Third graders love to read!

It seems quite fitting that I start my first post with a picture of my children showing off their books. I am so proud of this class and how hard they are working to earn more A.R. points. Each one of my students has earned their A.R. ribbon, and more than half of them have earned a shield! Today in chapel Nadia earned her first shield for 50 points, Hannah and Imani earned their third shields for 100 Points, and Nicole earned her eleventh shield for 300 points. When everyone has earned their shield, we're having a party!!
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FYI:

• We will begin studying the solar system next week. Students will choose a planet for a report, and they will construct a 3-d replica of their planet. Look for instructions in their homework folders Thursday!
• We have just begun long division. This is always hard at first, but soon it will be easier! Thanks for your help at home. Long division has 5 steps that are repeated over and over. They are: divide, multiply, subtract, compare, and bring down. I am teaching my students to repeat these steps over and over to achieve success in long division.
• I just wanted to mention that when I created this blog, I checked that I did not want this blog listed with any of the search engines. I hope this will help keep our blog away from the general public, and still available to all my parents.