Welcome Third Grade Students and Families

Welcome to our class blog for this new 2018-2019 school year! I am really excited for this year. I hope you've been doing your summer reading and summer math work! 

I love teaching 3rd grade and meeting a brand new group of students! I had a blast this summer spending time with my sons Liam (age 4) and Owen (age 2) as well as my dog, Gizmo.

I'm looking forward to meeting you all, but in the meantime please check out our classroom blog!  Please check out the important information on the right hand side.  This is where you'll find important notices, information about the class, and even homework/project templates. Below that are helpful links and posts regarding the different subjects we'll be learning about this year.

To share what's happening in the classroom I've chosen to use a website called ClassTag. It's a more private way of sharing what we do in our classroom. Be on the look out the first week for information about that. 
Please contact me with any questions you may have! I can't wait to meet you and be your teacher!

Welcome To Third Grade!!

Hello 3rd graders and their parents!

Welcome to our class blog for this new 2015-2016 school year! I am really excited for next year. I love teaching 3rd grade and meeting a brand new group of students! I had a blast this summer spending time with my son, Liam, and my dog, Gizmo.

I'm looking forward to meeting you all, but in the meantime please check out our classroom blog!  Please check out the important information on the right hand side.  This is where you'll find important notices, information about the class, and even homework/project templates. Below that are helpful links and posts regarding the different subjects we'll be learning about this year.

Please contact me with any questions you may have! I can't wait to meet you and be your teacher!

Clean Award

After many weeks of hard work keeping our classroom clean we finally won the clean room award! Nice job!

Butterflies 2015

Painted Lady Caterpillar/Butterflies

We have caterpillars, and they are growing rapidly!  One just transitioned into its chrysalis, and we can expect many more to join it this weekend!

Want to review butterfly terms? Check out this post from a previous year that has review information and a short video on the life cycle.

Butterfly Life Cycle

Time - Topic 12

One of the hardest things for most 3rd graders is telling time.  Since many people no longer wear watches with faces (not digital) we might need a little more practice using a clock.  This site allows you to see a clock with real time where you can add/delete time and it has a digital clock next to it that you can see or hide to help check your work.  It's really neat!  Click here to practice using a clock!
Also: Time Matching Game and  Telling Time Basketball Game

Time to the Minute (and the worksheet)
Printable clocks for at home practice
Time Keeper - fuelthebrain.com
Time Tunnel -fuelthebrain.com  Warning: this may cause some to get dizzy
Brainpop

Elapsed Time
How to Use a Open Number line for Elapsed Time

What Time Will It Be?
Math Maven's Mysteries - Elapsed Time Crime Solving 
Elapsed Time Quiz 

Freaky Friday