Special Scoop

Learn Not to Burn came to see us again.  She told us all about fire hazards.  We watched a video about how to keep our houses safe!  She will be back in February.
We also had an Army veteran talk about Veteran's Day and talk about his experiences.  He talked about what it was like to be in the Army.
Mikey's mom came for Art Awareness and so did his gramma.  We got to make paper vases.

Literacy

Mrs. G. is reading a memoir to us called Small Steps.  It is really good so far.  We have been listening to lots of picture book memoirs.  We will be writing our own memoirs soon.  We are getting really good at writing wonderful paragraphs! 
We are working hard at finding evidence in our reading for our reading extended response questions.  We need to find the evidence in our reading and use it when answering our questions.   We will keep practicing that. 
We have all been reading lots of cool books in our guided reading groups.  Some have been fiction and some have been non-fiction.  Some of us played a reading game called Read  Between the Lines.  We all played the Authors Purpose game. 
In spelling this week we had a fun fall list of words.  We drew pictures and wrote the words in sentences.  It was fun to do.
Mrs. Lambert comes in two times a week and we think for a minute and write for three minutes and then we graph how many words we write.  We try to beat our own goal each time she comes. 

Math

3G- We have finished chapter 3 and now we are working with those darn difficult decimals.  We used cubes, longs and flats to help us.  We are learning about tenths, hundredths and thousandths!  This is not easy.
3C- Multiplication and division is what we are learning about.  We have been practicing the 0's, 1's and 2's.
3M- We are learning some fast ways to do multiplication and division.  It is helping us. 
3B- We are practicing multiplication too and we are reviewing ballpark estimates.

Social Studies

This unit is all about maps.  We started with learning about road maps and finding things on maps.  We each got our own maps.  They were grid maps and we found things of interest in Chicago.  We also found places in Illinois.  We learned about a compass rose, cardinal directions and intermediate directions too.  We studied lots of map keys and then we got to design our own maps.  We are finishing them today!  We took a map quiz too.  Next week we are starting science again.  We will be learning about matter.

MATH FACTS

In 3G math we are learning basic multiplication facts and advanced subtraction facts. In 3B math we are learning mearsuring and multiplication.In 3C math they are doing measuring and multiplication too.  In 3M math they are doing measuring and multiplication.We are working on our Rocket Math facts!
Written by Scott, Omar, Timmy and Karessa

special scoop

This  week  was spooky .It started with Miss Shield from the police department.  She talked to us about safety tips like what to do when  we  are  home  alone.  There are also new stuffed spooky animals on the counter like a pummpkin and a witch! Our door had a big spider web that says "WELCOME TO OUR WEB"  on it.  Then we all have little spiders with our names on them. 


by Aminah, Eiman and  Rahul


         

Literacy

This week in reading we have been working on  a book called Turtle Bay.  We have been summarizing our books too.  We did a reading response. We got to make a new cover  for the book. In writing we have written on a card for any habitat. We also have been writing good paragraphs.  For spelling our class has been working on tic tac toe spelling which is when you have a partner. We had a really hard list this week.
Written by Mina, Connor and Lydia

in the lmc

In the LMC we are reading AR books.  So far 26 people in our class have  done AR tests.  Mrs.Ory came in our class and taught us about some habitats.  We should always keep our LMC books in our backpacks!
Written by Nico and Danny

Science News and Information

We finished our habitat booklet.  Now we are making our own trioramas.  We got to pick our own habitat to make.  When we are done they will go in the LMC.  Soon we will be going back to studying social studies again.  Our favorite habitats were polar and pond! 
Written by D'Mareon and Ryan

SCIENCE

In science we are learning about habitats. The habitat that we are focused  on is the desert. We read two books about the desert and then we wrote about the animals, plants and how they survive. Some of the animals that live there are scorpions, snakes, gerbils,  sand fish, beetles, desert foxes and tortoises. Some survive by shade and others survive by drinking water. Sometimes animals cut a pice of a catus to get the water inside.   We have also learned about the forest and the polar habitats.  We have 3 more to go!  
By Omar, Nico and Mikey

