
Today we learned about sequencing words and got a chance to practice them by giving Mrs. Johnson directions on how to put peanut butter on crackers!


Reading:
We completed our anchor chart on non-fiction text features. We even got to start a scavenger hunt to find these text features in an old textbook.


Math:
We worked with arrays again today. We can now use arrays to help us multiply.


S.S.
We completed our Political World Maps. Then we studied our continents and oceans "walking on the world"

October 9th

Language:
Today we read The Patchwork Quilt and discussed several vocabulary words we were unfamiliar with. Also, we talked about how all the characters used teamwork to complete the quilt.


Reading:
We identified a few text features in non-fiction text. We will add to our list tomorrow.


Math:
We learned how to multiply using arrays. Several of us posted our own arrays for our classmates to solve on Seesaw.


Social Studies:
We are working on political maps of world. This includes learning our 7 continents and 4 major oceans. We practiced our continents and oceans by playing pass the globe!

October 6th

Language:
We learned about metaphors today!


Reading:
We finished up our paper on comparing and contrasting Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese. One student decided, " I am glad everyone is allowed to play baseball now because if you are good enough you deserve to."

Math:
Today was Math Madness in our classroom. Students competed using their multiplication skills until a champion was declared. It was heated competition, but congrats to Robbie Bruning for winning Math Madness today!


Community Pep Rally
We walked up to the square today for the community pep rally. Go Trojans!

October 5th

We took a walking field trip around our community of Girard today. We practiced our cardinal directions during our trip and learned a lot along the way!

1st National Bank of Girard

We would go here to borrow money!

Girard Public Library

We can check out books, play with LEGOS, and use computers here!

Pearls & Curls

They provide goods for people to buy!

Kim Kravitz Photography

Kelcie's mom helps capture exciting moments for people!

Vietnam War Memorial Helicopter 

We remember the ones who have fallen when we see this.

Girard Fire Station

Firefighters put out fires and protect the citizens of Girard!

City Hall

People pay their bills here!

Craw-Kan

Craw-Kan is a service and they provide internet, telephone, and cable to people.

Producers Coop

Farmers bring their crops to the Coop. 

Bonus: We got to meet Mrs. Johnson's husband here!

Courthouse

People pay their taxes here!

Post Office

We can mail letters here!

Girard National Bank

We can deposit and withdrawl money from our account here!

A huge thank you to all the area businesses for taking time to help us learn today! 

Love,

Mrs. Johnson's Class

October 4th

Language:

We worked on setting, author's purpose, and character traits with Teammates

Reading:

We used our Venn diagrams from yesterday and wrote our first two paragraphs for our compare and contrast paper. 

Math:

We worked on multiplying using repeated addition.

October 3rd

Language:
We are in our Teamwork Unit.
Today we discussed comparing and contrasting while using a Venn Diagram.
We read the book Teammates


















Reading:
Today we learned about antonyms and synonyms: https://www.slideshare.net/kmcmillen92/synonym-and-antonym-powerpoint
Several of us shared our travel logs on our seesaw app.
We played a game to practice antonyms: https://www.quia.com/cb/148904.html?AP_rand=2063428619

Math:
On Friday all of our teammates got As on their chapter test and Mrs. Peak gave everyone a gumball because it was definitely worth celebrating!
We started learning about multiplication today by using repeated addition and models to help.



S.S.
We are learning about our community of Girard, in order to get geared up for our walking field trip on Thursday. Today we discussed the difference between rural, suburban, and urban communities.