Monday, March 6: We started off our day with a practice IREAD test. We had no computer glitches at all, so that was fabulous. We’ll be good to go tomorrow. During Math, we learned more about making line plots. We created line plots to represent the leaves on our beanstalks. At Writing Workshop, we began our google slide about the person we’ve been researching. We are writing “in role.” We had gym and music in the afternoon today.
Tuesday, March 7: We took two parts of the I-Read test this morning. Not a super fun way to start a Tuesday, but we stayed strong and focused. At Reading Workshop, we read and discussed an article about agroforestry in Brazil. We talked about the main ideas of the article, the different problems described in the article, as well as our own opinions about why agroforestry seems like/doesn’t seem like a good idea.
Wednesday, March 8: We finished the last section of I-Read today. WooHOO! After our I-Read was done, we had a Math test! But then at Espanol, Senora Coolidge brought us out for recess. We worked on our slide shows and learned more about persuasive writing. At the end of the day, we visited 2 fourth grade classrooms to see the National Park presentations.
Thursday, March 9: Another action packed day in 3rdLand. In Math, we worked on equivalent fractions, AREA, and traits of quadrilaterals. We finished our math test. We learned about the major Monroe County shape shifters in the 1800’s, including IU, the Limestone Industry, Railroads, and Showers Furniture Factory. Author Jeff Gottesfeld talked to the second and third grade classes today. He read his book, Twenty One Steps. He also gave us 5 “creatips” for producing good writing. We worked more on our google slides.
Friday, March 10: We created polygon posters today, identifying the key traits that make a trapezoid, parallelogram, or a rhombus. In Writer’s Workshop, we read some outstanding research slides and worked on revising our projects. We had library in the afternoon. And now…. it’s time for spring break!