Guest Blogger: Adriana

Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram

by Adriana

     "We read the story Cook a Doodle Doo and compared it to the book, The Little Red Hen.  It was fun, we did a diagram with it.  I liked making the diagram with partners.  We found many things the same and different.  Tomorrow we are going to finish it and talk about it with the class.  I hope we do more diagrams in class. I picked this because it was fun."

     

Guest Blogger: Arianna

(from Tuesday)

The Inference Guessing Game

by Arianna

     "Today we played an inference guessing game.  We got a mystery inference and had to write about it (with clues) and read it to the class.  They had to guess what our inference sentence was.  We worked as teams. We did this lesson so we could learn more about clues and inferencing and this makes us better readers.  I chose this activity because it made learning fun."

Spelling Test

yawn
taught
salt
hawks
halls
bought
drawing
caused
coughing
lawn
hauls
squawk
bawls
paused
crawled
spoiled
joyful
coins
walrus
autumn

Vocabulary:
1) magnificent
2) masterpiece
3) ingredient
4) recipes
5) tasty

Guest Blogger: Jade

Writing Summaries

by Jade

     "We practiced writing summaries using the book, The Little Red Hen.  We learned how to summarize using a graphic organizer.  We did this activity to become better at summarizing and write  a good paragraph.  When we wrote the summary, we used the clues "someone, wanted, so, but, then."  It was great. I wrote this because it was interesting and because I like to write."

Guest Blogger: Jeraldin

Using Multiplication to Find Total Number of Sides

"Today, we worked on math problems with partners.  We learned about multiplication and how to use it in word problems to find the total sides of a number of shapes- triangles and hexagons. I chose this lesson because I like math and I like working with a partner."

Would You Like to be a Guest Blogger?

Would you like to write a blog post for Third Grade Thinking?  When you think we are doing something exciting or interesting in class that you would like to write about, you could be the official blogger for the day!  In order to do this, you will need to write a paragraph that includes:

1) a description of the activity or lesson.
2) an explanation of why we are doing this activity
3) what you and your classmates gained from the experience
4) why you felt this was an interesting activity
5) a picture (optional) taken by me

Of course, it will need to be in your best writing!  ( Including correct use of capital letters, punctuation, correct spelling, be neatly printed, and full of evidence of your best thinking! Think COPS writing rubric.) When this is completed, I will help you make sure it is edited and will type it into the blog for you for all of our classmates and parents to see! :)

I can't wait to see who will be our first official guest blogger and who is really thinking about thinking.

Have a great weekend & stay warm!

-Mrs. H

PS- Can anyone answer this trivia?  What big word did Mr. Sebring use at this Thursday's Awards Assembly that means thinking about thinking?  Clue: starts with an "m"...

Pill Bugs & Terrariums-- Stay Tuned!

In science, we will be doing some pretty interesting things, including a visit from some naturalists from the Holden Arboretum.  They are coming to our classroom on February 14th and will be helping us build some terrariums.  We will continue to study plants leading up to our field trip in April.  

Today we read about pill bugs... can you guess what is going to live in these classroom terrariums???

Stay tuned!