Ms. Kamphaus' 3rd Grade Classroom

Here’s what is on our agenda this week:

Math: we’re studying perimeter and area, as well as reviewing linear measurement for our test that will be next week.

Science: we’re completing out class science fair project, which is trying to solve the ant problem in our outdoor classroom! After we complete the project we’ll be starting our investigations of the planets.

Writing: the students will be continuing to write poetry (stay tuned for an invitation to our classroom on February 3rd, the students will be having a poetry reading celebration in class!)

Reading: to compliment our studies in writing poetry, this week we’ll be studying inferences, similes, metaphors, and reading fluency all with poetry.

Important dates:

Saturday, January 28th: The Garden Party!

Wednesday, February 1st: Early Release

Here are some hunger links to show what we have been learning in class:

http://www.dosomething.org/whatsyourthing/Poverty/Hunger

http://www.freedomfromhunger.org/info/

http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/

http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/

http://www.wfp.org/

January 2012  
3     Tuesday  Classes Resume
10   Tuesday  Report Cards go home
16   Monday  MLK Holiday
18   Wed.  Love & Logic Workshop @ 6:00
20    Friday Semester Awards Ceremony – 3rd grade @ 8:00am
24   Tuesday Science Fair Projects Due (optional for 3rd grade)
25   Wed. Love & Logic Workshop @ 6:00
26   Thursday OTE Science Fair Judging

February 2012  
1   Wednesday   Early Release – 12:45
1   Wednesday   Love & Logic @ 6:00
7   Tuesday  OTE Family Math & Science Night
23 – 25  Austin Energy Regional Science Festival

-Mother Teresa

Here are links to our research hunger we will be using in class. Click on them to continue working on your notefacts. And remember, include your source at the top!

http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/background-hunger

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-hunger-us

Click the link to learn more about myths and facts from the first Thanksgiving.

Extra, extra!

Here’s the latest in Room 496 news. Students worked mighty hard on their articles and here they are. Every few weeks we’ll switch it up and students will be reporting new articles and in new groups.

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November Class Newspaper

Here is the information for the poster and the speech students are to write. Remember all materials are due November 17th and we’ll be holding our special election November 22nd!

Class Mayoral Election Details

for comparing and ordering numbers!

Since we’re studying geography…

Click for a fun way to “travel” and practice math facts at the same time!

Here is a link to Read Write Think’s Comic Creator. It’s fairly simple to navigate and is awesome for summarizing or sequencing a story. It’s also pretty awesome for creating students’ very own story.

Enjoy.