10/11/2011
Class Historians Libi Warmund and Cole Messenger
Libby
Class Historians Libi Warmund and Cole Messenger
Reading
Libby
We’re reading a selection of books and we’re putting sticky notes in them to remind us of what we might have done that’s similar or a question about what we have. In my group we’re reading Just Juice and I think the main character is very brave. Juice has a lot of things to deal with. Her parents might lose their house and she is skipping school.
Cole
Today we used our language arts note books about what was happening in the chapter that we read the day before. We’re using it is as response journal. We wrote about we felt about what the character was facing and what she learned about her mother. Opal is the main character, who is brave. She asks her father to tell her about her mother who left when she was three.
Math
Cole
Our topic in math is place value. Today, I solved a very difficult number riddle. The number value changes depending on where it is in the order of any number. 100’s to 1,000,000. I love doing multiplication. I’ve been doing it for a long time.
Libby
I like math because the reject game. Mrs. Miller pulls out a tile and we either put it in the ones, tens, hundred, or thousands. Depending the game, you either have to make a good guess if the target number is high or low.
Writers Workshop
Libby
What we’re working on is our seed moment. We’ve started typing them on our laptops. We’ve gone through collecting, selecting, drafting and revising.
Cole
Right now we’re using our laptops revise. We’re working on how to write a good hook, finding spicy words, verbs, nouns, and we’re writing daily. Details in writing are important because without them you won’t be capturing an audience. I might have one of the best hooks in the world but have the lamest story. Without a hook, no one will want to bother to read it.
Opinions
Libi
Third Grade has been such a great year so far because Mrs. Miller is the funniest teacher ever.
Cole
I like the challenges of the laptop. Figuring out how to put a document into a drop box was really confusing.
