We survived our first field trip!

This week, Third grade had our FIRST field trip! We ventured through downtown Wausau to the Grand Theater. We saw Scrap Art Music (here's their website)

 















 
Jonah exclaimed, "We went sledding in gym."
Ella screeched, “We had a field trip to the Grand Theater!”
Kobe howled, "We did a clover search with our Kinderbuddies."
Aidren yelled, "In gym, we slid around on scooters to knock down pins."
Reagan yelled, "I was able to go on stage at the Grand Theater to play with the performers."
Brett yawned,  "We tried balancing on balance balls in gym."                                                                     
Genna yelled” We got to pick what we wanted to do in gym.”
MJ whispered, "We went to see Scrap Art Music at the Grand Theater."
Mari exclaimed, "We made four leaf clovers with our Kinderbuddies."
Cody howled, "We used our five senses to describe Pop Rocks."
Jacob exclaimed, "We are writing a historical fiction journal/diary."
Amelia exclaimed, “we didn't have music on Monday because of a two hour delay!”
Shane yelled, "We did push ups in gym."
Courtney exclaimed” we had the cupcake sale on Tuesday 03-12-13 and on Wednesday 03-13-13 it was fun!    
Austin exclaimed, "We're writing a letter to the tourism department of the state we are researching."
Isaiah exclaimed, "We wrote about Pop Rocks."

Phing howled, "We are learning forces and motion in Science."

Elijah whispered, "We did jump-roping in gym."

Makenna screamed, "We had our timed test."

Rockin' Writing

                                              

With the help of our 5 senses, we turned a tasty treat into a wonderful descriptive writing project!

Spelling List 23

Listen for the base word and remove the suffix to break them down and write the word parts.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters, that is added to the end of a root (base) word such as:

                   •“ful” meaning “ full of”

                  •“er” meaning “one who…”

                  •“ness” meaning “state of being…”

Yellow List

1. near
2. hand 
3. fish
4. thankful
5. teacher
6. helper
7. careful
8. colorful

Blue List

1. careful
2. thankful
3. colorful
4. teacher
5. helper
6. sickness
7. smallness
8. dryness
9. near
10.  hand
11.  fish
12. happiness
13. wonderful
14. builder

Green List

1. grateful
2. happiness
3. wonderful
4. catcher
5. roughness
6. builder
7. thankful
8. teacher
9. careful
10. helper
11. near

February Awards!

Wow, 11 out of 20 students met their reading goal for last month! I'm so proud of you!

 Reagan*, Genna, MJ*, Jacob*, Amelia*, and Makenna* all received awards for having NO late work during the month of February.

 Ella, Jonah, Kobe, Aidren, Reagan*, Genna*, MJ*, Mari, Jacob*, Amelia*, Bethany, Shane, Courtney, Austin, Phing, Elijah, and Makenna* all received Above The Line awards for NO warnings during the month of February.

Our 'Students of the Month' for February are Ella and Amelia!

Science Fair Friday!

We had our Science Fair today! Nine of our classmates participated in this outstanding event.

Jonah yelled, "We had the Science Fair!"
Ella screeched, "We are learning the partial product algorithm in math."                          
Kobe screamed, "We got extra popcorn because of the Science Fair."
Aidren exclaimed, "We got to build cars at the Science Fair
Reagan yelled, "We had our science test."
Brett cried, "We went sledding in gym."                                                                          
Genna yelled, “We went snowshoeing in gym.”
MJ whispered, "We are starting a new Art project."
Mari exclaimed, "Scientists gave out participation medals at the Science Fair."
Cody exclaimed, "We are learning about Lewis and Clark in social studies."
Jacob announced, "We had our February awards today."
Amelia exclaimed, “We had a assembly for the 'Sleeping Beauty' show!”
Bethany yelled, "We got to see a turtle run a maze at the Science Fair."
Shane yelled, "We had our spelling test."
"We had Kinderbuddies," exclaimed Courtney.
Austin exclaimed, "We are doing historical fiction writing."
Isaiah yelled, "We got popcicles at the Science Fair."

Phing howled, "We got to see the fifth grade Science Fair."

Elijah whispered, "We got to use prisms in science."

Makenna screamed, "We're writing a historical fiction journal."

Spelling List 22

Listen for the base word and remove the suffix to break them down and write the word in parts.

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word. It adds meaning to the base word.
           · -ly,- meaning “in a way that is”
           · -able,- meaning “able to
           · -less,- meaning “without”

Yellow List-

1. hard
2. move
3. friendly
4. nameless
5. endless
6. helpless
7. slowly

Blue List-

1. friendly
2. nameless
3. move
4. endless
5. slowly
6. helpless
7. usually
8. hard
9. sadly
10. capable
11. workable
12. readable
13. breakable
14. proudly

Green List-

1. proudly
2. breakable
3. capable
4. worthless
5. rapidly
6. move
7. friendly
8. hard
9. weightless
10. usually

Welcome to March (and hopefully some warmer weather)

We enjoyed a short, but busy, week here at Riverside. We discussed what details are important when summarizing a story, took our Unit 7 Math test on multiplication and division, and finished up our Book Talk Voicethread projects. (Those can be heard here)

A few students were able to use some free time to make it down to the library to make note of something that happened this week:

Jonah screamed, “We went snow shoeing in gym and it was so fun!”
Ella screeched, “We watched a movie for Dr. Seuss day called 'Daisy Head Mayzie'! I loved it!”                                                                   
Genna yelled “We learned a new song in Music.”
Amelia exclaimed, “I found a box top on a Kleenex box!”
Courtney exclaimed, “We had our MATH test on Feb 26, 2013!!”

Dates to remember in March:
March 1st: No school
March 8th: Science Fair
March 14th: Field Trip to the Grand
March 25-29th: No school, Spring Break!