Culture Videos

As part of our inquiry units on culture, 3C watched these videos.

What do they make you think?  

What puzzles you?  

Based off of what you have learned, what are you going to explore?

What is Culture?

Major Elements of Culture

March 3 Goal Reflection

Please click HERE to view my Visible Thinking Goal.

Books, Books, Books!

The writers of 3C were busy in February, producing both instructional texts and math books.  Check out their projects below to learn how to do something new, and to challenge yourself in geometry:

3C's Instructional Texts

3C's Math Challenge Books

Multiplication Songs

We are back to memorizing multiplication facts in order to prepare for fourth grade!  This week, we are practicing multiples of 8.

To help with this, feel free to watch the video below:

We will continue throughout the next few weeks with more of Have Fun Teaching videos, studying multiples of 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 5, and 10.  Go ahead and find the videos on YouTube for additional practice at home!  Just search "Have Fun Teaching Counting by ___."

Enjoy!

Mystery Skypes

Wow, our first month back has flown by!  We've been busy in class engaging in invigorating new learning activities.  Specifically, throughout the month of February, 3C has been begun to engage in Mystery Skypes.

What are Mystery Skypes?

Mytery Skypes are critical thinking games that 3C takes part in while Skyping with another class from somewhere - anywhere - else in the world.  The students do not know the location of the other class, so their goal is to use yes or no questions in order to guess the other school's location (the country, city, or maybe even the school's name!) before the other class guesses ours.

For more information on Mystery Skype, please the Skype website.

3C's Experiences:

Kaya has been busy blogging about our experiences during Mystery Skypes over the past month.  To see her summaries, please visit her blog!

Wishes for New Year 2017

Click HERE to see 3C's wishes for the New Year on green screen.  Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy New Year and Chinese New Year...Happy EVERYTHING to all of our family and friends around the world!

International Dot Day 2016

Dear Parents,

Thanks so  much to all of you who celebrated Dot Day with us on Thursday.  The third graders loved sharing their Voicethreads, playing games, and celebrating Making Their Mark with you!  Special thanks to Maria for her hand in organizing the games and snacks, and thank you to all who brought in delicious treats as well!

I have created a Shared Dot Day Photos Folder for all of the photos from that day, so if you have any that you would like to share with our classroom community, please add them!

To view the Voicethreads that your students have created, please visit the ePortfolios page in the menu located on the right side, and click to view your child's blog.  Here you will see their written narratives, reflections, and mandalas, as well as the link to the Voicethreads.  Be sure to check back on their blog throughout the year to see updates on their projects, and feel free to leave comments of both encouragement and suggestions for improvement!

Thank you so much for joining in on our classroom festivities.  It is an honor to be working with such a wonderful group of parents!

Feliz Finde,

Ms. Hodges