Arrays in the world around us!

What multiplication sentence matches these real life arrays? 

When have you seen arrays in real life?

Reading Beginning of the Year

Below is a sample from fiction text of the "level" that students are supposed to be reading at the beginning of third grade. If your child is reading a harder book, ask them questions to make sure they understand what they are reading. If your child is reading an easier book, use this sample to know the type of text we are working up to reading. (Click on the picture to enlarge it.)

Friday Assembly

We had an awesome assembly to kick off our Color Run Fundraiser! Jimmy Lee was there to spread some positivity and help us celebrate, too. Also, congrats to our 2 All Stars (Kayden and Serenity) and to our 2 Curious Characters (Bala and Evan)!

Techniques for Good Readers

Nonfiction Text

We are working on reading nonfiction text – paying attention to all of those text features that help us understand the topic we’re reading about.  Things like: photographs and their captions, charts, diagrams, maps, glossary and index.  We’re also working on using the chapter titles in the table of contents to make predictions about what we might learn in that chapter.  Here are some questions that you could use at home to see if your child is understanding their nonfiction book (click on the picture to enlarge)...

Changes in States of Matter

Crayons are made out of wax. What do you think the wax was like before, during, and after making the crayons? What would happen to the crayons if you left them outside on a hot day?

College Week

We have had a blast celebrating College Week! Mrs. Jones is so grateful to the wonderful parents who decorated her door! What has been your favorite part of this week?