Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and your family a blessed holiday!

Happy Snow Day!

Happy Snow Day #2~! I hope you're enjoying your SECOND snow day! If you need something to do, check out a game on our blog. Practice some skills and bring in a signed note from a parent or print off your score. You can earn bonus points in that subject!
Also, don't forget your Social Studies project is due on THURSDAY!
P.S. Drink some hot chocolate today!

Reading by the fire is great!

Thanks Mr. Slack for building our awesome fireplace and for our Charlie Brown tree!! :)
We also each have a stockings hung! Students are contributing great mantel pieces!

Create a Timeline for your SS project

Want to create a timeline online for your SS project?
Have your dates ready to input and then you can print it out!

Create your own timeline!

Math Practice

Looking for some online math practice? Try these 3rd grade math practice problems!
To help you with what we're studying now, check out the "graph" section!
3rd grade math practice

Veterans Day

We have a lot of wonderful men and women who are or who have served our country. The 3rd grade celebrated Veterans Day by making patriotic cards and pictures. They will be sent to Major Slack (Mr. Slack's cousin) who has served in Iraq several times and now is stationed at West Point. Also, Captain Bair (Mrs. Slack's friend) will receive some of our cards. He is currently stationed in Iraq for the 3rd time.

Practice Making Change

With our quiz on Monday, it would be a good idea for students to practice their money skills this weekend. Check out this game and have a pencil/paper ready!

Change Making

PG Food Drive

The 3rd graders are sponsoring a Food Drive for the Louisville Community Cupboard. Thanks to Mr. Davis for helping us make these fun commercials! 'Tis the season of ThanksGIVING! :)

Pumpkin Fun

We had a great week of pumpkin fun. Here's some pictures of us measuring the weight and circumference of our pumpkins. Then, PAINTING :)

3rd grade AR!

3S is doing a great job of reading, reading, reading for Accelerated Reader! By last Friday, almost everyone had earned at least 1 point, and 4 students were over 10 points! Currently, Mrs. Slack is reading the class a book called "The Candy Corn Contest." In our class, we're having our own candy corn contest, too! For every AR point students earn through Nov 12th, students can earn a guess in the contest. The winner with the closest guess, wins the jar! Starting in November, students will also begin working toward a Hat Day incentive. Keep Reading!! :)

This week...

Wonder what your child should be learning this week in 3rd grade?

Your child should be able to:

* subtract larger numbers with more than one regrouping.

* explain the difference between fantasy and realism.

* write a fiction story about their pumpkin from the pumpkin's point of view.

*explain what service is and brainstorm ideas of how they can help their community.

* spell words with 'long i' patterns.

*read fluently at their reading level and locate specific details.

and mush more :) Ask your child about what they learned today!

New Pet!

After our cool animal assembly on Friday here at school. Mr. Slack and I decided we wanted to get a chinchilla!! Although when we found them at the pet store, we couldn't leave one by itself, we took home both! They are brothers and we named them Springer (lighter one) and Marley! They have been a fun animal to watch and take care of so far. They are nocturnal, like to jump, and take dust baths! Leave a comment with any questions about this softest animal in the world!

Grandparent and Special Friends' Day!

Thanks to all our grandparents and special friends who joined us on Friday!

Butterfly Release!!

It's the little things that help...

Here at PG, we are trying to do the little things that can make a difference...

*We're collecting Box Tops for Education! (Contest ends on Thursday, but you can continue to bring them in!) These help out school buy some fun extras!

*In conjunction with the Grange, we're collecting pop can tabs to help their project to help the hearing impaired. Collect them all year!

*We're trying out a recycling project: a pumpkin mosaic. Thanks for all the great snack bags!

We're working on vocabulary skills in reading class! Check out the game links for "Synonym Toast" and "Duck Hunt Context Clues" on the side links to work on your skills!

Also welcome to Miss McCallin, a pre-student teacher from Mount Union, who is joining us for the fall!

FUN Friday!

We had a FUN Friday this past week. It was Constitution Day so we dressed in red, white, and blue. Our caterpillars began changing in front of our eyes! The chrysalis' are beginning to form!
Our class met their goal of every student doing their homework that week (it's been a struggle the prior 2 weeks!). We celebrated by making chocolate fondue sauce after we finished reading "The History of Chocolate." What fun!

New creatures!

We've got some new creature buddies taking up habitat in our classroom! Last Friday, our painted lady caterpillars arrived! We are excited to watch their life-cycle first-hand and watch them change everyday! Science in GREAT!

Tech Fun!

Have you heard about all the cool technology resources we are using in 3S?
*Spelling City
*Study Island
*'Clickers'
*Whiteboard
And coming soon...AR (Accelerated Reader!)

Sentence game

We tried out this Penguin game today in class to practice in English!
Penguins On Ice

Team 3S

Getting to know you...

I am looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you this week at school! You are officially a member of the 1st class of Mrs. Slack :)

Since you get to tell me a lot about you this week, here's a little bit about me!
I graduated from PG and then Louisville High School in '99. I earned a BA in Early Childhood Education with a Reading Endorsement in '03 from Mount Union College. In '08, I earned my Master in the Art of Teaching from Marygrove College.

This summer, I married Mr. Slack at Mount Union College. We had an awesome wedding! I have also gained a stepdaughter, Cailor, who is 6. Mr. Slack and I enjoy taking hikes, cooking, photography, remodeling, eating sushi, and traveling. In the past, I've coached tennis at LHS. I still enjoy playing, but this year have taken on the role of building tech and teacher mentor.

I am excited to having a great year of learning with you in 3S! I am always open to helping you in any way I can to reach your highest potential! I'm a great listener too :) Let's have a great year!

Meet the Teacher <--- (that's me!)

Tonight I am looking forward to meeting you and your family at school! Make sure to bring all your school supplies and any book covers you have. See you soon!
Our bulletin board is looking great with all of your letters and pictures!
Still need to write me a letter? jslack@louisville.sparcc.org

Welcome!

I hope you're enjoying your summer! The new Mrs. Slack's blog is up and running!
Let me know how your summer is going! Email me at:
thurin@louisville.sparcc.org