Did I mention it was at Gillette Stadium?? We presented in a luxury box!
I was very lucky to be a co-presenter at MassCUE this year which is a technology conference for educators. I presented with Mrs. Brooks, another third grade teacher. Mrs. Langmead and Ms. Sawyer also presented later in the day. We had a great time learning more about technology in the classroom and sharing the things that we get to use everyday. We also got to hear Governor Deval Patrick speak, what a treat!
Our document camera lets us see valuable things up close and in person!
Our second star shared his many interests with us this week. Not only is he a hockey fanatic but he also loves to sing, dance, and play music! We also had a special guest visitor who brought in an exciting object to share . . . a Bruins Stanley Cup ring. Mrs. Brown’s son works for the Bruins and was able to lend her the ring to share with Team 203! We couldn’t pass the ring around so we used the document camera to get a closer look!
Does anyone remember the tortoise's name??
What a great trip to the farm. We had perfect weather, fabulous volunteers, engaged students, and happy animals. We learned about plants, animals and collected some background knowledge about our spring study of food chains and food webs. Check out what we saw at the farm!
Look I picked these mom!Let's get a closer look
I love my veggies!
Billy goats gruff
Feeding the turkeys
We are always adding to our CAFE board where students keep track of their reading goals. Colin created the CAFE card: Determine the genre, which will be seen in a future post under comprehension. Determining the genre helps readers to understand the text and its features.
This week, students focused on telling the difference between realism and fantasy. We are also keeping track of all of the anthology stories that we read and categorizing them by genre. This week we finished Alexander who use to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. Do you remember what genre this story is? It’s a type of fiction and it has people as characters who do realistic things!
In Social Studies we are studying our state of Massachusetts. Students are working in teams to create Regions Posters.
We separated our state into these 5 regions: 
1. Cape Cod and the Islands
2. North and South Shore
3. Boston
4. Central MA
5. Western MA
Check out these candid photos of some artistic teamwork in action. We will present posters later next week.
This spot looks cozy . . .
Our first star did a great job being our guinea pig and teaching us more about her unique self. She brought in pictures of the important people in her family and lots of collections. This star also shared an interesting book for read aloud about animals and the seasons. We loved the Top 9 list of the best things about our star in her parent letter. Way to go!
Check out these neat statues that were won from accomplishments on the cello!
What a neat way to practice your math skills. I hope that we can use this website in class. Try out some of the activities and let me know which ones are your favorites!
Newsflash Team 203 : We received a comment on our Wonderopolis post!! If you visit the “apple a day” post on wonderopolis you will see the reply to Cora and Mrs. Lewis’ third grade!! Keep wondering and posting!
http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/can-an-apple-a-day-chase-the-doctor-away/
Happy weekend,
Mrs. Lewis
This is such an interesting site! It reminds me of our writing strategy to get “unstuck”. Do you remember what we learned to do?? We write things that we wonder about.
Why is a robin’s belly red?
What makes leaves red, orange, yellow, or green?
Check out this amazing site to find out about what other kids are wondering. You can even enter your own wonder to be featured on the site. Have fun exploring!
Be sure to leave me a comment if you find something wonderful or if you enter your own “wonder”.
A Post for Parents
This is an interesting website I stumbled upon tonight that talks about brain research. There are many things that teachers do in the classroom to try to engage the brain. Part of our job is to know what will get students’ attention and help them remember what we teach. This is an interesting sight geared towards parents but one that can be helpful for anyone and everyone who interacts with children. We all want whats best for kids so here is some food for thought on what brain research states.
Tales from Grade Three 
