Mrs. Gauthier's Third Grade World: January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

Chinese New Year

Exploring and creating designs with tangrams. We read this book that has tangrams in it. Tangrams originate from China.

Another story that we read is Sam and the Lucky Money. Check out a sneak peak of this book.

Sam and the Lucky Money

Chinese New Year Art: The Year of the Horse

Figuring out what Chinese zodiac they are (animal signs). These are based on the year of their birth.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Lily guest blogger

Guest Blogger Lily from the week of January 27th-31st:

THE FUN ARRAYS WE DID IN CLASS

One thing my class loves is math. We are working on our times tables. Each time the whole class passes a times test we get an ice cream scoop posted on our class wall. Once we pass all the times tests we get an ice cream party!

To help us with multiplication we use arrays. A few weeks ago we made our own arrays. We cut them out, made a multiplication sentence for it, and lastly we decorated it with our crayons.

We hung them up on our wall where everyone who comes in can see them. We had such a fun time making them!

Special thanks to our teachers who make fun activities for us

Here our the arrays they made on graph paper.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Thoughts on the week:

We have been studying the tundra and working on multiplication- Isabella

We have been learning multiplication and working on pre-algebra- Saniya

We have been reading Caldecott nominees- Caldecott

I love reading the Caldecott books and ranking them- Allie

We have been learning the threes times tables- Matthew

We have been going to the computer lab more and exploring google drive/dance mat typing- Lily

When we had our no shoes/sit anywhere party- Kiana

The Caldecott books- Ari

I have a Dream typing- Lara

Mouse and the Motorcycle starting- Connor

Reading Mouse and the Motorcycle and doing P.E.- Daniel

Learning to make combinations with multiplication- Ethan

Having P.E. and playing with the bean bags- Aadit

The artic poppy tundra poster- Joey

Telling a story about the Artic and drew a picture- Zerlan

Vocabulary share out- Desiree

Using google drive and writing MLK poem- Nareg

We have been learning a lot about the desert and the tundra- Gabe

Working on all the biomes and dance mat typing which helps with writing books- Parker

Studying the animals of our biomes. I am leaning facts about them that I have never knew- Jeremy

I do like our classroom a lot- Jack

I like how I was able to clean stuff- Jack

Going to do the computer lab and doing dance mat typing and email- Jack

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

I Have a Dream Speeches...

inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.

Poem 1:I have a dream that we will not have war. We have a dream that we will make friendsI have a dream that my family will have successes.We have a dream to have long life.I have a dream to have education.

Poem 2:I have a dream
I have a dream that people will be free.We have a dream where the poor will be rich.I have a dream where animals will have a good home.We have a dream where the sick will be healthy.I have a dream when people will be friends not enemies.We have a dream where people will be treated fairly.I have a dream where families will have homes.

Poem 3:
I have a dream…
We dream where everybody will be happy
I dream to get good grades
We dream of a world where people have clean water
I dream that one day people will have fresh food
We have a dream that our nation will be safe
I dream of a world where nobody will have to worry

Poem 4:
I have a dream I will be an artist one day.
We have a dream that we will finish all the Caldecott books.
I have a dream that animals won’t be in danger anymore.
We have a dream that we will get to all levels in multiplication before school is over.
I have a dream that I will have a good education when I’m older in college.
We have a dream we will get to learn all different kinds biomes.

Poem 5:We have a dream that we will grow up smart.

I have a dream that everything was peaceful.
I have a dream that everything was peaceful.

We have a dream that it wasn’t hard for needy people
We have a dream that it wasn’t hard for needy people

I have a dream that jobs aren’t too hard to get.
I have a dream that jobs aren’t too hard to get.

I have a dream that everyone is nice.
I have a dream that everyone is nice.

Our Guest Blogger: Zerlan

Zerlan is writing about the digital super heros our class has made. The super heros had a power related to the computer. Thanks Zerlan! I cannot wait to read more guest blogs.

We did computer heroes. You get to make a hero that has a technology power. You can also name it like mine. My superhero's name is Picapower!!!! His buddy or sidekick picabot. :O "We destroy virus so the computer is not broken. I forgot that Picapower is a cyborg!!! So he can change his arm into a blaster!! So he shoots the virus then the virus goes in my base and I lock them up. That's my awesome thing to do!!!!

Mystery Reader

We started our Mystery Reader on Fridays!

Thank you for those who have signed up to do this! So far, it has been a great success.

A book about a young girl named Clara who helped change labor laws for girls and children.

Some great Caldecott books! Check out Joan Hobub. She has written over 130 books. The students really enjoyed this book by her!

The Caldecott Award ceremony is next Monday the 27th. We cannot wait to watch it!

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Filling up the marble jar

We filled up the marble jar for their good behavior. Yay!! The students are having free time here.
Some are playing games and others wanted to art. Congrats class! Keep up the good work.