Thank you and Don't Forget!

THANK YOU to PG students and families for the awesome support of our Week of Giving. Check out these PG students in front of "Phil" the Bucket!
Don't forget tomorrow is PJ day and Thursday if AR Crazy Day (if you met your AR goal!).

SS Songs

Here are the funny songs that we listened to in Social Studies today!

Totally 3rd grade

New fact practice

New practice

Fruit Loops for Math!

Students had fun using fruit loops as their data to make pictographs and bar graphs!

Ready to work and learn

Hope you had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!
We're back at school ready to work and learn. Of course, we'll mix some holiday fun in with it!
Speaking of fun, guess what? COSI is tomorrow!
This week, some of our topic of learning include the story "Raising Dragons," pictographs, bar graphs, government in our community, and forces/motion!

This Year!

I hope you're enjoying the new school year!! I'm eager to get to know each and every one of you. What do you like to learn about the most?
What's your favorite subject?
What subject is most difficult for you?
I hope make learning FUN!

DVDs!

If you gave me a DVD for our class slideshow, they are DONE!! I will have them for you when school starts, but if you want them before, just shoot me an email!

Mr. Popper's

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Mr. Popper's Penguin's movie! The movie was great even though it wasn't much like the book. Very cute penguins and Jim Carrey made this movie fun! Here are a few pics of some of the students before the lights went down!
I've missed seeing you all this summer!! Email or write me and let me know what you thought of the summer!

We'll Miss You!

We'll miss you Mr. McAlister!!
Check out this front page newspaper article!

Happy Summer!!

Happy Summer!!
I hope you have a safe, fun summer! I will miss your smiling faces!
Remember to keep in touch and keep checking the blog for updates!!

Thank you!!

Thank you to the 'other Mrs. Slack!" We loved weaving our Native American bowls for the art fair!

Olympic Day

We had a lot of fun on Olympic Day competing with other 3rd graders in the district!

Strawberries!

What's all these strawberries about!??? Come to the art fair tomorrow, Thursday May 12th for a peek at our awesome bulletin board (thanks to the OTHER Mrs. Slack!)

AR goals met!

For those students who met their AR goal in April, they celebrated with a Mix-Up/ Twin Day! Check out these crazy triplets!!
Great reading 3S!!

Enchilada Day!

Enchilada Day! Students had a fun time making enchiladas last Friday after reading a story about a child who speaks Spanish! YUM! Thanks for the parent donations to make this possible!

Keep Practicing Those Facts!

Interactive Games

What TIME is it?

3rd graders are practicing their time skills starting this week! Check on the side game section for a link to LOTS of practice! Have fun!

Change Bandits

New Penguins!!

New Penguins born at the Akron Zoo!!

ICE DAY!

Can you believe all that ice out there?
Have a FUN snow day! Remember if you met your AR goal, we have slipper and hot cocoa day tomorrow!
Need something to do today? Write a paragraph about why you like snow days and/or what you did on your free day. Make sure to include a topic sentence. For fun, make a silly illustration to go with it! Get a surprise tomorrow if you turn it in tomorrow!

Lots of February Fun!

It's hard to believe we've are in full swing of the 3rd Semester already!
Here's some upcoming events:
Wed. Feb. 2nd-Award day for AR goal
Where slippers and get hot cocoa in class if you read your 2 books for January!
Wed. Feb. 2nd-Change Bandits Begin!
Our class is in charge of the fundraiser for our school! We're collecting change for Akron Children's Hospital. Check out the WKDD website.
Feb. 10th and 15th- Conferences
Come meet with teachers!
Feb. 18th and 21st-NO SCHOOL
Do you know why we have the 21st off?
Feb. 25th-Minute to Win It
If you meet your February AR goal, you can join in the fun! :)

Super Bowl for Reading!

Starting today, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders are participating in Super Bowl for Reading! Each class is competing for a chance to earn a pizza party next Friday. The class with the most books read before then wins! Check out our progress on the football field on the main bulletin board! Good luck!! :)

Brain POP Jr.

Our school has a new addition to our technology services: BRAIN POP! This site is a fun, interactive way for teachers to add instruction to our classrooms. Short videos, games, word walls, and quizzes help students learn standards related to classroom instruction. Although our school has bought a license for teachers only, family at home can access a limited free version.
Check it out! BRAIN POP

Magazine Sale

The magazine sale began on Wednesday! Great job on bringing those postcard booklets back!
The sale supports so many extra fun things at PG which helps make our school so great! Interested in ordering online? Click HERE
Double day is next Wednesday. The sale goes though Wed. Feb. 2nd.

Happy Snow Day!

I hope you are enjoying your snow day!
Just as a reminder...tomorrow IS the last day of the 9-weeks. We will still have our spelling test tomorrow.
IF you practice a game from our blog today (related to what we're studying!) such as math facts, SpellingCity, or English verbs....have a signed note from your parents or print out your score to get bonus points!
Have fun and have some HOT COCOA today!

What we're studying...

Here's some websites that coordinate with things we're learning in class!

Math: Probability

Social Studies: Landforms

Reading: Puffin Project