Student Council Class Representatives

Jake, Maddi, Kassie, Chloe, Emily, and Jackson ram for our class representatives. Each student had to get up in front of the class and tell us why they would do a good job representing our class.

AND THE WINNER IS...

TWO CLOWNS! DID WE MAKE A WISE DECISION? :)

OK now there are the kids I know looking like they can do the job. They wanted to show off their silly side first. We had a four way tie after the first vote. After that we voted on the four and got a two way tie. We voted one more time and they tied again. So we decided to have two students represent our class this year.

Workshop in Action!

Math workshop: students choose six words out of a book they are reading and count up the money worth of the word from the chart.

Jackson and Allen are trying to find neat words in their book.

Each student has a book about communities to read, answer questions, and an activity to go with their book.

Kassie is using the Internet to help her complete her activity for this workshop.

Dictionary Skills-students will be looking up words trying to find the guide words.

Jayden and Chloe are busy working with their dictionaries.

Language and Vocabulary- Students are playing a board game with the vocabulary words from Unit 1 and Possessive Nouns.

Jake, Emily, and Cerise are having fun playing the board games. Most do not even realize they are learning while playing these games.

Grandparents Day!

Jayden and grandpa enjoying a quiet lunch. I wonder if they both meant to wear blue shirts. :)
Alexia had a row full with two grandmothers and a grandpa eating with her.

Chloe had her grandparents here too.

Maddi and her grandmother chose to sit on the stage so they could really enjoy a nice quiet lunch together. Maddi talked grandmother into checking her out early so they could enjoy the rest of the day together.

Jackson's grandmother was able to eat lunch with him today also.

Emily's grandparents enjoyed visiting with her during our lunch time.

Thank you to all the wonderful grandparents I met yesterday. Your grandchildren are wonderful and I have greatly enjoyed getting to know them.

Seed Collections!

Our class did a wonderful job on their seed collection project.
I thought I would post them so you could see every ones.

The crocodile ate Allen's project so he said he caught the croc and brought him instead. :)

We had a lot of very creative students. Thanks for the wonderful job and the cool seed we got to see.

Bees! Bees! Bees Everywhere!

Today was fun. We made our very one bee. As you can your child has turned into a bee. We learned a lot about bees. Students had to make the bee body and cut their face out to put on the bee.
Once their bee was finished, they had to come up with one fact about the bee that we had learned that day.

Their fact could not be the same as anyone else in the class. The boys made drone (male) bees and the girls made worker (female) bees. The boys were not happy that they did not get a stinger because drone bees do not have a stinger.

But they had a great time and I hope learned a little about bees in the process.

So, if you are walking down the upstairs hall, look out for the swarm of third grade bees.

Plants, Plants, Plants

The class really enjoyed planting our Fast Growing Seeds. This was the first day after planting. We can't see what is happening just yet.

Here are their plants just 13 days later. They are growing so well. The class was so excited after coming in and seeing how fast they are growing. When they measure the growth, you will hear "mine is bigger than yours." Their plants are doing well

On this one you can even see the buds starting to form. We will have flowers soon, and that means it will be time for the bees to come pollinate the flowers.

Jersey Glyph!

We worked on Jersey Glyph's on day to add to the football field Mrs. Coon's husband made outside third grade commons.
Students had to follow the instructions on what color, how many stripes, and their favorite sports to know how to make their jersey just right. Here is Jayden hard at work.

Here is Jake working hard on getting the finishing touches on his jersey before he starts cutting it out.

Third Street Store is open for business!

The class is earning their credits and debits. They get to see the pay off for their good behavior every Friday. Here is Alex, A'Kyah, and Chloe shopping on Friday.
Here is our Store clerk who must take money and make change for the busy shoppers.

Alexia's Birthday

We enjoyed a yummy cookie cake for Alexia's birthday. Her mom brought up the cookie and juice for a afternoon snack. We hope you had a great birthday!

Summer has ended!

Corban is such such a doll! I had to add this picture of him too.

I had a great summer visiting my family. Corban is getting bigger and I can't wait for a break to get back to North Carolina to see him again.

Sydney loves posing with her baby brother. She will gladly hold him and let you snap away. This is Sydney and Corban on the fence post at their house in NC.

Sydney was going in for a great big kiss on Corban's head. She loves him so much. Big brother Coby was at his friends house or he would be in the pictures too. Although he is not into getting his picture taken unless it is with a truck, motorcycles, or something that boys like to do.

Coby and Sydney got to come to Alabama and spend a week with me, Aunt Nancy. We had a great time going to VBS, swimming, and going to the park. This is Coby climbing through the tires at Kids Dugout in Athens.

Here is Sydney jumping of the car. She is trying to show me how high and far she can jump. After their week with me I went back to NC for two weeks to spoil them before school started.

Coby learned how to ride his bike with NO training wheels while camping with his dad and cousins in the mountains. He was so excited. I had to show him off.

On our way back to NC we stopped and spent the night in Atlanta. My sisters took the girls, Isabella and Sydney, to the American Girl store and had lunch. The girls each got a new doll.

I took the boys, Coby and Corban, to lunch in the mall and we enjoyed riding the carousel and walking around looking in stores. Coby got a new Build a Bear dog with basketball clothes. He named him Cozy.