Play Doh Fun for Morning Work

This morning that children walked in to find Play Doh  on their tables, and morning directions on the Smart Board asking them to create something that they've learned or noticed about third grade. They also had paper to write a couple of sentences to tell about it. I love the thought and time they put into their creations. It's also quite cute what really stuck with them, especially the pillows in the room and the Wonderopolis wonder of the day video on how invisible fences work.

Enjoy their creations!

Day One Was a Great Success!

What a wonderful first day of school we had today!

After our first classroom morning meeting and then the school wide town meeting, we went on a treasure hunt to find things around our classroom. (Note: You should be able to click any picture to see it larger.)

We got to pick the color book box we want, and then design our name tag for it.

We BEGGED Mrs. Carnevale to let us read in our new classroom library. How can a teacher say no to kids begging to read?

Later we played Find a Friend, and had to find friends in the classroom who matched things like Flew a kite this summer or helped bake cookies or brownies this summer.

Towards the end of the day we did an activity to help us think about ourselves as learners, what kind of year we wanted to have, and help Mrs. Carnevale learn about us, and what kind of teacher we want her to be.

Here are the final charts from that activity:

Throughout the day there were lots of smiles on the faces of the children, and the teacher! It's going to be such a fabulous year!

Come On In!

Our classroom is ready and waiting for the new Safari Scholars! I can't wait to meet each of you next week!

Getting Ready!

I'm so excited! I was finally able to get into our classroom today to start getting it ready for the new school year!

I don't have any pictures to show yet, but it'll look very much like the pictures in the classroom tour slideshow from last year on our class website. There will be just a few minor changes... I think.  :)

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer, keep reading and studying those math facts! See you all on August 31st!

Waterslide Time!

Yeah, we met our reading goal and can go on the waterslide tomorrow!

Please come to school wearing your bathing suit under your clothes. If you can’t wear your bathing suit to school, you will be given time to change.

In a plastic bag, bring a towel, underclothes, and a t-shirt you can get wet. (EVERYONE GOING ON THE SLIDE NEEDS A T-SHIRT!)  Your dry clothes will go into your plastic bag when you are on the slide.

After sliding you will be given time to change back into your dry clothes and put your wet clothes and towel in the bag.

Please note: The school does not have extra clothes and towels.

Summer Skills

This summer I will keep the RAZ Kids accounts and XtraMath accounts accounts open (as long as the websites themselves allow it) so your child has access to all of the great materials they need to keep their reading and math fact skills going. The links on our class Just for Kids page will also be available all summer long to keep up with skills practice. 

Classroom Library

As our year winds down, there’s lots of cleaning and organizing that takes place. It will be helpful if all classroom library books that might be hanging around at home are brought back to school as soon as possible. Please encourage your child to check all around his/her room, and other spots in the house where classroom books might be hiding.