". . . because I said I would" is a social movement dedicated to the betterment of humanity. The whole school wrote down a goal on a card and will promise to do it. For example, I promise to be more honest at my house every day, I promise to vacuum the house and mow the lawn, I promise to stand up to bullies. It is a goal you do because you made a promise.
In science we have been learning about vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates and invertebrates are different. A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone. Invertebrates do not have backbones. About 95% of living creatures are invertebrates and 5% are vertebrates.
Until now, 7 people have passed the Reading Counts goal in Mrs. Foley's class. The quarterly goal is 25+ points. The books must be in each student's Lexile range, unless the teacher reads it to the whole class. If we look on the Reading Counts website, we can check our progress. If a student meets his/her quarterly goal, he/she makes a paper owl for the school bulletin board, "We Give a Hoot About Reading."
There are many awards we can get in our classroom. One of them is the A+ Attitude Award. Two people get this award for one week. It was Lucas and Ella this time. Some kids get a serious award like the 1,000,000 word reader. The first person in our class to reach this Reading Counts goal is Claire. Every Wednesday night, our homework is to write a paragraph on the Pantagraph's Flying Horse topic. There is a chance you can get published in the Sunday newspaper. Recently, Kaitlynn, Lucas, and Claire made it into the Flying Horse. We are very proud of all of these students!
Mrs. Foley said we have the right to have a say in the rules of our room. She asked us to write expectations. We made HOOT posters and put them up in the classroom. Some of the posters' names are HOOT on the bungee chairs, HOOT when lining up, HOOT with Reading Counts, and HOOT during RC quizzes. We will make more of these.
In writing, we started working on acrostic poetry. In acrostic poetry, you write a word downward with all capital letters. These letters become the beginning of each line. Next, write a sentence related to the main word. Volunteers shared their acrostic poems on the document camera. Mrs. Foley will teach us other types of poetry.
This week was a blast for fun, learning, and awards. We hope to have a great week like this again.
~ Mrs. Foley's Third Graders