Spelling Words - week of Oct. 25-29

1. Stanley
2. brave
3. letter
4. mail
5. male
6. envelope
7. rest
8. arrested
9. rule
10. rude
11. politeness
12. hasty
13. bulletin
14. board
15. bored

Bike Safety

On Monday, October 11th., Ellen Pillsbury from the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission came to our classroom to discuss bicycle safety with our students. She went over the rules of riding safely, making sure your bike is the correct size, and the importance of wearing a helmet. She brought eggs to show how fragile heads are by having a student drop an unprotected egg onto the floor. Then she had another student drop an egg into a box of styrofoam pellets. The students were quick to understand that their new helmets have a very important job to do! She fitted each student with a new helmet, which many of them wore the rest of the day.

Artists at Work

Spelling Words - week of Oct. 11-15

1. least

2. fast

3. just

4. burst

5. strip

6. stick

7. strike

8. artist

9. almost

10. student

11. strong

12. start

13. blast

14. step

15. street

Fire Safety, Walk to School Day, and Fall Artwork

We celebrated Walk to School Day on October 6th. It was amazing to see all of the students, big and small, and adults coming down the path toward the school. They were met by cheering students and teachers.

The walkers from my class

On Oct. 6th, we also had a visit from firefighters. They brought the Fire Safety Trailer and went over fire safety guidelines. One of the things that comes out every year is that sometimes third graders don't know their phone number and home address. They need to be able to recite this information if they ever have to call 9-1-1. Ask your child to recite that information and see if a refresher course is needed.

The kids did some beautiful fall artwork this week. It really brightens up our hallway.

Classroom Creativity

This post is long overdue. The students have been so busy being creative since school started. Here are some of the projects they have been creating, along with a brief description.

We've been learning about bus safety and creating posters to show good bus safety rules.

The students spent time finding pictures in magazines that represent things that tell about themselves and then created Personality Portraits.

One of our first writing assignments was writing "Who am I?" riddles and then trying to guess which classmate wrote each one. The answer to each riddle is a picture of the student who wrote it.

The students drew pictures of summer activities. Hmmm... must be time for some fall activity pictures soon.

Another of our writing assignments was writing "All About Me" books. The books have been put into our classroom library, so we can learn all about each other.

We read a lot of Hopes and Dreams books. Each student had to set a goal for themself at the beginning of the year - something that they want to improve about themself.

Spelling Words - week of Oct. 4-8

All of our words this week have the long i and long o sounds.

1. tight
2. while
3. show
4. stone
5. bright
6. whole
7. window
8. time
9. follow
10. close
11. flight
12. tide
13. grow
14. broke
15. below