Traditions

What are some of your holiday traditions for Christmas?

Questioning/Government

We are studying the Government this quarter in Social Studies, and working on questioning in Reading. What are some questions and/or answers you have about the government? If this is the beginning of our unit, you will probably mostly have questions. As we go through the unit, you might post some answers to questions that you have seen. Happy learning!

Comparing and Contrasting

Lately, we've been learning a lot about comparing and contrasting. We've learned how adjectives can show that someone is taller than someone else or the tallest kid in the class, just by adding a suffix. We've learned about how we can compare characters in stories. We've also learned about how a Venn Diagram works, and we'll continue to learn more and more.

Share with us the most interesting thing you've learned about comparing and contrasting so far. If you'd like, give us an example of something you have compared and contrasted (you can use your reading spiral to remind you).

Favorite Book

What is your favorite book of all time? Why is it your favorite?

It's a new year of school!

Hey, Mrs. Gray's class of 2012-2013. I'm glad to have you join my blogging experience. Tell us, what is your favorite thing about 3rd grade so far?

Author Study

We are doing a long term project studying an author and some of that author's books. Tell us who you author is and the most interesting thing you have learned so far about that author.

You're DONE!

Boys and girls, you have finished your last day of MAP testing for the third grade! How does it feel? Was it easier or harder than you expected? Are you proud of yourself? Because I sure am!!

Strategies

We've learned several strategies to be successful in both math and reading. Which strategy has helped you the most? What have you learned to avoid silly little mistakes? How will that help you on the MAP test?

Matter

In science, we have been learning about the states of matter. What is the most interesting thing you have learned about matter so far this year?

Thinking about MAP...

It's the time of year where we start thinking about and talking about the upcoming MAP test. What are your thoughts about the test?

How do you feel about it - nervous, excited, terrified?

What do think will be the hardest part? The easiest?

Character

Think about the best character you've ever read about in a story. Tell us who that character is (and from what story) and WHY they are such a good character... what traits does he/she have?