This week has been all about building a classroom community. We started on Wednesday by getting into groups of 3 for an activity called "Saving Fred." Ask your child about the challenge and what they learned about teamwork.
On Thursday, we did a team building cup-stacking activity with Mrs. Swyers' class. The race was on to see which groups of 4 could build a 6 cup pyramid using only a large rubber band with 4 strings tied to it.
On Friday, we partnered up with Mrs. Lilleboe's class for the "Spaghetti Marshmallow" challenge. It's been great to get to know students from other classes in third grade.
Some students have already shared their decorated book boxes and told us about their favorite books and some special items. It is such a great way for me (and their classmates) to get to know them. I look forward to the rest of them presenting next week.
We spent some math time this week exploring various math tools. Students worked in groups and rotated among 4 stations to brainstorm ways we would use the particular tool to help us in math. I overheard some great discussions as I moved between groups!
We had our first experience with our new touchscreen Chromebooks on Friday as well. Students learned how to log on, how to check and send email, and we set up our Google Classroom accounts. They did a great job of following a lot of very detailed instructions, so I rewarded them by letting them play Game About Squares for 15 minutes before lunch.
Next week, we dive into our curriculum with learning reading strategies to improve comprehension, writing personal narratives, graphing and data in math, and science careers. I hope you all have a great weekend!
