Hello Families,
Third grade was busy this week... busy making friends, learning more about our classroom and school, and diving into our lessons! Here are some of the highlights: Our caterpillar studies took center stage this week as our caterpillars transformed from caterpillars to their chrysalis form right before our very eyes! We also enjoyed finding milkweed around campus, setting up their in-class habitat, and naming them. We will continue to rear them until their final transformation when we can tag them and send our beautiful Monarch butterflies off to Mexico! Students have been hard at work exploring number sense through group math games, and many were excited to start work in their math workbooks. They worked diligently at their own pace. We also began meeting in "Mix-it-up" Social Studies groups. Each group began their investigations around world maps and students began to identify and label the continents and oceans. This week we also added in some positive behavioral supports known as "warm fuzzies". Students earn "warm fuzzies" (pom poms) for demonstrating positive, responsible behavior throughout the day (that make me/others feel warm and fuzzy inside). The goal is to empty my entire jar of "warm fuzzies" into their individual jars by the end of the week. If this happens, the whole class will earn a group game period. Students were thrilled by this and have been working really hard to earn their "warm fuzzies"! Important Info:
All the best, Mrs. Tavares
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