This past week, I watched the live broadcast of one of my favorite childhood movies, The Sound of Music. A line from one song stood out to me – “How do you keep a wave upon the sand?” The struggle…
If this is third grade, that must mean we will learn multiplication! We’ve been exploring multiplication models, and discovering the relationship between factors and products. To demonstrate our understanding, students have been working with product cups in our Cup Factory.…
Thought I’d just pop in and let everyone know that our short week will result in unique homework – check it out!
The 3rd Grade headed to Plimoth Plantation today – 102 students & 47 adults! It was beautiful!! Instead of photographing the entire journey, I decided to Vine it with short 6-second videos. Here’s our day ~~ click on each pic…
As we head out on our field trip to Plimoth Friday, there are a few things I’d love to share with all of you. Plimoth Plantation is a living, breathing museum. It is an extraordinary place where students used all…
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.“ – Charles Bixton I love Daylight Savings time in the fall. For me, the concept is full of possibilities. I am given an extra hour,…
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” ~Emerson This past week I was lucky enough to spend two days at MassCUE – the Massachusetts Computer-Using Educators fall conference. With record breaking attendance of over 2,200 people, it was an…
Students have started working on math fact mastery. During the 3rd grade, they are required to know their addition and subtraction facts up to 20 and their multiplication and division facts from 0-10 automatically. What does automatically mean? Great question!…
If I had a dime for every time I’ve asked my students “How Do You Know?”, I would have an awfully large pile of dimes! How do I know? Because I am asking that question all the time! Third graders…
It has only taken me about 6 years (seriously), but I’ve figured out how to put an email subscription on my blog. If you are interested in receiving email updates when I add to the blog, sign in on the…