Walk-a-thon

What a great time was had at the walk-a-thon this week!  We were blessed with wonderful weather that day and had a fun time running the track and enjoying the many stations that were placed around it.  Thank you to all of you who donated to this event as well as to all of you who came out and supported us as we ran.

Our great looking group!

All of the Pine Ridge 3rd Graders

What's happening in 3rd Grade:

Reading:  We focused this week on using strategies to sound out words we don't know as well as retelling our stories using a retell rope.  Reading Workshop is quickly becoming a favorite time for many of the kids.  I am amazed at how focused the students are during this time.  I just love to watch them get into their books!

Writing: This week we wrote our rough drafts for our personal narratives.  We have added extra details as we read our stories to a partner and we are ready to start editing.  The students are writing for longer time frames each day and I am proud of how hard they are working!

Math:  This week we added the 3's and 4's to our multiplication and division facts.  We also learned about the distributive property where 5x8 would be the same thing as (5x3)+(5x5).  This is a tough concept so we drew a lot of pictures to help us understand what we were doing.  The students remained positive and as long as we read the problems slowly and draw pictures, we do just fine.

Bible:  This week we learned how to use the table of contents in our Bibles as well as how to find a chapter and verse.  We then started finding some favorite verses in the Bible and writing them out onto a "favorite verse" ring.  We will be adding to this ring all year long.  The kids were really excited about learning how to "use" their Bibles and I just love their enthusiasm for the Word.

Science: We used our prior knowledge about particle size of earth materials and every student created their own brick!  This was a very fun experiment and the kids are excited to return to school next week to see how their brick has dried up.

Upcoming events:

• No school September 28
• No spelling next week due to the shorter week.
• Reading Minutes will be due on Tuesday.
• Psalm 8 due on Tuesday, September 29.  If your child wants to say it to me on Tuesday that is fine.  Otherwise, record the helps needed and return the pink form.  If memorization is tough but your child can tell you what the Psalm means to them, then let me know that instead.
• Grandparents day is October 8

Have a great weekend!

Lynae