Friday – feeling almost ready

I’ve been unpacking and cleaning, arranging and planning.  Our classroom is mostly ready. Now it just needs you – the students of 3E to bring it to life.  Here’s a view of our room from the door and from the corner by the sink.  We’ve got a lot of space to jazz up and fill with amazing art, exciting experiments and wonderful words – all yours!

waiting for the classfrom the fish tank

 

 

 

 

 

 

The books are waiting to be read.  We’ve got fish and hermit crabs to care for and lots of things to observe and wonder about, question and create.  In the words of Kid President – “what are you going to teach the world?”

by the sign in shelffiction chapter books

It Wednesday – here are some problems to solve

numbersMrs. Eaves class visited the animal shelter to see how many animals there were for adoption.  They counted 27 animals in all.  1/3 of the animals were cats.  The rest were dogs.  How many cats were at the shelter?  How many dogs were at the shelter?

The dogs were fed 1/2 cup of food twice a day.  How many cups of food would they eat in a week?

The cats were given 1 can of food a day.  How many cans of food with they eat in a week?

Jim had four number cards.  They were 2, 9, 4 and 7.  Which cards should he choose to make the largest 3-digit number?  Which cards should he choose to make the smallest 3-digit number?

If Jim subtracted the number that was the smallest, from the number that was the largest what difference would he find as an answer?

It’s Monday – here are some books to read

gollywhopper 2Gollywhoppers is a toy company. They’ve been around for 150 years creating some of the best games and toys around. Last year they held The Gollywhopper Games and Gil Goodson was able to win the games, while also uncovering the untruths that had led to his father getting fired. This year’s games are surrounded by just as much excitement and intrigue as the contestants from all over the country answer questions, win races and solve puzzles until the hundreds of thousands of players become 10 and then 5 and lastly 1 – The New Champion. Cameron has an older brother, Spencer and a younger brother, Walker. He is most comfortable behind a video camera noticing the whole scene and zeroing in all the details. Seeing the world that way is settling, quiet and ordinary. There is nothing quiet about being chosen to participate in the Gollywhopper games. In fact, Cameron wouldn’t be if his brother hadn’t entered his name – hoping then that he’d have two chances to be chosen. It didn’t work that way and now that Cameron is part of the games part of him hopes he will finally do something that will be recognized and he’ll be more than Spencer’s weird brother. Of course nothing works out that easily in real life and it doesn’t work out that easily in books either. That’s especially true for Cameron when Spencer wins a “walk-in” spot in the games. Then Cameron has to decide what is more important – being a brother, being a competitor, or some of both.

gollywhopper 1gollywhopper 3I am looking forward to finding the reading the third in the series. They are exciting and fast-paced page turners.   I hope you’ll give them a try. You’ll be glad you did.

PS – for other books suggestions  check out the bookshelf sidebar.  They’re great too!