Written by Jack N. :)

We had an awesome first week back at school after our vacation! In Math we reviewed Multiplication and practiced story problems. We practiced the steps to solve each problem by underlining the question, circling the important information, showing our work, and labeling our answers. Today we had our unit test on Multiplication. In Reading we continued to practice comparing and contrasting. We used a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Dolphins and Porpoises and Frogs and Toads after reading articles. In Writing we started our informational writing unit. We picked a topic and used our five fingers as an organizer to teach our classmates about our topic. We tried to talk like experts and tell them everything we knew! In Social Studies we read about our Australian animals and began to write down some facts from our books. We really loved starting "Just Dance" in P.E. class. We each had a team and had to dance to get points for our team. It was so much fun!

Written by Lincoln and Caleb :)

We had a really fun week in school! On Wednesday we got to go to a special science presentation that was presented by people who work at Ecovative. They taught us all about mushrooms and how they can be used to make packaging materials instead of using foam. Using mushrooms is much better for the environment! We got to help make our own bowls using the mushroom material. We will keep them in our classroom to hold supplies. It was awesome! In Math this week we learned how to multiply 3 factors using the Associative Property of Multiplication. We also learned how to multiply with multiples of 10. We had our first Mad Minute today and did great! In Reading we finished Gooseberry Park. It was a really cool book! We learned how to compare and contrast two things. We compared and contrasted two characters from the story and we also compared ourselves to one of our classmates using a Venn Diagram. We finished our Narrative final copies in Writing. We compared our Narratives to the story we wrote before we learned about Narrative writing and couldn't believe how much our stories improved! We can't wait to share our stories with you at the Holiday Party! In Social Studies we continued learning about Australia. We learned all about the animals that live there and made a book out of them. We are excited to pick an animal to research!

Written by Julia and Charlotte C. :)

We continued learning multiplication in Math this week. We learned the Commutative, Distributive, Identity and Zero Properties of Multiplication. We also practiced facts and learned a new game called "Multiplication Roll'Em". In Writing, we learned how to add quotations to the dialog in our stories. We also learned how to make paragraphs. We finished editing and began writing our final copies of our Narratives. We are excited to share them with our families at the Holiday Party! In Social Studies we read a book called "Are We There Yet". It was about a family who traveled along the coast of Australia. We traced their route on our own map of Australia and learned about each place along the way. One place we thought was really cool was Uluru, the immense rock in the outback. In Reading, we continued to read Gooseberry Park. We continued to study character traits and write summaries of the chapters. We love the book and are almost at the end.

Written by Rowan and Audrey :)

We had a spectacular week! In math we continued to learn multiplication and Miss Saburro taught us some cool tricks! So far we have practiced 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10's facts. We love multiplication! In Social Studies we finished our continent research and presented our posters to the class. We began our unit on Australia. This week we learned about Australia's geography and flag. Did you know that Australia is a continent, country and island?! We can't wait to learn more. In Reading we have been enjoying listening to Gooseberry Park. We also have been working hard at our literacy stations and in our guided reading groups. In Writing we are working hard to make our Narrative stories sound better. We are continuing to add detail and dialog, and are almost ready to begin our final drafts. We really enjoyed having our parents come in on Wednesday to work with us at stations. It was so much fun showing them what we have been learning in school! We are super excited for our Turkey Trot today. Our class has 100% participation! We get to have an extra P.E. class for having our whole class participate! Next week is a short week of school. We only have 2 days then it is Thanksgiving break. We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with their loved ones!

Written by Angie and Sophie :)

This week has been an awesome week in school! In Math we started Multiplication! We learned three strategies to solve multiplication problems. We learned how to use repeated addition, how to make groups, and how to use arrays. We continued our continent research in Social Studies. We found facts with our groups and used them to make a poster of our continent. In Writing, we worked on using a drafting booklet to separate our stories into pieces. We started by drawing different scenes of our narrative stories from beginning to end. This will help us learn how to make paragraphs. Miss Saburro continued reading Gooseberry Park to us. We used graphic organizers to describe the traits of the characters in the story. We also worked on summarizing what we have read so far. Today, we had a visit from Happy and her dog Oliver. He is a Bernese Mountain Dog. She taught us all about New Zealand and showed us a really cool power point. She also told us all about her dog Oliver and how he helps children. It was a really fun!

Written by Charlotte H. and Liam :)

This week was so much fun! In Math we reviewed adding and subtracting larger numbers. We practiced regrouping and learned how to subtract across zeros. In Social Studies we began studying the continents. We got into groups of 2 and 3 and picked a continent to study. We began researching and taking notes on our continent with our group. Once our research is finished, we are going to teach the class about what we learned. In Writing, we continued using the third grade checklist to help us edit our Narratives. We also talked about good leads and made sure the beginning of our story was interesting, and included information about the setting and the characters. This week Miss Saburro started a new read aloud, "Gooseberry Park". It is awesome so far! We are studying the characters through the story and summarizing the chapters in writing after we read. During Literacy Stations, we started our guided reading groups with Miss Saburro. It was a great week!

Written by Audrey and Charlie :)

The past two weeks were a blast! In Math we continued rounding and learned how to estimate using compatible numbers. We also learned how to solve for missing numbers in addition and subtraction equations. We finished our Plant Unit in Science. We looked inside the seed pods and found tiny new seeds. It helped us see and understand the whole life cycle of our plants. We got to take home our observation packet and growth graph today to show our families. We really enjoyed the pumpkin activity we did on Halloween. We read "How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?" and then estimated how many seeds were in our class pumpkin. After estimating, we scooped out the seeds and counted them to find the actual number of seeds. Our pumpkin had 509 seeds and Connor's estimate of 572 was the closest! We learned that the number of seeds can be predicted by the number of ribs on a pumpkin and its color. Pumpkins with more ribs and a darker orange color are known to have more seeds because they have been on the vine the longest. In Writing we learned to use a checklist to edit our narrative stories. We focused on spelling and punctuation this week. Our narrative stories are getting better each week! We continued to work on Main Idea and Details in Reading. We also read Non-Fiction and Fiction stories about Fall, Pumpkins, and Life Cycles.