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Massachusetts, Our Home…
We were fortunate 3 years ago to receive brand new textbooks to complement our social studies curriculum. Third Graders in Falmouth learn about Massachusetts, Falmouth and 6 different Native American tribes from various U.S. regions. It’s a very interesting year…
Spelling City
The third grade teachers spent a LOT of time typing in every single spelling word from Reading Street. We will spend time on the Spelling City website, practicing words, and taking tests…. Here’s the link to check it out!! SPELLING…
Call it Courage
Each month, we will learn about a different “Key” to making a difference in the world around us. For the scary month of October, we will be discussing courage. We recognize that courage can appear in small ways, like raising…
Meet the Teacher Night
Call it nervousness (that’s what I think it is), call it pent-up-excitement, but I really enjoyed Meet the Teacher Night. It is REALLY hard to squeeze in EVERYTHING in a 30 minute span. I think it’s most important for all…
A New Friend
Students in Room 309 are VERY excited, because they know that a new Build-A-Bear friend will arrive today!! Yesterday, I asked them for suggestions for the newest arrival – and these are some of the ideas they came up with:…
Suzy the Silent Teacher…
Today, I taught the students without speaking one word…. I typed the entire lesson introduction on the computer, and it was projected on the screen. Students read the directions word by word as I typed them live, and then got…
Imagine Whirled Peace!!!!
Today was International Peace Day – and we decided as a school to participate in Pinwheels for Peace. Each child at Mullen created a pinwheel during the past week. Pinwheels were decorated with wishes for peace at school. Today, we…
Meet the Teacher Night
By now all of you should have received a notice about Meet the Teacher Night this year. Third grade is scheduled for Wednesday, the 29th of September. The evening begins at 6:15 with a presentation by Jennifer McNulty, Cape &…
Make Your Mark
Today, if you didn’t already know – was International Dot Day… We started out by reading Peter Reynold’s book, The Dot. Students made some great connections to Ish, another of Peter’s books. We talked about making our mark in the…