Poems in Two Voices

Good morning!  Please click here to enjoy Poems in Two Voices, which 3C recorded with Ms. Voracek yesterday in the library!

Answers for Mr. Cross' Class in South Africa

Over April, we had the opportunity to Skype with 10 different countries from around the world (check out our Twitter account for photos, and stay tuned for our website coming on June 2!). Mr. Cross' class in Johannesburg was so kind in leaving us videos on their blog to answer our questions for them, and they also had questions for us.

Please click HERE to view our answers to the questions that Mr. Cross' class asked us!

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!