We have had had another wonderful week in Room 5! Students have enthusiastically embraced the routines of the "big kid" hallway and switching classes for writing, math, and reading. In our homeroom, third graders are taking ownership of all of the jobs that make our room run smoothly--running the morning meeting, taking care of our class library, messenger duties, even a class DJ for "brain breaks!"
Since teachers are receiving training in the third grade Project Lead the Way science curriculum, the science and social studies block has been devoted to studying the geography of Connecticut. Kids are using map skills with maps, atlases, computer models, and Google Earth to explore Connecticut. Our non-fiction reading taught us that for a tiny state, Connecticut has many varied geographical features such as rivers, lakes, mountains, and coastline.
Our word work has focused on using commas for a list (the serial comma) as well as part of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Check out these great words kids gathered from the books they are reading:
Even though grammar doesn’t sound very exciting, Room 5 is really enjoying our hilarious Verb-Adverb game! We play by drawing one verb card and one adverb card to act out silly, mismatched combinations like “twirl sadly” and “tiptoe mysteriously” and “baby step angrily.” Using powerful words can really help kids be stronger writers and readers!
Since teachers are receiving training in the third grade Project Lead the Way science curriculum, the science and social studies block has been devoted to studying the geography of Connecticut. Kids are using map skills with maps, atlases, computer models, and Google Earth to explore Connecticut. Our non-fiction reading taught us that for a tiny state, Connecticut has many varied geographical features such as rivers, lakes, mountains, and coastline.
Our word work has focused on using commas for a list (the serial comma) as well as part of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Check out these great words kids gathered from the books they are reading:
Even though grammar doesn’t sound very exciting, Room 5 is really enjoying our hilarious Verb-Adverb game! We play by drawing one verb card and one adverb card to act out silly, mismatched combinations like “twirl sadly” and “tiptoe mysteriously” and “baby step angrily.” Using powerful words can really help kids be stronger writers and readers!
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