Multiplying by 5

Reading Calendar

Don't forget that November reading calendars are due tomorrow (Tuesday, December 1st). A couple of students turned theirs in today, but there several more that can turn theirs in tomorrow. The students won't want to miss playing outside tomorrow as the high temperature is supposed to be near 50 degrees! That'll be great for their extra recess.

Star of the Week

November 30 - December 4

Multiplication Baseball

This game goes along with our Everyday Mathematics series. This a game we learn during Unit 4, which is Multiplication and Division.

Multiplication Baseball

Little Grunt

The video should be working now. Give it a try!

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

Star of the Week

This week we began the Star of the Week. Each week we'll have a new Star of the Week who will get their picture posted on the website, get to be line leader, and receive a pencil.

I did not include the child's name along with their picture so their is not too much personal information shared. Also, we make a word cloud at www.wordle.net, which the kids get to take home with them. In the word cloud we list the different things each child likes as well as complements from his/her classmates.

Nov. 24 Update

I was home yesterday with a sick child so I haven't had a chance to make any updates. I'll try to add a couple things in the next couple of days before Thanksgiving.

Here are a few notes:
- We are taking our second unit test in Language Arts this week. The tests are kind of long so we split them up over several days.

- No spelling words this week since it is a short week and we are taking our language arts test.

- We will finish the story of the Mayflower this week as well. We are getting close to the end and if we have time we'll watch a video on life on the Plymoth Plantation.

- Today we are going to RIF (Reading Is Fun) and the kids will be able to pick out a free book thanks to many local merchants.

- We are also making our sparkling cornucopias this week, which is a third grade tradition (some parents may have even made them if they went to Iowa-Grant).

- We are also retaking our last Math test this week too. The kids had a difficult time with the test so we went over it last week and we'll try it again this week.

Friday Game

Decide which math symbol you should use to get the correct answer. Move quickly, but be careful! This game is great for mental math practice.

If you play with the kids make sure they use the terms add, subtract, multiply, and divide instead of calling it by its symbol: plus, minus, and times. That is something we have been working on all year!

Quick Math

Three is a Magic Number!

We will start multiplication today. We will start with mostly the lower numbers during the first unit and then do the larger numbers (6, 7, 8, and 9) later in the year.

Rosie: A Visiting Dog's Story

This weeks story is Rosie: A Visiting Dog's Story, which the students will need to read as their Wednesday homework. The whole story is not on Google Books, but we are going to read the first part of the story in class today so they can read the second half on the computer if they would like. The story is a bit too small to read so here the link too if you want to have the story go full screen: Rosie

Multiplication

In math we are going to begin unit 4 on Thursday (Wednesday is a halfday and we won't have math). In unit 4 we work on Multiplication and Division. We don't learn individual numbers in multiplication, but there are School House Rock videos for each number in multiplication that I'll be adding to the blog during this unit. The first video is about the number zero.

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

Here is the video of the play. It ended up taking over 10 minutes so the quality isn't the best, but it's not too bad. Once again, great job third graders! They really did a great job of being animated.

You can save the video by right clicking on the link and going to Save Target As. From there you can name it and put it in a folder. Since the video is so big, it may not be able to be left on school website past this week (Nov. 20).

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

Little Grunt

The third graders did an excellent job on the play this morning. We practiced all week and they did their best work in front of a rather large audience. Thanks to all those who were able to come. For those who couldn't make it, the tech. staff is working on posting the video and hopefully it will be done by Monday (it's quite a job posting such a long video and the other third grade classes recorded theirs too). As of right now, we will not need any permission slips to put the video up because of the Acceptible Use Policy that was already signed. The video will be posted on the Iowa-Grant website and I will link it on the blog when it is done.

Finally, if any parents who took pictures of the play want to send me pictures I'd love to post some on this site. Please send as many as you have and I'll try to create a short slideshow. I had planned on taking pictures, but got busy and forgot. My e-mail address is avanovermeer@igs.k12.wi.us

Thanks and have a great weekend.

Weekend Game

This is one of my favorite ones yet. We have been working on geometry and area in math and this fits right in. In the game Shape Inlay you will need to place all the shapes into the existing shape. Enjoy!

Shape Inlay

First Quarter Attendance

According to my unofficial figures the Van Clan was here for 97.67% of the time! That means on average, each child missed only a little more than one day per student. That is excellent attendance for the first quarter, especially considering that the flu has been causing many absences in the area.

Keep up the great work!