Let's have a fun read!

Dear all,

Our class will have literacy circle starting from next week. We are, divided into groups of 3-4 members each, going to read 5 books as pictured.

Each group can choose any title from the above list. And there'll be different roles that assigned to each group member. The reason I choose these books is they all hilarious and funny with lots of nice, colorful illustrations.

I will explain more about this activity when we start next Monday. For now, you just have a look at the book cover and think which one you may pick. I'm sure that every book will give you lots of laugh.

Transformation

Hello my 3rd graders. Seems that we have pretty much lessons on Language Arts. NOw I'm gonna give you some lessons on other subjects, such as Math. The lesson today is about geometric transformation. Sound difficult to you? No, it's not. Because in fact, you already see a lot of transformations in nature or everyday life but you don't know that those are called geometric transformation. The clock turns it hands, Mom flips the pancake, etc.

Here is the brief introduction about three basic transformations of Flip, Slide, and Turn. And let's do some practice with this and this

And, do you know the photo that I put on top of this post, is it a Flip, a Turn, or a Slide? Whoever got this correct will get one point extra in the coming Math test.

Color of the Spring

Great, everybody seemed enjoying your Spring break. I know that many of you were back from Washington D.C, joining Cherry Blossom Festival. To keep the memories fresh about the trip, and especially to celebrate the Spring together, let's color this page. More worksheets about Spring will be given to you soon.

Happy Easter

Easter is already around the corner. There are so many ways to celebrate this holiday. Today, in class, we'll celebrate together by completing this worksheet . Hope that all of you have fun and again, Happy Easter!

Poetry Day

World Poetry Day is on March 21, which is Sunday for the year 2010. That's why we celebrate it today. In class, each of you will read a poem of your favorite. Then we can share and discuss about some poems. If we still have time, we can do another activity which is drawing picture of your poem or create and decorate your poem page. I put here an example of a poem page

Science Fair

Our school had Science Fair last Wednesday. There are a lot of cool projects in three topics of Physical Science, Earth Science & Life Science. Students chose topics last October and turned in this January. All projects made on board with an abstract to go with. The Judge worked from 4 to 5pm and the Fair was from 6 to 7pm. Though it was chilly and raining slightly, still many parents and students came in. Following are some facts about the Fair:

Principal awards:
- Which parachute is best for an egg?
- Do Debbie Meyer green bags really work?
- Fruit batteries
- Weekday vs. weekend: Which one of these has the most effect on the blood glucose of a person with type 1 diabetes?
- What bread molds the fastest?

Most projects, including winning ones, on or relating to food and and fruits. Here just to name a few:
- Fruit batteries
- What brand of white bread molds the fastest?
- Spoiled Rotten!
- Got milk?
- How strong is your sandwich bag?

Interesting/strange ideas:
- Who's mouth is cleaner dogs or humans?
- Attention span of cats

Nice title:
- Battle of the sexes: Memory Edition

Attached photos are some winning projects which can participate in 35th Annual Jersey Shore Science Fair hosted by Stockton College on March 20.

Everything is possible, everything is seeable

I found this website is very useful for any teacher and prospective teacher. There are videos for any topics and subject areas and any grade levels. Anything you can think of,even persuasive writing, is being visualized. Isn't it great?