Scrapbooking in Third Grade

We started our first page for our scrapbooks. Our goal is to do one page per month and then a page for anything special. (Field trips, parties, Fall Festival, etc...)

Shane is hard at work on his scrapbook page.

Megan and Ally are busy writing and planning where to put everything on their page.

Gabe is asking a question to the other people at his table. Jocelyn is busy gluing her items on her page.

Chloe and Maddi are getting ready to glue their pictures on.

Tyus and Jaxson are trying to decide what to write on their orange paper.

Taylor and Alyssa are hard at work writing about their first month of school.

Play Ground Get-Away

Round and round we go, where we stop nobody knows!

Megan is hanging around with Anna on the playground!

More came to join these monkeys hanging around.

Boys will be boys!

These girls just love the camera!
These boys just wanted to say how much they love playing on the playground.

Aaliyah likes to swing with her friends during recess.


Taylor stops swing to pose for the camera.

Snack Time!!!

Aaliyah, Ally, and Taylor take a break from class and enjoy a quick snack on the playground.
Gabe, Alyssa, and Jocelyn are taking a rest from studying to eat, talk and enjoy the sunshine.


Tyus, Shane, and Chloe pose for the camera during snack time. Students bring their snack from home to enjoy during the long day of work and learning.

Jacob, Mason, and Megan sit on the edge of the playground eating their snacks waiting for the signal that they can go play.

Hall Time

We were hanging out in the hall waiting to get our books for library time.
Shane was not here when we took the last class picture. We snapped one so he could be in this one.

Of course we had to have one taken where they could act a little silly

Lunch Time Fun

We were all having a good time during our lunch time. Ruben, Branden and Jacob were having little too much fun posing for the camera.

We have a great time at lunch. This year we have 10 minutes of silence before students are allowed to talk. They try to stay quiet, but the temptation is great to talk to your friend who is sitting right next to you.
Megan, Maddi, Alyssa, Taylor, and Jada were caught conversing and eating. We had a good lunch of fries and hot dogs.

Mason, Chloe, and Shane enjoying their lunch. Mason caught me snapping the

picture.

Naman and Jake were finished eating. Jake was having fun chewing on his straw.

Ruben, Jaxson, and Tyus were caught off guard.

Open House Fun!

Megan had fun showing off Leo the Lion. He is our classroom friend that gets to spend the weekend with students. The class has a lot of fun trying to beg for him each weekend.
Ally is hiding behind her reading Leo's journal of all his weekends with students.

Mason is showing his brother our Debit & Credit notebook. He was excited to show that he had no debits, so far, this week.


Maddi was showing her mom our journals. We get to write in them every morning, well most mornings. Sometimes the class chooses their own topic and sometimes they have a topic on the board for them to write about.


Branden decided to show mom the lunch and juice sign up sheets. He said it was the most important thing in the room. He was letting mom know that they can earn debits if they do not sign up for lunch each morning.

Mason was showing his mom everything in the room. He was telling her that we have our morning work on the overhead. He was describing how it shines up on the screen.


Jacob and his mom were checking out the library. Mom was helping pick up some books that the class had left on the floor. Thanks for the help.


Jake, Emma, and Ms. Farrah stopped by to look at the room. Ms. Farrah is our Homeroom Mom this year. We look forward to a fun year working together.

We have survived our first test day!

Today was the first Imagine It test. Everyone was a little nervous and had lots of questions. We all made it through, and I am sure everyone did well. Just a reminder that Open House is Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 6:30. There will be a short PTA meeting and then parents are free to come to the room and look at some of the things we have done. Please remember that this is not conference time. We will be having Conference Day in October. If you would like to discuss your child's behavior or classwork, please schedule an appointment during one of my planning periods. This is a day for your child to show and tell you what we have been up to in class. I look forward to seeing you at Open House.

Leo spends the weekend with Shane!

Leo left school today with Shane. We hope they have a great weekend. We will find out on Monday how much fun they had together.

Third Grade Store is Open for Business!

Shane was the cashier for the store today. He figured out how much change students got back after visiting the store with the money they earned this week.

Chloe was the banker for our class today. She had to cash every ones checks. We took our math time today to learn how to figure out our credits and debits. Students had to add up all the credits they received for the week, and subtract any debits they had. This gave the amount of money they earned this week, then we learned how to write a check. The class really gets to see how their behavior affects the amount of money they will get at the end of the week.

Jacob and Ruben were caught looking at all the neat things in the store.

Madelyn and Ally were trying to decide if they wanted to save their money or buy something today. Several students just browsed today! They really liked what was in the higher priced baskets and decided to save their money to buy something really cool at a later time.

Here are some of the items that are for sale in the store. Students really enjoyed looking at all the items brought in today. The cheapest item is $1.25 and the most expensive items are $25.00. Students will visit the store every Friday. Thank you to the parents that are helping with the store. If you are interested in helping, please get with me or our home room mom, Farrah Locker.

Leo spends the weekend with Alyssa.

Leo the Lion is our classroom friend. He spends the weekend with a different student each week. The student will then write a letter telling the class about their weekend with Leo. Alyssa was the first to take Leo home this year.

Imagine It Time!

Madelyn is hard at work writing her dictation words as Miss Hardison tells them the words to write.


Taylor enjoys sitting backwards in her chair while we do dictation. You will often find her sitting this way other times of the day.





I just don't understand how Aaliyah can sit and write like this!




Naman and Gabe are looking up definitions for this weeks story, "Rugby and Rosie."


Jacob chooses to stand up and write his vocabulary words and definitions, while Tyus likes working from his chair. The class was not happy to start "real" work as some students called what we did today.

Happy Birthday Alyssa

Today, we celebrated Alyssa's birthday. Her parents brought in cupcakes and juice for her to share with the class. We had a great time eating cupcakes. Several students had a little too much fun though! :)

Jake flashed his peace sign and chocolate mustache.

Tyus, Megan, and Ally enjoyed smearing icing on their faces.


Mason and Jada were a little neater than most!


Ruben decided to join the rest in putting icing on his face.



Chloe has a huge mess with her chocolate beard and mustache.