Meet the Teacher Night

Once again, I spend a summer reading, researching, and pondering lessons. I get to school a few weeks earlier than required to decorate and create an environment of learning for my new kiddos! The day finally comes when I have a chance to see their smiling yet scared faces. Our eyes meet and I know they belong to me for at least 180 plus days!

Meet the Teacher Night was a great success! I met just about all my new kids along with their parents, grandparents, and siblings!  Each child had to go through 9 stations to learn and receive information about our class and school. The last station was a selfie with the teacher!!! This is going to be a great year!

              3rd Grade Rocks! 

Science Fun!

It's the second week of school and we are off to a great start.  I'm still spending time going through procedures and expectations.  By slowing down and making sure the kids understand what is expected will make our classroom run smoothly in the future.

This week we've been studying science safety.  The students have watched videos, created thinking maps and now using technology to learn about safety.  They really enjoyed the QR code scavenger hunt!

Welcome Back to School

I've spent weeks preparing for this day to come! It's almost here! I am anxious, but excited about the new school year.  On Thursday, our school had Meet the Teacher night.  I enjoyed meeting my new students as well as their families. When students arrived I gave them a scavenger hunt to complete. After completing the scavenger hunt, the last item on the list was to take a selfie with the teacher!

Winter Wonderland

Well, we finally had another snow day.....at school! The kids couldn't concentrate watching the beautiful flakes hit the window, so I did what any great teacher would do! Yes, we went outside and played in the snow! Enjoy our slideshow! (Can you tell I love exclamation marks???)

Another free slideshow design by Smilebox

The Preamble

September 17, 2013 was Constitution Day. We learned about why our Constitution was important and the meaning.  We decided to create a quick iMovie to recite the Preamble. (Yes, I know I'm late posting this!) Enjoy!

Continents, Continents, Do You Know Your Continents?

                                                                                                                                                                         

Click on the globe and watch it spin!

This week, my students are researching the continents.  It started out small, but has turned into a huge project. The kids are learning about the environment, culture, climate, animals, and other important facts about the continents. I'm so impressed how they have worked together. The best part was using Google Earth.  Check back soon to see their finished product. 

Augmented Reality Comes to Our Class!

For the past couple of weeks my students have raved over our new found app colAR Mix! This app brings coloring pages to life!  No, seriously! Seeing is believing! This app has blown our minds!

The first page we colored was the pumpkins. Of course the kids thought it was just fun to color.  They had no clue what was coming up next! Using the colAR Mix app, we placed our iPads over the paper and out popped these moving, dancing, 3D pumpkins! Unbelievable!

Today, we completed our movie trailers about "The Bird". Once again we were amazed by the moving 3D bird that actually ate a worm!

If you want to have some fun and be amazed, download the app!