Fraction Challenge

Hi Brainiacs in Room 14! The Blogging Panthers of M-13 have another challenge for you! We've been studying fractions and wanted to see what you could do!

We have some questions for you to answer using this picture. Please write the fraction and draw a picture of the fraction to show the following:

1. What fraction of the students are girls?
2. What fraction of the students are wearing jackets?
3. What fraction of the students are wearing white? What fraction of the students are wearing blue? What is the sum of those fractions?
4. Name 2 equivolent fractions for 1/2?

We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Good luck!

Ms. Lindberg and the Blogging Panthers of M-13

Lost

My ELD group read, summarized and illustrated the story "Lost". This story is about a girl's adventure trying to find her lost beagle. If you click on the link below you will see my students' illustrations and voiced summary. Enjoy and feel free to leave them a comment on all of their hard work!

http://voicethread.com/#q.b939779.i5036058

Main Idea Madness

My Favorite Jacket

I love my jacket because it is very soft. It has fur inside and makes me cozy and warm. I take it almost everywhere I go. It is black with peach colored stripes. I have been wearing it for almost two years and I still love it a lot. One day my mom gave me a different jacket to wear. I told her no I didn't like the other jacket. I took my favorite and put it on and went to school. My jacket feels like a friend to me. When I misplace it I won't stop looking for it. When it doesn't fit me anymore I will give it to my little brother. Whenever I wear it I con't stop thinking about how warm and comfortable it is!

What is the main idea of this story? (Who or what, did what, why or how)

3D Christmas

Right before break our math class worked on the elements of 3D shapes! We decided to decorate our classroom tree.... and it turned out beautifully! :) The students did a wonderful job building very tough shapes such as cones, pyramids, cubes, and cylinders.

Our Math Challenge Results for Mrs. Lindberg's Class

Mrs. Lindberg's class challenged us to create bar graphs by collecting data on our favorite sport: soccer, volleyball, football or basketball. Our class gathered the data shown in the picture to the left. Soccer (10), volleyball (10), football (5), and basketball (1).

We then began to create our bar graphs which included the following items: title, scale, labels, and data.

When our graphs were complete, we answered the following questions:

1. How many people voted in all?

26 students voted in all.

2. Which sport was the favorite?

Soccer and volleyball tied at 10 each.

3. How many people like soccer and football all together?

15 people liked soccer and football in all.

4. How many more people liked football than baseball?

4 more people liked football than baseball

5. Based on the results of the graph, what did you learn?
I learned that soccer and volleyball got voted more than football and baseball.

We really enjoyed our math challenge and look forward to the next one. Please post a comment with any questions! :)

~Ms. Feaster's Math Group

Reading Rock Stars!!

Today my reading group took the MAP test (Measure of Academic Performance) on the computers. I am very proud to say that each of my students increased their score and we are at 92% proficient in reading! This is AWESOME! If they keep working this hard, CSAP will be a breeze! Way to go 3rd grade!

Math Challenge

Our math group is challenging Mrs. Linberg's 3rd grade class to complete a graphing activity!

Directions:

Each student will create a bar graph by completing the following steps:

• Gather class data - What is your favorite animal: lion, shark, puppy, or wolf?
• Title your bar graph
• Label your bar graph
• Show a scale
• Answer the following questions:

1. Which animal was the favorite?

2. How many people liked the lion and wolf all together?

3. How many students voted in all?

4. How many more people liked puppies than lions?

5. From this graph, what did you learn?

GOOD LUCK! We look forward to interpreting your data and seeing your bar graphs!

~Ms. Feaster's Math class

Math Magic!

This week my math group continues to blow my mind! They have been rock stars in learning and applying multiplication strategies. Today they successfully whizzed through our practice session and we were able to play a fun game on the Smart Board.

For those of you who might be looking....here is a great link to teaching multiplication, practice methods, and interactive games!

http://www.multiplication.com/

Way to go 3rd graders! You make me proud!

ELD Studs

This week our ELD (English Language Development) class has been hard at work reading and locating information within stories, an index, a glossary, and the table of contents.

They have also been very successful at locating and defining headings, illistrations, captions, and title pages. They make me SO proud!

Schools Around the World

What are two main things we have in common with other schools around the world?

"A Series of Unfortunate Events"

Who would you rather live with, Mr. Poe or Count Olaf? WHY?

First Student Blog Response

What was one thing you enjoyed about your first day of school?