This week we watched a movie about Martin Luther King. The first thing we learned was that Martin Luther King was the youngest man to win the Nobel Prize! Then we learned that Rose Parks also made a difference in the world. She thought that black people can sit in the front of the bus. When black people heard what Rosa Parks did, they did not ride the bus for 381 days. After the movie, we talked about what else happened with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unfortunately, there were two letters I missed last week. I also offer my apologies to Carla for neglecting to post her letter last Sunday. I hope you enjoy reading it today!
This week we watched a movie about Martin Luther King. The first thing we learned was that Martin Luther King was the youngest man to win the Nobel Prize! Then we learned that Rose Parks also made a difference in the world. She thought that black people can sit in the front of the bus. When black people heard what Rosa Parks did, they did not ride the bus for 381 days. After the movie, we talked about what else happened with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Oh no! I never posted last week's letters. My apologies to Desdin, who wrote a great letter last week. It should have been posted last Sunday.
This week in school was great! We are making a verb village. You have to make someone or something doing a verb that is on your list of verbs. The verbs have to be approved by a teacher to go on your list. You also have a name for you village. You have to label the actions whatever, or whoever is doing. You also have to have at least 4 colors. In the end, it will look like an active village. I hope you have fun making your own! A note from Mrs. Sullivan: Notice the words in green. They are called transition words. Desdin, like all good writers, includes transition words in his writing to help show clear connections between his ideas. We have another student post this week. This one is from Laura. Thank you Laura for working so hard on your writing.
This week in art we made things out of origami paper. I made an origami grasshopper and an origami dog. The grasshopper was more complicated than the dog. I'm not even sure I made it right. To make a dog, first you have to fold the square piece of paper in half the triangular way. Next, you have to fold the triangle in half and unfold it. Then you fold the two top corners down the middle line crease for ears. Last, you fold the bottom point up a bit. The tip of the triangle will be the nose of the dog. The eyes you can draw in the middle of the face. Before now I have been only been able to make the fortune teller! by Laura A note from Mrs. Sullivan: Notice Laura's second paragraph. She gives very specific details that help us to visualize her directions. Good writers are always working to create a picture in their readers' mind. Here is this week's student post. Thanks to Freddy for working so hard on his letter.
This week in school we made product maps in KidPix. KidPix is a program on the computer that you can draw or write with. To make a product map you get a state and learn all about it. Make a map of the state in KidPix and color it in. Then color the background. Choose products they make in that state. Draw them in KidPix. Then sign it. by Freddy A note from Mrs. Sullivan: You can look forward to seeing the completed product maps on Friday, February at our State Fair! Hope to see you there! Notice the sentence in green. Freddy showed that he is considering his audience because he explained what KidPix is. Good writers take the time to explain so that their readers can understand! It's really here! The time for MCAS prep has begun. Most of the preparation we do for MCAS is solid teaching and learning of the third grade curriculum and meeting the needs of your children. However, I also think it is important for your children to learn how to take a standardized test. Taking a standardized test is indeed a skill, and not one that comes naturally. Therefore, Reading Workshop on Fridays will now include instruction on test taking strategies.
The first strategy we learned was reading the questions first. If the children read the questions before they read the text, they will be better prepared to recognize the information they need as they read the text. We also learned other strategies: Read all of the choices before selecting one. Cross off all answers that are obviously wrong. Pay close attention to words in special font. Underline evidence for each answer in the text. The kids have been doing a great job! I know they will keep up the good work. I hope you are all enjoying a long weekend!
Hopefully by now your third grader has begun work on their project for the state fair. If they are having difficulty getting started, they can look at the list I sent home with the directions. The list breaks the project down into smaller chunks that may feel more reasonable. Students have asked some great questions about the projects. I thought I would post a few answers that I thought may be helpful at home. *Please do not feel obligated to spend money on this project! This is not meant to be expensive. If you do choose to purchase some materials, please limit your spending. A budget of $5-$10 at AC Moore is reasonable. *Your child is welcome to receive help from adult members of their family. However, the majority of the work should be done by your child. I explained to the kids that their hands should be on the project more than the adult's hands. *After writing their paragraph, third graders should self-edit their work. They should check to be sure they have done their best spelling and have added accurate capitalization and punctuation. However, once your third grader has self-edited, it is appropriate for an adult to help with a final edit. You can help them to be sure that all words are spelled like the dictionary and that all sentences begin with a sentence and end with punctuation. Paragraphs may be copied over neatly or typed. *Children may choose to print out photographs from the internet to add to their diorama. However, this should not be the only way to include details. There should be some three-dimensional details included. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. :)Melanie Exciting news in Room 221! On Tuesday, Miss Jennifer Marshall will began as a full time student teacher in our community. We are very excited to have another teacher in our classroom who is committed to your child. Miss Marshall, Ms. Porter and I will work closely together to maintain a high level of teaching and learning for all of our students. It's an exciting time in Room 221! My name is Jennifer Marshall and I am so excited to be completing my student teaching in your child’s classroom. I am a senior at Framingham State University majoring in Elementary Education and Geography. Teaching has been a passion of mine since I was in preschool when I taught my imaginary class in my playroom. I hope to inspire your child to learn new things and help them grow socially and academically this semester. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. My email is [email protected] Fun Facts About Ms. Marshall:
Here's another student post. This week we were lucky enough to have several awesome letters and two of them were about Scratch! Thanks to Charlotte for also submitting her awesome writing!
This week in Scratch we focused on the different costumes on Scratch! (Not like real costumes though, there were different pictures. It was like a slideshow.) We were doing our Earth project and mine is tsunamis. So for my project, my picture was an island with little waves. Then the water moves close to the island and gets pulled back and the fish are laying there with the people picking the fish up. Finally, all the water comes rushing back destroying the island! So to make that happen in a slideshow we use box coding. The boxes that we use are "show costume for ____ seconds." and you fill in the number of seconds that you want the picture to show. Then you use the "switch costume" box to switch the slideshow to the next picture. Repeat the process until all the pictures have been seen. Now that I've told you about the stuff that we did in STEAM I have to end my letter! Here's another student post. This week we were lucky enough to have several awesome letters! Thanks to Siena for submitting her awesome writing!
This week has been great! In STEAM we did some work on a project in Scratch. Scratch is a computer language. First, you choose an earth related theme because that is the theme this year. Then, you choose a sprite. There are lots of sprites. Since I'm doing how animals survive in different habitats, I'm picking a mouse. The mouse is going to survive and escape in different habitats and eat and survive. I'm also going to add different captions so the reader understands me. You can also make a backdrop, or choose one. There are blocks that connect to each other and have commands on them. You can make your sprite jump, run, talk, sing, think and many more things. I made my mouse think and my background is a mansion driveway. It's the most forest-like picture and I wanted my mouse to be in a likely habitat. So I picked it. Here's our latest student post. Thanks to Jake for submitting his awesome writing!
This week was awesome! I have so much to talk about. My one topic is going to be about breaking big arrays into small arrays. So if we made a huge array, we can try to break it into smaller arrays and add the total of all the arrays up. Then we get the answer of the whole array. We use this strategy because instead of using multiplication, we can use addition to help us make the problem easier to solve. While we are solving the problem, we can fill out a cross number puzzles. A cross number puzzle helps us to find the answer to the entire array. |
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