Don't Forget!

We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning computer science, and less students are studying it than a decade ago.

That’s why our entire school is joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 7-13). More than 100 million students worldwide have already tried an Hour of Code.

See http://hourofcode.com/in for details, and help spread the word.

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    Remember to wear purple tomorrow!

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Hour of Code

Next week is Computer Science Education Week and we will be participating in Hour of Code. 

To read more about it watch this video and go to the free website. The students are already working with code and are very excited to be participating in this event. They can also be doing code at home!

Just go to Code.org to try it out!

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There are also some Blackburg Code events! Make sure you register. 

STEM workshops that are now open for RSVP registration are:

• Thursday December 10 5-8pm @Rackspace – LCBB: Make Your Own Autonomous Arduino Robot!

• Friday December 11 5-7pm @Rackspace – Coder DoJo: “Collaborated Hour of Code”

• Saturday, December 12 9am-noon @Radford University – 100 GoC: “Unplugged Coding Workshop”

I hope you can participate! I will post some more photos of us next week!

Megan

Tree Project and Book Fair Fun

Tree Project

Tree Project

SOL 3.12

Last week our entire third grade completed a project about themselves. I enjoyed hearing everyones presentations this week!

Make sure to visit the book fair!!!

Update: The kids had a blast at the book fair and we were gifted several new books for our classroom library! Thanks to all who generously donated!!!

Our class monster was my personal favorite, but we did not win the popcorn party.  Maybe next time!

I hope you found some fun books!

October Fun

We were so excited to begin our science experiments when we got back from specials! We ran into one problem, the Candy Corn Bandit store our Candy Corn!!! The kids had to use inferencing skills to find the  next clue, and then the Candy Corn.  They had a blast!

I hope you all had a great October!

James and The Giant Peach

We went to see James and the Giant Peach this week and it was such a great play! I saw students at the edge of their seats, heard them laugh out loud, and were beaming with excitement as we left the show!

If you have a chance to see it this weekend you should go! Lucas and I will be going on Saturday!

They had so much fun!!!

Enjoy your weekend

Digital Geometry Projects

Last week we started presentations in groups for review of our Geometry unit. They had a blast and now have a better understanding of lines.

Thanks Lori for the great idea!!!

Have a great week and check back for more fun projects we have been working on!!!

Awesome Adjectives with Delicious Lolipops

We have been exploring adjectives in class the last couple of weeks. Adjectives can be very tricky for third graders. We will continue to work on it throughout the quarter.



This week we read the book Luscious Lollipops. It is my absolute favorite book to read for this skill.

A few years ago I found this page from second grade shenanigans. The kid had so a great time with their lollipops and finding adjectives. 

Have a fantastic week!!!

What is a Scientist?

Every year I try and make a big deal about what a scientist is. Every year the misconceptions are the same. "A scientist is someone who wears science googles'', "A scientist is someone who wears a lab coat".  We always discuss ALL the different types of scientists and how each and finally come to the conclusion that we all can be scientists. We all can ask questions, make predictions, interpret data, and make conclusions. Who does not love experimenting?

You all ROCK! Our second Donors Choose project is only $219 off from getting funded and with the code JUMPSTART it would only be $110 and if you take the optional donation of 15% off it is only $93!!! We are sooooo close!!!! Our Hokki Stools have been shipped!!!! YAY!!!

Click the link if you would like to check out our projects!!! They keep extending the back to school code but we are not sure how long!

Have a wonderful week! Hope to see you tomorrow!