Another activity we do during morning meeting is Tables. Everyone stands up and makes a group of people based on a given number (such as one would tell a host at a restaurant for how many people will be at … Read More
We write every day. The only way you get better at something is by doing it frequently. So we write every day. Sometimes we have specific things we are writing (these days we’re working on personal narratives – stories about … Read More
We were weeks into this school year before weather forced us to be in our classroom for recess. Some years we have indoor recess again and again in the first weeks. This year we got to be outside for ages. … Read More
In math we have done some counting collections. The collections we’ve counted have hundreds of items in them. It helps to sort them into groups of some kind, often tens or twenties. Counting large groups like this helps students build … Read More
Apparently this is the only picture taken during this math lesson. That’s unfortunate because it was one of the best lessons we’ve had all year. Students were thinking deeply about place value and numbers. The goal was to use digits … Read More
We will do a lot of different kinds of writing this year in third grade. We will publish different pieces in different ways. Throughout all of it, we will use our writer’s notebooks. This is a place for us to … Read More
On our second day in the library we learned about noticing characters in books: what they feel, do, say, or their character traits. Then thinking about what that teaches us about the character and what we can predict about the … Read More
We are working with the school librarian to deepen our understanding of characters in books. She pulled a bunch of books with great characters for us to peruse. She also gave us wishlist papers so we could write down books … Read More
Students begin arriving in our classroom at 9:00 every morning. The morning news show usually starts about 9:25 or so. Giving us a good amount of time as students get to school. Some students eat breakfast (or their snack) at … Read More
Another greeting we do during morning meeting is our One Minute Greeting. We set a one minute timer and greet others. We try not to rush because it’s not a race! It does, however, give us a chance to greet … Read More
