Planets Song for the Play

Students,

Please click here to listen to the song you will sing during your play.  The lyrics are below so you can practice.

CHORUS
Planets, oo ooo, it is the game show we watch at night, Oh! Planets, oo ooo, I wonder if we could get there by flight! Planets, oo ooo, how much you know could win you the right! Planets, oo ooo, if you’re on top, we’ll go to the moon tonight.! 

Verse 1 (O’Connor)
Rockets flying through the dark black night, starlight is bright, it’s in our sight.!
the darkness gives me a quite scary fright, where can we find, some more bright light.! Stars in the night sky shine bright as sun, at sundown site, as beautiful!
On a full moon night, the white moon shines, as the moonlight, shine, shine shine.!

Bridge (Cook)
Planets are spinning around!
So high they’re above the ground!
Stars twinkle in the moonlight!
Galaxies twinkling tonight!

Verse 3 (Pease)
Life on milky way, planets are fun, it’s a great day, go by the sun!
Gravity pulls me straight from inside, paradise we go for a ride!
this pretty planet, spinning in space, in my rocket, that is my case!
On the shining moon, in sun’s gold purse, we’ll be there soon, we love the earth, Oh! 

CHORUS—

Mrs. Wagner

We were so lucky to have a mystery reader stop by this afternoon.  The students were surprised and thrilled to see Mrs. Wagner!  She spent time catching up with the students, shared her new love of drawing, and read Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock.  Thank you for coming to see us, Mrs. Wagner!

Doc Grizzly Pictures

We had such a fun time with Doc Grizzly today!  Click here to see pictures.

Spelling Practice

There are so many creative ways to study spelling words!

1. Writing in shaving cream with your fingers
2. Spelling words out using candy or cereal and gluing them on paper
3. Painting
4. Jump rope
5. Walk the words (i.e. make a "L" by walking down then over)
6. Rainbow Write (multiple crayon tracing)
7. Chalk on the sidewalk or on black construction paper

  

Parent Note

Dear Parents,

We have had a whirlwind of learning going on in our classroom these past weeks.  The Newbery Club has been energizing the kids and opening new genres of literacy to interest them.  It is great fun to hear them give their book reviews and recommendations to the class.  Most of our students have joined the Newbery Club and kids are reading amazing literature!

Thank you for your support in helping your child with the writing process activities we sent home last month.  Brainstorming, writing, editing, and rewriting are important skills and your children have become wonderful writers.  We are continuing this work on the traits of editing and voice to make our writings come alive. 

Our reading groups are focusing on drawing inferences, which is a higher level skill.  Authors don’t always “tell,” but give clues for readers to pick up their intended meaning.  We often call this "reading between the lines."  This can be tricky!

Math in our room is robust!  The long division we have looked forward to is here and the students are working hard.  Ask your child to teach you to use the code, Dad-Mom-Sister-Brother-Cousin, to help them remember the steps in long division.  We are beginning to do more work on multiplication and division, as well as using bar models to help us.  We will end the year adding, subtracting, comparing, and converting fractions. 

Doc Grizzly is coming today and tomorrow and we are all excited for his visit.  On Thursday, your child will want to come dressed up as a person from Colorado history (pioneer, Native American, etc.) and bring 12 trading items.  If you have a moment Thursday, come see our Mountain Man as he makes Colorado History truly come alive.  Your child will always remember Doc!

As we near the end of the school year, I want to let you know how truly amazing your children are. Your children are positive, kind, and love to learn.  That has made for a great community of inquisitive learners who support each other.  I personally do not want the month of May to come, as I will really miss this class come June.

Fondly, 

Julie

Our Incredible Gymnast

McCayden just competed in Regionals, Level 7 for gymnastics.  We are so proud of you, McCayden!

Click here to see a video of her vault.

Click here to see a video of her bar routine.

Click here to see a video of her floor routine.

Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem

This morning our class led the Lower School assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem.  Below is a snippet, but click here to view the entire video.

We got a kind note from third grade teacher, Mrs. Cook.

Dear Mrs. O'Connor's Class,

Thank you so much for explaining some of the important words in the Pledge of Allegiance today. Thanks also for bringing the  National Anthem into our assembly.  What a wonderful new tradition.  You can be proud of reminding us how important it is to be patriotic.

Mrs. Cook

Allie and Matthew did a fantastic job as emcees!  

Karina and Emerson-Ellis Present...

THIRD GRADE JOURNEY