From the Kids...

This week the kids take over the newsletter! You’ve heard a lot from me lately, so I thought it was time to let the kids do the talking, and tell you about things from their point of view. Please remember that my door is always open if you have any questions or concerns. Together we are partners in your child’s education!

Now... the kids:

Geno says, “We started T-Math. It’s a game where you have to race to do math questions.”!

Emily says, “We did a spelling pretest on Monday and test on Friday.”!

Brianna says, “We put our inventions on our blog.” (Mrs. Carnevale says she still has to approve and publish them.)!

Faith says, “We get ten extra minutes of Fun Friday today because we got two compliments at morning recess today.”!

Chaz says, “We watched a bike stunt rider who taught us to be kind and respectful.”!

Ben B. says, “We do xtra math every day. It helps us learn adding and subtracting.”!

Gianna says, “We had fun writing today.”!

Amelia says, “In reading we write down the teaching point and then we have to answer it when we read our book. Today we talked about how our thinking about characters can change.”!

Sami says, “If everyone stays on green for a week we get pajama day, popcorn, and a movie!” (Mrs. Carnevale says it’s a behavior incentive.)!

Lola says, “We started science this week.”!

Jonathan says, “The stunt bike rider jumped over Mr. Pitcher and Mr. Hayn!”!

Penley says, “We are learning how to read cursive when Mrs. Carnevale writes things on the board.”! Ben C., Thomas, Richie, Marissa, Sonia, Adriana, Michael, and Alan say, “Have a great weekend!”

An Update From the Awesome Kids of Room 73

Math rotations have started! After our math video and lesson from Mrs. Carnevale we do three rotations during the rest of math time. One is XtraMath to practice our math facts, one is a center game (today was CandyLand Subtraction), and the third is working on the rug with Mrs. Carnevale to do the independent practice work. Sami thinks it was good because we get to move to centers. Lola says,  "It was fun and different from second grade because in second we did games from a math book, and didn't do xtramath for centers." Ben C. says, "You can learn from math games." Chaz likes being able to be with his friends during math rotations.

We've started our reading mini-lessons and reading in our reading spots each day. Amelia says, "We can read on the rug." Gianna likes that we get to go read with pillows. Penley says, "I like it because we get to relax and read with a pillow or chair."  Michael adds that we're learning how to use the reading spot chart to know where our reading spot is each day.

Yesterday were the first kids in Toffolon to set up and use Google Classroom. We opened a Google Doc from Mrs. Carnevale and did our September goal setting on it.  Amelia says, "Goal setting is important because it gives you something to practice and get better at." Lola says, "It makes you try harder for what you set as a goal."

Another tech project we did was go to ABCya and create word clouds all about us. It helps us get to know people in our new class. That was fun, but it wasn't easy.  They came out awesome and are hanging above our lockers.

Third grade is a lot of fun!

The First Day of School - A Blog Entry Written by the Kids of Room 73

Today was the first day of third grade. We didn't have to do any work!

This morning we went to a town meeting in the gym. There we met adults and kids who are new to Toffolon.  We watched a video that reminded us about the rules in the cafeteria, like no running. We watched another video the teachers made to welcome us back to school. They wanted us to come to school because it was too empty and lonely without the kids. All of the teachers even came out of one car in the video. They also played on the playground, and some went down the slide. Mrs. Carnevale was on the swings!

This afternoon we went on a treasure hunt in our classroom. It was to help us get to know where things are in our classroom. We also read a book called The Goodness Gorillas. It's about people being nice to each other, and doing random acts of kindness. We also practiced for fire drills and code red drills.

It was an amazing, awesome day!