Continents and Ocean Test
Chapter 2 Vocabulary was what both classes worked on in Social Studies this week. We had lots of words to look up, but hopefully by doing them in one session we will not have any excuses for why they are not completed or finished.
Mr. T's class worked really hard and were so good that they all got a credit for being so well behaved while they worked on the vocabulary words.
Everyone is working so quietly. Yeah! I was so proud.
Here is the rest of the class working hard.
We had a very close race this year with our Class Rep. Elections. Chloe will be letting us know what Student Councils plans are for the year. These are the students who will be representing third grade this year in Student Council.
Chloe smiles at her Mom as she snaps a few pictures for me to post.
Here the students getting "sworn" into Student Council as Class Representatives.
Students first had to practice on box violins to prove that they could handle the real thing.
Mr. Frank and his wife measured the class to find the right size violin for them to use for the remainder of our lessons.
I thought you might like to hear a little violin music to get you ready for our last lesson on October 8th that parents are invited to sit in on to hear how much progress our class has made. They will be great violin players by then.
As you all know by now we are switching classes in third grade this year. While my class is with Mr. Thomas learning Science I have the fun of teaching Social Studies to his class. We are all still getting use to switching. 
Kelsie and Hilton are hard at work on their Weekly Readers. I only have them for one hour twice a week so we try to get lots of work done while we are together. 
We do try to have a little fun, but we have a lot of material to cover in a short amount of time. So far they have done a great job of coming in and getting to work. We just finished Chapter 1 last week. We will be starting Chapter 2 this week.
This week we learned about our workshop time. Workshop is what student's will be doing while I meet with small groups.
Shane is working on a Vocabulary worksheet when he finished the activity in the Vocabulary Center.
Taylor, Jada, and Chloe worked on the Vocabulary activity. They had to first try to match the vocabulary word and definitions. After each word had a definition, they looked them up in their Imagine It! text book to make sure they had them correct. Next they will write the definitions on a sheet of paper. Then they do the vocabulary worksheet in our Skills Workbook.
Gabe and Naman are working on the computer using the Plato Focus reading program. This program helps student's with phonics and reading skills.
Maddi and Aaliyah are playing one of the Imagine It! workshop board games. We have a lot of games that we play with our game boards. This center will work with the Language skills, such as, Nouns, verbs, subject/predicates, synonyms/antonyms, etc...
Ally and Branden are playing a different game on their game board. The class really enjoys these games. Most of them do not realize that they are educational games because they are having so much fun.
The class surprised me with this cookie cake for my birthday Friday! We had a great time celebrating.
The class came back from P.E. singing Happy Birthday To You! They gave me a group hug.
Our class has decided that they want to smear icing all over their faces. We have tried to talk them out of it, but they love it and get it done before I can stop them. This is what Shane looked like after his fun in the icing
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Chloe, yet again, was able to smear icing.
Maddie was not quiet as messy as the rest, but she was still able to get icing on her face.
Chloe dressed up for my birthday so we had to have a picture taken. Thank you to Miss Farrah and Miss Christie for the wonderful party. Thank you to the class for the wonderful gifts and the great day we had on Friday.
We are still off to a great start for the year. Students are getting very comfortable in the classroom, which sad to say means we will be seeing more checks and debits. We are having some trouble with listening more than we are talking. I have a great group of kids this year and I love each and everyone of them. I can't wait to see how the rest of the year goes.
Tomorrow is the last day to bring in recorder money for music class. Violin class is just around the corner (I believe the first class is September 17th), and third grade has the play first semester (November PTA meeting). So we will have a busy next few months. Please talk to your children about how important it is to follow directions the first time they are given. Also, Grandparents day is just around the corner, when I receive the time that our class will be having lunch I will send it home. Mr. Kimbrell has not pasted that information out just yet.
