We are a Masterpiece!

Today in math we related area to our bodies, more specifically our hands! We traced our hands onto graph paper and cut them out and then counted the squares that our hands took up. We found out how large our hands are in square centimeters. We then put the data into a spreadsheet to compare hand sizes with our classmates! You can see our data by clicking the link below!

Our Class graph of hand sizes



As an entire third grade, we colored our hands and created a flower for the hallway. It turned out awesome! It says: We are all unique and beautiful, but together we are a MASTERPIECE! :)

Balance a Checkbook? No problem!

Today we had our third Junior Achievement lesson. The class is amazing me with how much they know about forms of money and how banks work! Today they learned how to balance their checkbook. After hearing some of their comments like: "Oh man, I only have $100 left!" I think they have more appreciation for you and the money you spend on a daily basis!

Are You Convinced?

I am sharing a link to our folder which has each student in our class sharing their opinion speech. Take a look and listen to all of their hard work!

Miss Buss's 3rd Grade Opinion Speeches

On Friday we were also the proud owners of the Lombardi Trophy. This trophy is traveling from room to room before the Knowledg-a-thon and we were so excited to have it in our room on Friday. We did a little extra practice of our weekly questions! Make sure you are reviewing those at home! Our test date is March 17th!

Monday was another exciting day! We were celebrating Dr. Seuss. We had drop everything and read at the end of the day! We were able to read some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books. Take a look below at the class enjoying their DEAR time and also wearing their crazy hats and socks!

Busy Bees!

The class is working very hard at mastering their typing skills! We have been practicing using appropriate posture and remembering to keep our fingers on the home row keys at all times. Please remind your child of this when you see them typing at home!

We are wrapping up our unit on the water cycle. The students were reading through a text about the water cycle, fresh water on Earth, and the clouds. They read the articles with a partner and used sticky notes to mark things they found that were interesting, that they learned, and finally things they still had a question about.

Happy 100th Day of School!

Wow how the year has flown by! It is most definitely hard to believe we are at the 100th day of school!

As a little celebration today, the class took time throughout the day to think of 100 words that they know. I was so impressed with how quickly they came up with them and that many wanted to keep writing words they knew!

Our big activity today was a bucket list. Each of your children came up with 10 things they would like to do in their lives before they turn 100. It was so awesome to see the goals that your children have! They are going to do great things! Earlier in the week I had taken their pictures in the aging booth. This simulates how they could look with wrinkles. Boy did the kids get a kick out of that! I even took my picture as well to make them feel better! What cute looking 100 year old people we will be!

Ask your child about their bucket list! These will be hanging in the hallway!

Informational Writing Pieces

Click the link below in order to view your child's informational writing. They worked very hard on these, and I know will be very proud to show you!

Informational Writing Folder

Persuasive Third Graders

We began a new unit in writing. Our focus is persuasive writing. We began our unit with a fun, quick speech writing activity. As a class, we brainstormed a thesis statement. Our thesis statement is that 3rd grade students should be able to give the announcements over the loudspeaker in the morning before school. The class did a great job brainstorming why we should be able to do this. They each took our statement and then added their own reasons and examples. Their goal was to be as persuasive as they could! They had to keep in mind that the audience they were writing this for was Dr. Gagnon. They had to think of the reasons that would be most convincing for her! I am attaching a few videos that are snippets of the speeches they gave in class! The last video is our whole class reciting what we wrote together. Being persuasive is a very challenging task, but I was very proud of the reasons and speeches they came up with!

Enjoy!