Today's Adventures

Today we visited the book fair. A wish list and flyer are coming home. You are welcome to stop by tonight 4-8 or student's can shop tomorrow before school. We also visited the lost and found. There are many items there, so please stop and take a look if something of yours is there.

We practiced some multiplication rhymes today. Here they are:

Math Playground

Today we did multiplication racing on Math Playground. Feel free to use this as a resource for practicing facts and concepts. http://www.mathplayground.com/grade_3_games.html

Math Centers

We worked hard on area and relating multiplication to division yesterday in math centers. Here are some pictures of us working hard!

Bee and Honey

We had a Bee and Honey presentation by Bob Otto!

 

These Week's Events

If you have not yet signed up for a time for PT conferences, please follow this link and pick a spot. I will be making follow up phone calls later this week. Thank you! I look forward to this time of meeting with you.

https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Spooner_Elementary_School

Working hard on the Southeast region.

 



We're area and perimeter!

We love to read!

We like to build on the Lego wall during free time, inside recess and Makerspace.



We used leaves to create crayon rubs.

Words Their Way

Sort 13 - Ms. Kelsey and Ms. Swanson

Sort 25 - Mrs. Smith's Spellers

Sort 46 - Mrs. Smith's Worders



Sort 20 - Mrs. Williams

A Busy Week

A Beautiful Fall Week

Words Their Way

Welcome 3rd Grade Families!

Our year is off to a great start.  We are getting settled in and moving to our normal schedule now, which means we are beginning Words Their Way and WIN (What I Need) groups.  These are wonderful instructional times where students receive differentiated instruction to meet their needs.

In an effort to move toward "paperless", Words Their Way lists will be posted on the 3rd grade teachers' blogs each week.  Lists for all groups will be posted here, so regardless of who your child's Words Their Way teacher is, your student's list can be found here.

I hope you will find the blog to be a helpful source of information for what is happening at SES and in 3rd grade!

                      Miss Kelsey and Miss Swanson Sort 12

 

Mrs. Smith - Worders - Sort 45

 

Mrs. Smith - Spellers - Sort 24

 

Mrs. Williams - Sort 19

 

Click this link to get examples of Battleship, Secret Code Words, and a Word Search: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4B6qqBRN5ifd3RhS0dRWnBvLXM&usp=sharing

 

A Visit to the Garden

On Thursday we went out to the garden and helped to remove the dead plants and roots. We loved digging in the dirt and learned about turning soil and composting!

Fire Safety

On Wednesday we were given the opportunity to go outside and learn with our Spooner Fire Department. We went into the smokehouse and toured the fire equipment. It was a great opportunity!

More Fire Safety pictures can be found by clicking here.

Smith Students Support the Pink Cause

Students throughout the ES wore pink on Tuesday and Friday in support of the cure for breast cancer.

This Week's News

Makerspace

Every Friday we take science time to have Makerspace. This is a time for students to create, design, work in groups, and just become better scientists. Take a peek at pictures from today's Makerspace by clicking here.

 

We had a generous donor from Reddit gifts donate a gift pack to Mrs. Smith. She received 14 Lego miniature figures and a Under the Sea gear pack. We love using them during Makerspace time.

Student Resources

We have been working on different learning apps and websites. Feel free to check them out with your child:

Epic (Reading): https://www.getepic.com/app/
Login: smithm@spooner.k12.wi.us
Password: sessmithm
Choose student and they need to input their lunch number

Reflex Math: https://www.reflexmath.com/launch?1443809557677
Username: sessmithm
Click Third Grade 2015
Choose student and they need to input their lunch number

Google Drive (homework and in class activities): https://drive.google.com/
Username: first name, three of last name (no spaces) @stuemail.spooner.k12.wi.us
Password: Lunch number twice

Learning.com (Keyboarding): http://login.learning.com/
Username: first name, three of last name (no spaces)
Password: Lunch number

IXL, BrainPop, Khan Academy, TenMarks and Raz Kids coming soon

Hunt Hill

Our Field Trip to Hunt Hill was a great time where we learned all about camouflage, invasive species, water chemistry and being good stewards. Be sure to check out all our pictures from the day by clicking the link below this picture of our whole group! You can even watch a few videos of our field trip! Be sure to ask your child about everything they learned and did.

Hunt Hill Field Trip Pictures!

October Lunch and Breakfast Menu

In order to save printing costs, we'll be putting our lunch and breakfast menu online! You can grab a copy of it by clicking this link: October Breakfast and Lunch Menu.

Mr. Stordahl Reads To Us

Mr. Stordahl came down and read a fun book to us! We loved it and learned important lessons. Ask your child about the book!