Language arts

In reading we have been working on Nate The Great and the San Francisco Mystery.  Also we did an A to Z noun search through the story looking for nouns.  For spelling  the class has been using our scrabble letters to spell out our spelling words. We used rainbow spelling too. We shook some dice to write our words with different colors.  In writing we edited each others writing sentences.  We did some reading responses.  We made bookmarks for our own guided reading books.  We started those too!   It has been an awesome week!!!! 
Written by Mina, Lydia and Gio

Having fun in math

3B math is learning about temperature and number stories. 3G math is learning about ballpark estimates, partial sums and column addition. 3M math is learning about number stories and addition,subtraction and multiplication. 3C math is learning about math boxes and in out boxes. We have been very busy and fun is starting to take over math!
By: Kaylin, Eiman, Kate and Karissa

Special Scoop

Last week we had gym testing. We had a really great time. The whole school had a awesome tornado drill this week. We had a lesson in the learning center with Mrs. Ory about really good books to read.  We are also starting AR testing.  We have to read 3 AR books each month and take a test on them. We are bringing home our AR levels today.  That will keep us reading.  We have been using our Rocket Math flash cards and we have been taking Rocket Math tests.  We have been doing great on them!  We had an awesome back to school party last Friday.  A whole bunch of us got on BLUE this week!   We are going to try to do that more.
By Elkin and Jackson

Special Scoop

This week was really special! It started with the new student. Her name is Karissa. We also had our second spelling test! This week our Apple of Our Eye is Scott. We wrote in our writing journal ! Are journals look very unique. We also had  the very first buzy bobcat store! We also had our first fire drill! We had a busy week!



 by Aminah and  Dmareon

Social Sudies

This week we learned a lot of things.  We learned about landforms, ecosystems and climate.We also learned about regions and physical environment. Our class made snowflakes and we wrote down the word climate. We wrote around climate what things make up climate. The class answered the questions on the exit slip. The class also learned the definitions of each word. We have been learning a lot in social studies. It has been a fun week!!
Written by Mina, Colin and Kaylin`

MATH FACTS

3G: In 3G we have been working with compasses. We have been  drawing rays, lines, line segments,and end points.We are having a test on Friday. 3C: In 3C we have been working on money in the computer  lab and in our math  journal. It was  kind of hard. 3B: in 3B we learned about  frames and arrows. 3M: In 3M we have been working on number grids. We have been playing addition topic. 
Written by Ayanna, Lydia, Zia and Timmy

Language Arts

Spelling is outstanding  and we are getting fantastic grades! We played scrabble and we had a great time. We also played another game this week where we connected the spelling words as much as we could with letters.  We got points for each letter.  We all won and got candy, Smarties or suckers.  
We wrote from our Authority list and we wrote lots of sentences to make a paragraph about a subject that we got to pick.  Then we got with a partner and read our paragraphs to find mistakes.
We read a story called Officer Buckle and Gloria.  It was fantasy because Gloria, the dog, did things that a real dog could not really do.  It was a funny story that talked about safety tips.  Gloria was the funny part.
Mrs. G is reading Shiloh about a boy that found a dog that was a beagle. Shiloh loves the boy who found him.
Written by Ryan, Scott and Jackson

lmc/computer

We are writing the blog this week in our classroom on laptops.  We get to check out 3 books this year because we are third graders. We check out books by tables this year too. We read books in our classroom.  We also read Time For Kids today. 
Written by Connor and Rahul

Great Second Week!

