Mean, Median, Mode, and Range. . .What?!?

Can you find the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of numbers?! My students can. After we had studied the new concepts and all passed the test with flying colors, I thought it would be a good idea to work a fun project with our new knowledge. So. . .

We stacked Oreo cookies to see who could build the tallest tower!

Once everyone had two chances to build their towers, we took all of the data and found the mean, median, mode, and range!

We all had a great time and were able to use our new math knowledge! ;)

Of course, you should have seen my floor after class!?

Community Service Day 1

This year we have set aside four days of the school year to be devoted to Community Service. Since our classroom theme is aimed towards our American Soldiers, I wanted my kiddo's to be able to carry this over into their community service. I decided that we would go clean up the Veterans Memorial in Portland. I arranged for us to meet at the memorial and make our way around the Civil War path to clean up. There wasn't a lot of clean up to be done - Portland Parks Dept. is to be commended for their upkeep on the property. We did, however, manage to fill one large trash bag with trash and sticks. I want to thank our parent volunteers that went with us!

Just another day. . .

It was just another day in third grade today! We had a jam-packed day full of learning and fun. In math class this morning, we worked on reading and creating bar graphs. Fun!! Students now know how to take data and create a vertical or horizontal bar graph. They can organize information on the graph using labels and scales. I'm so proud of them.

You understand there were a lot of important lessons happening in between, but I'm going to skip ahead to science class. We are studying buoyancy - the students can tell you all about factors that affect buoyancy. Today, we were taking a close look at surface tension. I wanted them to have plenty of time to "test" their predictions, so I thought I would go ahead and get a step ahead of them. I filled 13 buckets with water while they were completing their social studies lesson. Something went terribly wrong and I managed to flood the classroom! I was screaming, "I need a little help here!" Every student came running to my rescue! They are such a great group of kids!

Don't you wish I had a picture of this? :)

How To Blow a Bubble

Last weeks writing skill was focused on writing instructions. We worked on a really fun project and learned how to blow a bubble with bubble gum!

You should have seen the smiles when I handed out bubble gum! They were so excited, and a little bit confused as to why Ms. Hall was giving out bubble gum at writing time! :)

Okay, okay. . .so the gum was a little hard!

Logan tried so hard to get a good bubble! He worked and worked at it. He finally blew some really good bubbles!

Once we all knew how to blow a bubble, the writing began! They had some organizers to keep them on track. Caroline is helping Mia in the photo.

Computer Lab

Students are creating their first power point presentation this week. We have been spending time in the computer lab studying landforms. Hopefully, their final presentation will be complete this Friday.

Grandparents and Grandfriends

Our Grandparents and Grandfriends Celebration was a huge success. I was amazed at how many guests we had to show up! The students were excited and did a fabulous job. I had "escorts" meet our special guests in the office and show them to our room. They used their best manners and made pleasant conversation with our GRAND guests!

This was our "Welcome" table. We made each Grandparent or Grandfriend their own keepsake to take home with them. Their special names were on a ribbon hanging on the wall. They had coffee and doughnuts for snack.

Did you think I would let them leave without getting a picture? :)

All of the students wrote a poem for their Grandparent or Grandfriend. They were displayed on our writing wall and students read them aloud. They also wrote a friendly letter! While they were at lunch, I took down this display and the one in the hallway and made a neat little gift for the grandparents to take home. I folded this poem and placed it with their letter (which was in an envelope I made to match their names on the their ribbons) and attached it all together!

I think the most fun was when our Grandparents and Grandfriends played a competitive game of Around the World with multiplication! Wow. . . they had a blast! I had a room full of giggling grand people! :)

Tomorrow is Grandparents and Grandfriends Day!  The students are so excited about spending some time with  some GRAND people.  We are planning some fun activities and sweet presentations.  I'll be sure to take lots of pictures to share.

Ms. Hall