Red Ribbon Week

This is Red Ribbon Week.  Monday (10/29) is mismatched sock day.  Tuesday (10/30) is pajama day and finally Wednesday (10/31) is hat day.  We kicked off Red Ribbon Week this today by wearing red, reading and signing an oath to stay drug free and ending the day with a pep rally in the gym.  The cheerleaders and step team from Lewis Fraiser Middle School came and provided entertainment.  FLE's 4th/5th grade chorus also sand a song for Red Ribbon Week.  We were visited by McGruff as well as a working drug dog, courtesy of the Liberty County Sheriff's Department.  It was amazing to see the working dog in action!

Action Verbs Media Festival Project

Each year students complete media projects to enter into the FLE media festival.  This year my inclusion students completed a media project for the festival.  Their project focused on action verbs.  They each wrote 2 or 3 complete sentences then added an illustration for each sentence.  They did a great job on their project.  Enjoy!

Our Heroes Media Festival Project

We have been studying American heroes.  Through our discussions we looked at what made a hero and where we can find heroes within our own lives.   For our media festival project the students wrote about their hero.  They also added an illustration if they wished.  The students did a fantastic job!

Courage and American Character

As a 3rd grade we study American character through nine different people (Paul Revere, Frederick Douglas, Mary McLeod Bethune, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall).  The second nine weeks of the ELA program is focused on informational text.  We will use our Social Studies people to accomplish this objective.  Students will not only read about the different people, their lives and contributions to our society, they will also learn how to take meaningful notes.  Each week will focus on a specific person.  Students will complete activities for each chapter and they will complete a cloze activity for each person.  I have uploaded the books so that they can be reviewed by students at home. 
To access the books, please click on the word Science (under the links heading).  Use the username and password provided.  Once you are on the eduplace site click on the online leveled books (computer icon).  Click on the words whole group.  This will take you to the books we are using. 
We will begin with Mary McLeod Bethune. 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

1st Marking Period ABC Award Winners

Each nine weeks FLE holds an ABC Awards ceremony.  ABC stands for Academics, Behavior and Change.  Students work hard to earn these awards each marking period.  For the first marking period the ABC awards were earned by Zoriah and Aryanna (for Academics) and Devereaux and Lydia (for Behavior).   Congratulations!  You have set a great example for our class.  Keep up the great work.

Additionally, CONGRATULATIONS to Lydia for making Honor Roll for the 1st marking period.  You rock!~

Timeline Research

The 2nd marking period finds 3rd grade learning how to take notes and conduct research projects.  Students were given the task to create a timeline using the 9 American heroes we study in our Social Studies curriculum.  The students worked in pairs to complete the research portion of the project.  Upon completion of their research, they took the information and created a timeline.

Measurement Assessment

We spent quite a bit of time learning how to measure properly.  As a culminating assessment students had to construct a robot.  The robot had to have a head, body, two legs, and two arms.  Each line segment had to be measured accurately and labeled in both inches and centimeters.