We finally felt cooler today!!!! Yeah!  It had been pretty hot in 3G and we are glad it cooled off! 
Math Facts: 3G: We have worked on rays, lines and line segments and angles.  We learned how to draw them and label them.\
3C: We are playing math games like Number Top-it and a telling time game.
3M: We played addition Top-it.
3B: We learned how to read clocks and tell time.
We are still Reading How to Be Cool in Third Grade.  We wrote what we thought we had to do to be cool in third grade at Brookdale.  Poor Edward is really having a hard life in the story Mrs. G is reading to us!   We practiced our spelling words in lots of different ways.  We played tic tac toe with them, we spelled them using sign language, we wrote them with the opposite hand that we usually write with. 
In Social Studies we are talking about living in different communities.  There are three types of communities.  They are urban, suburban and rural.  We made a chart showing the differences between them on the Smartboard. Next week we are going to make our own charts.
We had our first assembly to tell us about selling wrapping paper, and cookie dough and jewelry and chocolates.  If we sell things, the orders are due back September 15th.
Pretty soon, we will be typing this blog.  Right now we tell Mrs. G. what to write.
Enjoy the long weekend!  :)

Best First Week!

3G is writing this blog as a group today!  We spent the week organizing our things and learning each other's names.  We have a stuffed dog named Spot in our room.  He goes to the person who is spotted being extremely respectful, responsible and safe.  We get to keep Spot on our desk for the day and get a PAW.  Then we get to pass Spot on to someone else the next day.  We did an art project yesterday.  They were suns to hang in our room.  They were fun to make.  They were made from hangars.  We played autograph bingo after we got everybody's signature in our class.  We learned about the word "unique."  It means that we are all special in different ways.  We started reading the book, How to Be Cool in Third Grade.  We made bookmarks for our books.  We have had lots of Station Rotations.  We learn all the rules of the school at those.  We have a talking parrot.  It is Mr. LeCrone's voice!  We have lots of talking and singing animals in our room.  Our bell in our room has lots of different sounds and each one means something different. Mrs. G. is reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane to us. This has been a busy week in 3G. 
Written by all of the kids in 3G

First Day/Curriculum Night

We had a great first day!  We spent the day getting to know each other and organizing all of our "stuff."  Please remember that it is very hot in our classroom, so dress your child in something cool!  :) 

Curriculum Night is this Thursday and I am hoping that you are all able to attend.  The evening begins at 6.  Here is the run down of the night....

6-6:30  PTA and Parent Teacher sign up
6:30-6:45 State of Brookdale Address in the gym- Mr. LeCrone
6:50-7:30 Curriculum overview in all classrooms
7:35-8:15 Repeat of Curriculum overview in all classrooms
See you on Thursday night!
Mrs. G

Great to see you all!

I was so happy to get to meet so many of you on Thursday at the Meet and Greet!  All of you remembered to bring your smiles. :)  For those of you that were unable to attend or did not bring in your supplies that day, I am hoping you can bring them in on the first day so we can get things organized then.  Enjoy your last weekend of summer.....Spend some time with your family and friends!  I will see you with a big smile on the blacktop/playground on Tuesday morning!
Mrs. G.

Meet and Greet

I am guessing by now that most of you have checked out the class lists posted on the front doors of the school. If you haven't already done so, head on over there and find out who else is in 3G besides you!  I have been at school for weeks now getting our classroom ready for all of you.  It has been really exciting to get back there to set everything up!  I am hoping to get to see all of you at the Meet and Greet scheduled for the 19th from 2:00-3:00 p.m.  You can drop off your supplies and see the classroom at that time.  Third grade has moved downstairs, so hopefully it will be a little bit cooler for us. I hope you have some fun things planned for your last few days of summer. :)
Mrs. Gouldsberry

WELCOME to the 3G BLOG!

I am soooooo looking forward to working with all of you this coming school year!  This will be the place to check for news and information about our classroom.  It will be updated regularly by me and the students so be sure to check it often. :)  At this point it is under construction so please be patient.....Enjoy the last few days of summer and I will see all of you soon! 
Mrs. Gouldsberry

ENJOY!

HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!
MRS. GOULDSBERRY