Spring Break....

Happy Spring Break!

I hope you guys are enjoying your Spring Break! Now that we're finally over the stomach virus at my house, we certainly are! How are you spending your time? I'm working on projects around the house that I never seem to have time to do. Chaz is spending his time hanging out with friends. Alex is still at school. He had his spring break earlier in March. My husband, Todd, is working as usual this week. 

My niece, Kyli came over today. She played with my iPad. She thinks third graders are pretty lucky to have iPads in their room. After playing Lunch Box, Kid Draw, and ABC tracers, she's hooked! She informed me  that she wants one for her birthday! Can you believe that? She's a character!

I know Camden got to go see the new movie, HOP last Friday. I haven't seen him to ask how it was. I may see him tomorrow. I have an appointment to get my hair done at the shop.

I think Isaiah was going to spend some time with his brother, A.J. at Kennesaw State. 

What are the rest of you doing? Drop me an email and let me know! :)

Also, I added a page to our blog that includes our favorite math games!
Check them out!

Greek Architecture!

This past weekend, my husband and I traveled to Atlanta for the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. We stayed at a beautiful hotel, Loew's, in midtown. The following photograph was the view outside my hotel room's window. This building is the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The building is very pretty. I'm not sure if you can tell, but those are Corinthian columns outside the building. When I first saw them, I thought they were Ionic columns. But you know me, I had to be sure! So, I asked one of the workers on the inside. She told me they were Corinthian but had the curved lines at the very top like Ionics. So I guess, you could say the columns are both. You decided! Which type of column do you think it is?

 My View from the Lowe's Hotel

A Close-Up of the Eagle Column

 A Close Up of the Top

AR really ADDS UP!

Congratulations to the following point club earners!

50 Point Club

Emmeleigh, Trystan, Victoria, and Camden

Way to go, third graders!

Measuring Penny

In this delightful story, Lisa has a homework assignment to measure something. She decides to measure her dog Penny. How tall is she? How much does she weigh? How fast can she run to her food bowl? Lisa uses standard units like inches and centimeters, and nonstandard units like dog biscuits!

Students in my third grade class got really into this book. We chose partners and created our very own "Penny" to measure. We used non-standard units such as cotton swabs and paper clips. Students then used tape measures to measure their pets to the nearest inches and centimeters. Math is so much FUN!

More 100th Day Photos

Here are a few more left over photographs from our 100th day celebration. Students completed some fun but challenging math activities!

Author's Tea

On Tuesday, March 15, parents were invited to an Author's Tea. Students read books they had written and published through the Student Treasures Program. Students did a wonderful job on the writing project. Their books look awesome! Check us out!

Check it out!

Don't forget to visit the Walker County Messenger's web site! Our class is featured in a short write-up about using the wonderful iPads! Way to go, Kai and Jason!

 

Click on the picture to visit the Messenger's web site!

Happy 100th Day!

Happy 100th Day!

Today is our 100th day of school! Usually celebrated in early January, we are just now arriving to our 100th day due to all the snow days we've experienced. Students will participate in lots of activities centering around the number 100. Stay tuned for photos!

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Way to Go!!!!

 

We won the attendance reward for January!
Thanks for doing your part and coming to school each day!

I scream!

You scream!

We all scream for ice cream!